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Michael E. Briant
Michael Edwin Briant (born 14 February 1942) is a retired English television director and author, best known for his work as a director for BBC television drama in the 1970s and 1…
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Michael Edwin Briant (born 14 February 1942) is a retired English television director and author, best known for his work as a director for BBC television drama in the 1970s and 1980s. At the age of 21 Briant joined the BBC as an assistant floor manager in the drama department and a year later became a production assistant. In 1966, he took a Directors Course. Sometimes credited as just Michael Briant, he subsequently directed series such as Z-Cars and Doctor Who, directing Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker in a total of six serials: Colony in Space (1971), The Sea Devils (1972), The Green Death (1973), Death to the Daleks (1974), Revenge of the Cybermen (1975) and The Robots of Death (1977). He went on to direct several episodes from the first season of Blake's 7 in 1978, and Secret Army between 1978 and 1979. He later directed four of the six episodes of its sequel, Kessler, and the thriller series Blood Money, in which he cast many of the actors from Secret Army.
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2021
The Direct Route
Movie
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2018
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
TV show Self
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2012
The Sandmine Murders
Movie
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2011
IMC Needs You!
Movie
- 2010
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2008
Hello Sailor!
Movie
- 2008
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1991
Vrienden voor het Leven
TV show Director
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1986
Blake's 7: Orac
Movie Director
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1986
Blake's 7: Duel
Movie Director
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1986
Hideaway
TV show Director
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1985
Blake's 7: The Beginning
Movie Director
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1985
Howards' Way
TV show Director
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1984
One by One
TV show Director
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1982
Tangiers
Movie Director
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1981
Kessler
TV show Director
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1980
A Tale of Two Cities
TV show Director
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1980
Breakaway
TV show Director
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1978
Blake's 7
TV show Director
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1977
Treasure Island
Movie Director
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1977
Treasure Island
TV show Director
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1977
Secret Army
TV show Director
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1977
Doctor Who: The Robots of Death
Movie Director
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1975
Angels
TV show Director
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1975
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen
Movie Director
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1974
Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks
Movie Director
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1973
Doctor Who: The Green Death
Movie Director
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1973
Warship
TV show Director
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1973
Sutherland's Law
TV show Director
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1972
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
Movie Director
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1971
Doctor Who: Colony in Space
Movie Director
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1965
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
Movie Production Assistant
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1963
Doctor Who
TV show Director
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1962
Z-Cars
TV show Director
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1957
True as a Turtle
Movie Paul
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1955
Dixon of Dock Green
TV show Director
