The Organization (TV series)

The Organization is a British television drama series, produced by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network in 1972.

The Organization
Genre	Drama
Written by	Philip Mackie
Starring	Peter Egan Bernard Hepton Donald Sinden Anton Rodgers
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	7
Production
Producer	Peter Willes
Production company	Yorkshire
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	16 April (1972-04-16) – 28 May 1972 (1972-05-28)

The series, written by Philip Mackie,^[1] was set in the offices of the fictional Greatrick Organization, a faceless multi-million pound corporation dedicated solely to profits and more profits.

Peter Egan starred as new junior executive Richard Pershore, struggling to navigate his way through the corporate minefield, surrounded by more experienced and ambitious players. Through the course of seven episodes, The Organization features all the executive members of the public relations team at Greatrick. The series was repeated on Channel 4 in 1987

Cast

• Peter Egan as Richard Pershore
• Anton Rodgers as Peter Frame
• Donald Sinden as David Pulman
• Bernard Hepton as Rodney Spurling
• Elaine Taylor as Veronica
• Jill Melford as Eve Manship
• Norman Bird as Ken Grist

Episodes

All seven episodes were written by Philip Mackie.

#	Title	Director	Original airdate
1	"Mr Pershore and Ken Grist"	James Ormerod	16 April 1972 (1972-04-16)
2	"Ken Grist and Eve"	Christopher Hodson	23 April 1972 (1972-04-23)
3	"Eve and Rodney Spurling"	James Ormerod	30 April 1972 (1972-04-30)
4	"Rodney Spurling and Peter Frame"	Christopher Hodson	7 May 1972 (1972-05-07)
5	"Peter Frame and Veronica"	James Ormerod	14 May 1972 (1972-05-14)
6	"Veronica and Mr Pulman"	Christopher Hodson	21 May 1972 (1972-05-21)
7	"Mr Pulman and Mr Pershore"	James Ormerod	28 May 1972 (1972-05-28)

Home media

The Organization is available on DVD in the UK.^[2]