Tony Garnett
Tony Garnett is a British film and television producer, director and former actor. He is best known for his thirteen-year association with director Ken Loach, which started with The Wednesday Play and the groundbreaking Cathy Come Home amongst others, and continued into Play For Today and big screen features such as Kes. His other TV productions have included the controversial Law and Order and The Spongers and, with his company World Productions, Between the Lines, Ballykissangel, Cops, Cardiac Arrest and This Life. As a director, he helmed the films Prostitute and Handgun, and produced Hollywood movies such as Earth Girls are Easy and Sesame Street's Follow That Bird, and British cult LGBT classic Beautiful Thing. In 2016, he released his memoir, The Day the Music Died.
Acting
- 1963FestivalReg1 ep.
- 1963World in Action1 ep.
- 1962Studio 4Gianmaria Bargigli1 ep.
- 1960An Age of Kings7 ep.
Behind the camera
- 2003BuriedExecutive Producer8 ep.
- 2000AttachmentsExecutive Producer26 ep.
- 1998The CopsExecutive Producer24 ep.
- 1996This LifeExecutive Producer32 ep.
- 1996BallykissangelProducer57 ep.
- 1995SharmanExecutive Producer5 ep.
- 1994Cardiac ArrestProducer27 ep.
- 1992Between the LinesExecutive Producer, Producer35 ep.
- 1978Law & OrderProducer4 ep.
- 1975Days of HopeProducer4 ep.
- 1965BBC Play of the MonthProducer1 ep.
Guest appearances
- 1970World in Action1 ep.
- 1964FestivalReg1 ep.
- 1962Studio 4Gianmaria Bargigli1 ep.
- 1960An Age of KingsBates, Sir Thomas Grey, Vernon7 ep.