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name: "Mary Ridge"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mary-ridge"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "23 June 1925"
died: "20 September 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:07:42.832640+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."
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# Mary Ridge

Director. Born 23 June 1925 in Preston, Lancashire, England. Died 20 September 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 23 June 1925, Preston, Lancashire, England
- **Died:** 20 September 2000
- **Active:** 1962–1963
- **Works often with:** Anthony Read, Barry Letts, Bob Baker, Brian Hayles, Christopher Barry, Dave Martin

## Biography

Mary Ridge was a British television director. Born Eileen Mary Ridge in Preston, Lancashire, she began her career as a production assistant before becoming a director in 1964. Her early credits included episodes of *Thursday Theatre* and more than three dozen instalments of *The Newcomers*.

Ridge directed widely across BBC drama, including *Z Cars*, *Dixon of Dock Green*, *The Brothers* and *Angels*. She served as associate producer on the second series of *The Duchess of Duke Street* in 1977. In the early 1980s she directed six episodes of *Blake's 7* and the four-part *Doctor Who* serial *Terminus* (1983). She retired in the mid-1980s and died in 2000.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, shannonsullivan.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Z-Cars* (1962), Director

## Also known for

- *Blake's 7* (1978), Director

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