Michael E. Briant
Known for: Directing
Born: February 13, 1942
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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Hello Sailor!
True as a Turtle
Paul
The Sandmine Murders
The Tin Men and the Witch
The Direct Route
Musical Scales: An Era of Experimentation
IMC Needs You!
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
Self
Tangiers
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Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen
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Doctor Who: Colony in Space
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Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
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Doctor Who: The Green Death
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Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks
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Doctor Who: The Robots of Death
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Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
Production Assistant
Treasure Island
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Blake's 7: The Beginning
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Blake's 7: Duel
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Blake's 7: Orac
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Blake's 7
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Sutherland's Law
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Kessler
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Doctor Who
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