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name: "Roger Marshall"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/roger-marshall"
roles: ["Creator","Writer"]
born: "15 March 1934"
died: "1 April 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T20:34:10.602802+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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# Roger Marshall

Creator and writer. Born 15 March 1934 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK. Died 1 April 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Creator, Writer
- **Born:** 15 March 1934, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
- **Died:** 1 April 2020
- **Active:** 1961–1986
- **Works often with:** Don Leaver, Murray Smith, Richard Harris, William Brayne, Baz Taylor, Bill Bain

## Biography

Roger Marshall was an English television screenwriter. Born on 15 March 1934 in Leicester, he was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He began his writing career in the late 1950s and contributed scripts to numerous series over several decades.

Marshall co-created the long-running crime series *Public Eye* (1965–1975) with Anthony Marriott and wrote many of its episodes. He also wrote 15 episodes of *The Avengers* (1962–1967) and eight episodes of *The Sweeney* (1975–1978). Other credits include episodes of *The Professionals*, *Lovejoy*, *The Gentle Touch* and *Survivors*.

He created the series *Travelling Man* (1984–1985) and *Floodtide* (1987–1988), and co-created *Mitch* (1984). Marshall died on 1 April 2020.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, telegraph.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Lovejoy* (1986), Writer
- *Dempsey and Makepeace* (1985), Writer
- *Public Eye* (1965), Creator, Writer
- *The Avengers* (1961), Writer

## Also known for

- *Attack Force Z* (1982), Screenplay
- *And Now the Screaming Starts!* (1973), Screenplay
- *Twisted Nerve* (1968), Story, Idea
- *The Professionals* (1977), Writer

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