Gideon's Way

Gideon's Way
Created by	John Creasey
Starring	John Gregson Alexander Davion
Theme music composer	Edwin Astley
Composer(s)	Edwin Astley
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	26 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	Robert S. Baker Monty Berman
Running time	50 min.
Production company(s)	New World Production
Distributor	ITC Entertainment
Release
Original network	ITV
Picture format	35 mm film 4:3 B/W
Audio format	Mono
Original release	18 March 1965 – 10 May 1966

Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment and broadcast for ITV in 1965/66, based on the novels by John Creasey (as J. J. Marric). The series was made at Elstree Studios in twin production with The Saint television series, which likewise was produced by Robert S. Baker. It stars John Gregson in the title role as Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard, with Alexander Davion as his assistant, Detective Chief Inspector David Keen, Reginald Jessup as Det. Superintendent LeMaitre (nicknamed Lemmy), Ian Rossiter as Detective Chief Superintendent Joe Bell and Basil Dignam as Commissioner Scott-Marle. The show did not acknowledge any help from Scotland Yard or any other police force or advisor.

Daphne Anderson starred as Gideon's wife, Kate; their three children were played by Giles Watling as younger son Malcolm, Richard James as elder son Matthew (who seemed to have a lot of new girlfriends), and Andrea Allan as daughter Pru. Unusually for police stories, Gideon was shown as a family man at home though urgent phone calls from his bosses tend to disrupt family plans too often. However, he did admit in "State Visit" that his wife had walked out on him for a while years ago when he put the job first and her second. They live in an expensive detached house in Chelsea.

There was extensive location shooting in mid-sixties London, with fast-paced action and strong story lines, which made the series very popular in its day. The show was broadcast in the United States under the title Gideon CID. There were different starting titles for the American series, showing incidents of violent crime while the British titles just introduced the main characters. The theme music was composed by Edwin Astley. In scoring the incidental music, Astley re-used some of the cues from The Saint on which he was also working; in turn material composed for this series he used again in The Baron, which followed a year later.

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