About this season
An early hit for ATV, this absorbing, rigorously researched and very human drama series centres on the work of a team of probation officers based in London, and the lives of the men and women of all ages and backgrounds who come under their care. Drawing on the documentary skills of creator Julian Bond and produced by Emergency - Ward 10s Antony Kearey, Probation Officer was broadcast at a time when the service was increasingly coming into focus as progressive response to rising crime.
Episodes (11)
1. S3.E1 ∙ Episode #3.1
Aired 25 September 1961
The opening of the third series, set in the suburban town of Goodford rather than metropolitan London as previously.
2. S3.E2 ∙ Episode #3.2
Aired 2 October 1961
A Jamaican girl living with her sister in a crowded lodging house attempts suicide by turning on the gas.
3. S3.E3 ∙ Episode #3.3
Aired 9 October 1961
4. S3.E4 ∙ Episode #3.4
Aired 16 October 1961
5. S3.E5 ∙ Episode #3.5
Aired 23 October 1961
A 15-year-old girl who has grown up in a children's home dreams of returning to her mother.
6. S3.E6 ∙ Episode #3.6
Aired 30 October 1961
Philip Main comes to the aid of the son of a friend who has given up his studies for the clergy to become a barman in a drinking club.
7. S3.E7 ∙ Episode #3.7
Aired 6 November 1961
A father reports his daughter to the police for stealing.
8. S3.E8 ∙ Episode #3.8
Aired 13 November 1961
The story of a former garage mechanic who lives in a prisoner release hostel.
9. S3.E9 ∙ Episode #3.9
Aired 20 November 1961
A family wish to adopt the child that they have been fostering. Can the child's mother be traced, and will she agree to the plan?
10. S3.E10 ∙ Episode #3.10
Aired 27 November 1961
A youth of 16 is put on probation for the attempted murder of his girlfriend.
11. S3.E11 ∙ Episode #3.11
Aired 4 December 1961
The case of police sergeant Donald Bates who is married to a much younger woman caught behind the wheel of a stolen car.