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name: "Anthony Read"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/anthony-read"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "21 April 1935"
died: "21 November 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T18:08:59.369140+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Anthony Read

Writer. Born 21 April 1935 in Staffordshire, England, UK. Died 21 November 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 21 April 1935, Staffordshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 21 November 2015
- **Active:** 1962–1970
- **Works often with:** David Maloney, Douglas Camfield, Fiona Cumming, Gerald Blake, Matthew Robinson, Michael Hayes

## Biography

Anthony Read (21 April 1935 – 21 November 2015) was an English television writer, script editor, producer and author. His earliest credited work was as a freelance writer on the BBC police series *Z-Cars* in 1962. He joined the BBC staff in 1963 and went on to write and edit scripts for series including *Detective*, *The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling* and *Sherlock Holmes* (1965).

In 1977 Read became script editor on *Doctor Who* under producer Graham Williams, serving through seasons 15 and 16 (including the Key to Time arc) and writing or co-writing stories such as *The Invasion of Time* (as David Agnew) and *The Horns of Nimon*. He also contributed to *The Professionals* (1977–80) and *Hammer House of Horror* (1980). Later television credits included *The Omega Factor* (1979) and *The Tribe* (1999). From the 1980s he wrote World War II histories and, from 2004, revived his 1983 series *The Baker Street Boys* in prose.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, independent.co.uk, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Doctor Who* (1963), Fi1m 81, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Play for Today* (1970), Writer
- *Z-Cars* (1962), Writer

## Also known for

- *Hammer House of Horror* (1980), Writer
- *The Professionals* (1977), Writer, Story

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