The Probation Officer (1959)
- Original title
- Probation Officer
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 4 seasons, 109 episodes
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
The show follows probation officers as they work with people on parole. It was the first hour-long drama on British commercial TV and was based on real cases.
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What happens
Probation Officer was a British TV series that ran from 1959–1962 about probation officers. It was made by Associated Television and starred John Paul, Jessica Spencer, David Davies and John Scott. Other actors who appeared in the series include Henry Oscar, Honor Blackman, Windsor Davies and Billy Milton. It was created by Julian Bond and was the first ever one-hour TV drama to screen on ITV. Bond spent months researching the show from real life cases. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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