Dennis Spooner (Writing)
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Works
Tales of the Tardis
Classic Doctor Who duos are reunited as they board a very special TARDIS on a nostalgic voyage through space and time.
Release Date:2023-11-01
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:5
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
A modern day version of the 1969 detective series about Private Investigator Jeff Randall, who is aided in cases by the ghost of his deceased partner Marty Hopkirk.
Release Date:2000-03-18
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Vote Count:9
And the Wall Came Tumbling Down
Workmen digging in a building discover the remains of a 300 year-old devil cult.
Release Date:1984-11-19
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:1
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense was a short-lived anthology television series from Hammer Studios. Though similar in format to the 1980 series Hammer House of Horror, the Mystery and Suspense series had feature-length episodes, usually running around 70 minutes without commercials. The series was a co-production by Hammer Studios with 20th Century Fox Television, and is known in the United States as Fox Mystery Theater. Unlike 1980's Hammer House of Horror, all the episodes had American actors as either the leads or in key roles. It was first aired in the UK by ITV in 1984, though was not simulcast and was shown in different timeslots throughout the various ITV regions.
Release Date:1984-09-05
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:8
Bergerac
Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it stars John Nettles as the title character Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac, a detective in Le Bureau des Étrangers, part of the States of Jersey Police.
Release Date:1981-10-18
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:17
The Incredible Voyage of Stingray
Adventures of the super-sub Stingray and the World Aquanaut Security Patrol and their battles against Titan, leader of the underwater city of Titanica.
Release Date:1980-01-01
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:2
The Professionals
The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.
Release Date:1977-12-30
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:42
The New Avengers
The New Avengers is a British secret agent fantasy adventure television series broadcast during 1976 and 1977. It is a sequel to the 1960s series The Avengers and was developed by Albert Fennell and Brian Clemens. A joint United Kingdom-France-Canada production, the show picks up the adventures of John Steed and his team of Avengers fighting evil plots and world domination. Whereas in the original series Steed had almost always been partnered with a woman, in the new series he had two partners: Mike Gambit, a top agent, crack marksman and trained martial artist, and Purdey, a former trainee with The Royal Ballet who was an amalgam of many of the best talents from Steed's previous female partners.
Release Date:1976-10-22
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:9
Vote Count:41
Won't Write Home, Mom–I'm Dead
A woman hears her fiancee's ghostly voice telling her to find him.
Release Date:1975-03-03
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:1
The Crazy Kill
A doctor and his wife are held hostage in their country home by an escaped convict and his sidekick, but a journalist's arrival complicates matters.
Release Date:1975-02-25
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Thriller
Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits.
Release Date:1973-04-14
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:11
The Man in a Looking Glass
A robbery is prevented by an undercover art dealer pretending to be a criminal. Edited from TV series, The Baron.
Release Date:1972-10-20
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:1
The Protectors
The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It was Anderson's second TV series using live actors as opposed to electronic marionettes, and also his second to be firmly set in contemporary times. It was also the only Gerry Anderson produced television series that was not of the fantasy or science fiction genres. It was produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. Despite not featuring marionettes or any real science fiction elements, The Protectors became one of Anderson's most popular productions, easily winning a renewal for a second season. A third season was in the planning stages when the show's major sponsor pulled out, forcing its cancellation. The Protectors first aired in 1972 and 1973, and ran to 52 episodes over two series, each 25 minutes long - making it one of the last series of this type to be produced in a half-hour format. It starred Robert Vaughn as Harry Rule, Nyree Dawn Porter as the Contessa Caroline di Contini, and Tony Anholt as Paul Buchet. Episodes often featured prominent guest actors.
Release Date:1972-09-29
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:11
The Adventurer
The Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran for one season from 1972 to 1973. It premiered in the UK on 29 September 1972. The show starred Gene Barry as Gene Bradley, a government agent of independent means who poses as a glamorous American movie star.
Release Date:1972-09-29
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Vote Count:4
Jason King
Jason King - a suavely sophisticated former secret agent turned novelist - travels the world searching for material to fill his books, encountering an endless parade of glamorous women, exotic locales, menacing villains and daring intrigue! Before Austin Powers swung into action, Jason King set the standard for the hip crime-fighting international playboy!
Release Date:1971-09-15
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:9
UFO
A secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders.
Release Date:1970-09-16
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:43
Doomwatch
Doomwatch is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, which ran on BBC 1 between 1970 and 1972. The series was set in the then present-day, and dealt with a scientific government agency led by Doctor Spencer Quist, responsible for investigating and combating various ecological and technological dangers. The series was followed by a film adaptation produced by Tigon British Film Productions and released in 1972, and a revival TV film was broadcast on Channel 5 in 1999.
Release Date:1970-02-09
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:3
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) is a British private detective television series. In the initial episode Hopkirk is murdered during an investigation, but returns as a ghost. Randall is the only main character able to see or hear him, although certain minor characters are also able to do so in various circumstances throughout the series.
Release Date:1969-09-21
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Vote Count:17
Department S
Department S is a United Kingdom spy-fi adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The series consists of 28 episodes which originally aired in 1969–1970. It starred Peter Wyngarde as author Jason King, Joel Fabiani as Stewart Sullivan, and Rosemary Nicols as computer expert Annabelle Hurst. The trio were agents for a fictional special department of Interpol. The head of Department S was Sir Curtis Seretse.
Release Date:1969-09-09
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Vote Count:11
The Champions
The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series consisting of 30 episodes broadcast on the UK network ITV during 1968–1969, produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. The series was broadcast in the US on NBC, starting in summer 1968.
Release Date:1968-09-25
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:4
Vote Count:19
Man in a Suitcase
Accused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name, taking on freelance jobs around Europe as he searches for answers.
Release Date:1967-09-27
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Vote Count:8
The Baron
The Baron is a British television series, made in 1965/66 based on the book series by John Creasey, written under the pseudonym Anthony Morton, and produced by ITC Entertainment. It was the first ITC show without marionettes to be produced entirely in colour.
Release Date:1966-09-28
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:10
Vote Count:5
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
In the year 4000, the Daleks conspire to conquer the Solar System. Their scheme involves treachery at the highest levels and a weapon capable of destroying the very fabric of time. Only the Doctor and his friends can prevent catastrophe — and there is no guarantee they will escape with their lives...
Release Date:1966-01-29
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:5
Thunderbirds
Thunderbirds is a 1960s British science-fiction television series which was produced using a mixed method of marionette puppetry and scale-model special effects termed "Supermarionation". The series is set in the 21st century and follows the exploits of International Rescue, a secret organization formed to save people in mortal danger with the help of technologically advanced land, sea, air and space vehicles and equipment, launched from a hidden base on Tracy Island in the South Pacific Ocean.
Release Date:1965-09-30
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:6
Vote Count:91
Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
In England, 1066, the Doctor confronts a mysterious Monk who is attempting to change history.
Release Date:1965-07-24
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:5
Doctor Who: The Chase
The Doctor and his companions are pursued through time and space by the Daleks on the desert planet Aridius and beyond.
Release Date:1965-06-26
Department:Writing
Job:Script Editor
Vote Count:4
Doctor Who: The Space Museum
On the planet Xeros, the TARDIS crew discover their own future selves frozen in time as exhibits in a galactic museum and must avert this potential future.
Release Date:1965-05-15
Department:Writing
Job:Script Editor
Vote Count:5
Doctor Who: The Crusade
In 12th century Palestine, the Doctor and his friends are drawn into the holy war between the forces of King Richard the Lionheart and the Saracen ruler Saladin.
Release Date:1965-04-17
Department:Writing
Job:Script Editor
Vote Count:4
Doctor Who: The Web Planet
On the planet Vortis, the Doctor and his companions aid the butterfly-like Menoptra in their battle against the parasitic Animus and its mind-controlled minions, the ant-like Zarbi.
Release Date:1965-03-20
Department:Writing
Job:Script Editor
Vote Count:5
Doctor Who: The Romans
The TARDIS crew take up residence near Rome in 64AD, where Ian and Barbara are kidnapped by slave traders, and the Doctor's imitation of Maximus Pettulian sees him taken to the court of Emperor Nero where he inadvertently plays a part in deciding the course of history...
Release Date:1965-02-06
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:7
Doctor Who: The Rescue
On the planet Dido, the Doctor, Ian and Barbara meet two survivors from a crashed spaceship who are terrorised by the monster Koquillion.
Release Date:1965-01-09
Department:Writing
Job:Script Editor
Vote Count:5
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
The TARDIS materialises not far from Paris in 1794 — one of the bloodiest years following the French Revolution of 1789. The travellers become involved with an escape chain rescuing prisoners from the guillotine and get caught up in the machinations of an English undercover spy, James Stirling — alias Lemaitre, governor of the Conciergerie prison.
Release Date:1964-09-12
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:5
The Champions
Follows three United Nations agents whose plane crashes into the Himalayas. Upon being rescued by an advanced civilization secretly living in Tibet, they are granted enhanced intellectual and physical abilities. When the agents return to the outside world, they use their new superhuman abilities to become champions of law, order and justice.
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Stingray
A British children's Supermarionation television series.
Release Date:1964-10-04
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:13
Vote Count:17
Doctor Who
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
Release Date:1963-11-23
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:18
Vote Count:639
Comedy Playhouse
Comedy Playhouse is a long-running British anthology series of one-off unrelated sitcoms that aired for 120 episodes from 1961 to 1975. Many episodes later graduated to their own series, including Steptoe and Son, Till Death Us Do Part, All Gas and Gaiters, The Liver Birds, Are You Being Served? and Last of the Summer Wine, which is the world's longest running sitcom, having run from January 1973 to August 2010.
Release Date:1961-12-15
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:2
The Avengers
The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants. His most famous assistants were intelligent, stylish and assertive women: Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King. Later episodes increasingly incorporated elements of science fiction and fantasy, parody and British eccentricity.
Release Date:1961-01-07
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:4
Vote Count:136