Innes Lloyd: The Producer, all about the former Doctor Who producer, will air on BBC4 tomorrow night (23rd December 2025) at 8:25pm.

The documentary runs for an hour and a half, and here’s what to expect:

Innes Lloyd was one of the most prolific and respected producers of television drama in Britain. Between 1966 and 1991, he helped create well over 300 individual dramas for the BBC, including landmark programmes such as Talking Heads, Doctor Who and The Stone Tape.

Lloyd was the first to commission dramas from Alan Bennett and was responsible for introducing the concept of ‘regeneration’ into Doctor Who. After his death in 1991, he left behind a large personal archive of diaries and other paperwork, now used in the making of this documentary – charting Lloyd’s career at the BBC and the development of UK television drama through the 1960s, 70s and 80s.

Featuring interviews with Alan Bennett, Michael Palin and Frazer Hines, among others, the programme is narrated by Jane Asher.

Innes Lloyd: The Producer includes a rare archive on-screen interview with Lloyd, plus Innes’ original notes, read by David Quilter (Greeves the butler in The Unicorn and the Wasp).

Lloyd oversaw probably the most important part of Doctor Who‘s long history: the transition between William Hartnell’s First Doctor and Patrick Troughton’s Second, and ushered in an era of iconic monsters, including the Cybermen, the Great Intelligence and his Yeti (or Abominable Snowmen, if you will), and the Ice Warriors.

Innes Lloyd: The Producer will be available on BBC iPlayer after its broadcast — a lovely pre-Christmas treat!