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Probation Officer

1959 - 1962

S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1

14th September 1959

Episode 1

Philip Main is recruited has a probation officer. Arthur Finney was arrested for burglary. The prison doctor says the boy has been a marijuana addict for three months. Main attempts to build a relationship with the boy and his parents.

S1.E2 ∙ Episode #1.2

21st September 1959

Episode 2

Mr. Alexander asks Philip Main to help him to persuade his son Johnny not to marry white girl Mary Sadler. When a razor gang attack the pair, he kills one in self defence. Mary decides to comes forward to give evidence in his defence.

S1.E3 ∙ Episode #1.3

28th September 1959

Episode 3

Residivist Patsy Morley convinces the Judge that he is worth another chance, so Philip Main has to access him for probation. Meanwhile marijuana addict Arthur Finney has been sent to the psychiatric ward and is desperate to talk to Main..

S1.E4 ∙ Episode #1.4

5th October 1959

Episode 4

No overview available.

S1.E5 ∙ Episode #1.5

12th October 1959

Episode 5

An old friend of Philip Main, Corporal Len Grantham contacts him for help with his marriage. He says his German wife, Eva is seeing a married man Mr. Daniels and wants it to stop. Jim Blake thinks that Iris Cope must deal with the wife.

S1.E6 ∙ Episode #1.6

19th October 1959

Episode 6

Iris Cope is given the task of helping Carrie West, a doctor's daughter given a two years probation for stealing. Her parents are unable to control her behaviour so Iris has no choice but to hand her over to senior colleague Miss Randell.

S1.E7 ∙ Episode #1.7

26th October 1959

Episode 7

Former regular army officer Colonel Chester is in court for using his cane to smash a car windscreen. Philip Main has to make a probation report and realises the Colonel could be perfect solution for dealing with jailbird Nobby Clarke.

S1.E8 ∙ Episode #1.8

2nd November 1959

Episode 8

Con Barnes is released from borstal and starts a knife fight with Larry Melvin. Both are arrested. When Blake visits Melvin's family they turn on him. Meanwhile Lily Smith changes Barnes narrative and leaves facing Melvin a long sentence.

S1.E9 ∙ Episode #1.9

9th November 1959

Episode 9

No overview available.

S1.E10 ∙ Episode #1.10

16th November 1959

Episode 10

The probation officers deal with two cases: the sliding fortunes of ex-pilot Mark Kennedy and the theft of a baby by its nanny.

S1.E11 ∙ Episode #1.11

23rd November 1959

Episode 11

No overview available.

S1.E12 ∙ Episode #1.12

30th November 1959

Episode 12

A doctor feels isolated by his sexuality.

S1.E13 ∙ Episode #1.13

7th December 1959

Episode 13

During a Ban the Bomb demonstration a police horse rider is felled. Peter Fry is the nearest person and arrested. He is sentenced to 14 years in jail, suspended for one year. Main needs to persuade him to keep to the terms of his release.

S1.E14 ∙ Episode #1.14

14th December 1959

Episode 14

Joyce Langley and Kathleen Morgan are charged of attacking John Anderson. Morgan is sentenced to six months in jail but Langley is given probation has it is her first offence. Iris Cope hopes to persuade Joyce not to go into prostitution.

S1.E15 ∙ Episode #1.15

21st December 1959

Episode 15

Philip Main's client Mr. Belcher is father of six children charged for receiving stolen goods from his daughter. Main would like him to have probation. Iris Cope has deal with daughter Myrtle who seems unwillingly to cooperate with her.

S1.E16 ∙ Episode #1.16

28th December 1959

Episode 16

Richard Bates is found guilty of GBH, on Peter Woodburn, in a drunken rage. Bates was a former staff officer and a managing director but lost his job when the company was taken over. Jim Blake attempts to help him with his alcoholism.

S1.E17 ∙ Episode #1.17

4th January 1960

Episode 17

Philip Main has to deal with two different types of boys who are put on probation by a juvenile court.

S1.E18 ∙ Episode #1.18

11th January 1960

Episode 18

No overview available.

S1.E19 ∙ Episode #1.19

18th January 1960

Episode 19

A youth with a bad past is found the one kind of work - wood carving - that interests him but there is trouble when a shop steward recognises him as someone who is on probation.

S1.E20 ∙ Episode #1.20

25th January 1960

Episode 20

No overview available.

S1.E21 ∙ Episode #1.21

1st February 1960

Episode 21

The problems of an elderly Jewish tailor and his son after the father is brought to court for receiving stolen cloth.

S1.E22 ∙ Episode #1.22

8th February 1960

Episode 22

70-year-old grandad Charlie Toliver has broke into the gas meter to pay for his radio. At court, the judge Charlie is given 12 months probation. Jim Blake wants Charlie to consider part time work but his family disagree over his future.

S1.E23 ∙ Episode #1.23

15th February 1960

Episode 23

A Hungarian refugee faces prejudice and loneliness and is not accepted by his trade union.

S1.E24 ∙ Episode #1.24

22nd February 1960

Episode 24

The problems caused by hire-purchase payments on luxury goods.

S1.E25 ∙ Episode #1.25

29th February 1960

Episode 25

The probation officers deal with a case of matrimonial difficulties.

S1.E26 ∙ Episode #1.26

Episode 26

The spoilt 16-year-old son of a wealthy novelist is a problem for the probation authorities.

S1.E27 ∙ Episode #1.27

14th March 1960

Episode 27

A woman steals a coat when her husband becomes too ill to work.

S1.E28 ∙ Episode #1.28

21st March 1960

Episode 28

Merchant seaman Greg Miller is told by a doctor that he is unfit to continue his life at sea because of failing eyesight. When he gets involved in a brawl his case comes to the attention of the probation officers.

S1.E29 ∙ Episode #1.29

28th March 1960

Episode 29

No overview available.

S1.E30 ∙ Episode #1.30

Episode 30

A girl is put on probation because of her association with a man who has been sent to prison.

S1.E31 ∙ Episode #1.31

11th April 1960

Episode 31

Former Polish soldier Paul Kresler is in trouble after stealing a few pennies from a newspaper stand because of his bad former record.

S1.E32 ∙ Episode #1.32

18th April 1960

Episode 32

A 15-year-old boy keeps getting into trouble because he wants to show his friends that he is not afraid.

S1.E33 ∙ Episode #1.33

25th April 1960

Episode 33

A criminal who complains that his circumstances have been against him gets a new start, but his determination to reform doesn't last long.

S1.E34 ∙ Episode #1.34

Episode 34

A former sergeant major still under the influence of army discipline exerts it on his family with unhappy results.

S1.E35 ∙ Episode #1.35

Episode 35

The case of a young man with a disregard for the law and an ability for getting in trouble in spite of his father's best efforts.

S1.E36 ∙ Episode #1.36

Episode 36

No overview available.

S1.E37 ∙ Episode #1.37

Episode 37

No overview available.

S1.E38 ∙ Episode #1.38

Episode 38

A former army man is charged with embezzlement.

S1.E39 ∙ Episode #1.39

Episode 39

No overview available.

Top Cast

John Paul•Jessica Spencer•John Scott

An early hit for ATV, this absorbing, rigorously researched and very human drama series centres on the work of a team of probation officers based in London, and the lives of the men and women of all ages and backgrounds who come under their care. Drawing on the documentary skills of creator Julian Bond and produced by Emergency - Ward 10s Antony Kearey, Probation Officer was broadcast at a time when the service was increasingly coming into focus as progressive response to rising crime.

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Full Cast

John Paul Image

John Paul

Philip Main

Jessica Spencer

Maggie Weston

John Scott

Bert Bellman

Henry Oscar Image

Henry Oscar

Magistrate

Windsor Davies Image

Windsor Davies

Bill Morgan

Humphrey Heathcote

Jailer

Honor Blackman Image

Honor Blackman

Iris Cope

John Barrett Image

John Barrett

Clerk of Court

Richard Vernon Image

Richard Vernon

Lessing

Neil Wilson Image

Neil Wilson

Det. Con Conway

David Davies

Jim Blake

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