Trevor Preston obituary

Screenwriter who enjoyed success with two hard-hitting television drama series, Out and FoxA tough, working-class upbringing and research in the haunts of London’s gangland bosses informed the gritty, hard-hitting drama that the writer Trevor Preston brought to television in two standout series, Out (1978) and Fox (1980). Preston, who has died aged 79, was given his own programmes after writing episodes of The Sweeney (1975-80), which starred John Thaw and Dennis Waterman as officers with