Allan Prior

ALLAN PRIOR d2006. English television scriptwriter and novelist who wrote over 300 television episodes from the 1950s onwards. He was founder-writer of influential police drama Z-Cars (with Troy Kennedy Martin) and wrote five of the first ten episodes and a total of 136 episodes for Z-Cars and spin-off series Softly, Softly. He also wrote several episodes of the 1970s science-fiction series Blake's 7. Along with producer Gerard Glaister he co-created the BBC drama series Howards' Way in 1985