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Troy Kennedy Martin

Troy Kennedy Martin

Writer · 1932–2009 · Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland, UK

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Biography

Troy Kennedy Martin (15 February 1932 – 15 September 2009) was a Scottish-born film and television screenwriter best known for creating the long running BBC TV police series Z-Cars, and for the award-winning 1985 anti-nuclear drama Edge of Darkness. Kennedy Martin's best-known work for the cinema was the screenplay for the original version of The Italian Job.

Wrote 22

2020s

  1. 2023

1990s

  1. 1999

    Bravo Two Zero

    Screenplay

  2. 1997

1980s

  1. 1988
  2. 1985

    Edge of Darkness

    Screenplay

  3. 1983

1970s

  1. 1978

    Sweeney 2

    Writer

  2. 1975
  3. 1974
  4. 1972

    The Jerusalem File

    Writer

  5. 1970

1960s

  1. 1969
  2. 1965

    The Midas Plague

    Adaptation

  3. The Man Without Papers

    Writer

  4. 1964

    Redcap

    Writer

  5. Diary of a Young Man

    Writer

  6. 1962

Created 5

1980s

  1. 1985

    Edge of Darkness

    Creator

  2. 1983

1970s

  1. 1973

    Jack the Ripper

    Creator

Appearances1

2000s

  1. 2003

    The Making Of 'The Italian Job'

    Self

Thanked in the credits1

1980s

  1. 1982

    The Terminal Game

    Thanks