Roy Battersby
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday20 April 1936
Died10 January 2024 (age 87)
Place of birthLondon, England
Known credits42
Biography
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…
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
2020 · Self – Director
Greys Inbetween
2008 · Script Editor
Red Mercury
2005 · Director
In Defence
2000 · Director
Doomwatch: Winter Angel
1999 · Director
Space Island One
1998 · Director
The Moth
1997 · Director
Cracker
1993 · Director
Olly's Prison
1993 · Director
A Touch of Frost
1992 · Director
Between the Lines
1992 · Director
Escape From Kampala
1991 · Director
The Black Candle
1991 · Director
Yellowbacks
1990 · Director
The Act
1989 · Director
Eurocops
1988 · Director
The Play on One
1988 · Director
Inspector Morse
1987 · Director
Gentry
1987 · Director
Unnatural Causes
1986 · Director
ScreenPlay
1986 · Director
King of the Ghetto
1986 · Director
Mr. Love
1986 · Director
Winter Flight
1984 · Director
No Excuses
1983 · Director
The Home Front
1983 · Director
The Palestinian
1977 · Director
Couples
1975 · Director
Post Mortem
1975 · Director
Leeds United!
1974 · Director
Centre Play
1973 · Director
The Operation
1973 · Director
Better Than the Movies
1972 · Director
Right to Work March
1972
Home and Away
1972 · Director
Roll On Four O'Clock
1970 · Director
Play for Today
1970 · Director
The Body
1970 · Director
Doomwatch
1970 · Director
Some Women
1969 · Director
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Director
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Director
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