Jack Gerson (known_for_department.creator)

Late Night Theatre

Late Night Theatre is a UK television anthology series produced by Granada Television, Scottish Television (STV), Southern Television, and Westward Television. Forty-four episodes were aired on ITV (TV network) from 1972–1974.

Release Date1972-04-12

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count3

The Regiment

The Regiment is a 1972 BBC One television drama series starring Christopher Cazenove and follows the story of a British Army regiment from the view of two families.

Release Date1972-02-21

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count2

Running Blind

Cold War thriller set in Iceland – a British agent and his Icelandic fiancee try to protect an electronic device from falling into the clutches of the KGB.

Release Date1979-01-05

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count3

The Omega Factor

The Omega Factor is a British television series produced by BBC Scotland in 1979. It was created by Jack Gerson and produced by George Gallaccio, and transmitted in ten weekly episodes between 13 June and 15 August.

Release Date1979-06-13

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JobCreator

Vote Count9

The Assassination Run

While attending Oxford University, Mark Fraser is recruited as an agent by Department Six of British Intelligence. In time he becomes one of their top "eliminators." After several years, he resigns in disgust, marries his girlfriend, Jill Marshall, and retires to the Scottish Highlands. While shopping one afternoon, Jill is kidnapped by five German terrorists and brought to Spain. When Mark receives a telephone call from the terrorists, instructing him to assassinate a right-wing German publisher, he is forced to employ his old skills as a hit man to ensure Jill's safety. .

Release Date1980-01-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count3

The Treachery Game

Mark Fraser (Malcolm Stoddard), an ex-intelligence agent, was falsely accused of murdering a well-known scientist. Three agents, hired by an unknown organization, go after Mark to prevent him from revealing the organization's most hideous secrets. Mark struggles to fight his way out against these skilled intelligence agents to save his life and clear his name.

Release Date1981-01-15

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count3

Vote Count1

Queen of Scots

A dramatised account of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, performed and broadcast live on Scottish Television on 29th November 1967 to mark STV's tenth anniversary.

Release Date1967-11-29

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

High Living

High Living was the first soap opera to be produced in Scotland, and was produced by STV. The series was created and written by Jack Gerson

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Hitchcock on Grierson

Legendary film director Alfred Hitchcock pays tribute to the "father of the documentary", John Grierson, exploring what made his work so extraordinary and influential.

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter