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name: "Elwyn Jones"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elwyn-jones"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "19 December 1923"
died: "19 May 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:07:42.825296+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Elwyn Jones

Writer. Born 19 December 1923 in Cwmaman, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. Died 19 May 1982.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 19 December 1923, Cwmaman, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
- **Died:** 19 May 1982
- **Active:** 1962–1963
- **Works often with:** Anthony Read, Barry Letts, Bob Baker, Brian Hayles, Christopher Barry, Dave Martin

## Biography

Elwyn Jones (1923–1982) was a Welsh television writer and producer. Born in Cwmaman, Glamorgan, he attended the London School of Economics and worked as a journalist, including roles at the Radio Times, before joining the BBC in the late 1950s as a producer and scriptwriter.

He co-created the police drama series *Z-Cars* (1962) and wrote numerous episodes for it and its spin-offs. Between 1963 and 1966 he was Head of Drama (Series) at the BBC. He received a writing credit on *Doctor Who* (1963) and later worked as a freelance writer on series including *Softly, Softly* and *Barlow at Large*.

Jones also wrote true crime novels and documentary books. His work *The Last Two to Hang* (1966) earned an Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He co-authored the novel on which the film *Murder by Decree* (1979) was based.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Doctor Who* (1963), Fi1m 81, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Z-Cars* (1962), Writer

## Also known for

- *Murder by Decree* (1979), Novel

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