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Troy Kennedy Martin (15 February 1932 – 15 September 2009) was a Scottish-born film and television screenwriter. He created the long-running BBC TV police series Z-Cars (1962–1978), and the award-winning 1985 anti-nuclear drama Edge of Darkness.
Troy Kennedy Martin was born on February 15, 1932 in Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland, UK. He was an accomplished writer, known for The Italian Job (1969), Red Heat (1988) and Kelly's Heroes (1970). He penned two of British television's most groundbreaking series of the 20th century, first with Z Cars (1962), one of the first realistic police ...
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- Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland, UK
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When Troy Kennedy Martin created Z Cars in 1962, he brought to British television screens for the first time an image of the police very different from the homely one depicted in Dixon of...
Troy Kennedy Martin was born on February 15, 1932 in Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland, UK. He was an accomplished writer, known for The Italian Job (1969), Red Heat (1988) and Kelly's Heroes (1970).
- February 15, 1932
- September 15, 2009
Troy Kennedy Martin. Writer. 15 February 1932 to 14 September 2009. A co-creator of police series Z-Cars (1962-78), Kennedy Martin went on to even greater success writing The Italian Job (1969).
Sep 16, 2009 · Troy Kennedy Martin, the scriptwriter, who died on Tuesday aged 77, created Z-Cars in 1962, revolutionising television police dramas by introducing a tough new realism; he also wrote the...
Dec 27, 2006 · Born in 1932, Troy Kennedy Martin 1 was a British scriptwriter who worked in film and television. He was a pioneer in portraying the police as less than perfect in British TV drama, but...
