Wilfred Greatorex (Writer)

Danger Man

Danger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. Ralph Smart created the programme and wrote many of the scripts. Danger Man was financed by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment.

Release Date1960-09-11

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count19

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 Date1967-09-27

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count8

The Frighteners

A horror anthology series, with each episode featuring a different eerie tale.

Release Date1972-07-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count2

The Plane Makers

The Plane Makers is a British television series created by Wilfred Greatorex and produced by Rex Firken. ATV made three series for ITV between 1963 and 1965. It was succeeded by The Power Game, which ran for an additional three series from 1965 to 1969. Firkin continued as producer for the first two series, and David Reid took over for series 3.

Release Date1963-02-04

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count2

Airline

Airline is a fly on the wall television programme, produced in the United Kingdom that showcases the daily happenings of passengers, ground workers and on-board staff of Britannia and later EasyJet. The show was broadcast between 1998 and 2006 on ITV, is often repeated on ITV2 and shown on syndication on Pick TV. The programme's success sparked a US version of the series, following American low-cost airline Southwest Airlines.

Release Date1997-09-05

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count3

Vote Count2

The Power Game

Sir John Wilder ruthlessly pursues boardroom machinations and tangled relationships.

Release Date1965-12-13

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JobCreator

Battle of Britain

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.

Release Date1969-09-15

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count325

1990

The series is set in a dystopian future in which Britain is under the grip of the Home Office's Department of Public Control (PCD), a tyrannically oppressive bureaucracy riding roughshod over the population's civil liberties. Edward Woodward plays Jim Kyle, a journalist on the last independent newspaper called The Star, who turns renegade and begins to fight the PCD covertly. The officials of the PCD, in turn, try to provide proof of Kyle's subversive activities.

Release Date1977-09-18

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JobCreator

Vote Count3

The Inheritors

Release Date1974-08-14

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JobCreator

Nobody Runs Forever

Detective Scobie Malone accepts a mission to fly to London to arrest Sir James Quentin, a high-level commissioner wanted down under for murder. But when Malone arrives, he finds that the amiable Quentin is not only the key in groundbreaking peace negotiations, but also the target of an assassin himself.

Release Date1968-08-22

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count21

Capital City

A day in the life of the City of London.

Release Date1973-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Look at Life: Eating High

An examination of the 60's trend of top-of-skyscraper revolving restaurants. First an overview of Europe's best then it's a detailed look at the problems involved in running the restaurant at the top of London's Post Office Tower.

Release Date1966-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Look at Life: Murder Bag

A glimpse into the practices of Scotland Yard's Murder Squad as they go about their job.

Release Date1967-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter