Michael E. Briant

Known for DirectingBorn 1942-02-14 (age 84)

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Blake's 7: The Beginning

Sutherland's Law

Doctor Who: The Green Death

The Sandmine Murders

Doctor Who: The Robots of Death

Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan

Doctor Who

Secret Army

Tangiers

Doctor Who: The Sea Devils

Vrienden voor het Leven

True as a Turtle

Blake's 7

Z-Cars

One by One

Kessler

A Tale of Two Cities

Treasure Island

Warship

Doctor Who: Colony in Space

Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks

Dixon of Dock Green

Howards' Way

Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen

Angels

The Direct Route

Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa

IMC Needs You!

The Tin Men and the Witch

Hello Sailor!

Musical Scales: An Era of Experimentation

Blake's 7: Duel

Blake's 7: Orac

Hideaway

Breakaway

Treasure Island