Philip Hinchcliffe
Biography
Philip Michael Hinchcliffe (born 1 October 1944) is a retired English television producer, screenwriter and script editor. After graduating from Cambridge University, he began his career as a writer and script editor at Associated Television before joining the BBC to produce Doctor Who in one of its most popular eras from 1974 to 1977. Following Doctor Who, Hinchcliffe remained with the BBC as a producer for several years, working on series such as Private Schulz (1981), before launching a freelance career in the mid-1980s, which included making Bust and The Charmer (both 1987) for London Weekend Television. He finished his career as an executive producer for Scottish Television, with his final credit on Take Me (2001).
Personal Details
Movies (42)
Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter
as Self
2025
Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams
as Self
2024
Philip Hinchcliffe: Uncut
as Himself
2021
Behind the Sofa - Season 14
2020
Whose Doctor Who: Revisited
as Self
2020
Scotch Mist in Sussex
2013
Remembering Douglas Camfield
2013
The Sandmine Murders
2012
Into the Wild: The Making of The Face of Evil
2012
Podshock
2010
The Foe from the Future
2010
The Tin Men and the Witch
2010
Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who
as Self
2007
A Darker Side: The Making of Planet of Evil
2007
Are Friends Electric?
2007
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
2006
The Dalek Tapes
as Self
2006
Serial Thrillers
2004
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Total Eclipse
Co-Producer (Production)
1995
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
An Awfully Big Adventure
Producer (Production)
1995
The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
1995
30 Years in the TARDIS
as Himself
1993
And a Nightingale Sang
Producer (Production)
1989
Virtuoso
Producer (Production)
1989
Knockback: 2
Producer (Production)
1985
Knockback: 1
Producer (Production)
1985
Whose Doctor Who
1977
Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Producer (Production)
1977
Doctor Who: The Robots of Death
Producer (Production)
1977
Doctor Who: The Face of Evil
Producer (Production)
1977
Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin
Producer (Production)
1976
Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear
Producer (Production)
1976
Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora
Producer (Production)
1976
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom
Producer (Production)
1976
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
as Morbius Doctor (picture) (uncredited)
1976
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
Producer (Production)
1975
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
Producer (Production)
1975
Doctor Who: Planet of Evil
Producer (Production)
1975
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
Producer (Production)
1975
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen
Producer (Production)
1975
TV Shows (8)
Take Me
Executive Producer (Production)
2001
Friday on My Mind
Producer (Production)
1992
The Gravy Train Goes East
Producer (Production)
1991
Bust
Writer (Writing)
1987
Strangers and Brothers
Producer (Production)
1984
Nancy Astor
Producer (Production)
1982
Private Schulz
Producer (Production)
1981
Target
Producer (Production)
1977