Graham Williams was a British television producer and script editor, whose best known work was on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.
After working as script editor for The View From Daniel Pike (1971), Sutherland's Law (1973), Z Cars (1975-1976) and Barlow at Large (1975), he was encouraged by his friend Bill Slater, then BBC Head of Serials, to move to producership and was eventually charged with taking over Doctor Who after P...
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Graham Williams was a British television producer and script editor, whose best known work was on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.
After working as script editor for The View From Daniel Pike (1971), Sutherland's Law (1973), Z Cars (1975-1976) and Barlow at Large (1975), he was encouraged by his friend Bill Slater, then BBC Head of Serials, to move to producership and was eventually charged with taking over Doctor Who after Philip Hinchcliffe's highly successful but controversial spell in charge of the series.
He was the producer on the show between 1977 and 1980, during the Tom Baker era. Under Hinchcliffe, the series had been at its most popular, with the highest average viewing figures, but had also come under heavy media criticism for the violent content. Upon taking over the reins of the series, Williams was instructed by BBC drama bosses to tone down the violence.
Although the viewing figures dipped somewhat during Williams' first two seasons, they remained...
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