Waris Hussein is a British

United Kingdom

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-Indian television director

Television director

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 and film director

Film director

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 best known for his many productions for British television

British television

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He is particularly remembered for having directed the first ever Doctor Who

Doctor Who

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serial, An Unearthly Child

An Unearthly Child

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, in 1963. In 1964 he returned to the series to direct the fourth serial, Marco Polo

Marco Polo (Doctor Who)

-CD and DVD releases:*In 2003, a three-CD set of the audio soundtrack was released, as part of Doctor Who's 40th anniversary. This CD set is unique in containing a map of Cathay as represented during the period of the Doctor's visit to China, and also explaining historical inaccuracies...

. He went on to direct many productions such as a 1965 BBC

BBC

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 television version of A Passage to India

A Passage to India

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; the BBC serial Notorious Woman

Notorious Woman

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(1974); suffragette movement

Suffragette

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 drama Shoulder to Shoulder

Shoulder to Shoulder

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(BBC, 1974); and the Thames Television

Thames Television

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 serial Edward and Mrs Simpson

Edward and Mrs Simpson

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(1978). The latter two productions saw him working once more with former Doctor Who producer Verity Lambert

Verity Lambert

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His 1969 film A Touch of Love

A Touch of Love (1969 film)

A Touch of Love is a 1969 British drama film directed by Waris Hussein, adapted by Margaret Drabble from her novel The Millstone . It was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival.-Plot:...

was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival

19th Berlin International Film Festival

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He also directed the theatrical motion picture version of Henry VIII and his Six Wives

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

Henry VIII and His Six Wives is a 1972 film version of the famous BBC television series The Six Wives of Henry VIII, it was written by Ian Thorne and directed by Waris Hussein.-Description:...

(1972) starring Keith Michell

Keith Michell

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, Charlotte Rampling

Charlotte Rampling

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 and Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

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In the 1990s he directed several television movie

Television movie

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s in the United States

United States

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In 1997 he directed Sixth Happiness, a film whose screenplay was written by Firdaus Kanga

Firdaus Kanga

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, the author of the semi-autobiographical novel Trying to Grow

Trying to Grow

Trying to Grow is a 1991 novel published by Bloomsbury. The novel is semi-autobiographical and set in urban India, about a young boy growing up with brittle bones. The protagonist, who would never grow taller than four feet, finds his way into the world of sexuality and adulthood...

. Kanga also starred in the film.

External links

• Waris Hussein at the Internet Movie Database
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