Sydney Newman
Canadian television producer (1917-1997) · Canada · On the map · Directors · Died at 80
Sydney Cecil Newman was a Canadian television producer and screenwriter who played a pioneering role in British television drama from the late 1950s to the late 1960s.
Sydney Newman is read about 81 times a day, in 16 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 19 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Adam Adamant Lives!Series, Creator
Doctor Who: The Power of the DaleksFilm, 1966Creator1965
Dr. Who and the DaleksFilm, Creator1964
The Wednesday PlaySeries, Creator1963
Doctor WhoSeries, Creator1962
Out of This WorldSeries, Producer1961
Pathfinders to VenusSeries, Creator, ProducerThe Rose AffairFilm, 1961Producer1960
Counter-AttackSeries, ProducerPathfinders in SpaceSeries, 1960Creator, Producer
A Night OutFilm, 1960Producer1958I Can Destroy the SunFilm, Producer1956
Armchair TheatreSeries, Creator1954
The Canadian Howdy Doody ShowSeries, Producer1951Inside NewfoundlandFilm, Director, Producer1948
Pay-Off In PainFilm, Producer1947Canada DancesFilm, Producer1944Fighting Sea-FleasFilm, Director, Writer1943Banshees Over CanadaFilm, Producer1917Born1 April 1917People around Sydney
Close ties
Roger Blais Directed Ski Skill (1946)- Bernard Devlin Directed Ski Skill (1946)
Patrick Troughton Sydney wrote The Five Doctors (1983)
Charles Jarrott Also in The Rose Affair and Tea Party
Gratien Gélinas Sydney produced Metropole (1947)- Milton Subotsky Produced Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)
- Gordon Flemyng Directed Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)
Christopher Barry Directed Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks (1966)
Innes Lloyd Produced Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks (1966)
Known for
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Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song 2015
Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe 2011
Dr. Who and the Daleks 1965
The Avengers 1998
Also in Français
Filmography 40
97 credits on file
Television 17
Media & music
Photos 3
Awards
About this person
After his return to Canada in 1970, he was appointed acting director of the Broadcast Programs Branch for the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) and then head of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). He also occupied senior positions at the Canadian Film Development Corporation and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and acted as an advisor to the Secretary of State.
