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14-458: (Redirected from Police Surgeon ) Police surgeon may refer to: Police Surgeon (British TV series) , a British ITV television series from 1960 Dr. Simon Locke , also known as Police Surgeon , a Canadian syndicated television series from 1971-1974 The topic of forensic pathology Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

28-429: A TV producer, being more interested in the creative side and felt that he was not a robust manager. Leonard White took over as producer on the direction of Sydney Newman. A generous commercial deal had been struck with the police surgeon who was the inspiration for the series and had financial and creative rights in the series, aside from the script writing and just before the first episode was to be transmitted legal action

42-666: A few were made at the newly refurbished Teddington Studios in London. The series was first broadcast in September 1960 and starred Ian Hendry as a police surgeon who worked for the Metropolitan Police. The series was originally produced by Julian Bond, who was effectively co-creator of the series having had the idea from meeting a GP in the Notting Hill area of London whilst working on another television series. This doctor also worked as

56-459: A police surgeon and Bond was interested in writing a series of "low key" dramas which would be distinct from the BBC's "police drama" output at that time in the shape of series like Dixon of Dock Green , and would deal with "social misfits". Sydney Newman had reservations about this concept but supported the creation of the series and Bond cast Ian Hendry in the lead role. Julian Bond felt uncomfortable as

70-455: A vehicle for its star, Ian Hendry. When Police Surgeon was cancelled, Newman took both Hendry and co-star Ingrid Hafner to this series, and this may be why it is sometimes mistakenly claimed that The Avengers was a direct sequel to Police Surgeon , with Hendry playing the same character in both. Although there were similarities, this was in fact not the case. This myth has possibly been encouraged because material relating to Police Surgeon

84-507: Is a television series made by ABC Weekend TV and starring Ian Hendry as Dr Geoffrey Brent. Its 13 half-hour episodes were broadcast on ITV at 7 pm on Saturday nights from 10 September to 3 December 1960. It is seen as a precursor to the much more famous series The Avengers , although there is no narrative connection. The series was created for ABC by Sydney Newman . Most episodes were made at ABC's Didsbury Studios in Manchester, but

98-469: Is scarce, and that the first episode of The Avengers aired only one month after the final episode of Police Surgeon . John Warwick played the regular character of Inspector Langdon, and Hafner played Nurse Gibbs. Guest actors who appeared in Police Surgeon include Michael Crawford , Bernard Archard , Harry H. Corbett , Geoffrey Palmer , and Nigel Stock . Scriptwriters included Julian Bond, who

112-754: The West of England . She is best remembered for her role as Carol Wilson in the first season of the television series The Avengers . She had previously played Amanda Gibbs opposite Ian Hendry in the series Police Surgeon . She also appeared as Laura Granton in The Main Chance . She appeared as Kay Price in an episode of Public Eye in 1975.On cinema she played Giselle Dureaux in the 1960 film Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons starring George Sanders , and later appeared opposite Sanders again in The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965). One of her later roles

126-799: The French at the Strand Theatre in the West End , Jungle in the Cities at Stratford East and numerous productions at the Bristol Old Vic , including her first appearance there in Cyrano , in which she played Roxanne, and the title role in The Lady's not for Burning . The 57-year-old Hafner died in 1994 from motor neurone disease , leaving husband Richard Clothier and two sons, Ben and William. This article about

140-498: The title Police surgeon . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Police_surgeon&oldid=1018905654 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Police Surgeon (British TV series) Police Surgeon

154-496: Was a British actress, born in London . Her father was Raoul Hafner , an Austrian helicopter pioneer, and her mother Eileen Myra McAdam was a descendant of Scottish -born John Loudon McAdam , the road builder. Her first film role was as Ursula in 'The Quarry', made for television and directed by John Boorman - his first fiction work as distinct from his documentary films for the BBC in

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168-485: Was also story editor and, initially, producer . He was succeeded as producer by Leonard White , who went on to produce The Avengers . Only one episode of the series, "Easy Money", featuring Crawford, is known to exist. This episode was shown as part of Channel 4 's TV Heaven season, introduced by Frank Muir , on 28 March 1992 and is included on the season 2 box-set of The Avengers as an extra. Ingrid Hafner Ingrid Hafner (13 November 1936 – 20 May 1994)

182-866: Was as Sheila Clare in the HTV series The Clifton House Mystery , in 1978. Hafner studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and subsequently joined the Old Vic under Michael Benthall, where she played ‘Sylvia’ in The Two Gentlemen of Verona ; ‘Lavina’ in Titus Andronicus , ‘Iris’ in Anthony and Cleopatra and ‘Lady Anne’ in Richard III . Her other theatre work included repertory at Windsor, Colchester, Glasgow Citizens, Richmond Theatre (15 plays), From

196-408: Was threatened by this individual, unless he could write the scripts and ABC television's legal department became involved. The series ran for merely 13 episodes and was then cancelled by Sydney Newman. It is possible that the reason for this was the legal and financial disputes surrounding the original concept, as The Avengers appears to have been devised as a hasty replacement that could also serve as

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