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Ian Kennedy Martin

2.8/5 ( ratings)
Born
May 22 1936
Ian Kennedy Martin is a British television scriptwriter. He is best known for his creation of the popular 1970s police drama series The Sweeney, produced by Euston Films for Thames Television, which ran on the ITV network from 1975 to 1978. It also spawned two feature film spin-offs. He is also known for writing the 1975 action film Mitchell.

He began his television career in the 1960s, first as a script editor on the military police drama series Redcap and then later as a writer on series such as The Troubleshooters . In 1971 he worked on the popular BBC drama series The Onedin Line, which ran for nine years until 1980.

Since the end of The Sweeney in 1978, Kennedy Martin has continued to write for various police / detective dramas. These have included the BBC's Juliet Bravo and The Chinese Detective during the 1980s and ITV's The Knock in the 1990s. He has also written a number of novels, including Rekill and the dystopian science fiction novel The Last Crime, this last under the pseudonym John Domatilla. On 9th March 2009, his first play, The Berlin Hanover Express premiered at the Hampstead Theatre in North London.

He is the brother of the scriptwriter Troy Kennedy Martin, with whom he worked on Redcap and The Sweeney.

Ian Kennedy Martin

2.8/5 ( ratings)
Born
May 22 1936
Ian Kennedy Martin is a British television scriptwriter. He is best known for his creation of the popular 1970s police drama series The Sweeney, produced by Euston Films for Thames Television, which ran on the ITV network from 1975 to 1978. It also spawned two feature film spin-offs. He is also known for writing the 1975 action film Mitchell.

He began his television career in the 1960s, first as a script editor on the military police drama series Redcap and then later as a writer on series such as The Troubleshooters . In 1971 he worked on the popular BBC drama series The Onedin Line, which ran for nine years until 1980.

Since the end of The Sweeney in 1978, Kennedy Martin has continued to write for various police / detective dramas. These have included the BBC's Juliet Bravo and The Chinese Detective during the 1980s and ITV's The Knock in the 1990s. He has also written a number of novels, including Rekill and the dystopian science fiction novel The Last Crime, this last under the pseudonym John Domatilla. On 9th March 2009, his first play, The Berlin Hanover Express premiered at the Hampstead Theatre in North London.

He is the brother of the scriptwriter Troy Kennedy Martin, with whom he worked on Redcap and The Sweeney.

Books from Ian Kennedy Martin

The Dark Shepherds (Petroc Corrigan novels)

2.7/5 ( ratings)

Road of Bones (Petroc Corrigan novels)

4/5 ( ratings)

Regan And The Manhattan File

2.5/5 ( ratings)

Juliet Bravo: Five Scripts from the First Series on BBC Television

3/5 ( ratings)

The Last Text

4/5 ( ratings)

Travel Tips for the Dead (Petroc Corrigan novels)

3/5 ( ratings)

Berlin Hanover Express

5/5 ( ratings)

Z Cars: Barlow on Trial

5/5 ( ratings)

The Sweeney: Regan

5/5 ( ratings)

Terms of Surrender

5/5 ( ratings)

The Last Crime

5/5 ( ratings)
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