Organization, The (ITV 1972 Donald Sinden, Peter Egan)

Drama series The Organization was all about the plotting and backbiting amongst the PR Department of the Greatrick Organisation which is still ruled by the iron hand of the (never seen) chairman who created it.

Peter Egan played the handsome and ambitious newly arrived Richard Pershore who was determined to get to the top. Bernard Hepton was press officer Rodney Spurling who always seemed to be in Chairman’s firing line. Meanwhile Donald Sinden was David Pulman, head of public relations. Everyone is terrified of the Chairman (who is never seen but makes a habit of early morning or late night phone calls at home to his staff, just to tell them off) but it’s Eve (who is in Editor of the in-house magazine) who is the real player.

The fabulous scripts by Philip Mackie (he was a deserved winner of the writers guild award 1973 award for best drama series for this show) are archly played by the fabulous cast.

production details
UK / ITV – Yorkshire TV / 7×60 minute episodes / Broadcast Sunday 16 April – 28 May 1972

Writer: Philip Mackie / Executive Producer: Peter Willes / Director: James Ormerod

cast
DONALD SINDEN as David Pullman
ANTON RODGERS as Peter Frame
PETER EGAN as Richard Pershore
BERNARD HEPTON as Rodney Spurling
PHILIP STONE as Chantry
JOHN NETTLETON as Blount
PATRICIA MAYNARD as Chantry’s Secretary
MEL MARTIN as Jenny
ELAINE TAYLOR as Veronica
SHARON MUGHAN as Rosemary
BETH MORRIS as Heather
NORMAN BIRD as Ken Grist
JO KENDALL as Daphne

THE EPISODES 16 April – 28 May 1972
1. MR PERSHORE AND KEN GRIST (16 Apr 72)
2. KEN GRIST AND EVE (23 Apr 72)
3. EVE AND RODNEY SPURLING (30 Apr 72)
4. RODNEY SPURLING AND PETER FRAME (7 May 72)
5. PETER FRAME AND VERONICA (14 May 72)
6. VERONICA AND MR PULMAN (21 May 72)
7. MR PULMAN AND MR PERSHORE (28 May 72)