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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).

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Total trailers found: 65

Killer Instinct Trailer (1988)

22 November 1988

Woody Harrelson stars in the story of psychiatrist Lisa DaVito and her battle to save a tortured man whose past has turned him to violence.

A Passage to India Trailer (1965)

16 November 1965

The BBC's 1965 adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, screened as part of their Play of the Month strand, adapted by Santha Ramu Rau and John Maynard, and directed by Waris Hussein.

Mrs. Henderson Presents Trailer (2005)

08 September 2005

Recently widowed well-to-do Laura Henderson purchases the Windmill Theatre in London as a post-widowhood hobby.

Sixth Happiness Trailer (1997)

04 October 1997

Waris Hussein’s acclaimed drama is based on the autobiography of Firdaus Kanga, who stars in the lead role of Brit, a young man born with brittle bone disease, which causes him to have never grown beyond four feet tall.

When the Bough Breaks Trailer (1986)

12 October 1986

A Los Angeles psychiatrist testifies for the prosecution in the trial of an accused child molester. Later the defendant, who is out on bail, is found dead in the psychiatrist's office, in what appears to be a suicide.

Melody Trailer (1971)

28 March 1971

Two youngsters declare to their parents that they want to get married. Not sometime in the future but as soon as possible.

Rust Trailer (1973)

04 September 1973

A deadly virus threatens the population, but a vaccine has been developed. However, it has a devastating side-effect.

Love Letters on Blue Paper Trailer (1976)

02 March 1976

Why has Sonia taken to writing letters to her husband, posted to him in the letter-box just outside their house – love letters, on blue paper, recalling with increasing vividness the early days of their courtship and marriage?

Onassis: The Richest Man in the World Trailer (1988)

01 May 1988

Biography of the life of Aristotle Onassis, a Greek who rose to become one of the world's most wealthiest men, detailing his rise to power and unhappy marriages.

Death Penalty Trailer (1980)

22 January 1980

A strong-willed psychologist tries to rehabilitate a member of a Pittsburgh street gang who has been found guilty of the murder of two other teenagers in a playground rumble.

Toggle Trailer (1968)

03 January 1968

An adopted child's world falls apart when his mother decides to walk out on her marriage.

The Connoisseur Trailer (1966)

24 May 1966

George Stoupe, successful housemaster at the public school, has an eye to the main chance against his retirement.

Forbidden Nights Trailer (1990)

10 April 1990

Judith Shapiro's dream has come true. Due to the process of opening to the west in China she has been invited to stay for two years in Shang Sa, Hunan as a school teacher.

Tales of Television Centre Trailer (2012)

17 May 2012

Various actors, presenters, directors and other staff who have worked at the iconic BBC Television Centre at Shepherd's Bush in London reminisce about their time there.

Murder Between Friends Trailer (1994)

10 January 1994

True story about two friends become involved in murder when the wife of one of them begins cheating on her spouse.

Surviving Trailer (1985)

10 February 1985

Lonnie and Rick seem to be complete opposites, at first glance. A survivor of suicide, Lonnie is introverted and ill at ease around her parents, Lois and Harvey.

Copacabana Trailer (1985)

03 December 1985

In 1948, aspiring songwriter Tony works as a bar pianist; he meets aspiring star Lola, and is immediately smitten.

A Touch of Love Trailer (1969)

01 September 1969

Intellectually driven doctoral student Rosamund Stacey, while undertaking graduate work at the British Museum, becomes pregnant after a brief affair with a television newsreader.

Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction' Trailer (2006)

30 January 2006

Documents the making of the Doctor Who Serial, 'The Edge of Destruction'. It was released on the DVD of the serial and hence in The Beginning box set.

A Child's Wish Trailer (1997)

21 January 1997

A family discovers their youngest daughter has cancer. But the real struggle has yet to start.

The Henderson Monster Trailer (1980)

27 May 1980

A small town becomes gripped by an ethical debate when the community discovers a moody, egotistical scientist is experimenting with DNA and the creation of new life.

She Woke Up Trailer (1992)

19 January 1992

A socialite comes out of a coma determined to identify her assailant who may be a family member with a motive to strike again.

Edward & Mrs. Simpson Trailer (1978)

06 November 1978

While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis Simpson.

A Man on Her Back Trailer (1966)

12 January 1966

John is an aspiring composer and pianist at a club and Mary is a single girl that he meets there. When friendship turns to romance, John has to contend with Colin, a charming ladies' man who turns to Mary in times of trouble.

Henry VIII and His Six Wives Trailer (1972)

13 July 1972

Adapted from the BBC2 serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty.

Those She Left Behind Trailer (1989)

06 March 1989

Scott and Sue Grimes are a happily married and affluent young couple who are about to start a family together.

For The Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story Trailer (1993)

10 May 1993

Based on a true story, this drama centers on a mother and father who decide to have another child in hopes of providing a bone-marrow donor for their leukemia-stricken child.

Fall from Grace Trailer (1994)

02 June 1994

Fall from Grace describes the war of the young English-French Catherine, her mother is killed in 1940 during the German campaign against France, Catherine escapes to England where she eventually volunteers to become a spy.

And Baby Makes Six Trailer (1979)

22 October 1979

A middle-aged couple with three grown children discovers that they soon will be parents once more and faces a variety of emotional responses from friends and family.

Mr. Nice Trailer (2010)

07 October 2010

Biopic about 1970s Welsh marijuana trafficker Howard Marks, whose inventive smuggling schemes made him a huge success in the drug trade, as well as leading to dealings with both the IRA and British Intelligence.

Her Best Friend's Husband Trailer (2002)

10 March 2002

Would you betray your best friend for your own happiness? This is the moral dilemma one woman faces after she is called upon to help save her best friend's marriage, and the unthinkable happens.

Richard Burton: Wild Genius Trailer (2025)

10 November 2025

The son of a Welsh miner, Richard Burton became a Hollywood star and is considered one of the greatest British actors ever.

Baby Comes Home Trailer (1980)

16 October 1980

In this sequel to "And Baby Makes Six," a middle-aged couple deals with familial upheaval after giving birth to an unplanned fourth baby --- 17 years after their last child.

Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS Trailer (2006)

30 January 2006

A feature on Doctor Who: The Beginning box set which tells the stories of the Doctor's time machine - the TARDIS.

The Possession of Joel Delaney Trailer (1972)

24 May 1972

An upper-class Manhattan divorcee comes to believe that her brother is possessed by the spirit of a serial killer who beheaded young women in Spanish Harlem.

Callie & Son Trailer (1981)

01 January 1981

A fictional drama, covering a 30-year period, about a poverty-stricken teenager forced to give up her illegitimate son at birth, and the climb to wealth and power as the wife of a newspaper publisher who helps her locate her son, in whose future she becomes obsessed.

Cult People Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

In interviews, various actors and directors discuss their careers and their involvement in the making of what has come to be known as "cult" films.

The Clothes in the Wardrobe Trailer (1993)

21 December 1993

Margaret is a shy, pale, middle-class Englishwoman who is reluctantly engaged to her older, twittish neighbor Syl.

The Face on the Milk Carton Trailer (1995)

24 May 1995

Based on the book by Caroline B. Cooney, a girl happens to look down at a milk carton one day and she sees herself on the back! Could her parents really have kidnapped her?

Doctor Who: Gallifrey Trailer (2025)

06 April 2025

Ian Levine's AI construction of an unproduced serial for season twenty-three of Doctor Who.

Arch of Triumph Trailer (1984)

19 December 1984

A 1985 British made-for-television film based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque, which was previously adapted in 1948 for a film of the same name with Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer.

Daphne Laureola Trailer (1978)

15 January 1978

A young man becomes infatuated with the exotic Lady Pitts whose much older husband is not pleased.

Doctor Who: Marco Polo Trailer (1964)

04 April 1964

The TARDIS crew lands in the Himalayas of Cathay in 1289, their ship badly damaged, and are picked up by Marco Polo's caravan on its way along the fabled Silk Road to see the Emperor Kublai Khan.

Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals Trailer (2023)

25 November 2023

Behind-the-scenes stories from the long-running sci-fi drama. There are tales of stunts that went dangerously wrong and secrets of how the crew brought monsters to life, as well as revelations about how some storylines proved to be so scary the BBC were forced to re-edit episodes.

Hedda Gabler Trailer (1972)

20 October 1972

Adaptation of the play by Henrik Ibsen.

Spoiled Trailer (1968)

28 August 1968

A schoolmaster invites a nineteen-year-old student to stay with him and his wife to cram for imminent exams.

The Shell Seekers Trailer (1989)

03 December 1989

After a mild heart attack at 63, Penelope Keeling is not ready to be an invalid yet...despite her children's attempts to take control of her life.

Armchair Thriller – Rachel in Danger Trailer (1978)

21 February 1978

A political assassin murders a man and assumes his identity, not knowing that the man’s estranged daughter is coming by train to meet him that afternoon.

Verity Lambert: Drama Queen Trailer (2008)

05 April 2008

A tribute to Verity Lambert, the BBC's first female producer and one of the country's most influential pioneers of television drama.

Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story Trailer (1998)

12 October 1998

Told mostly in flashbacks, the film tells the story of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman, one of the greatest and probably most famous courtesans of the twentieth century.

Doctor Who: Origins Trailer (2006)

30 January 2006

A 55-minute documentary, detailing the creation of Doctor Who, including a rare interview with creatn

Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child Trailer (1963)

23 November 1963

Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton, two humble teachers during 1963, discover a genius student's grandfather, simply known as "the Doctor", and his police box time machine.

Downpayment on Murder Trailer (1987)

18 January 1987

About an estranged husband who, in an explosive rage, decides to have his wife murdered by a hired killer.

Coming Out of the Ice Trailer (1982)

31 December 1982

A biographical film about Victor Herman, based on the memoir of the same name.

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx Trailer (1970)

13 June 1970

In Dublin, a working class family has been unsuccessful in convincing their son to get a real job: the son prefers his job of scooping up horse's dung and selling it for flower gardens.

Chips with Everything Trailer (1975)

28 September 1975

A group of Air Force conscripts begin eight weeks of 'square-bashing' - basic military drill. Two of the conscripts develop a friendship, Pip Thompson, a young aristocrat, and Chas Wingate, a working class boy.

The Winter of Our Discontent Trailer (1983)

06 December 1983

This story tells those self-denials of an honest man what necessary to reach his object of life.

Macready's Gala Trailer (1966)

02 March 1966

The Headmaster and governors of a boarding school are accidentally locked in the new memorial room with the convicted Great Train Robbers.

Sleeping Dog Trailer (1967)

11 October 1967

A black barman upsets a colonial Governor who has just retired and returned to England. He locks the barman in the cellar and treats him like an animal.

Doctor Who: Gallifrey Trailer (2013)

18 November 2013

Con men, deposed Presidents, and sleeper agents, The Doctor returns to his home planet to find it in the process of imminent destruction!