Peter Batty

Peter Batty, a newspaper journalist, joined the original BBC TV Tonight team, later becoming its editor. After a spell with ITV he set up his own production company to produce, direct and script for film and TV. Awards include a Grand Prix at the Venice Film Festival and the Silver Dove from the Leipzig Film Festival for his Fall and Rise of the House of Krupp (also a book). He produced and scripted for BBC TV two documentaries on Tito which The Daily Mail found "fascinating", The Sunday...See more

Peter Batty, a newspaper journalist, joined the original BBC TV Tonight team, later becoming its editor. After a spell with ITV he set up his own production company to produce, direct and script for film and TV. Awards include a Grand Prix at the Venice Film Festival and the Silver Dove from the Leipzig Film Festival for his Fall and Rise of the House of Krupp (also a book). He produced and scripted for BBC TV two documentaries on Tito which The Daily Mail found "fascinating", The Sunday Telegraph "excellent" and The Sunday Times "a damning investigation into the political dealings of the Yugoslav Partisan leader". He produced and scripted 6 episodes of the internationally-praised TV. See less