![]() At 6' 3", Quinn often towered over his co-workers. Another common ITC trait was to feature an American, in this case Michael Quinn, in a leading role so as to increase the chances of international sales. It was the first ITC show filmed to fit the one hour time-slot - setting the trend for the majority of ITC's future output. The show was produced by ITC Entertainment, along with Rank Organisation TV and ATV. Although the real-life squad only operated in London, the fictionalised team travelled internationally however - as was typical of the time - most foreign locations were actually a combination of stock footage and sets at Independent Artists Studio at Beaconsfield and Elstree Studios. Inspiration for the series was taken from a book of the same name, written by John Gosling - a retired police officer and former member of the team. ![]() ![]() Despite the show and characters being fictional, an actual division did exist within the Metropolitan Police Service at the time. Each episode the Ghost Squad would investigate cases that fell outside the scope of normal police work. ![]() Ghost Squad, known as G.S.5 for its third series, was a crime drama series about an elite division of Scotland Yard that ran between 19. ![]()
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