death_place death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name
ditchling , east sussex 15 september 2009 rothesay , isle of bute , scotland 15 february 1932 troy kennedy martin
 troy kennedy martin
troy kennedy martin

troy kennedy martin -lrb- 15 february 1932 -- 15 september 2009 -rrb- was a scottish-born film and television screenwriter best known for creating the long-running bbc tv police series `` z-cars '' , and for the award-winning 1985 anti-nuclear drama `` edge of darkness '' .
his best-known work for the cinema was the screenplay for the original version of `` the italian job '' .
