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Trevor Preston
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Biography
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Trevor Preston was a British screenwriter associated with the crime dramas of the 1970s and 1980s. He wrote for The Sweeney and created Out, in which Tom Bell played a bank robber returning from prison to discover who betrayed him. His series Fox followed a south London family.
Preston’s scripts brought psychological complexity to stories of violence, loyalty and compromised authority. His film work included Alan Clarke’s Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire and Mike Hodges’s I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead. He received the BAFTA television award for writing in 1981, recognising a distinctive contribution to British screen drama.
Reviewed 2026-09-07Selected sources
- Television Heaven — OutOut, its central character and Preston’s crime-drama writing.
- BAFTA — Television awards 1981Writing award.
- BFI — Billy the Kid and the Green Baize VampireScreenwriting credit and director.
- BFI — I’ll Sleep When I’m DeadScreenwriting credit and director.
- The Guardian — Trevor Preston obituaryFox and its south London family setting; limited supporting reference.