The Fugitive (TV series) shows him. Gerard, on the other hand, was portrayed externally as a man like Javert, but internally as more of a thinking man who could balance justice and duty. According to some of those who worked on the show, these parallels were not coincidental. Stanford Whitmore, who wrote the pilot episode "Fear in a Desert City", says that he deliberately gave Kimble's nemesis a similar-sounding name to see if anyone would recognize the similarity between "Gerard" and "Javert". One who recognized the similarity was Morse; he pointed out the connection to Quinn Martin, who admitted that "The Fugitive" was a
Richard Hopkins (TV producer) Richard Hopkins (TV producer) Richard England Hopkins (15 December 1964 – 7 January 2012) was a British television producer, most famous for producing reality television series, such as "Big Brother" and "Strictly Come Dancing". Born on 15 December 1964 in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, Richard Hopkins was educated at Bedford School and at University College London, where he read English literature. He worked in publishing and for various radio stations in Britain and France before he began working for the independent production company Planet 24, and became associate producer of Channel 4's "The Big Breakfast", presented by Chris Evans and Gaby