The Man In Room 17 (1965)
The Man In Room 17 (1965)
Plot.
The Man in Room 17 is a British television series which ran for two seasons in the mid-1960s, produced by the Northern ITV franchise, Granada Television. Key to the series' success was the involvement of writer/producer Robin Chapman.
The show was set in Room 17 of the Department of Social Research, where former wartime agent-turned-criminologist Edwin Oldenshaw solved difficult police cases through theory and discussions with his assistants.
The novelty of the series was that Oldenshaw and his colleagues never needed to leave their office in order to resolve cases, preferring to spend their time playing the Japanese board game of Go. They simply provided their prognosis and left the police to do the cleaning up. Different directors were often appointed to film the Room 17 and outside-world scenes independently, to maintain a sense of distance between the two worlds.
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Cast & Crew.

Richard Vernon
Oldenshaw

Michael Aldridge
Dimmock

Robin Chapman
Creator

Denholm Elliott
Imlac Defraits

Willoughby Goddard
Sir Geoffrey Norton

Michael Gover
Hubert Hatton

Amber Kammer
Tracy Peveril

Brian Wilde
George Horton / Dr. Boddington

Michael Robbins
C.P.O. Bradshaw

Neil Stacy
Seaman Giuseppe Fabbri

Terence Alexander
Paul Paragon

Trevor Bannister
Martin Fowler

Peter Wyngarde
Paul Panacek

Warren Mitchell
Petropolous

Edward Chapman
Oliver Crawford

Lyndon Brook
Alan Haynes

George Sewell
Shelton

Derek Fowlds
Bruce

Danny Green
'Kipper' Da Vinci

Geoffrey Palmer
Ian McWatt

Vladek Sheybal
Yasha Saroya / Max Opals

Roy Marsden
Lt. David Stanton

John Comer
Sgt. Thomas Lynch

John Quayle
Lt. Julian Goltheart

Jayne Sofiano
Mary Kenrick

Geoffrey Keen
Robert Grimes

Anthony Newlands
Sir Graham Brome

Julie Goodyear
Duckie

John Stratton
Leonard Fitch

Mike Pratt
Jack Simpson / Lt. Manuel Rafael Achara

Leonard Sachs
General René Gavreau

Nicholas Courtney
Gilles

Jerome Willis
Guy Leduc

Adrienne Corri
Lynne Crawshaw

David Langton
George Henderson

Roger Hammond
Bannerman

Meg Wynn Owen
Glynis Hughes

Dinsdale Landen
Peter Nash

Barbara Jefford
Ursula Dallendorf

Hugh Burden
Charles Morrow

Christopher Benjamin
Chief Supt. Craythorpe

David Horne
Lord John Bower

Michael Gough
Andrei Konev

Colin Jeavons
Dr. Jim Pearson

Rio Fanning
John Corry

Eric Thompson
Manuel

Ian Ogilvy
Pedro Da Silva

Anthony Hopkins
Dr. Harding
Media.

Details.
Release DateJune 11, 1965
StatusReturning Series
Seasons2
Episodes26
Running Time50m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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Wiki.
The Man in Room 17 is a British television series which ran for two series in the mid-1960s, produced by the northern weekday ITV franchise, Granada Television. Key to the series' success was the involvement of writer/producer Robin Chapman.
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