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Post by Alan Hayes on Mar 30, 2017 10:14:07 GMT
Published on Sunday 2nd April in hardcover and paperback editions. DR BRENT'S CASEBOOK - AN UNAUTHORISED GUIDE TO POLICE SURGEON Written by Richard McGinlay and Alan Hayes Illustrated by Shaqui Le Vesconte The series that launched a career and inspired a television legend
The cases of POLICE SURGEON uncovered, described and explored!Dr Brent's Casebook tells the story of Police Surgeon, a short-lived television series from 1960. It made its mark in TV history not for what it was but for what it led to – the world-beating show The Avengers. Unlike its illustrious successor, Police Surgeon has faded from public memory and has rarely been revisited for the purposes of research or retrospective celebration. Richard McGinlay and Alan Hayes now redress the balance, revealing information about the creation of the series, its production, transmission and narratives – including the mysterious Diplomatic Immunity, which never appeared in TV listings – and the circumstances that caused Police Surgeon to be brought to a sudden end after just 13 weeks.EPUB ebook available now: www.lulu.com/content/e-book/dr-brents-casebook---an-unauthorised-guide-to-police-surgeon/20759107Please note that the ebook versions of this book are not illustrated.
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Post by Alan Hayes on Apr 1, 2017 8:11:39 GMT
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Post by Alan Hayes on Apr 1, 2017 22:20:22 GMT
After three years' research, head scratching, writing, more research, considerably more head scratching, some more writing, having our jaws drop bungee-style when we saw Shaqui Le Vesconte's beautiful illustrations, Richard McGinlay and I are delighted to say that DR BRENT'S CASEBOOK - AN UNAUTHORISED GUIDE TO POLICE SURGEON is finally finished, published and available to buy! We've had lots of help along the way, not least from the late and much-missed Leonard White, but also from Brian Tesler, Peter Yeldham, Richard Bates, Michael Chapman, Anthony Read, Jaz Wiseman, Simon Coward, Chris Perry, Mike Richardson, Andrew and Julie Pixley, Gavin Stewart Gaughan, Ian Greaves, Marcus Hearn, Peter Ware, Rich Davy, Robert Fairclough, Gabriel Hershman, Denis Rigg, Dave Matthews, Piers Johnson and Neil Hendry (and many more, too numerous to add to this list). It's been a pleasure - and fascinating - looking into this series with Richard. So little was previously known it was almost like starting with a blank canvas. And now it's done. What next??? Very Happy www.hiddentigerbooks.co.uk/dr_brents_casebook.htm DISCOUNT CODE - save 15% by entering FWD15 during checkout at Lulu.com
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Post by George D on Apr 5, 2017 13:32:16 GMT
An excellent book.
Glad you decided to enlighten the world on this lost series.
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Post by Alan Hayes on Apr 6, 2017 11:07:05 GMT
Cheers, George! You picked up an ebook, I presume!
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Post by Alan Hayes on Jun 9, 2017 13:29:12 GMT
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Post by Alan Hayes on Aug 8, 2017 9:37:51 GMT
For the first time in an age, print on demand company Lulu has a great price promotion on, so the books that I've written or have co-written are now subject to a 30% discount - from today until midnight 10th August. Discount code (case sensitive - enter at checkout) is SAVENOW30 www.hiddentigerbooks.co.uk
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Post by Alan Hayes on Oct 27, 2017 17:39:26 GMT
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Post by Jaspal Cheema on Oct 29, 2017 19:35:03 GMT
An excellent book. Glad you decided to enlighten the world on this lost series. I agree George.Fascinating account of the development and production of an early ABC series.The behind the scenes politics of why it was dropped by TV regions during it's original transmission and then subsequently cancelled is compelling and ultimately depressing.It should have had another chance but happily it had an after-life as a precursor to the hit TV show The AVENGERS...
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