John Brason is a British script writer and script editor, best known for the series made in collaboration with television producer Gerard Glaister

Gerard Glaister

John Leslie "Gerard" Glaister DFC, was a British television producer and director best known for his work with the BBC. Amongst his most notable successes as a TV producer were Colditz, The Brothers, Secret Army and Howards' Way.After studying at RADA, Glaister made his West End debut in 1939...

, Colditz

Colditz (TV series)

Colditz is a British television series co-produced by the BBC and Universal Studios and screened between 1972 and 1974.The series deals with Allied prisoners of war imprisoned at the supposedly escape-proof Colditz Castle when designated Oflag IV-C during World War II, and their many attempts to...

and Secret Army

Secret Army (TV series)

Secret Army is a television drama series made by the BBC and the Belgian national broadcaster BRT created by Gerard Glaister. The series chronicled the history of a Belgian resistance movement during the Second World War dedicated to returning Allied airmen, usually having been shot down by the...

, both set during World War II.

Brason was well known for his anti-communism

Anti-communism

Anti-communism is opposition to communism. Organized anti-communism developed in reaction to the rise of communism, especially after the 1917 October Revolution in Russia and the beginning of the Cold War in 1947.-Objections to communist theory:...

, reflected in the later series which is on reason given for the scrapping of his final script for Secret Army, "What Did You Do During the War, Daddy?".

As Writer

• Colditz
  Colditz (TV series)
  Colditz is a British television series co-produced by the BBC and Universal Studios and screened between 1972 and 1974.The series deals with Allied prisoners of war imprisoned at the supposedly escape-proof Colditz Castle when designated Oflag IV-C during World War II, and their many attempts to...
  
  (1972)
• Moonbase 3
  Moonbase 3
  Moonbase 3 is a British science fiction television programme that ran for six episodes in 1973. It was a co-production between the BBC, 20th Century Fox and the American ABC network...
  
  (1973)
• Special Branch
  Special Branch (TV series)
  Special Branch is a British television series made by Thames Television for ITV and shown between 1969 and 1974. A police drama series, the action was centred on members of the Special Branch anti-espionage and anti-terrorist department of the London Metropolitan Police.The first two series were...
  
  (1974)
• Boy Dominic (1974)
• Blood Relations
  Bloedverwanten
  Bloedverwanten is a 1977 Dutch comedy film directed by Wim Lindner.-Cast:*Sophie Deschamps ... Maria*Maxim Hamel ... Dr. Julius Steiger*Ralph Arliss... Peter Steiger*Grégoire Aslan ... Rudolphe De Guys*Eric Beekes... Jason...
  
  (originally Bloedverwanten, 1977)
• Secret Army
  Secret Army (TV series)
  Secret Army is a television drama series made by the BBC and the Belgian national broadcaster BRT created by Gerard Glaister. The series chronicled the history of a Belgian resistance movement during the Second World War dedicated to returning Allied airmen, usually having been shot down by the...
  
  (1977–79)
• Buccaneer
  Buccaneer (TV series)
  Buccaneer is a short-lived television series, made by the BBC in 1979-80, and broadcast over 13 weeks in April-July 1980.The series, dealing with a developing air freight business, starred Bryan Marshall, Pamela Salem and Clifford Rose, and was produced by Gerard Glaister.The 13 episodes were: ...
  
  (1980)
• Enemy at the Door
  Enemy at the Door
  Enemy At The Door is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for ITV. The series was shown between 1978 and 1980 and dealt with the German occupation of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, during the Second World War...
  
  (1980)
• Diamonds (1981)
• Kessler (1981)
• Chessgame
  Chessgame
  Chessgame is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in 1983.Based on a series of novels by Anthony Price, the series dealt with the activities of a quartet of counter-intelligence agents: David Audley , Faith Steerforth , Nick Hannah and Hugh Roskill .One...
  
  (1983)
• Skorpion (1983)
• The Fourth Arm
  The Fourth Arm (TV series)
  The Fourth Arm is a British television series produced by the BBC in 1983.The twelve-part serial dealt with secret agents parachuted into occupied Europe during the Second World War, following their progress through initial recruitment and training, and finally their first mission in enemy...
  
  (1983)
• Cold Warrior (1984)

Novels

• Secret Army (prequel to series one of the tv series)
• The Secret Army Dossier (largely covers the period between series one and series two)
• Secret Army: The End of the Line (third series)
• Kessler
• Howards' Way: No. 3

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