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 (Richard Vernon) solved difficult police cases through theory and discussions with hi...
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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 (Richard Vernon) solved difficult police cases through theory and discussions with his assistants (originally Ian Dimmock (Michael Aldridge), later succeeded by Imlac Defraits (Denholm Elliot), owing to Aldridge becoming ill). (Why do Dimmock and Defraits have the same initials? Oldenshaw was sometimes identified as Edwin G. Oldenshaw. In the last episode, Oldenshaw and defraits are in a park, feeding waterfowl, and the camera zooms in on their briefcases with their initials: E.G.O. and I.D.)
The novelty of the series was that Oldenshaw and his colleagues never needed to leave their office in order to resolve cases. They...
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