Jed Mercurio

Tribute was paid to TV and Film Producer Tony Garnett after his death at the age of 83.

Originally an actor, Garnett produced such groundbreaking Ken Loach works as Cathy Come home and Kes, and later influence produced rich TV series in This Life .

world productions, the TV company he founded, said he died on Sunday "".

Loach said believed Garnett ", in drama, in film, and his performance on the truth and communicate".

"He understood the basic conflict at The Heart of society, between those in power who exploit and those who are exploited," the Director of Radio 4 , said Today the program.

"He was a brilliant, complex man, intensely loyal and generous-spirited. "

Line of Duty Creator Jed Mercurio said he was "an inspirational figure who will be missed".

: "Tony was helpful, to me my break in TV, I wrote a junior hospital Doctor Who never something.

"don't make 'em like him no More . "

Garnett is also remembered with affection by former line of duty-starring Daniel Mays , who called him "the best man". to hear

"Very sad, the passing of the great Tony Garnett ," "His legacy and work is truly exceptional. "

New Tricks author: "Every TV writer in the UK owes him a debt of gratitude. He increased to show our resources, such as hard, relevant, and important it could be. "

Other writers and actors added to the warm tributes on Twitter.

Born in Birmingham, 1936, Garnett began his career on the screen in the 1960s TV shows including emergency-Ward 10 and Z cars.

His subsequent work with Loach, Jim Allen and the other was marked by hard-hitting social realism.

By world Productions, The Company he founded in 1990, he executive produced Such Tv shows as Between the lines, Ballykissangel, and The life.

the latter, he revealed, it was Michael Jackson , then controller of Bbc Two , wanted to be a drama "about Young People who are just starting their first jobs".

"He said, 'Could you be lawyers?'" Garnett recalls. "I said, 'you can have it all, Michael, what are you like. '"

The map to a group of young lawyers sharing A House in London, ran for two series and gave early breaks to the up and coming stars like Jack Davenport and Andrew Lincoln .

Garnett enjoyed a lot of success at the BBC could, however, very critical of The Corporation .

"I have criticised the BBC in The Past , because I think it is very important for all of us,"

"I'm a defender of the BBC, but at the same time a loyal defender of the opposition. "

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Source of news: bbc.com