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Post by Andy Howells on Sept 17, 2009 14:22:29 GMT
It seems Troy Kennedy Martin , creator of Z Cars and one of my fave films The italian Job has died. (Obituary in today's Daily Telegraph).
Let's hope an appraisal of his work gets featured on BBC Four shortly (particularly some reruns of Z Cars!)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2009 15:24:45 GMT
Let's hope an appraisal of his work gets featured on BBC Four shortly (particularly some reruns of Z Cars!) Agreed, but what's the betting it will be the first episode again or one of the other first series episodes the BBC always show? |
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Post by Joe Haynes on Sept 17, 2009 17:05:55 GMT
saddly i doubt BBC 4 will do any showings of Z-Cars. Maybe one day when the bbc decide to do an online archive we will nbe able to see all those episodes again
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Post by Mark Smith on Sept 17, 2009 19:00:19 GMT
A retrospective of his work as a writer (on any one of the channels) would indeed be a fitting tribute to his memory.
RIP.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2009 11:20:56 GMT
He seems to figure as a key player at important points in TV writing history and as such deserves a retrospective tribute. Sadly though, I doubt we'll get anything, considering he wasn't even given a mention on the news.
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Post by Mark Smith on Sept 18, 2009 11:49:36 GMT
Oh absolutely, and that's a great shame. Unfortunately, as important a writer as he was for television, Martin's name wasn't high in the public consciousness (as say, Dennis Potter or Jack Rosenthal), so his passing without media comment seems almost inevitable.  |
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Post by adriane17 on Sept 18, 2009 16:32:54 GMT
There was a recollection of his work on Front Row on Radio 4 the day his death was announced. The writers, directors and producers are what makes memorable TV not those on screen and Front Row is one of the mainstream programmes that recognises this
Hopefully the BFI will do a retrospective at some point although I think they may have done something not that long ago.
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Post by Mark Smith on Sept 19, 2009 8:51:26 GMT
The writers, directors and producers are what makes memorable TV not those on screen I'd say memorable television is actually rather like an onion - multi-layered, with each layer is as important as the next, in front or behind the screen. |
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Post by Robert Manners on Sept 19, 2009 11:19:53 GMT
There was a recollection of his work on Front Row on Radio 4 the day his death was announced. The writers, directors and producers are what makes memorable TV not those on screen and Front Row is one of the mainstream programmes that recognises this Hopefully the BFI will do a retrospective at some point although I think they may have done something not that long ago. Yes thats true , it featured his Out of the Unknown episodes 'The Midas Plague' |
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