The Man in Room 17
Season 2
S2 · E1 · Apr 8, 1966
How to Rob a Bank - And Get Away With It Episode 1
S2 · E2 · Apr 15, 1966
Vendetta Episode 2
S2 · E3 · Apr 22, 1966
The Black Witch Episode 3
S2 · E4 · Apr 29, 1966
First Steal Six Eggs Episode 4
S2 · E5 · May 6, 1966
The Catacombs Episode 5
S2 · E6 · May 13, 1966
Where There's a Will Episode 6
S2 · E7 · May 20, 1966
The Fissile Missile Makers Episode 7
S2 · E8 · May 27, 1966
Goddess of Love Episode 8
S2 · E9 · Jun 3, 1966
Undue Influence Episode 9
S2 · E10 · Jun 10, 1966
Lady Luck's No Gentleman Episode 10
S2 · E11 · Jun 17, 1966
The Standard Episode 11
S2 · E12 · Jun 24, 1966
Saints Are Safer Dead Episode 12
S2 · E13 · Jul 1, 1966
Never Fall Down Episode 13
13 episodes in Season 2
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The Man in Room 17 is a British television series which ran for two seasons in the mid-1960s, produced by the Northern ITV franchise, Granada Television. Key to the series' success was the involvement of writer/producer Robin Chapman. The show was set in Room 17 of the Department of Social Research, where former wartime agent-turned-criminologist Edwin Oldenshaw solved difficult police cases through theory and discussions with his assistants. The novelty of the series was that Oldenshaw and his colleagues never needed to leave their office in order to resolve cases, preferring to spend their time playing the Japanese board game of Go. They simply provided their prognosis and left the police to do the cleaning up. Different directors were often appointed to film the Room 17 and outside-world scenes independently, to maintain a sense of distance between the two worlds.
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Robin Chapman Creator · Claude Whatham Director Bob Hird Director
Total runtime 21h 40m · Episode length 50 min · Country United Kingdom
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Premiered
June 11, 1965
Final episode
July 1, 1966
Status
Returning series
Network
ITV1
Country
United Kingdom
Type
Scripted
Episode length
50 min
Total runtime
21h 40m
Original language
English
Production
United Kingdom
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Spoken on screen
English
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