Murray Smith (Writing)

Extremely Dangerous

Extremely Dangerous is a 1999 four part series for ITV starring Sean Bean as an ex-National Criminal Intelligence Service undercover agent convicted of the brutal murder of his wife and child who goes on the run to try and clear his name. He sets out to follow up a strange clue sent to him in prison. The boss of a local crime syndicate, a former associate, hears of his escape and sends out the word to bring him in. On the run from the police and disowned by his NCIS colleagues, he is faced with the fact that he may be guilty.

Release Date:1999-11-11

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:4

A Little Piece of Sunshine

Sunshine, an idyllic and almost forgotten island under British rule, is shortly to become independent. But a few days before this event is to take place, the British governor of the island is shot. Her Majesty's secret service is called in and Sam McCready asks Desmond Hannah of Scotland Yard to take charge of the case.

Release Date:1990-11-17

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:1

Pride and Extreme Prejudice

The CIA and the KGB both pursue a former operative (Dennehy) who seemingly has become unstable.

Release Date:1990-01-17

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:2

Death Has A Bad Reputation

A British agent is chasing after famous terrorist Carlos when he resurfaces in Europe.

Release Date:1990-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:1

A Casualty of War

David Threlfall stars as Tom Rowse, a retired British secret service agent turned thriller novelist who is brought back into the world of espionage for one last job. The mission - foiling a Libyan plot to supply the IRA with a massive shipment of high-tech weapons in order to wreak revenge upon the UK for their support and co-operation with the US during the 1986 bombing of Libya and the attempted assassination of Colonel Gaddafi .

Release Date:1989-12-02

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

The Paradise Club

The Paradise Club is a BBC television drama starring Don Henderson and Leslie Grantham as Frank & Danny Kane. Two series were produced and were broadcast between 1989 and 1990. The show focuses upon two brothers, Frank & Danny Kane. Their mother, Ma Kane, is the matriarch of a criminal gang in South London, helped by her son Danny. Frank has become a priest but leaves the church; he inherits The Paradise Club on the death of their mother and returns to London to try and steer Danny away from crime.

Release Date:1989-09-19

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:13

Vote Count:4

Just Another Secret

An American intelligence agent uncovers a plot to assassinate Soviet Premier Gorbachev just at the time when glasnost is coming into place.

Release Date:1989-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Lovejoy

The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.

Release Date:1986-01-10

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:49

The Alamut Ambush

This British espionage thriller stars Terence Stamp as David Audley, former Oxford professor turned intelligence agent.

Release Date:1986-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Dempsey and Makepeace

Dempsey and Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham. The leading roles were played by Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber, who later married each other on 18 November 1989. The series combined elements of previous series such as the mis-matching of British and American crime-fighters from different classes as seen in The Persuaders! and the action of The Professionals.

Release Date:1985-01-11

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:27

Children of the Full Moon

A married couple, lost in the woods, stumbles across a creepy mansion and its inhabitants - an overly-kind old woman and deadly wolf children that scour the country-side looking for victims. Originally an episode of British horror anthology TV series, Hammer House of Horror, that later received a feature release in the United States.

Release Date:1980-11-01

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:2

Bear Island

A group of people converge on a barren Arctic island. They have their reasons for being there but when a series of mysterious accidents and murders take place, a whole lot of darker motives become apparent. Could the fortune in buried Nazi gold be the key to the mystery? Donald Sutherland and Vanessa Redgrave investigate

Release Date:1979-12-05

Department:Crew

Job:Additional Writing

Vote Count:50

Minder

This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye for a nice little earner. Alongside his many business ventures, Arthur would regularly hire Terry out as a minder or bodyguard, later replaced by nephew, Ray Daley.

Release Date:1979-10-29

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:24

Home Before Midnight

A successful rock lyricist becomes romantically involved with a girl he picks up hitchhiking only to learn that she is only fourteen. Her parents take action against him.

Release Date:1979-10-18

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:12

The Comeback

A singer holes up at a sinister estate to write new songs for his act. His ex-wife is brutally murdered, and the killer may be stalking him next.

Release Date:1978-06-16

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:31

Schizo

A recently-married woman who has been labeled as mentally unstable, begins to suspect that someone close to her is the culprit in a sudden string of murders.

Release Date:1976-11-11

Department:Writing

Job:Adaptation

Vote Count:30

The Sell Out

This action drama centers on a former CIA operative who grudgingly rejoins the spy game due to the machinations of his one-time student - a screw up who goes to work for the Soviets. As his job drags him deeper into a dangerous and under-handed world, the student wants out of the agency and oout of the U.S.S.R. But the man's choices have made him a target and now both the United States and Russia want him dead, sending their mos able hit men to do it.

Release Date:1976-05-01

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Vote Count:9

The Sweeney

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.

Release Date:1975-01-02

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:22

The Four Dimensions of Greta

Hans a young German journalist arrives in London to write an article about au-pair girls, but is requested by friends to investigate the whereabouts of their teenage daughter Greta.

Release Date:1972-05-23

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:4

Die Screaming Marianne

After their parents divorce, one daughter lives with her mother in England while the other lives with her father in Portugal. After the untimely death of her mother, the one daughter stands to inherit a large sum of money and also a number of documents containing information that will incriminate her father, who was a crooked judge. While her father wants the documents, her sister wants the money and they will each stop at nothing, even murder, to get what they want.

Release Date:1971-08-13

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:27

Cool It, Carol!

A naive couple leave their small town for success in London's adult entertainment culture.

Release Date:1970-12-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:13