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Waris Hussein

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Born in Lucknow, India, Waris Hussein moved to England at age nine with his parents. He later attended Cambridge and at 21 started as a trainee director with BBC, where his mother, the late Attia Hussein, worked. In addition to reading news in Hindi, she was also the station's dramatic star--translating William Shakespeare in Urdu and Hindi--as well as an author... See full bio »

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2002 Her Best Friend's Husband (TV movie)
 
1998 Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story (TV movie)
 
1998 Supply & Demand (TV mini-series)
– Golden Goose: Part 2 (1998)
– Golden Goose: Part 1 (1998)
– Raw Recruit: Part 2 (1998)
– Raw Recruit: Part 1 (1998)
 
1997 Sixth Happiness
 
1997 A Child's Wish (TV movie)
 
1995 The Face on the Milk Carton (TV movie)
 
1994 Fall from Grace (TV movie)
 
1994 Murder Between Friends (TV movie)
 
1993 The Summer House
 
1993 For the Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story (TV movie)
 
1993 Screen Two (TV series)
– The Clothes in the Wardrobe (1993)
 
1992 She Woke Up (TV movie)
 
1991 Switched at Birth (TV movie)
 
1990 Forbidden Nights (TV movie)
 
1989 The Shell Seekers (TV movie)
 
1989 Those She Left Behind (TV movie)
 
1988 Killer Instinct (TV movie)
 
1988 Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (TV movie)
 
1987 Downpayment on Murder (TV movie)
 
1987 Intimate Contact (TV movie)
 
1986 When the Bough Breaks (TV movie)
 
1986 Maggie (TV movie)
 
1985 Copacabana (TV movie)
 
1985 Surviving (TV movie)
 
1984 Arch of Triumph (TV movie)
 
1983 The Winter of Our Discontent (TV movie)
 
1983 Princess Daisy (TV movie)
 
1982 Little Gloria... Happy at Last (TV movie)
 
1982 Coming Out of the Ice (TV movie)
 
1981 Callie & Son (TV movie)
 
1980 Baby Comes Home (TV movie)
 
1980 The Henderson Monster (TV movie)
 
1980 Death Penalty (TV movie)
 
1979 And Baby Makes Six (TV movie)
 
1978 Edward & Mrs. Simpson (TV mini-series)
– The Abdication (1978)
– Proposals (1978)
– The Decision (1978)
– The Divorce (1978)
– The New King (1978)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1977-1978 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
– Forty Weeks (1978)
– Blind Love (1977)
 
1978 Armchair Thriller (TV series)
– Rachel in Danger: Part 4 (1978)
– Rachel in Danger: Part 3 (1978)
– Rachel in Danger: Part 2 (1978)
– Rachel in Danger: Part 1 (1978)
 
1978 Daphne Laureola (TV movie)
 
1977 Romance (TV series)
– Three Weeks (1977)
– Moths (1977)
 
1977 Moths (TV movie)
 
1976 Play for Today (TV series)
– Love Letters on Blue Paper (1976)
 
1976 The Glittering Prizes (TV mini-series)
– A Country Life (1976)
– A Past Life (1976)
– An Early Life (1976)
 
1976 ITV Sunday Night Drama (TV series)
– Waiting for Sheila (1976)
 
1965-1975 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
– Chips with Everything (1975)
– Hedda Gabler (1972)
– St. Joan (1968)
– Girls in Uniform (1967)
– The Cabinet Papers (1967)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1974 Notorious Woman (TV mini-series)
– Resolution (1974)
– Sonata (1974)
– Prelude (1974)
– Trial (1974)
– Conflict (1974)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1974 Shoulder to Shoulder (TV mini-series)
– Sylvia Pankhurst (1974)
– Lady Constance Lytton (1974)
– Annie Kenney (1974)
– The Pankhursts (1974)
 
1973 Black and Blue (TV series)
– Rust (1973)
 
1973 Between the Wars (TV series)
– The Silver Mask (1973)
 
1973 Divorce His - Divorce Hers (TV movie)
 
1972 Henry VIII and His Six Wives
 
1972 The Possession of Joel Delaney
 
1971 Melody
 
1970 Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
 
1970 Great Performances (TV series)
– Sarah
 
1969 Thank You All Very Much
 
1969 W. Somerset Maugham (TV series)
– A Casual Affair (1969)
 
1966-1968 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
– Spoiled (1968)
– Toggle (1968)
– The Devil a Monk Would Be (1967)
– Sleeping Dogs (1967)
– Days in the Trees (1967)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1967 Boy Meets Girl (TV series)
– Flight of the Kingfisher (1967)
 
1966 Thirteen Against Fate (TV series)
– The Son (1966)
 
1966 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
– Ella (1966)
 
1965 The Newcomers (TV series)
– Episode #1.1 (1965)
 
1965 Londoners (TV series)
– Angus Slowly Sinking? (1965)
 
1964 The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (TV series)
– Without Benefit of Clergy (1964)
– The Sending of Dana Da (1964)
– Mark of the Beast (1964)
– On the City Wall (1964)
 
1963-1964 Doctor Who (TV series)
– Assassin at Peking (1964)
– Mighty Kublai Khan (1964)
– Rider from Shang-Tu (1964)
– Five Hundred Eyes (1964)
– The Singing Sands (1964)
See all 10 episodes »
 
1963 Moonstrike (TV series)
– A Matter of Trust (1963)
 
1963 Suspense (TV series)
– One Step from the Pavement (1963)
 
1962 Compact (TV series)
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
2010 Mr. Nice
Mohammed Durrani
 
2005 Mrs Henderson Presents
Maharajah
 
1962 Corrigan Blake (TV series)
Cholo
– You Can't Win Them All (1962) … Cholo
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
2002 Her Best Friend's Husband (TV movie) (co-executive producer)
 
1963 Suspense (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
– One Step from the Pavement (1963) (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
1968 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
– St. Joan (1968) (teleplay)
 
1967 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
– Days in the Trees (1967) (screenplay)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
2013 An Adventure in Space and Time (TV movie) (consultant) (post-production)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2005 Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (9 titles)
2013 Toby Hadoke's Who's Round (TV series)
Himself
– Waris Hussein (2013) … Himself
 
2012 Tales of Television Centre (TV documentary)
Himself - Director
 
2008 Verity Lambert: Drama Queen (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Doctor Who Confidential (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Fright Stuff (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Over the Edge: The Story of the Edge of Destruction (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS (video short)
Himself
 
2006 Doctor Who: Origins (video documentary)
Himself
 
1987 Sinister Image (TV series)
Himself
 
1971 Film Night (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 March 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1989 Cult People (video documentary)
Himself
 

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