| Probation Officer | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Julian Bond Peter Yeldham Phillip Grenville Mann |
| Directed by | Peter Sasdy Christopher Morahan Royston Morley Josephine Douglas |
| Starring | John Paul John Scott Jessica Spencer David Davies Henry Oscar A. J. Brown Jack Stewart Humphrey Heathcote Derek Benfield[1] |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 109 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Antony Kearey Rex Firkin |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Associated Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 14 September 1959 – 14 September 1962 |
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Probation Officer was a British TV series that ran from 1959–1962 about probation officers.[2] It was made by Associated Television and starred John Paul, Jessica Spencer, David Davies and John Scott.[3][4] Other actors who appeared in the series include Henry Oscar, Honor Blackman, Windsor Davies and Billy Milton.[5]
It was created by Julian Bond and was the first ever one-hour TV drama to screen on ITV.[6] Bond spent months researching the show from real life cases.[7]
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- ^ Marcus, Laurence (December 2000). "Probation Officer". Television Heaven.
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- ^ "Probation Officer[30/11/1959] (1959)". BFI. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020.
- ^ "Probation Officer[31/08/62] (1962)". BFI. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020.
- ^ "Probation Officer – Series One, Episode Two". 24 December 2016.
- ^ Probation Office at UK TV Index Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine