PR: Dr Brent's Casebook - A Guide to Police Surgeon

[Alan Hayes]

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/20759107

Please note that the ebook versions of this book are not illustrated.

[Alan Hayes]

Ahead of tomorrow's publication of the hardcover and paperback editions of Dr Brent's Casebook, there is now a a free 32-page preview of the book available at the Hidden Tiger website (0.5MB, PDF format).

www.hiddentigerbooks.co.uk/dr_brents_casebook_preview.htm

[Alan Hayes]

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

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[George D]

An excellent book.

Glad you decided to enlighten the world on this lost series.

[Alan Hayes]

Cheers, George! You picked up an ebook, I presume!

[Alan Hayes]

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[Alan Hayes]

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[Alan Hayes]

Kindle edition of Dr Brent's Casebook - The Unauthorised Guide to Police Surgeon by Richard McGinlay and Alan Hayes now £1.99.

www.amazon.co.uk/Dr-Brents-Casebook-Unauthorised-Surgeon-ebook/dp/B06ZY2TLLR/

[Jaspal Cheema]

Apr 5, 2017 13:32:16 GMT George D said:

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...