Peter J. Hammond (sometimes credited as P. J. Hammond) is a British television writer. He is best known for the creation of the highly-regarded science-fiction series Sapphire & Steel, produced by ATV and screened on the ITV network in the UK from 1979 to 1982. Hammond, who had conceived the series after spending an evening in a supposedly haunted house, wrote five of the six serials that made up the programme, as well as a novelisation of the first serial. A broadcast of the long-running and popular British science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... Sapphire & Steel was a British television science-fiction series starring David McCallum as Steel and Joanna Lumley as Sapphire. ... The ATV colour logo, used from the start of the colour standard in 1969 until the companys demise in 1981. ... Independent Television (ITV) is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up to provide competition to the BBC. In England and Wales the channel was recently rebranded ITV1 by ITV plc who own the regional broadcasting licences for the regions. ... Jump to: navigation, search This page refers to the year 1979. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A novelization (or novelisation in British English) is a fictional book that is written based on some other media story form rather than as an original work. ...

He began writing for television in the 1960s, working on BBC police dramas such as Dixon of Dock Green and Z-Cars, the latter of which he served as script editor on for a year from 1969 to 1970. In 1970 he also wrote for the fantasy series Ace of Wands, and later in the decade contributed to the soap opera Emmerdale Farm. He also continued to write for crime and police dramas, penning episodes of The Sweeney. Jump to: navigation, search The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... Jump to: navigation, search Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... Dixon of Dock Green was a popular BBC television series, which ran from 1955 to 1976, and later a radio series. ... Z-Cars (sometimes written as Z Cars, and always pronounced zed, never zee) was a British television drama series centred around the work of regular beat police officers in the fictional town of Newtown, near Liverpool, in the north-west of England. ... A script editor - a position sometimes known as story editor in the 1950s and 60s - is a member of the production team of scripted television programmes, usually dramas and comedies. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Ace of Wands was a fantasy-based British childrens television show. ... Jump to: navigation, search The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of Our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction... The opening title the show has used since 1998. ... For other uses of the name Sweeney, see Sweeney The Sweeney is a British television police drama focusing on two crime-fighting members of the Flying Squad, an elite branch of the British police force specialising in armed robbery and violent crime. ...

In the 1980s and 1990s he wrote for popular ITV police show The Bill and detective series Wycliffe. He returned to the science fiction genre by writing an episode of the 1998 Sky One series Space Island One, although his episode was ultimately one of those that went untransmitted until 2002. Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Bill is a long-running British police drama shown on ITV1. ... See also John Wycliffe, theologian and Wycliffe, County Durham. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sky One is British Sky Broadcastings flagship entertainment channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

His most recent work has included episodes of the popular murder mystery series Midsomer Murders. In October 2005, it was announced by the BBC Press Office that he would be one of the writers of the new BBC Three science fiction crime series Torchwood, a spin-off from the popular BBC One show Doctor Who. Hammond had previously been approached to write for Doctor Who in the mid-1980s, during the troubled production of Season 23's The Trial of a Time Lord. His story, titled Paradise Five, was liked by then-script editor Eric Saward, but rejected by producer John Nathan-Turner, and did not go beyond the outline stage. Jump to: navigation, search The Midsomer Murders opening title. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC Three, the successor of the similar BBC Choice, is a British television channel from the BBC broadcasting only on digital cable, terrestrial and satellite. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the science-fiction television series. ... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest television station in the world. ... Main article: History of Doctor Who Doctor Who first appeared on BBC television at 5:15 p. ... Jump to: navigation, search This is a list of Doctor Who television serials. ... The Trial of a Time Lord is the name used on screen for all fourteen episodes comprising the 23rd season (1986) of the original Doctor Who series. ... Eric Saward was born in December 1944 and became a script writer and script editor for the BBC, resigning from the latter post on the TV programme Doctor Who in 1986. ... John Nathan-Turner. ...

External links

• Peter J. Hammond at the Internet Movie Database.
• Sapphire & Steel-based interview at Anorakzone.com fansite.
• Torchwood press release at bbc.co.uk, with Hammond announced as a writer on the series.