What a shame that the series have rarely been re run on present TV schedules. A friend recommended it and I got hooked.
Through his innocence he changes their lives and teaches them that each day is a precious gift. My favourite episode is "The thin red line" -not based on a Creasy novel- which is both a fairly touching story but also a scalding satire on the army.Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. The stories are well paced, well told and there is an amazing array of really great actors in this series. What really impressed me was the stark contrast of the "new" London of the 1960s and the squalor some people were still living in at the time (Creasy points that out in Gideon's Fire) and the enormous social change going on at the time. A mature man rethinks his life when his daughter begin to ignore him. For an enhanced browsing experience, get the IMDb app on your smartphone or tablet. I vaguely remember the original TV showing of these in the mid-60s and the series benefits from getting out of the studio. John Gregson is George Gideon but George Gideon is the great John Gregson
Needless to say that the 40/45 minutes format does not manage to present a variety of cases at a given moment but rather one case per episode. With Bill Nighy, Miranda Richardson, Emily Blunt, Robert Lindsay. Scotland Yard Inspector George Gideon starts his day off on the wrong foot when he gets a traffic-violation ticket from a young police officer. Amongst those appearing are George Cole, Ray Barratt, Harry Fowler, George Sewell, Justine Lord, Victor Maddern, Sydney Tafler, Ray Brooks, Jack Hedley, Angela Douglas, Patrick Allen, Eric Barker, Alfie Bass, Bryan Pringle, Ann Lynn and an extremely young looking John Hurt and a rarity for the time, just one token American in Donald Sutherland. What happened to our once loved and respected police from that series. What really impressed me was the stark contrast of the "new" London of the 1960s and the squalor some people were still living in at the time (Creasy points that out in Gideon's Fire) and the enormous social change going on at the time.
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This series appeared on television about the time I moved to secondary school.
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Plus in the Gideon books there is interesting comment on the state of the nation- hardly surprising when you know that Creasy was head of a political movement in the 60s.
if you appreciate well written and crafted police drama with an authentic and quality feel to it's production then Gideon's way is for you. It dealt with the new phenomena (for 1964) of the Mods and the Rockers. Only 507 were made from 1948 to 1951. When she is kidnapped Gideon immediately knows who's to blame, but proving it and freeing the girl is more difficult. His long day ends when he arrives at home and finds that his daughter has a date with the policeman who gave him a ticket that morning. John Gregson and Alexander Davion are excellent as the detectives out to solve some tricky crimes and criminals. Gideon (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ d i ə n /) or Gedeon, also named Jerubbaal and Jerubbesheth, was a military leader, judge and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites are recounted in chapters 6 to 8 of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible.. Gideon was the son of Joash, from the Abiezrite clan in the tribe of Manasseh and lived in Ephra (Ophrah). Police drama. Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.