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Director : Robin Nash Script : Eric Paice Publicity : Dixon Of Dock Green Is Back - The senior cooper begins a new series - an occasion for some comments by the man who knows him best, Jack Warner: With the programme just starting tonight its ninth year, it is interesting to recall the film which was really the beginning of Dixon - The Blue Lamp. When I was asked to read the script of the film I was very impressed by the story written by Ted Willis, but some of my friends pointed out that about half an hour after the film started I, as PC Dixon, was shot dead and thereafter disappeared from the film altogether. However, I had a very strong feeling that the spirit of Dixon would go on to the end of the film, and that is what actually happened. I have since seen the film in France, Greece, and even in Hong Kong, and in each case the feeling for the murdered policeman has always been the same. With such a background - and the film is still being shown today at police colleges - it was more or less inevitable that stories of the life of George Dixon should be transferred to the television screen. But when in 1955 the first six programmes went on the air, little did we think that the series would go on for eight years or more. There have been many other series about policemen since we started, but I know that the idea uppermost in Ted Willis' mind was to show the ordinary copper on the beat, and that is what we have done for over two hundred performances. I must say I am my most severe critic, and I often wonder why it has gone on so long; but I do honestly believe that the authentic police procedure coupled with the family life of Dixon has had a lot to do with its success. One cannot get away from the fact that a policeman is a human being and has a home background the same as members of any of the other services. I don't think we need to apologise for stressing this. (Radio Times, October 3, 1963). Additional Cast : Richard Carpenter, John Rolfe, Jane Hylton, Barry Keegan, Natalie Kent, Anne Marzell and Maitland Moss. Notes : Episodes were transmitted 6:35pm to 7:20pm.
Director : Robin Nash Script : Gerald Kelsey Publicity : The Dock Green manor has never considered itself short of odd characters, and one of the oddest turns up this week. He is "Spokey" Wheeler (Paul Curran), tramp, eccentric, and old acquaintance of the boys at the nick. His special pleasure is to get himself a day's board and lodging at State expense, whenever the police will cooperate. Naturally, Sergeant Flint does not let him get away with it any more often than he can help. In tonight's story, however, Spokey proves to be an indirect help in some investigations PC Dixon and DS Crawford are making. (Radio Times, October 10, 1963). Additional Cast : Anna Wing, David Rosen, Harry Walker, Nigel Sharpe, Miriam Raymond, David Lander, Kenneth Watson and Michael Earl.
Director : David Askey Script : Neil Kingsley Additional Cast : Barry Halliday, Michael Gerard, Peter Bourne, Anthony Woodruff, Robin Ford, Joan Mane, Anna Turner, Fred Ferris, Edwin Brown and Jean Stanley.
Director : Robin Nash Script : David Ellis Additional Cast : John Horsley, Amy Dalby, John Walker (Mick Farmer), Olive McFarland, Edward Cast (Phil Hughes), Dennis Castle, Yvonne Neilson, Colin Burridge, Dennis Cleary, Richard Shaw and Hamilton Dyce.
Director : Robin Nash Script : Eric Paice Additional Cast : Peter Welch, Anthony Wager, Neville Denis, Manning Wilson, Dorothy Frere, Pat Connell, Antony Webb, Michael Raghan, Desmond Cullum Jones (Stall Holder) and Wendy Hall.
Director : David Askey Script : Arthur Swinson Publicity : Recently, police up and down the country have been kept busy coping with all the excitement caused by the appearance of The Beatles. But down in Dock Green, their latest problem concerns the old-fashioned variety, spelt with a double "e". As George Dixon puts it: "Most people might think that a copper's troubles come either on four wheels or two legs - but there are exceptions". In tonight's story the full resources of the Dock Green "nick" are mobilized to track down an elusive little bug which threatens to cause more damage than any gang of "teds". Taking his full share in the great beetle-drive is the latest recruit to the station, the young police cadet Bonnet. (Radio Times, November 7, 1963). Additional Cast : Toke Townley, Edwin Brown, Nan Braunton, Allan Tredgett, Edward Dentith, Geoffrey Tyrrell, Reginald Barratt, Margaret Flint, Brian Thomas, William Sherwood, Freddie Powell, Madge Brindley, Mary Jordan, Noel Coleman (Superintendent), Patrick Connor, Christopher Banks, Garth Adams, Margery Fleeson, Vi Dix, David King and Michael Brennan.
Director : Robin Nash Script : Eric Paice Additional Cast : Tony Perry (Brendan Collins) becomes a problem to the police when reported missing. With Anthony Oliver, Charles Carson, Nicholas Donnelly (PC Wills), Jeffrey Shankley, Peter Sanders, Cicely Hughes, Melanie Rowlands, Alan Rolfe, Joan Young and Vanda Godsell.
Director : David Askey Script : Arthur Swinson Additional Cast : Charles Lamb, Richard Coleman, John Bennett, Elizabeth Chambers, Donald Morley, Betty England, Mary Hignett (Mrs Venables), Paul Taylor, James Beck (Don), Sandra Caron (Carol) and Dorothy Darke (Mrs Rose).
Director : Robin Nash Script : David Ellis Additional Cast : Marjie Lawrence, Margaret Read, Sylvia Davies, Frank Coda, Nerys Hughes (Beryl), Rowena Gregory, Michael Collins, Sandra Blane, Anna Sharkey, Lesley Jackson and Geoffrey Wincott.
Director : David Askey Script : Gerald Kelsey Publicity : In this week's story, part of Dixon's "manor" is being plagued by someone playing around with an airgun. And when young Tony Hackett (Larry Viner) lands in hospital after being shot in the eye, George Dixon is more determined than ever to find the "gunman" as soon as possible. Meanwhile, Andy Crawford is investigating a case involving trading stamps. He is not making much headway - until Dixon's enquiries about the airgun menace give a clue to the solution of the trading stamps case. (Radio Times, December 5, 1963). Synopsis : A young man lands in hospital having been shot in the eye with an air gun. Dixon is determined to find the culprit while Andy Crawford investigates a case involving trading stamps. Additional Cast : Joan Hurley, John Bosch, Arthur Lovegrove, Mary Quinn, Harold Goodwin, Reginald Jessup, Ken Jones, Yvonne Antrobus, Ronald Lacey, Yvonne Fisher, Molly Maureen, Gillian Cussen, Rosemary Towler, Richard Burrell, Lloyd Lamble, Pamela Pitchford and Jeanne Mockford. Notes : This episode attracted 5.4 million viewers and was ranked the twentieth most popular programme of that week.
Director : Robin Nash Script : David Ellis Synopsis : Edward Chapman appears in Dixon of Dock Green as Bernard Glaister, a local builder and self-made man, whose son wants to become a journalist. But Bernard has other plans for him, and as a result they quarrel. Additional Cast : Emrys Leyshon, Edward Petherbridge, Edna Petrie, Patricia Reid, Sandra Blane, Mary Webster, Mike Savage, Harry Locke, Jean Holness and Ria Miles.
Director : David Askey Script : Eric Paice Synopsis : Mary invites a few friends in for a party, but it looks as though George Dixon is going to have to miss it. Additional Cast : Dorothea Phillips, Hilda Barry, Harry Fowler, Desmond Cullum Jones (Stall Owner), Sally Laher, Barbara Keogh, Paul Curran, Pamela Withers and Noel Johnson.
Director : Robin Nash Script : David Ellis Synopsis : Fay Campion makes a guest appearance in Dixon of Dock Green as Mrs Sarah Conroy, an elderly lady who has five-hundred pounds stolen from her. Additional Cast : Kathleen Boutall, Anne Carroll, Michael Sheard, Margaret Riley, Brian Weske and Lane Meddick.
Director : David Askey Script : Eric Paice Additional Cast : Jennifer Jayne, Ray Cooney, Allan Cuthbertson (Mr Ambrose), Harry Pringle, Sheridan Grant and Rex Graham.
Director : Robin Nash Script : Eric Paice Additional Cast : Francis Matthews (Philip Langton), Norma Parnell, Ambrosine Phillpots, Leslie Dwyer, Bert Brownhill and Victor Brooks (Sergeant Barrett).
Director : David Askey Script : Gerald Kelsey Additional Cast : George Betton, Jean Trend, Glynn Edwards (Bob Powell), Bill Treacher (Joe Merchant), Victor Platt, Peter Bathurst, Frank Jarvis, Frank Dunne, Louis Haslar, Anthony Sagar, Blake Butler, Sonia Petrie, Tony Barouch and Maitland Moss.
Director : Robin Nash Script : Gerald Kelsey Additional Cast : Barry Halliday, Anthony Colby, Dandy Nichols (Mrs Carter), Roy Purcell, Sandra Blane, Leonard Cracknell (Norman Carter), Elizabeth Proud, Reg Lye, Mike Savage, Anne Brooks, Gretchen Franklin (Mrs Walcott), Barbara Leake, Robert Raglan (Superintendent) and Dennis Handby.
Director : David Askey Script : Eric Paice Additional Cast : Avril Elgar, Anthony Broughton, Simon Merrick, Nicholas Edmett, Faith Kent (WP Inspector Baker), Patricia Mason, David Gregory, Nicholas Donnelly (PC Wills), Terence Rigby (PC Smith), Penny Whittam and Denis Cleary.
Director : Robin Nash Script : N J Crisp Additional Cast : Winifred Dennis, John Gill, Howard Pays, Michael Robbins, Dervis Ward, Roland Curram, Edward Higgins (Sergeant Nelson), Frank Seton, Nicholas Donnelly (PC Wills), Douglas Ives, Harry Towb, Patricia Capton, Clive Marshall, Dennis Chinnery, Geoffrey Lea and Graham Suter.
Director : Robin Nash Script : Richard Waring Publicity : Tonight George Dixon tells a story which begins on the night of the final gala performance at the Dock Green Palace of Varieties. Topping the bill on this special occasion is one of the famous old-time stars of variety and musical comedy, Miss Elsie Edwardes (Barbara Couper) - seen here arriving with her sister Sybil (Alison Leggatt). Miss Edwardes is one of the few members of the theatrical profession who still live in the grand manner - such as flying over to Paris just to dine at Maxim's. So naturally her appearance attracts a big crowd; but her jewels also attract attention - from some of the local criminals. (Radio Times, February 13, 1964). Additional Cast : Kenneth Keeling, Jacqueline Lacey, Charles Lamb, David Lander, Hilda Barry, Jack Melford, Nicholas Donnelly (PC Wills), Philip Morant (DI Barton) and Olwen Brookes.
Director : David Askey Script : David Ellis Synopsis : Peter Byrne and Jeannette Hutchinson. You know them as DS Andy Crawford and his wife Mary - George Dixon's family. Tonight's episode concerns a less fortunate family. Additional Cast : Barbara Keogh, Nicholas Donnelly (PC Wills), David Knott, Richard Klee, Alison Blair, Julie Booth, Amanda Coxell, Robert Ferguson, Norman Scace, Jean Dallas, Pearl Catlin, Glyn Houston (Sam Barnes) and Tobie Darrell.
Director : David Askey Script : Eric Paice Additional Cast : Yootha Joyce (Mrs Gates), Meg Ritchie, Joy Stewart, David Gregory, Nicholas Donnelly (PC Wills), Terence Rigby (PC Smith), Peter Thornton (PC Burton), Douglas Livingstone, Shirley Thieman and John Tate.
Director : Robin Nash Script : Gerald Kelsey Additional Cast : Ken Wayne, John Nash, Kathleen Williams, Jimmy Gardner, Ian Trigger, Gerald Sim, Molly Weir and Linda Polan.
Director : David Askey Script : Gerald Kelsey Additional Cast : Brian Badcoe, Eric Thompson, Sean Barry, Morris Parsons, Janet Davies, Roy Denton, John Rolfe, John Waite (Sergeant Roberts, PLA), Jack Stewart, David Shawyer and Joseph Wise (PC, PLA).
Director : Robin Nash Script : Eric Paice Additional Cast : Nicholas Donnelly (PC Wills), Peter Hughes (The Fire Officer), Michael Barrington, John Blythe, Anthony Viccars, Jocelyne Rhodes (Kay Lauderdale), Richard Shaw, George Bolton, Hal Galili, Douglas Ives, Sam Kydd, Peter Glaze, Patrick Magee and Kathleen St John.
Director : Ronald Marsh Script : Eric Paice Additional Cast : Kathleen St John, Peter Glaze, Jocelyne Rhodes (Kay Lauderdale), Nicholas Donnelly (PC Wills), Patrick Magee, Ray Mort, Gloria Salvador, Veronica Page, Sam Kydd, Michael Barrington, Hal Galili and Terence Rigby (PC Smith).
Director : David Askey Script : Gerald Kelsey Publicity : Dock Green Through The Years - At The Start Of A New Series Dixon's Creator, Ted Willis, Recalls The Early Days And Some Of The Many Changes: Some time during the run of the new series of Dixon Of Dock Green the programme will enter its tenth year and notch up its two-hundred-and-fiftieth episode. Ten years, two-hundred-and-fifty episodes made up of something life two-and-a-half million words, a steady audience of between twelve and thirteen million viewers. The bare figures alone are startling, and they carry my mind back in contrast to an evening in March, 1955, when the figures stood at zero and Dock Green had not even been invented. Ronnie Waldman, Jack Warner, and I met at the BBC Club to discuss an idea I had put up for a new television series. A couple of drinks and a couple of hours later I was on my way home with a firm commission from Ronnie to write six scripts for the proposed series, which would have Jack playing the leading role as a London bobby. And as I traveled home, the delight I felt at having sold the idea began to dissolve and was replaced by a little nagging doubt about the project. How, I wondered, how would I be able to find six good stories? Well, I managed it and I thought that would be the end of Dixon as far as I was concerned. But when the series was screened in June, 1955, it was an immediate success with the public and Ronnie came back at me with a request first for twelve, and then for thirteen more scripts! I called in a script associate, Rex Edwards, to help me, I searched the newspapers for suitable themes and plots and, eventually, I wrote a letter to the Police Review asking policemen to send me stories. They responded magnificently, and my story worries were at an end, or so I thought! I had a stock of material which would last the series for three or even four years. But as the programme ran on and on - the time came when even this well ran dry. Somehow I managed to survive until I handed over the writing of the series in 1963 to Eric Paice, Gerald Kelsey and David Ellis. Thumbing back through the thick files of scripts and comparing some of the earlier ones with those written later, it is astonishing to see how faithfully Dixon has kept to its original brief. We began with the idea that we would never put in violence for its own sake, that we would concentrate on the smaller everyday types of crime, and put the emphasis on people rather than problems. We have often been assailed for this policy and accused of presenting a rather cosy picture of police work. Of course, there is some truth to this criticism, just as it is true that other programmes on the police emphasise the tougher and more violent aspects of crime prevention. Police work is so varied today that you would need twenty programmes to cover the whole field and to give a comprehensive picture. We set out to show a part of police work and I think we were right to stick to an approach which, within its self-imposed limits, is a true one. The other thing which strikes me in going back over the scripts is the astonishing number of changes which have taken place in the personnel at Dock Green station. In the first script Andy Crawford started off as a young PC being shown round the manor by George Dixon. He is now a Sergeant in the CID. He was a bachelor in 1955, lodging in the Dixon home. He is now married to Mary, Dixon's daughter, and is the father of twins! Lauderdale began as a rather brash young copper with a small-scale handle-bar moustache. He is now in the CID, minus his whiskers but plus a wife who was formerly WPC Shaw. There was PC Bob Penney who was always in trouble with Sergeant Flint. At the end of one series he was killed on duty, and I still remember the thousands of letters of protest which came pouring in. There was young Jamie MacPherson, who began as a cadet, graduated through to the rank of constable, and then went back to Scotland. There was PC Jones, who has only recently left, and a whole gallery of policewomen and other characters who have departed at various times. And now, looking forward instead of back, we have the most dramatic change of all. PC Dixon himself is to be promoted after all these years and in the new series he will be Sergeant Dixon of Dock Green! Why has he decided to accept a Sergeant's stripes at long last, after so often refusing them in the past? For the answer to that one you will need to watch the first episode and hear Dixon give you the reasons for himself. (Radio Times, September 17, 1964). Additional Cast : Keith Smith, Michael Craze, Jack Stewart (Chief Superintendent Rogers), John Brooking (Station Superintendent), James Beck (Jim Carter), Alex Gallier, Mary Barclay, George Betton, Desmond Jordan, Dennis Ramsden, Joan Newell, Sheila Manahan, Michael Golden, Dervis Ward, Michael Collins, Jack Cunningham, George Tovey, Veronica Forbes and John Allison. Notes : Episodes were transmitted 6:35pm to 7:20pm. Thirteen episodes from this eason comprised the first, repeat run of the series in the Summer of 1965.
Director : Robin Nash Script : David Ellis Additional Cast : Leslie Dwyer, David Landers, James Brewer, Harry Towb, Anna Wing, Margery Fleeson, Jimmy Gardner, Barbara Keogh, Desmond Cullum Jones (Arthur Davies), Yootha Joyce (Mabel Davies) and Michael Earl.
Director : David Askey Script : Gerald Kelsey Additional Cast : Ray Barrett (Nat Singer), Diana Coupland, Norman Jones, Richard Shaw, Edna Dore, Frank Jarvis, Reg Lye, Pauline Barker, Richard Klee, Rosemarie Dunham, James Hunter, Jill Fletcher, Clive Marshall, Jeanne Mockford (Miss Lucas), Anna Turner, Robert Hartley and Alan Rolfe.
Director : Robin Nash Script : David Ellis Additional Cast : Brian Haines, Betty Romaine, Dorothy Frere, Sam Kydd, Frederick Peisley (Henry Farthing), Diana King, Lloyd Lamble, Margot Thomas, Vernon Dobtcheff (Counsel), Brian Weske and Kate Brown.
Director : Robin Nash Script : Eric Paice Additional Cast : Ray Cooney, Ria Mills, Peter Thornton (PC Burton), Elizabeth Benson, Dennis Chinnery, Garth Adams, Cicley Hullett, Davilla O'Connor, Ken Jones, Alan Tilvern, Edward Cast, Bruce Wightman and Penny Hall.
Director : David Askey Script : N J Crisp Publicity : Frustrations abound in police work, and in tonight's episode they fall thick and fast upon two of Dock Green's more sensitive policemen. First, PC Roberts has a problem with any young constable's bete noire - a drunk-in-charge case. By the end of the night he is ready to resign from the Force - until Sergeant Dixon administers a straight-from-the-shoulder talk. Secondly, DC Lauderdale, who is on a wearing spell of night duty as he investigates the loss of cigarettes from lorries going to the docks, feels that his enquiries have come to a dead end. Just to make things worse, Mary and Kay Lauderdale have an accident in Andy's car. However this particular mishap proves not to have been an unmitigated disaster. (Radio Times, October 22, 1964). Additional Cast : Madge Brindley, Duncan Lamont, Robert Bruce, John Rolfe, Louis Hasler, Edward Dentith, Jeanne Mockford (Miss Lucas), Frieda Knorr, Glynn Edwards, Anthony Wager, Peter Bayliss and Denis Cleary.
Director : David Askey Script : Pat Dunlop Additional Cast : Peter Thornton (PC Burton), Sydney King, Michael Beint, John Harvey, Natalie Kent, Helen Ford, Jack Rodney (Smithy), Charles Rea, Dorothea Phillips, David Webb, Bill Treacher (Fred Blackwell), Barry Halliday and Peter Bourne.
Director : Robin Nash Script : Dick Sharples Publicity : When suspicion falls on prominent people, investigating local dignitaries may prove to be a delicate and difficult task. Tonight the men of Dock Green face just such a problem. George Dixon meets Janet Armitage (Pauline Yates), daughter of the Mayor of Dock Green, John Armitage (Geoffrey Keen), at a cocktail party. She tells George she has found an anonymous letter in her father's mail accusing him of using his position on the council to secure contracts for his business firm. Dixon has no option but to pass on the information to the CID, and routine investigation soon provides the first clue. (Radio Times, November 5, 1964). Additional Cast : Peter Thomas, Brian Jackson, Jeanne Mockford (Miss Lucas), Peter Sanders, Jeffrey Shankley and Jerold Wells.
Director : David Askey Script : David Ellis Additional Cast : Avril Elgar, Arthur Lovegrove, Jim Appleby, Duncan Livingstone, Megs Jenkins, George A Cooper (Ted Morris), Michael Robbins, John Blythe, Peter Hughes, Frank Seton, Margaret Latimer and Anthony Sheppard.
Director : Robin Nash Script : Gerald Kelsey Additional Cast : Paul Curran, Sylvia Davies, Jeanne Mockford (Miss Lucas), Derek Benfield (Stevens), Roy Denton, Clifford Jones, Margaret Boyd, Leonie Forbes, Glen Green and Manning Wilson.
Director : David Askey Script : Bill Craig Additional Cast : Thomas Heathcote, Reginald Marsh, Richard Coleman, Alexander Dore, Maureen Pryor, Judith Geeson and Hilda Barry. Synopsis : A coach party, a crash, and a confusion of evidence. Who is lying? The police have to find out.
Director : David Askey Script : David Ellis Additional Cast : Michael Lynch (Station Officer Rogers), Sydney Tafler, Sonia Graham, Christopher Barrington, Jeanne Mockford (Miss Lucas), Hazel Douglas, Bernard Archard (Herbert Jones), Kenneth Thornett, Marianna Stone, Geoffrey Lea and Lane Meddick. Synopsis : A fire-raiser is at work in Dock Green. One victim considers that the police are deliberately failing to arrest the culprit.
Director : Robin Nash Script : Gerald Kelsey Additional Cast : James Chase, Clive Colin Bowler, Hector Ross, Henry Gilbert, Jeanne Mockford (Miss Lucas), Douglas Ives, Ronald Bridges, Brian Badcoe, Janet Davies, Alec Ross, Blaise Wyndham, Mary Hignett (Mrs Walters), Harry Fowler, Michael Stainton and Mabelle George. Synopsis : Drunks who lose their wallets - stolen gelignite in the hands of amateurs - blackmail - give the CID plenty of problems.
Director : Vere Lorrimer Script : N J Crisp Additional Cast : Bert Palmer, Jeanne Mockford (Miss Lucas), Chuck Julian, Pamela Pitchford, Douglas Blackwell, Dandy Nichols (Mrs Gilmore), Jay Denyer, Patti Dalton, Richard Matthews, Vickie Climas, Philip Ross, Denis Cleary, Colin Burridge, Geoffrey James, Gordon Whiting, John Barrett, Peter Welch and Jim Appleby. Synopsis : George Dixon introduces tonight's story about a small-time thief who finds himself in possession of a fortune.
Director : David Askey Script : Eric Paice Additional Cast : Denys Graham, Joy Stewart, Patrick McAlinney, Harry Pringle, Harry Brunning, Michael Blakemore, Frank Mills, Jeanne Mockford (Miss Lucas), Michael Newport, Meg Ritchie, Peter Thornton (PC Burton), Paul Curran and Joy Hope. Synopsis : Routine can sometimes make unexpected demands upon a police officer - especially over Christmas.
Director : Vere Lorrimer Script : David Ellis Additional Cast : Anne Pichon, Mary Miller, Noel Hood, Edward Cast, Charles Wade, Jeanne Mockford (Miss Lucas) and Ray Mort.
Director : David Askey Script : Gerald Kelsey Additional Cast : Victor Brooks (Sergeant Cox), Jan Conrad, Hugh Evans, Gertan Klauber, Richard Klee, Barbara Keogh, Peter Thornton (PC Burton), T P McKenna (Edward Palmer), Dennis Ramsden, Robert Cawdron (DI Cherry), Jeanne Mockford (Miss Lucas), John Hollis, Lloyd Lamble, Louis Hasler, Richard Poiore, Michael Sheard and Wyold Scheyral. Synopsis : A missing seaman and an habitual liar narrowly avoid making Dock Green the centre of an international incident.
Director : Vere Lorrimer Script : Michael Winder Additional Cast : Harold Goodwin (Alfred Pierce), Lindsay Scott-Patton, Alan Kemp, Pip Rolls, Windsor Davies (Harry Ward), Rosemarie Dunham, Kate Binchy, Alan Lake, Jeanne Mockford (Miss Lucas), Blake Butler and Victor Platt. Synopsis : An arrest, a conversation in a youth club, and a husband-wife row result in a family tragedy.
Director : David Askey Script : David Ellis Synopsis : A forged cheque swindle presents the police with a human version of an old fairground trick. Additional Cast : Jayne Muir (Joan Foster), Raymond Mason, Anthony Wager, Keith Campbell, Reginald Barratt, Tony Wright, Zena Marshall, Allan Cuthbertson (Leonard Wright), Barbara Mitchell, Stephanie Randall, Jeanne Mockford (Miss Lucas), Peter Thornton (PC Burton) and Frank Jarvis.
Director : Vere Lorrimer Script : Eric Paice Publicity : Back in the days when Sherlock Holmes was harrying the wrong-doers of London, all-embracing fog seems to have been part of the city's normal condition. Perhaps it's a measure of his genius that he managed to spot so many malefactors through the encircling gloom. Nowadays, the Victorian 'pea-souper' is supposed to be a thing of the past; but every so often a fog turns up that is still a very fair imitation of the old-fashioned article. Good enough anyway to give the crowd at the Dock green police station plenty to think about. Tonight's story is by Eric Paice and is called 'The Night Of The Fog''. As it opens, station Sergeant Flint is slaving over a hot telephone trying to record the flood of incidents brought about by the conditions. All over Dock Green cars and lorries are littered about by the score, either lost or abandoned by their drivers. But the police have an even bigger headache to cope with when a lost baby elephant is brought in. Apart from indications that bag-snatchers are taking full advantage of the murky cover, there is also a list of missing persons which is growing impressively on the Dock Green reception counter. Most of these will find their way home safely before the night is out; but there is one report which looks like work for the C.I.D. Jean Wade, the dustman's daughter, has failed to come back from the factory where she works - and she has a boy-friend with a nasty reputation for violence... (Radio Times, January 28, 1965).
Director : David Askey Script : Gerald Kelsey Synopsis : The crime: theft; stolen: valuable antiques; method of entry: unknown. Additional Cast : John Richmond, Cicely Paget-Bowman, Fay Compton, John Horsley, Jeanne Mockford (Miss Lucas), Vernon Dobtcheff, Tucker McGuire, Wallas Eaton, Terence Rigby (PC Trotter), Douglas Ives, David Burke, Cicely Hullett, Sylvia Bidmead, Bill Shine and Penelope Keith (Miss Nash).
Director : Vere Lorrimer Script : David Ellis Synopsis : WPC Liz Harris joins a model school and DS Andy Crawford hears that he is to be posted to the Yard. Additional Cast : Patricia Shakesby, Hilary Mason, Reginald Marsh, Jay Denyer, Norman Scace, Carole Brett, Patricia Denys, Phyllida Law (WP Sergeant Ruth Beckett), Philip Madoc (Sydney Calvert), Richard Carpenter, Joan Mane and Jeanne Mockford (Miss Lucas).
Director : David Askey Script : N J Crisp Synopsis : A momentary forgetfulness rapidly involved PC Wills in a very human dilemma. Additional Cast : Judy Parfitt, Pamela Lane, Mary Pemberton, Peter Thornton (PC Burton), Garth Adams, Jean Dallas, Desmond Cullum-Jones (Pawnbroker), John Gatrell, Duncan Livingstone, Patricia Reid, Coral Atkins (Mrs Foster), John Collin, Jane Thorne and Jeanne Mockford (Miss Lucas).
Director : David Askey Script : Gerald Kelsey Additional Cast : Glyn Houston (Brewer), Joan Newell, Alec Ross, Paul Curran, Kathleen St John, Tony Steedman, Brian Weske, Robert Arnold, Michael Robbins, Kate Brown, Ronald Bridges, Melvyn Hayes, Reg Lye, Elizabeth Chambers, Judith Furse and Jeanne Mockford (Miss Lucas).
Director : Vere Lorrimer Script : N J Crisp Synopsis : WPC Harris and PC Swain name the day; but for Jack Stone (John Barrie) it is a day of reckoning. Additional Cast : Dorothy Frere, Jeanne Mockford (Miss Lucas), Peter Thornton (PC Burton), Douglas Ives, Yootha Joyce (Landlady), Norman Jones, Sheila Raynor and Leslie Bates.
Director : Ronald Marsh Script : Eric Paice Synopsis : An echo from the past brings George Dixon face-to-face with a man seeking vengeance. Publicity : Series come and series go, but it looks as though George Dixon's television beat - now completing its tenth year - may well go on forever. The paternal, kindly, and down-to-earth copper has lost none of his popularity through being promoted. As a Sergeant it is a bit difficult for him to take the side of the underdog as much as he used to, but on the whole he has remained the same sympathetic, no-nonsense figure whose wise experience helps to keep people - both inside and outside Dock Green - somewhere near the straight and narrow. Tonight's episode is the last in the current series. It tells how an apparently ordinary act of vandalism is the start of a worrying time for Dixon and his family. Dixon, of course, will be back - sometime next autumn. Producer Ronnie Marsh, who has been with the series for several years now, says he hopes to broaden its scope in future. "We want to see things taken a bit further in the scripts. Normally most crime stories end with an arrest, but perhaps in future we will go past that point". Interesting developments are clearly in store for Sergeant Dixon as he enters the second decade of his television life. (Radio Times, March 11, 1965). Additional Cast : Michael Beint, David Spenser, Isobel Black, Michael Newport, Fernanda Marlowe, Denys Graham, Myrtle Moss and Jeanne Mockford (Miss Lucas). |
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