Ian Kennedy Martin obituary

TV writer who created the 1970s police drama The Sweeney and later worked on Juliet Bravo and The Chinese DetectiveThe writer Ian Kennedy Martin, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 90, created one of British television’s most realistic, groundbreaking television police dramas. With action shot on the streets of London, the 1970s series The Sweeney featured screeching tyres, punch-ups, officers who could be as violent as the criminals, and lines such as: “Get yer trousers on &ndas