Director

Roy Battersby

April 20, 1936 · London, England

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 fact which Battersby was unaware of at the time.

Often works with

John Thaw
2 titles together
Inspector Morse, ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Brian Cox
2 titles together
Inspector Morse, Unnatural Causes
David Calder
2 titles together
Cracker, Between the Lines
Tom Georgeson
2 titles together
Between the Lines, Unnatural Causes
David Bradley
2 titles together
The Moth, Red Mercury

Full filmography · 37

Red Mercury
Director
2005
Doomwatch: Winter Angel
Director
1999
The Moth
Director
1997
Olly's Prison
Director
1993
Escape From Kampala
Director
1991
The Black Candle
Director
1991
Yellowbacks
Director
1990
The Act
Director
1989
Gentry
Director
1987
Mr. Love
Director
1986
Winter Flight
Director
1984
The Palestinian
Director
1977