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Sydney Cecil Newman OC (April 1, 1917 – October 30, 1997) was a Canadian film and television producer, who played a pioneering role in British television drama from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. After his return to Canada in 1970, Newman was appointed acting director of the Broadcast Programs Branch for the Canadian Radio and Television ...
Newman says he then came up with the idea of Doctor Who: a 700-ish-year-old man who travels in a police box that’s really a time machine who encounters some school teachers and a student before being whisked off into adventures to painlessly teach science and history. With both The Avengers and Doctor Who, Sydney Newman created the initial idea.
Nov 23, 2018 · Sydney Newman is seen in a 1956 photo. He was the producer of the CBC-TV series Graphic. (CBC Still Image Library) It was Nov. 23, 1963 when the first episode of Doctor Who, titled "An Unearthly ...
J. R. Southall. April 1st, 2017 would have been the 100th birthday of Sydney Newman, the Toronto-born television and film producer who was the entrepreneurial spirit responsible for the birth of Doctor Who back in 1963, and who is now the subject of an unofficial new book – The Man Who Thought Outside the Box: The Life and Legacy of Doctor ...
Feb 20, 2019 · Bold and imaginative, wide-ranging and consummately professional, Sydney Newman was a true giant of the early golden age of British television creativity. Published on February 20th, 2019. Written by Laurence Marcus for Television Heaven. When Sydney Newman came to England from his native Canada in 1958, no one could have predicted that he ...
Sydney Newman was born on 1 April 1917 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a writer and producer, known for The Avengers (1998), The Avengers (1961) and Doctor Who. He was previously married to Elizabeth McRae. He died on 30 October 1997 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Jun 19, 1990 · Sydney Newman was born on April 1, 1917 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a writer and producer, known for The Avengers (1998), The Avengers (1961) and Doctor Who. He was previously married to Elizabeth McRae. He died on October 30, 1997 in Toronto, Ontario Canada.
