Tony Williamson (Writer)

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Works

The Avengers

A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).

Release Date1961-01-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count8

Vote Count151

The Persuaders!

An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.

Release Date1971-09-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count131

Z-Cars

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.

Release Date1962-01-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count7

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 Count4

Vote Count24

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 Count1

Vote Count25

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

Dr Finlay's Casebook is a BBC television series that was broadcast from 1962 until 1971. Based on A. J. Cronin's novella Country Doctor, the storylines centred on a general medical practice in the fictional Scottish town of Tannochbrae during the late 1920s.

Release Date1962-08-16

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count3

Special Branch

Special Branch is a British police drama centred on members of the Special Branch anti-espionage and anti-terrorist department of the London Metropolitan Police.

Release Date1969-09-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count4

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

Department S

Department S is a United Kingdom spy-fi adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The series consists of 28 episodes which originally aired in 1969–1970. It starred Peter Wyngarde as author Jason King, Joel Fabiani as Stewart Sullivan, and Rosemary Nicols as computer expert Annabelle Hurst. The trio were agents for a fictional special department of Interpol. The head of Department S was Sir Curtis Seretse.

Release Date1969-09-09

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count5

Vote Count17

Jason King

Jason King - a suavely sophisticated former secret agent turned novelist - travels the world searching for material to fill his books, encountering an endless parade of glamorous women, exotic locales, menacing villains and daring intrigue! Before Austin Powers swung into action, Jason King set the standard for the hip crime-fighting international playboy!

Release Date1971-09-15

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count3

Vote Count12

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 Count6

Vote Count7

Adam Adamant Lives!

Frozen in ice since 1902 by his nemesis, Edwardian adventurer Adam Adamant is revived in 1966, where he must adapt to the 'Swinging Sixties' with the help of his new companion, Georgina Jones.

Release Date1966-06-23

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count8

Vote Count6

The Spies

A spin-off/rebranding of the previous 1965 series The Mask of Janus, The Spies is a more conventional espionage thriller than its predecessor, being explicitly concerned with the actual operations of British secret service agents stationed in the fictional European country of Amalia.

Release Date1966-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count3

Vote Count1

Armchair Mystery Theatre

Armchair Mystery Theatre is a 60-minute United Kingdom television anthology mystery series. Thirty-four episodes aired from 1960-65. It was hosted by Donald Pleasence and produced by Leonard White.

Release Date1960-06-05

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) is a British private detective television series. In the initial episode Hopkirk is murdered during an investigation, but returns as a ghost. Randall is the only main character able to see or hear him, although certain minor characters are also able to do so in various circumstances throughout the series.

Release Date1969-09-21

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count18

The Mask of Janus

In the fictional European country of Amalia, the political interests of the British, American and Communist espionage communities are explored. Eschewing the action formula of its ITV contemporaries, the series dealt more politically oriented plots such as defections to the west, awakening "sleeper" agents and the leaking of official secrets.

Release Date1965-10-08

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count2

Worlds Beyond

Worlds Beyond is a British television anthology broadcast on ITV from 1986 to 1988, based on real-life supernatural experiences described in archival documents from the Society for Psychical Research. A book was also released to accompany the series.

Release Date1986-10-10

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count4

Vote Count5

Counterstrike

Simon King, an alien agent from the Inter Galactic Council, is sent to Earth on a mission to stop unscrupulous refugees from a dying planet from wiping out Mankind and taking over the planet Earth.

Release Date1969-09-08

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Episode Count10

Vote Count2

Codename

Codename, which premiered in April 1970, was about the secretive MI17 Spy Organisation of the same name based in the residential hall of a Cambridge College. Eventually the series attained a more international flavour, although its base was always in Great Britain. Primarily Codename dealt with the themes of espionage and counter-espionage at the time of the Cold War of the sixties. Its cast contained many of Great Britain's most versatile and talented actors.

Release Date1970-04-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count3

Vote Count1

Rød snø

November, 1942, during the war. Anne Eriksen, a young Norwegian woman living in Gothenburg, is on her way to visit good friends in Dalsland – a visit that will have unexpected consequences. The destination of her journey is Linds Pensionat in Nössemark. She is welcomed by Ruth Lind, her son Evert, and the guests at the guesthouse. Peace and idyll reign in the remote guesthouse. But its proximity to occupied Norway makes the tranquility fragile...

Release Date1985-11-09

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count6

Vote Count14

Breakthrough

Starting in late May 1944, during the German retreat on the Eastern Front, Captain Stransky (Helmut Griem) orders Sergeant Steiner (Richard Burton) to blow up a railway tunnel to prevent Russian forces from using it. Steiner's platoon fails in its mission by coming up against a Russian tank. Steiner then takes a furlough to Paris just as the Allies launch their invasion of Normandy.

Release Date1979-03-01

DepartmentWriting

JobAuthor

Vote Count36

Night Watch

A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.

Release Date1973-11-08

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count43

Intrigue

Intrigue

An industrial espionage drama in which an agent investigated the world of big business

Release Date1966-10-01

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Fire, Ice and Dynamite

Action-comedy about a wealthy man who fakes suicide for the amusement of watching his family and creditors compete for his wealth. Many cameo appearances!

Release Date1990-10-18

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count29

The Woman Hunter

A wealthy woman, vacationing in Acapulco with her stuffy husband, stumbles upon evidence that she is being stalked by an international jewel thief and murderer.

Release Date1972-09-19

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count15

Taylor Williamson: Please Like Me

After being named runner up and one of the five favorite acts of all time on America's Got Talent, Taylor Williamson stars in his first standup comedy special! In his comedy routine, Taylor covers all the important problems we face in our crazy world: Japanese dancers taking jobs away from Americans on reality shows, strangers wanting to talk to you on airplanes, and the worst problem of all... Duvets!

Release Date2017-12-25

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1