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John Brason
John Brason is a British script writer and script editor, best known for the series made in collaboration with television producer Gerard Glaister, ''Colditz'' and '' Secret Army'', both set during World War II. Brason was known for his anti-communism, among the reasons he believed for the non-broadcast of his final scripted episode of ''Secret Army'', "What Did You Do During the War, Daddy?" Credits As Writer * ''Colditz'' (1972) * ''Moonbase 3'' (1973) * ''Special Branch'' (1974) * ''Boy Dominic'' (1974) * '' Blood Relations'' (originally ''Bloedverwanten'', 1977) * '' Secret Army'' (1977–79) * '' The Fourth Arm'' (1979) * ''Buccaneer'' (1980) * ''Enemy at the Door'' (1980) * ''Diamonds'' (1981) * '' Kessler'' (1981) * ''Chessgame'' (1983) * '' Skorpion'' (1983) * '' Cold Warrior'' (1984) Script Editor * ''Secret Army'' (1977–79) * ''Buccaneer'' (1980) * ''Blood Money'' (1981) * ''Howards' Way ''Howards' Way'' is a television drama series produced by BBC Birmingham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Glaister
John Leslie Glaister DFC (21 December 1915 – 5 February 2005), known as Gerard or Gerrard Glaister, was a British television producer and director best known for his work with the BBC. Amongst his most notable successes as a producer were ''Colditz'', '' The Brothers'', '' Secret Army'' and '' Howards' Way''. After studying at RADA, Glaister made his West End debut in 1939. With the outbreak of war, he joined the Royal Air Force, commissioned as Pilot Officer on 8 September 1939 and initially flying a Blenheim bomber. He later served as a photo reconnaissance pilot in 208 Squadron RAF in the Western Desert, initially flying Westland Lysanders. It was during these latter duties that he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on 6 October 1942, for a hazardous reconnaissance flight in an unarmed Hurricane at extremely low level across the Italian front line. He rose to the rank of Squadron Leader and retired from the RAF on 5 August 1952 (for medical reasons). Glaister la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamonds (British TV Series)
''Diamonds'' is a British television drama produced by ATV for the ITV in 1981. Created by John Brason, the series was set amongst the exclusive world of diamond merchants, Coleman and Sons, in London and lasted for thirteen episodes. Cast * Frank Coleman – John Stride * Margaret Coleman – Hildegard Neil * Bernard de Haan – Simon Ward * Dora Coleman – Doris Hare * Barry Coleman – Ian McCulloch * Joseph Coleman – Norman Wooland * Catherine Coleman – Shirley Cain * Terry Coleman – William Relton * Elaine Coleman – Briony McRoberts * David Kremer – Michael Culver * Mordecai Kremer – John Barrard * Jennifer Reece – Valerie Testa * Tom Fabricius – Mark Kingston Mark Kingston (18 April 1934 – 9 October 2011) was an English actor who made many television and stage appearances over his 50-year career. Biography Kingston's father was a blacksmith and he attended Greenwich Central School and traine ... Episodes References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Television Writers
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *'' Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walk A Crooked Path
''Walk a Crooked Path '' is a 1969 British crime film directed by John Brason and starring Tenniel Evans, Faith Brook and Patricia Haines. The film is set at a boarding school where a man plans to murder his wealthy teacher wife. It is sometimes known as ''Twilight Man''. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold. Cast * Tenniel Evans as John Hemming * Faith Brook as Elizabeth Hemming * Christopher Coll as Bill Coleman * Patricia Haines as Nancy Coleman * Clive Endersby as Philip Dreeper * Georgina Simpson as Elaine * Margery Mason as Aunt Mildred * Georgina Cookson as Imogen Dreeper * Peter Copley as Arnold Oberon * Paul Dawkins as Inspector * Barry Perowne as Unwins * Robert Powell Robert Powell (; born 1 June 1944) is an English actor who is known for the title roles in '' Mahler'' (1974) and ''Jesus of Nazareth'' (1977), and for his portrayal of secret agent Richard Hannay in '' The Thirty Nine Steps'' (1978) and its s ... as Mullvaney Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howards' Way
''Howards' Way'' is a television drama series produced by BBC Birmingham and transmitted on BBC1 between 1 September 1985 and 25 November 1990. The series deals with the personal and professional lives of the wealthy yachting and business communities in the fictional town of Tarrant on the south coast of England, and was filmed on the River Hamble and the Solent. Most of the location filming for the series was carried out in Bursledon, Hamble, Swanwick, Warsash, Hill Head, Lee-on-the-Solent, Lymington, Hythe, Southampton and Fareham—all in Hampshire. The Jolly Sailor pub in Bursledon featured in several episodes. History ''Howards' Way'' was created and produced by Gerard Glaister and Allan Prior, with lead writer Raymond Thompson as story and script consultant—at a point in the BBC's history when the organisation was making a concerted populist strike against ITV in its approach to programming. The series debuted on BBC1 in 1985, the same year that the BBC l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood Money (TV Series)
''Blood Money'' is a British television serial written by Arden Winch and produced by the BBC in 1981. The series starred Michael Denison as Captain Percival, an operative of British Special Intelligence, who works with Scotland Yard to solve the kidnapping of the young son of the Administrator General of the United Nations by a terrorist cell. As originally written (under the title "Blood Royal"), the kidnapped child was a member of the Royal Family called Prince Rupert, but after objections by the real Royals, the character was changed. The six-part serial was produced by Gerard Glaister, previously responsible for the Second World War drama series '' Secret Army''. ''Blood Money'' also reunited a number of former ''Secret Army'' cast members – Bernard Hepton played the Chief Superintendent of the anti terrorist squad with Daniel Hill as Insp. Danny Clark, a brilliant linguist. Daniel Hill had also appeared in 2 episodes of Secret Army as two different characters, the las ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cold Warrior (TV Series)
''Cold Warrior'' is a British television series produced by the BBC in 1984. The series was based around the character of Captain Aubrey Percival (Michael Denison), first introduced in the 1981 thriller serial '' Blood Money''. Moving away from the serial format of ''Blood Money'' and '' Skorpion'', ''Cold Warrior'' was a series of eight stand-alone episodes, which saw Percival dealing with various threats to national security. He was assisted by Jo ( Lucy Fleming) and Danny Quirk ( Dean Harris) - the latter also reprising his role from ''Blood Money''. Cast * Michael Denison John Michael Terence Wellesley Denison (1 November 191522 July 1998) was an English actor. He often appeared with his wife, Dulcie Gray, with whom he featured in several films and more than 100 West End theatre productions. After a conventio ... - Captain Aubrey Percival * Lucy Fleming - Jo * Dean Harris - Danny Quirk * David Swift - Sir William Logie Episodes References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skorpion (TV Series)
''Skorpion'' is a British television serial transmitted by the BBC in 1983. A sequel (of sorts) to the 1981 series ''Blood Money (TV series), Blood Money'', ''Skorpion'' saw Michael Denison, Daniel Hill (actor), Daniel Hill and Jack McKenzie (actor), Jack McKenzie reprise their roles from the original serial. A mysterious plane crash in the Scottish highlands and a woman pursued by a hitman are cases investigated by the Anti-Terrorism Squad. Cast * Terrence Hardiman - Chief Supt. Franks * Michael Denison - Captain Aubrey Percival * Marianne Borgo - Gabrielle * Daniel Hill (actor), Daniel Hill - Inspector Clark * Jack McKenzie (actor), Jack McKenzie - Chief Inspector Perry * Neville Jason - Constant Delangre * Tamara Ustinov - WPC Baker * Mary Wimbush - Agatha * Ian Cullen - Inspector Hallisay * James Kennedy - Mr. X * Tom Chadbon - Dr. Ormiston References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Skorpion (Tv Series) 1980s British drama television series BBC television dramas 1983 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chessgame
''Chessgame'' is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in 1983. Based on a series of novels by Anthony Price, the series dealt with the activities of a quartet of counter-intelligence agents: David Audley (Terence Stamp), Faith Steerforth (Carmen du Sautoy), Nick Hannah (Michael Culver) and Hugh Roskill (Robin Sachs). One series of six episodes was made. * "The Alamut Ambush" * "Enter Hassan" * "The Roman Collection" * "Digging up the Future" * "Flying Blind" * "Cold Wargame" The series was rebroadcast as three TV movies in 1986 called ''The Alamut Ambush'', ''The Deadly Recruits'', and ''The Cold War Killers''. The theme music was composed by Christopher Gunning Christopher Gunning (born 5 August 1944) is an English composer of concert works and music for films and television. Gunning was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where his tutors incl .... External links * Adde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kessler (TV Series)
''Kessler'' is a television series produced by the BBC in 1981, starring Clifford Rose in the title role. The six-part serial is a sequel to the Second World War drama series '' Secret Army'', set in contemporary times. Plot The story begins when a Belgian journalist, Hugo van Eyck (Jerome Willis), broadcasts a documentary about Nazi war criminals, and investigates the whereabouts of the former Chief of Gestapo and SS of Belgium, ''Sturmbannführer'' Ludwig Kessler ( Clifford Rose) with the help of West German intelligence officer Richard Bauer (Alan Dobie). Kessler has changed his name to Manfred Dorf and is now a rich industrialist, with factories manufacturing plastics, explosives, and pharmaceutical products. His wartime Belgian mistress Madeleine Duclos (Hazel McBride) is deceased, but after the War the couple married and had a daughter, Ingrid (Alison Glennie). Kessler is part of an organisation called the '' Kameradenwerk'', made up of Nazis on the run, trying to evad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enemy At The Door
''Enemy at the Door'' is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for ITV. The series was shown between 1978 and 1980 and dealt with the German occupation of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, during the Second World War. The programme generated a certain amount of criticism in Guernsey, particularly for being obviously filmed on Jersey despite being ostensibly set on Guernsey. The series also marked the TV debut of Anthony Head as a member of the island resistance. The theme music was composed by Wilfred Josephs. Plot The islanders were chiefly represented by the respected local doctor, Philip Martel ( Bernard Horsfall), who struggled to maintain the peace while the Germans were led by Major Dieter Richter (Alfred Burke), a peacetime academic who was inclined to be lenient on the Guernsey populace but whose approach was challenged by his more conventionally nasty SS counterpart Hauptsturmführer Klaus Reinicke ( Simon Cadell). Rounding out the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colditz (1972 TV Series)
''Colditz'' is a British television drama series co-produced by the BBC and Universal Studios and screened between 1972 and 1974. The series deals with Allied prisoners of war imprisoned at the supposedly escape-proof Colditz Castle when designated Oflag IV-C during World War II, and their many attempts to escape captivity, as well as the relationships formed between the various nationalities and their German captors. ''Colditz'' was created by Brian Degas working with the producer Gerard Glaister, who went on to devise another successful BBC series dealing with the Second World War, '' Secret Army''. Technical consultant for the series was Major Pat Reid, the real British Escape Officer at Colditz. One of the locations used in filming was Stirling Castle. Characters British *Lieutenant Colonel John Preston DSO TD ( Jack Hedley) – Senior British Officer, Colonel Preston is the embodiment of British stiff upper lip. He is mostly emotionless, intelligent, respected by hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |