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name: "Roger Parkes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/roger-parkes"
fi1m_id: "roger-parkes"
tmdb_id: 1220997
roles: ["Writer"]
died: "2 May 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:01:38.852582+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 Parkes

## Identity

Roger Parkes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/roger-parkes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** roger-parkes
- **TMDB ID:** 1220997
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220997

Writer. Born in England, UK. Died 2 May 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Died:** 2 May 2008
- **Active:** 1962–1984
- **Frequently works with:** [Bill Hays](https://film.one/person/bill-hays.md), [Brian Parker](https://film.one/person/brian-parker.md), [Gerald Kelsey](https://film.one/person/gerald-kelsey.md), [Herbert Wise](https://film.one/person/herbert-wise.md), [John Bruce](https://film.one/person/john-bruce.md), [John Glenister](https://film.one/person/john-glenister.md), [Ken Hannam](https://film.one/person/ken-hannam.md), [Michael Ferguson](https://film.one/person/michael-ferguson.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220997

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Prisoner*](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md) (84)

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## Biography

Roger Parkes was a British television writer. His first script was the episode 'A Change of Mind' for the series *The Prisoner* (1967). He subsequently wrote episodes for series including *Blake's 7* (1978), *Survivors* (1975), *The Bill* (1984), *The Onedin Line*, *Doomwatch*, *Crown Court* and *Z Cars*.

Parkes was born in 1933. He had previously worked as a journalist specialising in crime reporting and as a trainee story editor at the BBC. He also wrote novels, including the co-authored *The Dark Number* (1973), which won the Grand Prix de littérature policière in 1975. He died on 2 May 2008 in England.

*Sources: prisoner.fandom.com, fr.wikipedia.org, grokipedia.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Prisoner* (1967), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans* (1995), Actor
- *Troublemakers* (1990), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Writer
- *Return of the Saint* (1978), series, Story
- *Blake's 7* (1978), series, Writer
- *Survivors* (1975), series, Writer
- *Crown Court* (1972), series, Writer
- *Six Days of Justice* (1972), series, Writer
- *The Shattered Eye* (1971), Script Editor
- *The Uninvited* (1971), Script Editor
- *The Chopper* (1971), Script Editor
- *The Man in My Head* (1971), Script Editor
- *The Last Witness* (1971), Script Editor
- *Welcome Home* (1971), Script Editor
- *The Sons and Daughters of Tomorrow* (1971), Script Editor
- *Deathday* (1971), Script Editor
- *To Lay a Ghost* (1971), Script Editor
- *Taste of Evil* (1971), Script Editor
- *Doomwatch* (1970), series, Writer
- *Get Off My Cloud* (1969), Script Editor
- *The Yellow Pill* (1969), Script Editor
- *Target Generation* (1969), Script Editor
- *The Fosters* (1969), Script Editor
- *1+1=1.5* (1969), Script Editor
- *The Little Black Bag* (1969), Script Editor
- *The Naked Sun* (1969), Script Editor
- *Random Quest* (1969), Script Editor
- *Something in the Cellar* (1969), Script Editor
- *The Last Lonely Man* (1969), Script Editor
- *Liar!* (1969), Script Editor
- *Immortality Inc* (1969), Script Editor
- *The Expert* (1968), series, Writer
- *The Prisoner* (1967), series, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md)
- *Man in a Suitcase* (1967), series, Writer
- *Bat Out of Hell* (1966), series, Story Editor
- *Out of the Unknown* (1965), series, Script Editor
- *Z-Cars* (1962), series, Writer

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