Waris Hussein

Waris Hussein (né Habibullah; born 9 December 1938) is a British-Indian television and film director. At the beginning of his career, he was employed by the BBC as its youngest drama director. He directed early episodes of Doctor Who, including the first serial, An Unearthly Child (1963), and later directed the multiple-award-winning Thames Television serial Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978).

Known For
Directing
Born
December 9, 1938 (age 86)
Place of Birth
Lucknow, United Provinces, British India
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1989

Cult People

2005

Mrs. Henderson Presents

2010

Mr. Nice

2023

Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals

2012

Tales of Television Centre

2006

Doctor Who: Origins

2006

Over the Edge: The Story of "The Edge of Destruction"

2006

Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS

2008

Verity Lambert: Drama Queen

2021

The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years Behind The Scenes

2023

Doctor Who Confidential

2023

Corrigan Blake

1980

Death Penalty

1972

The Possession of Joel Delaney

1985

Copacabana

1981

Callie & Son

1971

Melody

1972

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

1970

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx

1991

Switched at Birth

1993

The Summer House

1995

The Face on the Milk Carton

1969

A Touch of Love

1989

The Shell Seekers

1982

Coming Out of the Ice

1980

The Henderson Monster

1990

Forbidden Nights

1998

Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story

1978

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

1994

Murder Between Friends

1980

Baby Comes Home

2002

Her Best Friend's Husband

1988

Onassis: The Richest Man in the World

2002

Her Best Friend's Husband

1992

She Woke Up

1997

A Child's Wish

1984

Arch of Triumph

1985

Surviving

1988

Killer Instinct

1989

Those She Left Behind

1983

The Winter of Our Discontent

1965

A Passage to India

1972

Hedda Gabler

1986

When the Bough Breaks

1963

Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child

1964

Doctor Who: Marco Polo

1978

Daphne Laureola

1993

For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story

1997

Sixth Happiness

1966

Macready's Gala

1966

The Connoisseur

1966

A Man on Her Back

1973

Rust

1968

Toggle

1994

Fall from Grace

1979

And Baby Makes Six

1987

Downpayment on Murder

1976

Love Letters on Blue Paper

1978

Armchair Thriller – Rachel in Danger

2023

Doctor Who

2023

Armchair Thriller

2023

Edward and Mrs Simpson

2023

Compact

2023

Hallmark Hall of Fame

2023

Play for Today

2023

Black and Blue

2023

Notorious Woman

2023

BBC Play of the Month

2023

Romance

2023

Laurence Olivier Presents

2023

Princess Daisy

2023

The Glittering Prizes

2023

Little Gloria... Happy at Last

2023

Divorce His, Divorce Hers

2023

Intimate Contact

2023

Shoulder to Shoulder

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