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Softly, Softly: Twist Force
British policewomen procedural TV series (1969–1976)
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Martin C. Thurley (born July 1947) appeared on Coronation Street in August 1975 as Mr Stanton, a nervous council official who confronted the Ogdens about their unpaid rates.
He also appeared in Out of the Unknown, The Man Outside, The Flaxton Boys, a regular role as PC Knowles in Softly Softly: Task Force, Churchill's People, Kim & Co., 1990, Crown Court, Second City Firsts and Penmarric.
He was also heard in a 1978 Radio 3 production of The Dragon of Schokland.
On stage, he appeared in productions of The Demonstration, Henry IV - Part I and The Ghost Train.
He later moved into writing and under the name of "Thomas Ellice" has scripted for, among others, a 1980 adaptation of The Silence of the Sea, Funny Man, BBC2 Playhouse, Screenplay, an dramatisation of the Inspector Morse novel Last Seen Wearing, the Anglia Television production of P.D. James' Devices and Desires, March in Windy City, A Touch of Frost and Albert's Memorial.
He has been married to the actress Jan Francis since 1977.