Michael E. Briant

Michael Edwin Briant born 14 February 1942 is a retired English television director and author best known for his work as a director for BBC television drama in the 1970s and 1980s At the age of 21 Briant joined the BBC as an assistant floor manager in the drama department and a year later became a production assistant In 1966 he took a Directors Course Sometimes credited as just Michael Briant he subsequently directed series such as ZCars and Doctor Who directing Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker in a total of six serials Colony in Space 1971 The Sea Devils 1972 The Green Death 1973 Death to the Daleks 1974 Revenge of the Cybermen 1975 and The Robots of Death 1977 He went on to direct several episodes from the first season of Blakes 7 in 1978 and Secret Army between 1978 and 1979 He later directed four of the six episodes of its sequel Kessler and the thriller series Blood Money in which he cast many of the actors from Secret Army