Elwyn Jones was a British

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 television

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 writer and producer, whose best-known work was perhaps the co-creation of the famous police drama series Z-Cars

Z-Cars

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for BBC Television

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 in 1962. He went onto create Softly, Softly

Softly, Softly

Softly, Softly may refer to:* Softly, Softly , a 1966–1969 British police drama series** Softly, Softly: Taskforce, a 1969–1976 revamped version of the series* "Softly, Softly" , a popular song...

(1966-69), Softly, Softly : Task Force (1969-76), Barlow at Large

Barlow at Large

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/Barlow (1971, 1973-75), Jack The Ripper

Jack the Ripper

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(1973) and Second Verdict

Second Verdict

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(1976). A prolific television drama writer from the early 1960s up until the late 1970s, from 1963 to 1966 he was Head of Drama Series

BBC television drama

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 at the BBC, under Head of Drama Group Sydney Newman

Sydney Newman

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, the first person to hold that post after Newman divided the drama group into Series, Serials and Plays divisions.
In 1966 he co-wrote with Gerry Davis

Gerry Davis (screenwriter)

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 the script for the Doctor Who

Doctor Who

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serial The Highlanders

The Highlanders (Doctor Who)

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