Production
Irene Shubik
EN cinema · 73 credits
Died
26 September 2019 (aged )
Birthplace
Hampstead, London, England, UK
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.
Known for
Filmography
Staying On
Producer
Double Echo
Producer
Stones
Producer
The Joke
Producer
The Breakthrough
Producer
Moss
Producer
Mrs. Acland's Ghosts
Producer
Eleanor
Producer
The Cafeteria
Producer
Song at Twilight
Producer
Everybody Say Cheese
Producer
Alma Mater
Producer
The Pigeon Fancier
Producer
The Rainbirds
Producer
The Fox Trot
Producer
Michael Regan
Producer
Pal
Producer
O Fat White Woman
Producer
Sovereign's Company
Producer
Hearts and Flowers
Producer
A Distant Thunder
Producer
The Right Prospectus
Producer
Chariot of Fire
Producer
Sling Your Hook
Producer
The Exiles
Producer
House of Character
Producer
Charlie
Producer
Death of a Private
Producer
The Prophet
Producer
The Machine Stops
Producer
Lambda 1
Producer
Level Seven
Producer
The Eye
Producer
Too Many Cooks
Producer
Walk's End
Producer
No Place Like Earth
Producer, Story Editor
Stranger in the Family
Producer, Story Editor
Time in Advance
Producer, Story Editor
The Dead Past
Producer, Story Editor
Come Buttercup, Come Daisy, Come......?
Producer, Story Editor
Some Lapse of Time
Producer
Sucker Bait
Producer, Story Editor
The Midas Plague
Producer, Story Editor
The Counterfeit Man
Producer
The Fox and the Forest
Producer, Story Editor
Andover and the Android
Producer, Story Editor
Thirteen to Centaurus
Story Editor, Producer
The Caves of Steel
Script Editor
Late Summer
Story Editor
Long Past Glory
Story Editor
Little Lost Robot
Story Editor