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Elwyn Jones is a Scriptwriter British born on 19 december 1923

Elwyn Jones

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Birth name Elwyn John Jones
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 19 december 1923
Death 19 may 1982 (at 58 years)

Elwyn Jones (19 December 1923 – 19 May 1982) was a British television writer and producer, whose best-known work was perhaps the co-creation of the famous police drama series Z-Cars for BBC Television in 1962. He went onto create Softly, Softly (1966-69), Softly, Softly: Taskforce (1969-76), Barlow at Large/Barlow (1971, 1973-75), Jack the Ripper (1973) and Second Verdict (1976). A prolific television drama writer from the early 1960s up until the late 1970s, from 1963 to 1966 he was Head of Drama Series at the BBC, under Head of Drama Group Sydney Newman, the first person to hold that post after Newman divided the drama group into Series, Serials and Plays divisions.
In 1966 he co-wrote with Gerry Davis the script for the Doctor Who serial The Highlanders.

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Bob Clark
Bob Clark
(1 films)
Susan Clark
Susan Clark
(1 films)
Judy Wilson
Judy Wilson
(1 films)
June Brown
June Brown
(1 films)
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Scriptwriter

Murder by Decree, 2h4
Directed by Bob Clark
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films, Buddy films
Actors Christopher Plummer, James Mason, David Hemmings, Susan Clark, Frank Finlay, Geneviève Bujold
Rating67% 3.395333.395333.395333.395333.39533
Sherlock Holmes et le docteur Watson sont sur la piste de Jack l'Éventreur. Leur enquête va les mener dans l'entourage de la famille royale, du gouvernement britannique et de la franc-maçonnerie.