Gerard Glaister Archives

The Revenue Men (BBC Crime, Ewen Solon, Callum Mill)

Crime drama series The Revenue Men detailed the cases of a group of customs and excise men. The series concentrated on the work of an office...

Episodes2 years ago

Oil Strike North: The Fatal Hours Part 2 (S1EP13 BBC One 18 Nov 1975, Oliver Maguire)

The Fatal Hours Part 2: Nelson One is badly damaged. The lives of seventy men are at risk. Regular Cast: Nigel Davenport (Fraser), Michael Whitney (Frank Ward),...

Episodes2 years ago

Secret Army: Day of Wrath (S2EP13 BBC 28 Dec 1978, John Alkin)

Day of Wrath: Andre De Beers, a Belgian fighter pilot, is taken prisoner by the Gestapo and forced to watch his brother being tortured to death....

Episodes2 years ago

Codename: Target (S1EP2 BBC One 14 Apr 1970, Patrick Allen)

Target: Sir Iain orders lawyer and spy Philip West to escort a professional assassin, Morgan, back from Portugal to England. But West’s assignment is not as...

Howard's Way BBC Drama Maurice Colbourne Jan Harvey, Edward Highmore, Tracey Childs,

TV2 years ago

Howard’s Way (BBC Drama, Maurice Colbourne, Jan Harvey)

Drama series Howard’s Way was a mainstay of Sunday night prime time for most of the late 1980s and Britains answer to the glossy super soaps...

Kessler BBC Drama, Clifford Rose, Alan Dobie

TV2 years ago

Kessler (BBC Drama, Clifford Rose, Alan Dobie)

Thriller serial Kessler was a spin off from Secret Army. 35 Years after the end of World War II, a Belgian TV show producer discovers that...

TV2 years ago

Codename (BBC Thriller, Clifford Evans, Alexandra Bastedo)

Thriller series Codename took us into the cases of a government department known as MI7. The group had as their cover a section of Cambridge College...

TV2 years ago

Secret Army (BBC Drama, Jan Francis, Bernard Hepton)

In wartime drama series Secret Army, a Belgian group called Lifeline set up a resistance movement helping shot down British airmen get back to Blighty. Working...

TV2 years ago

Morgan’s Boy (BBC Drama, Gareth Thomas)

In BBC drama series Morgan’s Boy, young Lee (Martyn Hesford) goes to stay with his Welsh farmer uncle Morgan (Gareth Thomas) who is facing a battle...

Episodes5 years ago

The Fourth Arm Part One (BBC-1 1983, with Roy Boyd)

In the first episode of The Fourth Arm, a series that can be considered something of a companion piece to the BBC’s popular drama Secret Army...

TV5 years ago

Fourth Arm, The (BBC-1 1983, Paul Shelley, Philip Latham)

Wartime drama series The Fourth Arm was set in 1944 and saw British Officer Major Gallagher and a specially selected team sent to France to try...

TV5 years ago

Trainer (BBC-1 1991-1992, Mark Greenstreet, Nigel Davenport)

Drama series Trainer focused on Mike Hardy who is given the chance by horse owner James Brant to start his own racing stables. Against all the...

TV6 years ago

Blood Money (BBC-1 1981, Bernard Hepton, Michael Denison)

Espionage and thriller serial Blood Money was the first of three BBC productions to feature the character of Captain Percival who works for Special Intelligence. In...

TV6 years ago

Cold Warrior (BBC-1 1984, Michael Denison, Lucy Fleming)

After appearing in two six part serials, Blood Money and Skorpion, Captain Percival gets his own fully fledged series in Cold Warrior. Over the course of...

TV6 years ago

Buccaneer (BBC-1 1980, Bryan Marshall, Clifford Rose)

In drama series Buccaneer Tony Blair is an airline pilot who ends up running his own seat of his pants airline. The story begins with Blair...

Memorable TV

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Gerard Glaister

The Revenue Men (BBC Crime, Ewen Solon, Callum Mill)

Oil Strike North: The Fatal Hours Part 2 (S1EP13 BBC One 18 Nov 1975, Oliver Maguire)

Secret Army: Day of Wrath (S2EP13 BBC 28 Dec 1978, John Alkin)

Codename: Target (S1EP2 BBC One 14 Apr 1970, Patrick Allen)

Howard’s Way (BBC Drama, Maurice Colbourne, Jan Harvey)

Kessler (BBC Drama, Clifford Rose, Alan Dobie)

Codename (BBC Thriller, Clifford Evans, Alexandra Bastedo)

Secret Army (BBC Drama, Jan Francis, Bernard Hepton)

Morgan’s Boy (BBC Drama, Gareth Thomas)

The Fourth Arm Part One (BBC-1 1983, with Roy Boyd)

Fourth Arm, The (BBC-1 1983, Paul Shelley, Philip Latham)

Trainer (BBC-1 1991-1992, Mark Greenstreet, Nigel Davenport)

Blood Money (BBC-1 1981, Bernard Hepton, Michael Denison)

Cold Warrior (BBC-1 1984, Michael Denison, Lucy Fleming)

Buccaneer (BBC-1 1980, Bryan Marshall, Clifford Rose)

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