Peter Newby
Acting
Known For

A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.
Playhouse

Anthology series of half hour plays produced in BBC's Television Centre's studios.
Centre Play

A British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad finds himself adrift between two cultures.
Pressure

Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at the junk yard. Always on the lookout for ways to improve his lot, Harold invests his father's life savings in a greyhound who is almost blind and can't see the hare. When the dog loses a race and Harold has to pay off the debt, he comes up with another bright idea. Collect his father's life insurance. To do this his father must pretend to be dead.
Steptoe & Son Ride Again

A young boy runs away from an approved school to meet up with his father in the hope that he can persuade his dad to allow him to travel to Canada with him. He also meets up with two local children and discovers that his father is instead planning a bank heist.
Hide and Seek

Teenager Diane Weaver lives in a small council flat with her brooding father, the groundskeeper of a local church. What no one realises, is how close Diane and her father are.
Diane
A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter
The Trouble with 2b: Part Six, Blackboard Jungle
A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter
The Trouble with 2b: Part Five, Thirty Years Younger
A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter
The Trouble with 2b: Part Four, Parents' Day

'You said I'm a teacher as if that makes me into a boss. I'm just someone who has to be here, same as you.' Redfern, a student teacher, thinks today's educational system is all wrong...
A Martyr to the System
A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter
The Trouble with 2b: Part Three, Trial of Strength
A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter
The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy Days
A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter