Robert Barr (Writing)

Enemy at the Door

Enemy At The Door is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for ITV. The series was shown between 1978 and 1980 and dealt with the German occupation of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, during the Second World War. The programme generated a certain amount of criticism in Guernsey, particularly for being obviously filmed on Jersey despite being ostensibly set on Guernsey. The series also marked the TV debut of Anthony Head as a member of the island resistance. The theme music was by Wilfred Josephs.

Release Date:1978-01-28

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:3

Secret Army

World War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being shot down in occupied Europe, working with the Resistance and hiding from the Gestapo.

Release Date:1977-09-07

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:10

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.

Release Date:1971-09-20

Department:Writing

Job:Short Story

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:9

Hadleigh

Hadleigh was a British television series made by Yorkshire Television which originally ran from 1969 to 1976. Developed by Robert Barr, it was a sequel to the writer's earlier Gazette for the same company. The theme music was composed by Alan Moorhouse and, from series 3, Tony Hatch. James Hadleigh played by Gerald Harper, was "the perfect squire, paternalistically careful of his tenantry's welfare, beloved in the village, respected in the council." A "knight in a shining white Aston Martin V8, he sets about correcting local injustices." His wife, from a lower-class background, was played by Hilary Dwyer. The series attracted around 17 million viewers at its peak.

Release Date:1969-09-16

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:2

The Expert

The Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976. The series starred Marius Goring as Dr. John Hardy, a pathologist working for the Home Office and was essentially a police procedural drama, with Hardy bringing his forensic knowledge to solve various cases. The Expert was created and produced by Gerard Glaister. The series was also one of the first BBC dramas to be made in colour, and throughout its four series had numerous high quality guest appearances by actors such as John Carson, Peter Copley, Rachel Kempson, Peter Vaughan, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Palmer, Peter Barkworth, Jean Marsh, Ray Brooks, George Sewell, Anthony Valentine, Bernard Lee, Lee Montague, Geoffrey Bayldon, Mike Pratt, Edward Fox, André Morell, Brian Blessed, Nigel Stock, Philip Madoc and Warren Clarke.

Release Date:1968-07-05

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:2

The Long Arm

Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. The film is notable for using a police procedural style made popular by Ealing in their 1950 film The Blue Lamp. It is known in the US as The Third Key.

Release Date:1956-06-01

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:18

The Oracle

An Irish "oracle" foretells the next day's track results to a newspaperman, resulting in a national uproar.

Release Date:1953-06-01

Department:Crew

Job:Radio Play

Vote Count:2

The Time Machine

Release Date:1949-01-24

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:1

The Case of Helvig Delbo

A true story of wartime espionage reconstructed for television by Robert Barr. In Denmark in 1943 twelve patriots who had been aiding Allied airmen to escape to Britain were rounded up by the Gestapo. British Intelligence Officers found one clue. It pointed to the traitor being a girl. With the aid of patriots from the Norwegian and Danish underground they tracked her down... and the flow of airmen escaping to Britain began again.

Release Date:1947-07-22

Department:Writing

Job:Writer