Philip Broadley (Writer)

The Saint

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.

Release Date1962-10-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count133

Bergerac

Jim Bergerac is a detective sergeant in The Foreigners Office who likes to do things his own way. While dealing with his own personal demons Bergerac has a knack of finding trouble, and sometimes causing it.

Release Date1981-10-18

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count23

The Champions

After a plane carrying three Agents crashes in the Himalayas, they are rescued by an advanced civilisation secretly living in Tibet who grant them enhanced versions of the ordinary five senses, and intellectual and physical abilities.

Release Date1968-09-25

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count5

Vote Count24

Public Eye

Public Eye is a British television drama broadcast from 1965 to 1975 on ITV1. Produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a further four, the programme follows the investigations and cases handled by the unglamourous enquiry agent Frank Marker.

Release Date1965-01-23

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count7

Vote Count6

Van der Valk

Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk. Based on the characters and atmosphere of the novels of Nicolas Freeling, the first series was shown in 1972.

Release Date1972-09-13

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count6

Vote Count10

Return of the Saint

Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.

Release Date1978-09-10

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count10

Out of the Unknown

Out of the Unknown is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 1965 and 1971. Each episode was a dramatisation of a science fiction short story; some were created for the series, but most were adaptations of already published stories. The first three years were exclusively science fiction, but that genre was abandoned in the final year in favour of horror and fantasy. A number of episodes were wiped during the early 1970s, as was standard procedure at the time.

Release Date1965-10-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count8

Story Parade

Story Parade specialized in adaptations of modern novels. It was broadcast on June 5, 1964 and repeated on August 28, 1964. The teleplay was by Terry Nation (who invented "Blake's 7" and the Daleks in Dr. Who), and Elijah Baley was played by the late Peter Cushing. It also starred John Carson John Carson as R. Daneel Olivaw and Kenneth J. Warren. The master tapes of the program were erased, however a few clips from the production have turned up in various documentaries about Isaac Asimov's work.

Release Date1964-04-24

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count1

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 Date1972-09-29

DepartmentWriting

JobScenario Writer

Episode Count4

Vote Count7

Wilde Alliance

Wilde Alliance is a 1978 British television programme created by Ian Mackintosh and produced by Yorkshire Television for l ITV. The light-hearted mystery series follows husband-and-wife amateur detectives Rupert and Amy Wilde.

Release Date1978-01-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count4

Vote Count3

Storyboard

Highly regarded anthology from the 1980s presenting a diverse range of high-quality single dramas that would serve as pilots for possible future series.

Release Date1983-07-26

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count2

Lytton's Diary

Lytton's Diary is a 1985–86 British comedy-drama programme created and written by Peter Bowles and Philip Broadley. Produced by Thames Television for ITV, it originated as a single play on the anthology programme Storyboard before expanding into two popular series, known for their mix of glamour, intrigue, and social commentary. Bowles stars as Neville Lytton, a suave and successful Fleet Street gossip columnist for the Daily News. Lytton navigates the world of high-society scandals, political corruption, and personal challenges, balancing his professional life with his love life and his ambition to write a novel.

Release Date1985-01-09

DepartmentWriting

JobIdea

Episode Count12

Vote Count3

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster

Mr. Palfrey is a mild-mannered, but highly skilled counter-espionage agent employed by a small, unnamed department within British intelligence. He and his team tackle complex cases, often involving government cover-ups and internal affairs.

Release Date1984-04-18

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count4

Vote Count3

Thundercloud

Thundercloud is a 1979 British television comedy created and written by Ian Mackintosh. Produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV, it was significantly more lighthearted than Mackintosh's prior series Warship and The Sandbaggers. Lieutenant Commander ‘Monty’ Morgan – a stickler for forms – and his shipmates operate aboard the shore-based HMS Thundercloud, a secret Royal Navy station on the Yorkshire coast during World War II, apparently far enough away from HQ to merit a remarkable degree of autonomy. In fact, the Admiralty were convinced that the station was actually a destroyer in the North Sea!

Release Date1979-05-24

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count1

Zodiac

Zodiac was a six-part series transmitted by ITV in 1974. Starring Anton Rogers and Anouska Hempel as cynical detective David Gradley and his astrologer associate Esther Jones, the unusual astrological premise set this show apart from the humdrum detective dramas of the time. Little seen since its original broadcast, the series has garnered something of a cult status.

Release Date1974-02-25

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery

Three elegant murder mysteries adapted from the crime novels of Dorothy L. Sayers. Set in the 1930s, the relationship of amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey and mystery writer Harriet Vane unfolds in a realm of romance and intrigue.

Release Date1987-03-25

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count3

Vote Count6

The Counterfeit Man

On Jupiter's moon Ganymede, an alien life-form has taken over the body of a human astronaut, creating an almost perfect copy. It then begins the long return journey to Earth.

Release Date1965-10-11

DepartmentWriting

JobAdaptation

Vote Count1

The Girl From Mani

For Her Love Has Become A Desperate Dream.

Release Date1986-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobAdaptation

Vote Count3