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name: "Peter Hill"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-hill"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:21:00.714224+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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# Peter Hill

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1965–1975
- **Works often with:** David Wickes, Douglas Camfield, Jim Goddard, Mike Vardy, Ray Jenkins, Richard Harris

## Biography

Peter Hill is a British television writer and former detective inspector in the Metropolitan Police. He served for thirteen years, including time at New Scotland Yard in the Company Fraud Department and the Murder Squad, before leaving the force at the age of thirty-two to pursue writing.

Hill wrote episodes for series including *The Sweeney* (1976), *Public Eye* (1971), *Callan* (1972), *Special Branch* (1970–1974), *Z Cars*, *Crown Court*, *New Scotland Yard* and *Armchair Theatre*. He also worked as a script editor and producer in the UK and New Zealand, where he later lived. Under his own name he published six police thriller novels; as John Eyers he wrote the *Survivors* tie-in novel *Genesis of a Hero* (1977) and a *Special Branch* spin-off.

*Sources: imdb.com, peterjohneyershill.com, survivors-mad-dog.org.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Sweeney* (1975), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sweeney.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Public Eye* (1965), Writer

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