Waris Hussein
Waris Hussein (né Habibullah; born 9 December 1938) is a British-Indian television and film director. At the beginning of his career, he was employed by the BBC as its youngest drama director. He directed early episodes of Doctor Who, including the first serial, An Unearthly Child (1963), and later directed the multiple-award-winning Thames Television serial Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978).
75 directing credits · 15 acting credits
Directing · 75
Doctor Who
1963
Play for Today
1970
BBC Play of the Month
1965
ITV Playhouse
1967
Compact
1962
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978
Londoners
1965
The Sunday Drama
1977
Black and Blue
1973
Armchair Thriller
1978
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
1982
Notorious Woman
1974
Princess Daisy
1983
Shoulder to Shoulder
1974
Melody
1971
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
1988
Switched at Birth
1991
Intimate Contact
1987
The Glittering Prizes
1976
Supply and Demand
1998
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
1993
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
1973
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972
Surviving
1985
Arch of Triumph
1984
The Shell Seekers
1989
Copacabana
1985
Downpayment on Murder
1987
Callie & Son
1981
Her Best Friend's Husband
2002
Coming Out of the Ice
1982
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
1970
The Winter of Our Discontent
1983
Death Penalty
1980
Forbidden Nights
1990
Those She Left Behind
1989
A Touch of Love
1969
Killer Instinct
1988
When the Bough Breaks
1986
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
1964
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
1998
Baby Comes Home
1980
She Woke Up
1992
For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story
1993
A Child's Wish
1997
Fall from Grace
1994
The Henderson Monster
1980
Sixth Happiness
1997
Romance
1977
And Baby Makes Six
1979
The Face on the Milk Carton
1995
Chips with Everything
1975
Daphne Laureola
1978
Toggle
1968
Hedda Gabler
1972
The Devil a Monk Would Be
1967
A Passage to India
1965
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
1963
Spoiled
1968
Death of a Teddy Bear
1967
The Connoisseur
1966
Murder Between Friends
1994
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978
Love Letters on Blue Paper
1976
Rust
1973
A Man on Her Back
1966
Macready's Gala
1966
Sleeping Dog
1967
Days in the Trees
1967
Ella
1966
Armchair Thriller – Rachel in Danger
1978
Romance: Three Weeks
1977
Acting · 15
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Remembers…
2022
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
2025
Mr. Nice
2010
Doctor Who: Origins
2006
Corrigan Blake
1962
Tales of Television Centre
2012
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
2023
Cult People
1989
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
2006
Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'
2006
Doctor Who: Gallifrey
2025
Doctor Who: Gallifrey
2013