Susie Liggat is a British

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 television producer

Television producer

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. Her career had predominantly been as a first assistant director

Assistant director

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, in which capacity she worked on popular series such as Teachers, Black Books

Black Books

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, and Casanova

Casanova (2005 TV serial)

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, until she became a producer in 2006. She produced Invasion of the Bane

Invasion of the Bane

-Sladen and Doctor Who:Elisabeth Sladen, who previously played Sarah Jane between 1973 and 1976. In 1981, she was offered the role again to ease the transition between the Fourth and Fifth Doctors, which she declined, but agreed to star in the pilot for the spin-off series K-9 and Company, which...

, the pilot episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures

The Sarah Jane Adventures

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, a spin-off from Doctor Who

Doctor Who

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, on which she had worked as a first assistant director.

During the production of the third series

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 of Doctor Who, Liggat produced one filming block (the two-parter "Human Nature

Human Nature (Doctor Who episode)

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"/"The Family of Blood

The Family of Blood

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") as holiday relief for regular producer Phil Collinson

Phil Collinson

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. Liggat produced five episodes of the fourth series

Doctor Who (series 4)

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: "Planet of the Ood

Planet of the Ood

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", "The Sontaran Strategem", "The Poison Sky

The Poison Sky

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", "The Unicorn and the Wasp

The Unicorn and the Wasp

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" and "Turn Left

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". She also produced the 2008 Christmas special, entitled "The Next Doctor".
Most recently she has produced 'Blood and Oil' for BBC2 - a 2 x 90 min drama set in the Nigerian delta Oil fields.

External links

• Announcement of Liggat as holiday relief for Collinson at bbc.co.uk
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