Probation Officer (TV series)

Probation Officer
Genre	Drama
Written by	Peter Yeldham Phillip Grenville Mann
Directed by	Peter Sasdy Christopher Morahan Royston Morley Josephine Douglas
Starring	John Paul Jessica Spencer David Davies John Scott
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	4
No. of episodes	109
Production
Producers	Antony Kearey
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Associated Television
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	14 September 1959 (1959-09-14) – 14 September 1962 (1962-09-14)

Probation Officer was a British TV series that ran from 1959-62 about probation officers.^[1] It was made by Associated Television and starred John Paul, Jessica Spencer, David Davies and John Scott.^[2][3] Other actors who appeared in the series include Henry Oscar, Honor Blackman, Windsor Davies and Billy Milton.^[4]

It was created by and was the first ever one-hour TV drama to screen on ITV.^[5] Bond spent months researching the show from real life cases.^[6]

Cast[]

• John Paul as Philip Main (53 episodes, 1959-1961)
• John Scott as Bert Bellman (33 episodes, 1959-1962)
• Jessica Spencer as Maggie Weston (32 episodes, 1960-1962)
• David Davies as Jim Blake (20 episodes, 1959-1960)
• Henry Oscar as Magistrate (15 episodes, 1960-1961)
• A.J. Brown as Judge (12 episodes, 1959-1961)
• Jack Stewart as Andrew Wallace (10 episodes, 1959-1960)
• Honor Blackman as Iris Cope (9 episodes, 1959)
• Humphrey Heathcote as Jailer (9 episodes, 1959-1961)
• Windsor Davies as Bill Morgan (8 episodes, 1962)
• Bernard Brown as Stephen Ryder (8 episodes, 1961-1962)
• Betty Hardy as Miss Randell (7 episodes, 1959)
• John Barrett as Clerk of Court (6 episodes, 1960-1962)

References[]

External links[]

• Probation Officer at IMDb
• Probation Officer at UKTV
• Probation Officer at Cherished Television

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