Editing Colin Baker (section)

===Early work in television===
[[File:Colin Baker and Jean Anderson in 1976.jpg|thumb|Baker with his ''[[The Brothers (1972 TV series)|The Brothers]]'' co-star [[Jean Anderson]] in 1976]]
Baker's numerous television roles in the early 1970s included a supporting role in a 1970 [[BBC]] ''[[The Roads to Freedom (TV serial)|adaptation]]'' of [[Jean-Paul Sartre]]'s trilogy ''[[The Roads to Freedom]]'', a leading role as Count Steinbock in their adaptation of ''[[Cousin Bette]]'' the following year, playing opposite [[Margaret Tyzack]] and [[Helen Mirren]]. In 1972 he played Anatole Kuragin, opposite [[Anthony Hopkins]] in the BBC adaptation of ''[[War and Peace (1972 TV series)|War and Peace]]''. His regular television work continued and in ''[[Fall of Eagles]]'', Baker appeared as [[William, German Crown Prince|Crown Prince Wilhelm]] of the [[German Empire]].

By far his most prominent role to date came in 1974, playing the ruthless banker Paul Merroney in the BBC Sunday evening series ''[[The Brothers (1972 TV series)|The Brothers]]''.<ref name="cambridge-news.co.uk">{{cite news |url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Colin-Baker-Time-Gentleman/story-22776002-detail/story.html|title=Colin Baker: Time Gentleman|date=5 July 2012|newspaper=[[Cambridge News]]|access-date=5 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923221557/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Colin-Baker-Time-Gentleman/story-22776002-detail/story.html|archive-date=23 September 2015}}</ref> Baker joined the series half-way through its run, as Merroney became one of the leading characters over three and a half series from 1974–76.

After ''The Brothers'', he worked regularly in theatre and his television work became less frequent, although he guest-starred as Bayban the Butcher in a 1980 episode of ''[[Blake's 7]]'', "City at the Edge of the World". He had further guest roles on television and in 1983 featured in a BBC production of [[A.J. Cronin]]'s ''[[The Citadel (1983 miniseries)|The Citadel]]''.