Roy Battersby

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British television director

From

United Kingdom Great Britain

Television director

Work field

Film, TV, Stage & Radio

Gender

Male

Birth

1 January 1936, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Age

88 years

Family

Spouse:

Judy Loe

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Biography

Roy Battersby (born 1936) is a British television director, noted for his work in drama productions such as Between The Lines, Inspector Morse, Cracker and A Touch of Frost. Early in his career he made documentary features for the BBC programmes Tomorrow's World and Towards Tomorrow. In 2005, his film Red Mercury was shown at the Montreal World Film Festival.

He is married to actress Judy Loe and is the stepfather of actress Kate Beckinsale. Battersby was a Trotskyist for some years, becoming a full-time organiser for the now defunct Workers Revolutionary Party. The association had ended by 1981, but the connection led to his being blacklisted by the BBC.

Filmography

Year	Title	Episodes	Comments
1969	ITV Saturday Night Theatre	Machine	TV play written by Hugh Charteris
1970	The Body		Documentary narrated by Vanessa Redgrave and Frank Finlay
1970	ITV Saturday Night Theatre	Roll on Four O'Clock	TV play written by Colin Welland
1972	Home and Away
1972	Play For Today	Better Than The Movies	TV play written by John Elliot and starring Bryan Marshall
1973	Play For Today	The Operation	TV play written by Roger Smith
1974	Play For Today	Leeds United	TV play written by Colin Welland and starring Elizabeth Spriggs
1975	Centre Play	Post Mortem
1975-76	Couples	9 episodes
1977	The Palestinian
1981	A Change In Time
1983	No Excuses
1983	The Home Front	At The Grammar
1983	The Home Front	Low Key Lady on High Speed Train
1983	The Home Front	The Poodle Strikes Back
1983	The Home Front	Walk in My Shoes
1984	Winter Flight
1986	King of the Ghetto	4 episodes
1986	Unnatural Causes	Evensong
1986	Screenplay	The Act
1990	Eurocops	Pushed	Crime drama by Billy Hamon starring John Benfield as Jackson
1990	Eurocops	Firing the Bullets	Crime drama by Billy Hamon starring John Benfield as Jackson
1990	The Play on One	Yellowbacks
1991	The Play on One	Escape From Kampala
1991	Inspector Morse	Fat Chance	Crime drama starring John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Maurice Denham and Zoë Wanamaker.
1992	Between The Lines	Lies and Damned Lies	Crime drama starring Neil Pearson
1992	Between The Lines	A Watch & Chain of Course	Crime drama starring Neil Pearson
1993	Between The Lines	Some Must Watch	Crime drama starring Neil Pearson
1993	Between The Lines	Manoeuvre 11	Crime drama starring Neil Pearson
1994	A Touch of Frost	Widows and Orphans	Crime drama starring David Jason
1994	Between The Lines	The End User: Part 1	Crime drama starring Neil Pearson
1994	Between The Lines	The End User: Part 2	Crime drama starring Neil Pearson
1995	Cracker	Brotherly Love Part 1	Crime drama starring Robbie Coltrane and Geraldine Somerville
1995	Cracker	Brotherly Love Part 2	Crime drama starring Robbie Coltrane and Geraldine Somerville
1995	Cracker	Brotherly Love Part 3	Crime drama starring Robbie Coltrane and Geraldine Somerville
1995	A Touch of Frost	Quarry	Crime drama starring David Jason
1997	The Moth
1998	Space Island One	A Child Is Born
1999	Doomwatch: Winter Angel
2000	In Defence	2 episodes
2004	A Touch of Frost	Dancing in the Dark	Crime drama starring David Jason
2005	Red Mercury
2006	A Touch of Frost	Endangered Species	Crime drama starring David Jason