Sydney Newman

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human television executive television producer

Sydney Newman was a Canadian-born television producer and executive best known for pioneering influential British TV drama and helping launch iconic series such as Doctor Who and The Avengers.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → television executive → television producer →
awardReceived	Order of Canada →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
countryOfBirth	Canada →
countryOfCitizenship	Canada → United Kingdom →
countryOfDeath	Canada →
dateOfBirth	1917-04-01 →
dateOfDeath	1997-10-30 →
employer	Associated British Corporation → BBC → Canadian Broadcasting Corporation → ITV →
ethnicGroup	Jewish Canadians →
familyName	Newman →
fieldOfWork	science fiction television → television drama →
genre	drama → science fiction →
givenName	Sydney →
influenced	BBC drama department → British television drama of the 1960s →
knownFor	creating the format of Doctor Who → developing The Avengers → pioneering British television drama →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
name	Sydney Newman →
notableIdea	promotion of original British television writing → use of contemporary social issues in TV drama →
notableWork	Armchair Theatre → Doctor Who → The Avengers → The Wednesday Play →
occupation	film producer → television executive → television producer →
placeOfBirth	Toronto →
placeOfDeath	Toronto →
positionHeld	Head of Drama at ABC Weekend TV → Head of Drama at BBC Television →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Elizabeth McRae →
workLocation	London → Toronto →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Doctor Who → Gallifrey → TARDIS →	creator
Companions of the Doctor → The Doctor →	createdBy
The Time Meddler →	basedOnFranchiseCreatedBy
An Unearthly Child →	commissionedBy
Time And Relative Dimension In Space →	creatorRealWorld
Time Vortex →	homeSeriesCreator
Sydney Newman →	name