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Roy Battersby (1936-2024) was a British director. He started his career making documentary features for the BBC, including work on their groundbreaking science series Tomorrow's World. In 1970 he directed the innovative scientific documentary film The Body, before moving into drama and directing TV plays, often working with writer Colin Welland. He made with several films for the Play for Today series but his role as an organiser with the Workers Revolutionary Party and his Trotskyist politics led to him being blacklisted by the BBC at the behest of Special Branch and the security services, a…
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- Play for Today (1970) Director
- A Touch of Frost (1992) Director
- Inspector Morse (1987) Director
- Cracker (1993) Director
- Between the Lines (1992) Director
- Doomwatch (1970) Director
- Centre Play (1973) Director
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) Director
- The Play on One (1988) Director
- Space Island One (1998) Director
- In Defence (2000) Director
- King of the Ghetto (1986) Director
- Doomwatch: Winter Angel (1999) Director
- The Moth (1997) Director
- King of the Ghetto (1986) Director
- Red Mercury (2005) Director
- Yellowbacks (1990) Director
- Leeds United! (1974) Director
- The Black Candle (1991) Director
- Olly's Prison (1993) Director
- Mr. Love (1986) Director
- Winter Flight (1984) Director
- The Body (1970) Director
- Right to Work March (1972) Cast
- Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today (2020) as Self – Director
- The Palestinian (1977) Director
- Roll On Four O'Clock (1970) Director
- Greys Inbetween (2008) Script Editor
- Post Mortem (1975) Director
- Gentry (1987) Director
- Escape From Kampala (1991) Director
- The Act (1989) Director
- The Operation (1973) Director
- Better Than the Movies (1972) Director
- Some Women (1969) Director
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Most-watched Roy Battersby films currently: Doomwatch: Winter Angel (1999), The Moth (1997), King of the Ghetto (1986), Red Mercury (2005), Yellowbacks (1990).
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Selected TV credits: Play for Today (1970), A Touch of Frost (1992), Inspector Morse (1987), Cracker (1993), Between the Lines (1992).
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