Edward Boyd (Writer)

The Odd Man

A documentary profile of three Scottish screenwriters: Edward Boyd, Gordon Williams and Alan Sharp.

Release Date1978-11-13

Charactersd Self

Out of the Unknown

Out of the Unknown is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 1965 and 1971. Each episode was a dramatisation of a science fiction short story; some were created for the series, but most were adaptations of already published stories. The first three years were exclusively science fiction, but that genre was abandoned in the final year in favour of horror and fantasy. A number of episodes were wiped during the early 1970s, as was standard procedure at the time.

Release Date1965-10-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count7

Strangers

Strangers is a 1978–82 ITV police procedural created and principally written by Murray Smith, based on characters created by Kenneth Royce in his novel series and subsequent 1977–78 television adaptation The XYY Man. Don Henderson and Dennis Blanch reprise their roles, respectively, of Detective Sergeant (DS) George Bulman and Detective Constable (DC) Derek Willis. A group of police officers are brought together from across the country to the north of England. There, the fact that they're not well-known gives them the advantage to infiltrate where a more familiar local detective could not. Despite being based around a comparatively small team of detectives, a regular feature in its early years is that few episodes feature the entire team, with most using just two or three regulars in any major role.

Release Date1978-06-05

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count3

Robbery

In this fictionalised account of the Great Train Robbery, career criminal Paul Clifton plans an audacious crime: the robbery of a mail train carrying millions in cash.

Release Date1967-08-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count49

The Odd Man

The first of a trilogy of police procedurals produced in the 1960s by Granada TV, linked by the presence of pompous but increasingly genial police Chief Inspector Charles Rose, The Odd Man initially dealt with the investigations of theatrical-agent-cum-detective Steve Gardiner, and his encounters with the police in the form of Chief Inspector Gordon and DS Swift. By season three, Rose takes Gardiner's place.

Release Date1960-10-19

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count24

The XYY Man

The XYY Man is a 1976–77 British crime thriller television series created by Kenneth Royce, based on his novel series about reformed cat burglar William 'Spider' Scott, recruited by British intelligence for secret missions due to his unique genetic makeup (an extra Y chromosome), which supposedly predisposes him to crime. The plot follows his reluctant work for the secret service and his constant pursuit by the dogged Detective Sergeant George Bulman, leading to spin-offs like Strangers and Bulman.

Release Date1976-07-03

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count3

Vote Count3

The Corridor People

The Corridor People is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in 1966, devised and written by Edward Boyd. A surreal black-and-white detective series, The Corridor People pitched security agent Kronk against exotic villainess Syrie Van Epp over the course of four episodes.

Release Date1966-08-26

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count4

Vote Count2

The View from Daniel Pike

The View from Daniel Pike is a 1971–73 Scottish TV drama series created and written by Edward Boyd, and starring Roddy McMillan as Daniel Pike, a hard-boiled private detective based in Glasgow. A few of the stories were later adapted into book form.

Release Date1971-11-25

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count4

The Sons and Daughters of Tomorrow

The small East Anglian village of Plampton has one distinction - a famous unsolved murder. A cynical journalist decides to go there to see what he can stir up. But Plampton is a community linked by telepathy and led by a witch.

Release Date1971-05-19

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

New Day

Life in the Scottish new town of Glenrothes in the Kingdom of Fife, including a royal visit.

Release Date1959-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter