 Unsavoury fellow, they say he runs women
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WRITTEN BY:
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| Wilfred Greatorex |
| Louis Marks |
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DIRECTED BY:
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| Michael Truman |
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FIRST BROADCAST:
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20/10/1964
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CAST:
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| John Drake |
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Patrick McGoohan |
| Mrs Pearson |
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Helen Cherry |
| Ira |
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Nadja Regin |
| Desmond Pearson |
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Jerry Stovin |
| Milos Kaldor |
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Alex Scott |
| Rhodes |
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John Welsh |
| Ambassador |
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Noel Johnson |
| Miss Burnham |
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Joan Young |
| Interrogator |
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Steve Plytas |
| Czech Receptionist |
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Hana Pravda |
| Landlord |
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Jan Conrad |
| Nadia |
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Stella Courtney |
| Czech Policeman |
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John G Heller |
| Secretary |
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Brenda Dunrich |
| Police Motorcyclist |
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Charles Laszlo |
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EPISODE DETAILS:
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This episode created by Wilfred Greatorex and Louis Marks highlights the beginning of the 1960s’ so called ‘permissive society’. The core of the story involves Ira, a high-class call girl sharing her sexual favours between a communist government minister and Desmond Pearson, a British Intelligence agent, which is a reversal and dramatisation of the Profumo Scandal which had helped to end the Tories run in office in 1963.
‘The Professionals’ was the 4th episode in the second series to go into production and the first in which Patrick McGoohan used a consistently British accent for John Drake. The episode was filmed between 20th April and 1st May 1964 at MGM Borehamwood and also on location in North Wales.
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Anglia Edition
Oct 17th - 23rd 1964 |
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| Filming Locations: |
- Llyn Gwynant, Gwynedd
- Llyn Gwynant, Gwynedd
- Capel Curig, Gwynedd
- Betws-y-Coed, Gwynedd
- Betws-y-Coed, Gwynedd
- Pen-y-Gwryd
- Pen-y-Gwryd
- Rhaeadr Ogwen
- Track leading from Pont Ty'n y Maes off the A5 near Bethesda, North Wales
- Tan Aeldroch Farm, Pony-y-Pant, Conwy
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