Irene Shubik
Production
- Died:
- 2019-09-26
- Place of birth:
- Hampstead, London, England, UK
Biography
Irene Shubik (26 December 1929 – 26 September 2019) was a British television producer and story editor, known for her contribution to the development of the single play in British television drama. Beginning her career in television at ABC Weekend TV, she worked on Armchair Theatre as a story editor, where she devised the science fiction anthology series Out of this World. Moving to the BBC, she briefly worked as a story editor before being promoted to producer, creating the science fiction anthology television series Out of the Unknown. Leaving Out of the Unknown after two seasons, Shubik co-produced The Wednesday Play, overseeing its transition into Play for Today in 1970. She left the BBC in 1976 and subsequently produced the first season of Rumpole of the Bailey for Thames Television before joining Granada Television, where she produced Staying On and devised The Jewel in the Crown. She also wrote film scripts and a novel, The War Guest.
Filmography
The Jewel in the Crown
Staying On
Stones
The Love of a Good Woman
Double Echo
Meriel the Ghost Girl
The Joke
Rumpole of the Bailey
Moss
Mrs. Acland's Ghosts
The Breakthrough
Eleanor
The Cafeteria
Playhouse
Wessex Tales
Access to the Children
Song at Twilight
The General's Day
Triple Exposure
The Villa Maroc
Ackerman, Dougall & Harker
In the Beautiful Caribbean
The Pigeon Fancier
Pal
Michael Regan
O Fat White Woman
Edna: The Inebriate Woman
Everybody Say Cheese
When the Bough Breaks
The Fox Trot
The Rainbirds
Alma Mater
Hearts and Flowers
A Distant Thunder
I Can't See My Little Willie
The Long Distance Piano Player
Chariot of Fire
Sovereign's Company
The Right Prospectus
The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel
The Exiles
Sling Your Hook
Charlie
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
Infidelity Took Place
The Drummer and the Bloke
House of Character
Death of a Private
The Prophet
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Walk's End
Too Many Cooks
The Fastest Draw
Tunnel Under the World
The Eye
The World in Silence
Second Childhood
Level Seven
Lambda 1
Frankenstein Mark 2