Theatre 625

Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.

Overview

Overall, about 110 plays were produced with a duration of usually between 75 and 90 minutes during the series' four-year run, and for its final year from 1967 the series was produced in colour, BBC2 being the first channel in Europe to convert from black-and-white.[1] Some of the best-known productions made for the series include a new version of Nigel Kneale's 1954 adaptation of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1965); the four-part Talking to a Stranger by John Hopkins (1966) which told the same story from four different viewpoints, and features Judi Dench; and 1968's science-fiction allegory The Year of the Sex Olympics, again by Kneale.

In a 2000 poll of industry experts conducted by the British Film Institute to find the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes of the 20th century, Talking to a Stranger was placed seventy-eighth.

As with much British television output of the 1960s, many editions of Theatre 625 no longer exist, see Wiping. Some episodes, previously thought lost, were discovered in Washington D.C. in 2010.[2] These recoveries included the remake of 1984.

List of episodes

The main source for compiling this list was the BFI Film & TV database. The website's master list is here. With a certain irregularity in transmission, breaking this list down into specific seasons is likely to arbitrary, with variants between sources; the BFI website has been followed, except (as noted) where the lostshows website diverged in a few instances. IMDb has also been used as a check, and occasionally as the main source where a substitute is lacking. Some details have proved extremely elusive, these are indicated. The information about the episodes survival status in the last column is taken from the lostshows website and The Kaleidoscope BBC Television Drama Research Guide, 1936-2011,[3] and are correct as of 15 May 2014. A handful of the surviving episodes have been commercially released on DVD; these are footnoted. Several episodes have their own articles on Wikipedia, as opposed to the source text, these are indicated by an asterisk (*).

Legend: Se = Season; Ep = Episode; AS/A = Archive status/Availability
Abbreviations: tr =Telerecording; seq = sequence(s)); VT = video tape

All known copies are black & white, except where stated otherwise.

Se Ep Title Author Producer/Director Performers UK
Transmission
date		 AS/A
1 1 The Seekers:
The Heretics		 Ken Taylor Cedric Messina (p);
Alvin Rakoff (d)		 Michael Bryant,
Derek Godfrey,
Rosemary Leach,
Newton Blick,
Robert James,
Kevin Brennan,
David Hutcheson,
Ivor Salter,
Murray Evans,
Joseph Greig,
Timothy West		 3 May 1964 35mm tr
1 2 The Seekers:
The Idealists		 Ken Taylor Cedric Messina (p);
Alvin Rakoff (d)		 Michael Bryant,
Patrick Allen,
Suzanne Neve,
John Robinson,
Brian Haynes,
Peter Welch,
David J. Grahame,
Vernon Dobtcheff,
Brian Vaughan		 10 May 1964 35mm tr
1 3 ’’The Seekers:
The Materialists		 Ken Taylor Cedric Messina (p);
Alvin Rakoff (d)		 Michael Bryant,
Geoffrey Bayldon,
Sylvia Kay,
John Welsh,
John Lee,
Edward Brayshaw,
Ronald Lacey		 17 May 1964 35mm tr
1 4 All the Conspirators:
The Ides of March		 Jerome Kilty Cedric Messina (p); Naomi Capon (d) Hugh Burden,
Tim Preece,
Douglas Wilmer,
Fenella Fielding,
Alexander Davion,
Judy Campbell,
Anna Middleton,
Michael Gough,
Declan Mulholland		 5 July 1964 Lost
1 5 All The Conspirators:
The Just		 Albert Camus (play) Cedric Messina (p);
Alan Cooke (d)		 James Maxwell,
Ann Lynn,
Lyndon Brook,
John Castle,
David Buck,
Reg Lye,
Roland Brand,
Robert Eddison,
Ruth Dunning		 12 July 1964 Lost
2 1 Women in Crisis:
Husband and Wife		 Colin Morris Cedric Messina (p);
Naomi Capon (d)		 Wendy Craig,
John Ronane,
Barry Keegan,
Elizabeth Wallace,
Alison Leggatt,
John Robinson,
Michael Goodliffe,
Edward Fox,
Vivien Heilbron,
Richard Brooke		 20 September 1964 Lost
2 2 Women in Crisis:
With Love and Tears		 Colin Morris Cedric Messina (p);
William Slater (d)		 Katharine Blake,
Nigel Green,
Alan Baulch,
Margot Robinson,
Margaret Ward,
Margaret Denyer,
Michael Brennan,
Peter Thornton		 27 September 1964 16mm tr
2 3 Women in Crisis:
My Grandmother		 Colin Morris Cedric Messina (p);
George R. Foa (d)		 Janina Faye,
Dilys Hamlett,
Anthony Singleton,
Philip Latham,
Veronica Turleigh,
John Humphry,
Paul Farrell,
Vi Delmar,
Brian Peck,
Meriel Hobson		 4 October 1964 16mm tr
2 4 Carried by Storm Giles Cooper Cedric Messina (p);
Donald McWhinnie (d)		 Simon Ward,
Tim Preece,
Peter Marinker,
Nicholas Courtney,
Pauline Delaney,
Mary Haneffey,
Ronald Lacey,
Roslyn De Winter,
John Dearth,
John Flint,
Brian Badcoe,
Denys Hawthorne,
Nicholas Pennell,
Colin Spaull,
Tim Goodman		 25 October 1964 Lost
2 5 Parade's End:
Some Do Not		 Ford Madox Ford (novels);
John Hopkins (adaptation)		 Cedric Messina (p);
Alan Cooke (d)		 Ronald Hines,
Fulton Mackay,
Darroll Richards,
Charles Carson,
Ronald Leigh-Hunt,
Sylvia Coleridge,
Godfrey Quigley,
Jeanne Moody,
Judi Dench,
Annette Robertson,
Tony Steedman
Frank Gatliff,
Inigo Jackson,
Gerry Wain,
Robert James,
Erik Chitty,
Nicholas Pennell		 6 December 1964 16mm tr
2 6 Parade's End:
No More Parades		 Ford Madox Ford (novels);
John Hopkins (adaptation)		 Cedric Messina (p);
Alan Cooke (d)		 Jeanne Moody,
Ronald Hines,
Sylvia Kay,
Ronald Leigh-Hunt,
Judi Dench,
Arthur Pentelow,
Fulton MacKay,
Nicholas Pennell,
Talfryn Thomas,
Colin Jeavons,
Tony Steedman		 13 December 1964 16mm tr
2 7 Parade's End:
A Man Could Stand Up		 Ford Madox Ford (novels);
John Hopkins (adaptation)		 Cedric Messina (p);
Alan Cooke (d)		 Judi Dench,
Ruth Porcher,
Ronald Hines,
Arthur White,
Michel Ray,
Bryan Hunt,
Charles Houston,
Arthur Lovegrove,
Shane Rimmer,
Edward Burnham,
Douglas Ditta,
Philip Stone,
Derrick Glibert,
Peter Purves,
Tony Steedman,
Barry Jackson,
Maurice Selwyn		 20 December 1964 35mm tr
2 8 The Minister John O'Toole Eric Tayler (p);
Peter Potter (d)		 Michael Gough,
Jessica Dunning,
Nadia Cattouse,
Barbara Jefford,
Earl Cameron,
Mark Dignam,
Roger Livesey,
Noel Johnson,
Bernard Horsfall,
Denis Carey,
Thomasine Heiner,
Antony Webb,
Ralph Michael		 3 January 1965 Lost
2 9 Poor Bitos Jean Anouilh (play, Pauvre Bitos ou le Dîner de têtes);
Lucienne Hill (translator)		 Cedric Messina (p);
Donald McWhinnie (d)		 John Neville,
Noel Davis,
Rolf Lefebvre,
Penelope Horner,
Anne Cunningham,
Patrick Allen,
Geoffrey Chater,
James Villiers,
Nicholas Pennell,
Gemma Jones,
Tony Calvin		 7 February 1965 Lost
2 10 The Physicists Friedrich Dürrenmatt, James Kirkup (translation) (p);
Cedric Messina (d)		 Mary Morris,
Tom Watson,
Hayden Jones,
John Bennett,
Michael Kilgarriff,
Neil McCarthy		 14 February 1965
2 11 Progress to the Park Alun Owen Cedric Messina (p);
Christopher Morahan (d)		 Ken Jones,
John Scott Martin,
Will Leighton,
Gavin Reed,
Patrick McAlliney,
John McBride,
Walter Swash,
David Nott,
Gerald McAllister,
Malcolm Taylor,
Eddie Mallin,
Peter McEnery,
Patrick Tull		 14 March 1965 16mm tr
2 12 No Trams to Lime Street Alun Owen Cedric Messina (p),
David J. Thomas (d)		 Mike Pratt,
Tom Bell,
Anthony Hall,
Clifford Evans,
Ishaq Bux,
Alister Williamson,
Islwyn Morris,
June Barry		 21 March 1965 Lost
2 13 A Little Winter Love Alun Owen Cedric Messina (p),
David J. Thomas (d)		 Jack Hedley,
Peter Dyneley,
Lelia Goldoni,
Sylvia Kay,
Mike Pratt,
Artro Morris,
Nerys Hughes		 28 March 1965 Lost
2 14 Ironhand J. W. Goethe (play Götz von Berlichingen);
John Arden (adaptation)		 Cedric Messina (p);
Rudolph Cartier (d)		 Roger Jones,
William Dysart,
Edward Purdom,
Michael Brennan,
Dennis Cleary,
Gertan Klauber,
Marshall Jones,
Stanley Lebor,
Michael Goodliffe,
Nicholas Evans,
John Glyn-Jones,
Graham Leaman,
Ian Ogilvy,
Jerome Willis,
David Dodimead,
Michael Mulcaster,
Derek Sydney,
Roy Pattison		 11 April 1965 16mm tr
2 15 Try For White Basil Warner Cedric Messina (p);
Alan Gibson (d)		 Yootha Joyce,
Joss Ackland,
Gary Bond,
Zoe Randall,
Marda Vanne,
Nan Munro,
Maxine Holden		 18 April 1965 Lost
2 16 Unman, Wittering and Zigo Giles Cooper Cedric Messina (p); Donald McWhinnie (d) Peter Blythe,
John Sharp,
Peter Howell,
Tamara Kinchco,
Noel Davis,
Ann Way,
Norman Wynne,
Jeremy Ranchev,
Roger Shepherd,
Robert Dodson,
Roger Bradley,
Michael Wenning,
Christopher Witty,
Dane Howell,
Dennis Waterman,
Hywel Bennett,
Norman Bacon		 27 June 1965 35mm tr
2 17 Seek Her Out Giles Cooper Cedric Messina (p); Alan Gibson (d) Toby Robins,
Anthony Newlands,
Zakes Mokae,
Edward Brayshaw,
John Woodvine,
Robert James,
Peter Diamond		 4 July 1965 35mm tr - reels 2 & 3 only of 3
2 18 The Long House Giles Cooper Cedric Messina (p);
Naomi Capon (d)		 David Buck,
Caroline Mortimer,
Toke Townley,
Joan Hickson,
Arthur Pentelow,
Thomas Baptiste,
Sheila Grant,
Frederick Piper,
Winifred Dennis,
John Herrington,
Reg Lever		 11 July 1965 35mm tr
3 1 Esther's Altar Paul Smith Cedric Messina (p);
Alan Gibson		 Kevin McHugh,
Margaret D'Arcy,
Betty McDowell,
Barry Keegan,
Pauline Delaney,
Audrey Corr,
Jack MacGowran,
Liam Gaffney,
James Caffrey,
Anna Manahan,
Dermot Tuohy,
Graham Leaman		 5 September 1965 Lost
3 2 David, Chapter 2[1] M.Charles Cohen Harvey Hart (p) for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Donnelly Rhodes,
Toby Tarnow,
Powys Thomas,
Lynne Gorman		 19 September 1965[4] Unknown
3 3 Rosmersholm Henrik Ibsen (play);
Ann Jellicoe (translation)		 Cedric Messina (p);
Michael Barry (d)		 Peggy Ashcroft,
Knut Wigert,
Mark Dignam,
Angela Baddeley,
Morris Perry,
John Laurie		 26 September 1965 16mm tr
3 4 Are You Ready for the… Clive Exton (writer) (p);
Alan Cooke (d)		 Ian Hendry,
Tony Steedman		 29 September 1965
3 5 Miss Julie August Strindberg (play);
Alan Bridges (adaptation)		 Cedric Messina (p);
Alan Bridges (d)		 Gunnel Lindblom,
Ian Hendry,
Stephanie Bidmead		 3 October 1965 35mm tr
3 6 Hermit Crabs Mary Hayley Bell Cedric Messina (p);
Gilchrist Calder (d)		 Annette Crosbie,
Anthony Booth,
Billy Cornelius[5] Clyde Pollitt,
Gladys Henson,
Anne Blake,
Bill Cartwright,
William Moore		 10 October 1965 Lost
3 7 Enter Solly Gold Bernard Kops Cedric Messina (p);
Stuart Burge (d)		 Bob Monkhouse,
Linda Polan,
Terence Sewards,
Miriam Margoyles,
John Barrard,
Lilly Kann,
Cyril Shaps,
George Layton		 17 October 1965 35mm tr sequences only
3 8 The Siege of Manchester Keith Dewhurst Cedric Messina (p);
Herbert Wise (d)		 Alan Dobie,
Doris Wellings,
Eve Pearce,
Eileen Winterton,
Derek Benfield,
André Morell,
Sian Davies,
John Dearth,
Reginald Barratt,
Donald Eccles,
Frazer Hines,
Harry Littlewood,
Kevin Stoney,
Brian Peck,
Jeremy Spenser,
David Valla,
Malcolm Taylor,
Michael Davis		 31 October 1965 Lost
3 9 The World of George Orwell:
Keep the Aspidistra Flying		 George Orwell (novel);
Robin Chapman (adaptation)		 Cedric Messina (p);
Christopher Morahan (d)		 Alfred Lynch,
Charles Hodgson,
Winifred Dennis,
Marie Hopps,
Sydney Bromley,
Hilda Barry,
Clive Elliott,
Anne Stallybrass,
Norman Mitchell,
Sydney Arnold,
Sheila Grant,
Bartlett Mullins,
Alec Wallis		 7 November 1965 Lost
3 10 The World of George Orwell:
Coming Up for Air		 George Orwell (novel);
Robin Chapman (adaptation)		 Cedric Messina (p);
Christopher Morahan (d)		 Colin Blakely,
Frederick Farley,
Maitland Moss,
Larry Dann,
Carmel McSharry,
Ann Way,
Peggy Aitchison,
Reginald Jessup,
Howard Lang,
Patrick Godfrey,
Clifford Cox		 21 November 1965 Lost
3 11 The World of George Orwell:
1984[6]		 George Orwell (novel);
Nigel Kneale (adaptation)		 Cedric Messina (p);
Christopher Morahan (d)		 David Buck,
Joseph O'Conor,
Vernon Dobtcheff,
Jane Merrow,
Cyril Shaps,
Norman Chappell,
Sally Lahee,
John Garrie,
John Mincer,
Peter Bathurst,
John Brandon,
Eric Francis,
Sydney Arnold,
David Grey,
John Abineri,
Michael Sheard,
Brian Badcoe		 28 November 1965 NTSC VT of 16mm tr (damage to one scene)
3 12 Portraits From the North:
The Nutter		 Alan Plater Cedric Messina (p);
Alan Gibson (d)		 Milo O'Shea,
Ronald Lacey,
Mike Pratt,
Tristram Jellinek,
Henry Soskin,
Sidney Gatcum,
Faith Curtis,
Ken Parry,
Joseph O'Conor,
Helen Fraser,
Yootha Joyce,
John Cater,
Richard Mathews		 5 December 1965 Lost
3 13 Portraits From the North:
Bruno		 Ronald Eyre Cedric Messina (p);
Ronald Eyre (d)		 John Phillips,
Ronnie Barker,
Anne Stallybrass,
Hazel Cooper,
John Gill,
Noel Dyson,
Barry Jackson,
Susan Hanson,
Fred Ferris,
Gary Files,
Barbara Miller		 19 December 1965[7] Lost
3 15 Yob and Nabob Derrick Sherwin George Spenton-Foster (p);
Lionel Harris (d)		 Bill Fraser,
Alan Curtis		 26 December 1965
3 15 Doctor Knock Jules Romains (play, Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine)
Harley Granville-Barker (translator)		 Cedric Messina (p);
Herbert Wise (d)		 Mavis Villiers,
Leonard Rossiter,
John Le Mesurier,
Jimmy Gardner,
James Grout,
Graham Armitage,
Robert Gillespie,
Patrick Godfrey		 2 January 1966 16mm tr
3 16 Focus Arthur Miller (novel);
Ruth Sheale (adaptation)		 Michael Bakewell (p);
Alan Gibson (d)		 Vivien Merchant,
Ray McAnally,
Sydney Tafler,
Joss Ackland,
Lucille Fenton,
Larry Cross,
Pearl Catlin,
Donald Sutherland,
Glenn Beck,
Martin Miller		 9 January 1966 Lost
3 17 The Wesker Trilogy,
Part 1:
Chicken Soup with Barley		 Arnold Wesker Cedric Messina (p);
Charles Jarrott		 Margery Mason,
Clive Revill,
Stanley Meadows,
John Allison,
Sonia Fraser,
Stella Tanner,
Harry Landis,
David Swift		 23 January 1966 35mm tr
3 18 The Wesker Trilogy,
Part 2:
Roots		 Arnold Wesker Cedric Messina (p);
Charles Jarrott (d)		 Mary Miller,
Gwen Nelson,
Ewan Hooper,
Doreen Aris,
Billy Russell,
Brian Cant,
Leslie Anderson,
Jonathan Holt,
Maryann Turner		 30 January 1966 35mm tr
3 19 The Wesker Trilogy,
Part 3:
I'm Talking About Jerusalem		 Arnold Wesker Cedric Messina (p);
Charles Jarrott (d)		 Sonia Fraser,
Stanley Meadows,
Margery Mason,
John Allison,
John Harvey,
Stella Tanner,
Hilda Kriseman,
Patrick O'Connell,
Jeremy Bulloch,
Jack Wild		 6 February 1966 35mm tr
3 20 Kiss On a Grass Green Pillow (no details) Cedric Messina (p);
Alan Cooke (d)		 Susannah York,
Zena Walker,
Robert Stephens,
Colin Blakely		 13 February 1966 Lost
3 21 A Man Like That H. S. Eveling Cedric Messina (p);
Peter Duguid (d)		 Irene Handl,
Norman Bird,
Annette Crosbie,
Jeanne Moody,
Colin Ellis,
Margaret Nolan,
Hazel Coppin,
Stella Tanner,
Terry Wright,
Stephen Moore,
Stephen Dartnell,
Victor Carin,
Nicholas Smith,
John Abineri,
Michael Barrington,
Rosamund Greenwood		 27 February 1966 16mm tr
3 22 Simon and Laura Alan Melville Cedric Messina (p),
Christopher Morahan (d)		 Moira Lister,
Ian Carmichael,
Richard Briers,
Henry McGee,
Charles Lloyd-Pack,
Molly Urquhart,
Penny Morrell,
Philo Hauser		 6 March 1966
3 23 The Queen and Jackson Donald Bull Cedric Messina (p);
John Gorrie		 George Baker,
Jill Dixon,
Madeleine Christie,
Willoughby Goddard,
Sylvia Coleridge,
James Cossins,
Eric Hillyard,
Arthur Hewlett,
Roy Marsden		 13 March 1966 Lost
3 24 A Month in the Country Ivan Turgenev (play);
Elisaveta Fen (translator)		 Cedric Messina (p);
Christopher Morahan (d)		 Vivien Merchant,
Derek Godfrey,
Michele Dotrice,
Hywel Bennett,
Timothy Darwen,
Jan Conrad,
Enid Lorimer,
Susan Field,
Philip Latham,
John Baskcomb		 20 March 1966 16mm tr
3 25 The Seagull Anton Chekhov Cedric Messina (p);
Alan Cooke (d)		 Pamela Brown,
Niall MacGinnis,
Annette Crosbie,
Gemma Jones,
Robert Stephens,
Sydney Tafler,
Charles Carson
Robin Phillips		 27 March 1966 16mm tr
3 26 Twelfth Hour Aleksei Arbuzov (play, Dvenadtsaty chas);
Ariadne Nicolaeff (adaptation)		 Cedric Messina (p);
Alan Cooke (d)		 Clifford Evans,
Michael Goodliffe,
Sheila Allen,
Dudley Foster,
Walter Brown,
Hannah Gordon,
Thelma Ruby,
Elizabeth Wallace,
William Holmes,
Mark Jones,
John Barrard		 3 April 1966 35mm tr
3 27 The Queen and the Welshman Rosemary Anne Sisson Cedric Messina (p);
Basil Coleman (d)		 Dorothy Tutin,
Derek Godfrey,
Jeremy Brett,
Nicholas Selby,
Gordon Whiting,
Llewellyn Rees,
Fiona Hartford,
Charles Thomas,
Robert Russell,
Jack Wild,
Harry Littlewood		 10 April 1966 16mm tr
3 28 Final Demand Hugh Whitemore Cedric Messina (p);
Bill Hays (d)		 Kenneth More,
Michael Forrest,[8]
Ken Wynne		 24 April 1966 Lost
3 29 Semi-Detached David Turner Cedric Messina (p);
Gilchrist Calder		 Leonard Rossiter,
Alison Leggatt,
Barrie Ingham,
William Kendall		 1 May 1966 Lost
3 30 She Stoops to Conquer[9] Oliver Goldsmith Brandon Acton-Boyd (p);
Val May (theatre production),
Rogers Jenkins (d)		 Patrick Stewart,
Hazel Hughes,
Barbara Leigh-Hunt,
Gawn Grainger,
Anna Carteret		 29 May 1966 16mm tr
3 31 Up and Down Julia Jones Michael Bakewell (p);
Mary Ridge		 George Baker,
Bernard Archard,
Ann Lynn,
John Collin,
Keith Bell,
Marion Mathie,
John Moore		 5 June 1966 Lost
3 32 Marianne Rhys Davies (novel);
Harry Greene (adaptation)		 Cedric Messina (p);
John Gorrie (d)		 Nerys Hughes,
Jan Edwards,
Henley Thomas,
Rachel Thomas,
Artro Morris,
Gwyneth Owen,
Salmean Peer		 12 June 1966 Lost
3 33 The Melody Suit Derrick Mason (music);
Christopher Dandy (words)		 Michael Bakewell (p);
Alan Gibson		 John Gower,
Patricia Michael,
Michael Maurel		 19 June 1966 Lost
3 34 On the March to the Sea Gore Vidal (novel);
 Cedric Messina (p);
Alan Gibson (d)		 Joss Ackland,
Barrie Ingham,
Tony Bill,
Tessa Wyatt,
Tucker McGuire,
Stella Tanner,
Lindsay Campbell,
Richard James,
Peter Madden,
Donald Sutherland		 17 July 1966 NTSC VT of 16mm tr
3 35 How to Get Rid of Your Husband Robert Gould Cedric Messina (p);
Naomi Capon (d)		 Maurice Denham,
Priscilla Morgan,
Avis Bunnage,
Denise Coffey,
Marcus Hammond,
Margaret Heald,
Winifred Dennis,
Norman Scace,
Keith Anderson,
Richard Hampton,
Malcolm Taylor,
Don McKillop		 24 July 1966 Lost
3 36 Girl of My Dreams Hugh Whitemore Cedric Messina (p);
Bill Hays (d)		 Nicholas Pennell,
Chela Matthison,
Edward Fox,
James Grout,
Kathleen Michael,
Anne Brooks,
Jennifer Jayne,
George A. Cooper,
John D. Collins,
Ian Cunningham		 31 July 1966 35mm tr
4 1 Talking to a Stranger*,
Part 1:
Anytime You're Ready I'll Sparkle		 John Hopkins Michael Bakewell (p);
Christopher Morahan (d)		 Judi Dench,
Michael Bryant,
Maurice Denham,
Margery Mason,
Emrys James,
Timothy Carlton,
Calvin Lockhart		 2 October 1966 35mm tr[10]
4 2 Talking to a Stranger,
Part 2:
No Skill or Special Knowledge is Required		 John Hopkins Michael Bakewell (p);
Christopher Morahan (d)		 Maurice Denham,
Michael Bryant,
Judi Dench,
Margery Mason,
Emrys James,
Calvin Lockhart,
Ann Mitchell,
Frederick Pyne,
Barry Stanton		 9 October 1966 35mm tr[10]
4 3 Talking to a Stranger,
Part 3:
Gladly My Cross-Eyed Bear		 John Hopkins Michael Bakewell (p);
Christopher Morahan (d)		 Michael Bryant,
Judi Dench,
Maurice Denham,
Margery Mason,
Windsor Davies,
Terry Leigh		 16 October 1966 35mm tr[10]
4 4 Talking to a Stranger,
Part 4:
The Innocent Must Suffer		 John Hopkins Michael Bakewell (p);
Christopher Morahan (d)		 Margery Mason,
Michael Bryant,
Judi Dench,
Maurice Denham,
Mariann Turner,
Emrys James,
Windsor Davies		 23 October 1966 35mm tr[10]
4 5 Conquest:
The Encounter		 Brian Rawlinson Michael Bakewell (p);
Michael Hayes (d)		 Barrie Ingham,
Donald Eccles,
Malcolm Webster,
Frederick Jaeger,
Sebastian Breaks,
Michael Pennington,
Hamilton Dyce,
Janet Suzman,
Alan Dobie,
Jane Wenham,
John Nettleton,
Peter Halliday,
David Garfield,
Bernard Hepton,
John Sharp,
Noel Johnson,
George Selway,
John Cater,
Timothy Bateson,
Terence Lodge		 29 October 1966 Lost
4 6 Conquest:
The Leopard and the Dragon		 Brian Rawlinson Michael Bakewell (p);
Michael Hayes (d)		 Barrie Ingham,
Donald Eccles,
Malcolm Webster,
Frederick Jaeger,
Sebastian Breaks,
Hamilton Dyce,
Janet Suzman,
Alan Dobie
John Nettleton,
Peter Halliday,
David Garfield,
Noel Johnson,
John Sharp,
George Selway,
John Cater,
Terence Lodge,
Bernard Hepton,
Joby Blanshard		 30 October 1966 Lost
4 7 Amerika Franz Kafka (novel);
Hugh Whitemore (adaptation)		 Michael Bakewell (p);
James Ferman (d)		 Michael Wenham,
Bernard Bresslaw,
Harold Goldblatt,
Roy Dotrice,
George Murcell,
Janet Webb,
Pauline Collins,
Carl Jaffe,
George Eugeniou,
Gábor Baraker,
Henry McCarthy,
Vladek Sheybal,
Michele Dotrice,
Warren Mitchell,
Hana Maria Pravda		 6 November 1966 Lost
4 8 The Family Reunion[11] T. S. Eliot Michael Bakewell (p);
Alan Cooke (d)		 Alec McCowen,
Mary Morris,
Mary Merrall,
Janet Suzman,
Geoffrey Bayldon,
Sylvia Coleridge,
Victor Maddern,
Maureen Pryor,
Nigel Stock		 27 November 1966 35mm tr
4 9 Sword of Honour,
Part One:
Men at Arms		 Evelyn Waugh (novel);
Giles Cooper (adaptation)		 Michael Bakewell (p);
Donald McWhinnie (d)		 Edward Woodward,
Ronald Fraser,
Vivian Pickles,
Paul Hardwick,
James Villiers,
Donald Layne-Smith,
Trader Faulkner,
Tim Preece,
Nicholas Hawtrey,
David Savile,
Clifford Cox,
Jimmy Gardner,
Keith Pyott,
Esmond Webb,
Richard Hampton,
Denis McCarthy		 2 January 1967 35mm tr
4 10 Sword of Honour,
Part Two:
Officers and Gentlemen		 Evelyn Waugh (novel);
Giles Cooper (adaptation)		 Michael Bakewell (p);
Donald McWhinnie (d)		 Edward Woodward,
Trader Faulkner,
Vivian Pickles,
Anthony Roye,
James Villiers,
Donald Layne-Smith,
Nicholas Hawtrey,
Tim Preece,
Clifford Cox,
Erik Chitty,
Richard Hampton,
Peter Howell,
Dennis Chinnery,
Robert Fyfe,
Douglas Ditta,
Sydney Bromley,
Freddie Jones,
Geoffrey Chater,
James Beck,
John Flint		 9 January 1967 35mm tr
4 11 Sword of Honour,
Part Three':
Unconditional Surrender'		 Evelyn Waugh (novel);
Giles Cooper (adaptation)		 Michael Bakewell (p);
Donald McWhinnie (d)		 Edward Woodward,
John Martin,
Doanld Layne-Smith,
Basil Dignam,
Edward Bishop,
Trader Faulkner,
James Villiers,
Anthony Roye,
Freddie Jones,
George Waring,
Nicholas Courtney,
Denys Hawthorne,
Will Stampe,
Robert MacLeod		 16 January 1967 35mm tr
4 12 A Slight Ache Harold Pinter Michael Bakewell (p);
Christopher Morahan (d)		 Maurice Denham,
Hazel Hughes,
Gordon Richardson		 6 February 1967 625-line VT
4 13 A Night Out Harold Pinter Michael Bakewell (p);
Christopher Morahan (d)		 Tony Selby,
Anna Wing,
Avril Elgar,
John Castle,
Richard Moore,
Peter Pratt,
Kevin Barry,
Billy Russell,
Patrick Cato,
Sydney Arnold,
Chris Chittell		 13 February 1967 625-line VT
4 14 The Basement* Harold Pinter Michael Bakewell (p);
Charles Jarrott (d)		 Derek Godfrey,
Harold Pinter,
Kika Markham		 20 February 1967 35mm tr
4 15 Hotel Torpe François Billetdoux Michael Bakewell (p);
Rod Graham (d)		 Siobhán McKenna,
John Slater,
Ronald Hines,
Hamilton Dyce,
Joby Blanshard,
Natalie Kent,
Peter Pratt,
Judith Arthy,
Yemi Ajibade,
Dorothy Edwards,
Elizabeth Proud,
Derek Seaton,
Philip Voss		 13 March 1967 Lost
4 16 As a Man Grows Older Italo Svevo (novel, Senilità);
Barry Bermange (adaptation)		 Michael Bakewell (p);
John Gibson (d)		 Derek Godfrey,
Peter Blythe,
Hilary Hardiman,
Ilona Rodgers		 3 April 1967 Lost
4 17 Kain[12] Alan Poolman Lionel Harris
(producer/director)		 Keith Michell,
J. G. Devlin,
Audine Leith,
Alan White,
Candy Devine,
Roger Cox,
Teddy Plummer,
Michael Williamson		 17 April 1967 16mm film
4 18 The Loser Alun Owen Michael Bakewell (p);
Stuart Burge		 Bernard Cribbins,
Geraldine Moffatt,[13]
Godfrey Quigley,
Henley Thomas,
Gwendolyn Watts		 1 May 1967 Lost
4 19 The Winner Alun Owen Michael Bakewell (p);
Alan Cooke (d)		 Susannah York,
T. P. McKenna,
Mark Burns		 8 May 1967 Lost
4 20 The Fantasist Alun Owen Michael Bakewell (p);
Peter Hammond (d)		 James Villiers,
Charlotte Rampling,
Anthony Bate,
Paul Hardwick,
Tim Preece,
Gordon Waller,
Jean Aubrey,
Norman Shelley,
Barbara Couper		 15 May 1967 Lost
4 21 The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell (novel);
Stuart Douglas (adapatation)		 Michael Bakewell (p);
Christopher Morahan (d)		 John Rees,
Edward Fox,
Bryan Pringle,
Felix Felton,
Bartlett Mullins,
Jeffrey Segal,
Keith Smith,
Robert Bridges,
George Roderick,
Christopher Benjamin,
John Rees,
David Webb,
Freddy Foote,
Kenneth Benda,
David Garth		 29 May 1967 Lost
4 22 The Blood Knot Athol Fugard Michael Bakewell (p);
Robin Midgley (d)		 Athol Fugard,
Charles Hyatt		 12 June 1967 16mm tr
4 23 Henri IV Luigi Pirandello (play);
Robert Muller (adaptation)		 Michael Bakewell (p);
Michael Hayes (d)		 Alan Badel,
Maxine Audley,
Anthony Newlands,
Kika Markham,
Neville Jason,
Hamilton Dyce
Murray Melvin		 26 June 1967 Lost
4 24 Firebrand Roger Manvell,
Scot Finch		 Michael Bakewell (p);
Rudolph Cartier (d)		 Ronald Lacey,
Donald Pickering,
Anton Diffring,
Patricia Denys,
Annette Carrell,
Peter Vaughan
Kenneth J. Warren,
David J. Grahame,
Derek Newark,
Cyril Shaps,
Royston Tickner,
Martin Benson		 2 July 1967 16mm tr
4 25 The Plough and the Stars Sean O’Casey (p);
Lelia Doolan (d)		 16 July 1967
4 26 Tickle Times Julia Jones Michael Bakewell (p);
Mary Ridge (d)		 Diana Coupland,
John Stratton,
David Collings,
Keith Bell,
Angela Crow,
Edmond Bennett,
Mike Pratt,
Catherine Howe,
Miriam Raymond,
Kenneth Ives,
Eric Francis,
Keith Anderson		 30 July 1967 Lost
4 27 55 Columns Usha Priyamvada (novel);
James Brabazon (adaptation)		 Michael Bakewell,
Rod Graham (d)
Shivendra Sinha (co-director)		 Edward de Souza,
Rani Dubä,
Roshan Seth,
Zohra Segal,[14]
Bakshi Prem,
Chitra Neogy,
Esmë Sen,
Devi Shah,
Kelyani Sitaram		 6 August 1967 35mm film sequences exist
4 28 Stan's Day Out Rhys Adrian Michael Bakewell (p);
James MacTaggart		 Leslie Dwyer,
Alfie Bass,
Roddy McMillan,
Bryan Pringle,
Michael Robbins,
 13 August 1967 35mm tr
4 29 The Cupboard (no details) Michael Bakewell (p);
Alan Gibson (d)		 Peter Jeffrey,
Rosemary Leach,
Donald Gee,
Helen Booth,
William Moore,
Charles Lamb,
Ella Milne		 20 August 1967 Lost
5 1 The Memorandum Václav Havel (play);
Vera Blackwell (translation/adaptation)		 Michael Bakewell (p);
James Ferman (d)		 Alfred Marks,
Warren Mitchell,
Hattie Jacques,
Judy Cornwell,
Robert Eddison,
Murray Melvin,
John Sharp,
Ronnie Stevens,
Patsy Rowlands,
Sydney Bromley		 24 September 1967 Lost
5 2 The Lost Years of Brian Hooper Bernard Kops Michael Bakewell (p);
Alan Gibson (d)		 Hugh Burden,
Margery Mason
Sheila Reid,
Ray Brooks,
Alan MacNaughtan,
Susan George,
Kate Story,
Carl Forgione,
Edward de Souza,
Peter Jesson		 8 October 1967 35mm tr
5 3 The Magicians:
Dr Dee, Kelly and the Spirits		 (no details) Michael Bakewell (p);
James MacTaggart (d)		 Alan Dobie,
Frank Finlay,
John Warner,
Caroline Monkhouse,
Rosemary Hall,
Anthony Kemp,
Mary Peach		 15 October 1967 Lost
5 4 The Magicians:
The Incantation of Casanova		 Ken Taylor Michael Bakewell (p);
Herbert Wise (d)		 Jeremy Brett,
Antony Webb
Geoffrey Bayldon,
Anne Cunningham,
Patrick O'Connell,
Jacqueline Pearce,
Daphne Anderson,
George Selway		 22 October 1967 35mm tr
5 5 The Magicians:
Edmund Gurney and the Brighton Mesmerist		 Ken Taylor Michael Bakewell (p);
Peter Hammond (d)		 Richard Todd,
Ray Brooks,
Anthony Bate,
Lynda Baron,
Diana Fairfax,
John Barcroft,
Barry Wilsher,
Roger Kemp,
John Baker,
John Gill		 29 October 1967 Lost
5 6 The Single Passion (no details) Cedric Messina (p);
Stuart Burge (d)		 Alan Webb,
Rosalie Crutchley,
Michael Pennington,
Christopher Timothy,
Nigel Terry,
John Allison,
Tamara Hinchco,
David Lincoln,
George A. Cooper,
Arnold Yarrow,
Joby Blanshard,
John Bryans		 5 November 1967 Lost
5 7 The Burning Bush Geza Herczeg (play);
John Hopkins (adaptation)		 Michael Bakewell (p);
Rudolph Cartier (d)		 Emlyn Williams,
Alan Keith,
Peter Copley,
Peter Woodthorpe,
Stephen Murray,
Marjorie Rhodes,
Daphne Slater,
Ronald Lacey		 12 November 1967 Lost
5 8 Kittens Are Brave Giles Cooper Michael Bakewell (p);
Donald McWhinnie (d)		 George Murcell,
Diana Fairfax,
Geoffrey Bayldon		 26 November 1967 Lost
5 9 Lieutenant Tenant 4 December 1967[15] Lost
5 10 Play With a Tiger Doris Lessing Michael Bakewell (p);
Stuart Burge (d)		 Barbar Jefford,
John Turner,
Michael Gough,
Patricia Lawrence,
Jeremy Burnham,
Sharon Cathness		 18 December 1967 Lost
5 11 To See How Far It Is:
Murphy's Law		 Alan Plater Michael Bakewell (p):
Rod Graham (d)		 Nigel Davenport,
Norman Rodway,
Ronald Hines,
Donald Gee,
Rhoda Lewis,
John Bryans,
Philip Bond,
Arthur Cox,
Dorothy Edwards		 1 January 1968 16mm tr
5 12 To See How Far It Is:
The Curse of the Donkins		 Alan Plater Michael Bakewell (p);
Gichrist Calder (d)		 Nigel Davenport,
Norman Rodway,
Stephanie Bidmead,
John Bryans,
Fiona Walker,
Jill Melford,
Clive Francis,
Gareth Robinson,
Richard Armour		 8 January 1968 16mm tr
5 13 To See How Far It Is:
To See How Far It Is		 Alan Plater Michael Bakewell (p);
Naomi Capon		 Nigel Davenport,
Norman Rodway,
Geoffrey Bayldon,
Avril Elgar,
Anne Stallybrass,
Peter Stephens,
John Bryans,
Arthur Cox,
Philip Bond,
Tony Blackburn,
Stephen Jack,
Donald Gee,
Rhoda Lewis,
Patricia Maynard,
Fiona Walker,
Arnold Ridley		 15 January 1968 16mm tr
5 14 Albinos in Black Alun Richards Michael Bakewell (p);
James Cellan Jones		 Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies,
Gerald James,
Meg Wynn Owen,
Emrys Jones,
Pauline Delaney,
John Rees,
Charles Williams,
Sheila Irwin,
Willie Jonah,
Ilario Bisi-Pedro		 22 January 1968 Lost
5 15 The Swallows Nest Robert Wales;
Graham Woodward (adaptation)		 Michael Bakewell (p);
Henric Hirsch		 Annette Crosbie,
Mary Morris,
Ursula Jeans,
Clare Austin,
Nancy Nevinson,
Henry Vidon,
Sheila Whitmill,
Andrea Brett		 29 January 1968 Lost
5 16 The Lady is a Liar Diego Fabbri;
Maddalena Fagandini (English version)		 Michael Bakewell (p);
George A. Foa		 Susan Hampshire,
Robert Hardy,
Eithne Dunne,
Stanley Bates,
Sean Barrett,
Anthony Singleton,
Dennis Edwards,
Harriett Johns[16]		 26 February 1968 Lost
5 17 To the Frontier Giles Cooper Michael Bakewell (p);
Donald McWhinnie (d)		 David Savile,
Patrick Tull,
Michael David,
Ronald Hines,
Kate Coleridge,
Mike Arrighi,
John Tordoff,
Edina Ronay		 4 March 1966 Lost
5 18 Party Games Hugh Whitemore Michael Bakewell (p);
Rod Graham (d)		 Frederick Jaegar,
Eileen Atkins,
Derek Smith,
John Nettleton,
Nancie Jackson,
Roger Mutton,
Paul Angelis,
Raymond Armstrong,
Joby Blanshard,
Roy Pearce		 11 March 1968[17] Lost
5 19 The Fall of Kelvin Walker[18] Alasdair Gray Michael Bakewell (p);
John Robins (d)		 Harry H. Corbett,
Corin Redgrave,
Judy Cornwell,
John Phillips,
Peter Copley,
Ronald Adam,
Alan Shallcross,
Roy Evans,
Peter Pratt,
Michael Hawkins,
Aubrey Morris		 22 April 1968 Lost
5 20 The Fanatics Stellio Lorenzi (L'Affaire Calas);
Max Marquis (adaptation)		 Michael Bakewell (p);
Rudolph Cartier (d)		 Alan Badel,
Leonard Rossiter,
Rosalie Crutchley,
John Paul,
Alex Scott,
Cyril Shaps,
Tom Criddle,
Richard Caldicot,
Hamilton Dyce,
Bernard Hepton,
Gordon Faith,
Michael Mundell,
Edwin Finn,
Robert James,
Royston Tickner,
Milton Reid		 29 April 1968 Colour 35mm telerecording
5 21 Home, Sweet Honeycomb Bernard Kops Michael Bakewell (p);
Alan Gibson (d)		 Michael Crawford,
Maurice Denham,
John Golightly,
Francesca Annis,
Doris Hare,
Brian Wilde,
Laurie Asprey,
Pamela Pitchford,
Faith Curtis,
Roger Jones,
Antony Webb		 13 May 1968 Lost
5 22 The Pistol Shot Alexander Pushkin (short story);
Nicholas Bethell (adaptation)		 Michael Bakewell (p);
John Gibson (d)		 John Ronane,
Peter Jeffrey,
Ann Bell,
Ilona Rodgers,
Michael Bilton,
Peter Marinker,
Philip Bond,
Wesley Murphy,
John Hollis,
David Bowie,
Andrew Robertson		 20 May 1968 Lost
5 23 Life Class Malcolm Quantrill Michael Bakewell (p);
John Tydeman (d)		 Susan George,
Richard Cornish,
Edwin Richfield,
Joe Melia,
Norman Wynne,
Janet Burnell,
Claire Davenport,
Peter Pratt,
Marion Mathie,
Wilfred Carter,
James Cairncross		 27 May 1968 Lost
5 24 Wind Versus Polygamy Obi Egbuna Michael Bakewell (p);
Naomi Capon (d)		 Earl Cameron,
Gordon Jackson,
Louisa Sherman,
Lionel Ngakane,
Charles Hyatt,
Rudolph Walker,
Willie Jonah,
Clifton Jones,
Elroy Josephs		 15 July 1968[19] Lost
5 25 The Year of the Sex Olympics* Nigel Kneale Ronald Travers (p);
Michael Elliott (d)		 Leonard Rossiter,
Suzanne Neve,
Tony Vogel,
Brian Cox,
Vickery Turner,
George Murcell,
Martin Potter,
Lesley Roach,
Hira Talfrey,
Patricia Maynard,
Derek Fowlds,
Wolfe Morris		 29 July 1968 16mm tr[20]
5 26 Mille Miglia Athol Fugard Ronald Travers (p);
Robin Midgley		 Michael Bryant,
Ronald Lacey,
Guy Deghy,
George Roubicek,
Douglas Ditta,
Donald Burton,
Fabio Galvano		 5 August 1968[21] Colour 625-line vt

See also

References

  1. 1 2 There is at least one exception to the 75-90 minute duration rule. David, Chapter 2 (2.12), a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation production first broadcast there on 20 May 1963 is listed at 60 minutes duration here.
  2. ↑ Lawson, Mark (10 November 2010). "Yesterday's heroes: the lost treasure trove of BBC drama". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  3. ↑ The Kaleidoscope BBC Television Drama Research Guide, 1936-2011 edited by Simon Coward, Chris Perry and Richard Down, Kaleidoscope Ltd, 2011, pp.2508-2519
  4. ↑ Details taken from Radio Times, Issue'No.2184, 16 September 1965, p.17
  5. ↑ According to the BFI website, the billing was to Bill Cornelius.
  6. ↑ 1948 was not Orwell's preferred rendering, but this production used the numerical form.
  7. ↑ Yob and Nabob (26 December 1965) is listed as a Theatre 625 episode on the lostshows list of missing episodes from the series mentioned above, and on IMDb, but it is not listed under the umbrella title in the Radio Times listing for the broadcast in Issue No.2198, 23 December 1965, p.31.
  8. ↑ Unlike the BFI, IMDb lists him as Michael Forest, but there was a British actor in this era with relatively extensive television credits who spelt his surname with a second 'r'.
  9. ↑ Television version of a production at the Theatre Royal, Bristol.
  10. 1 2 3 4 The Judi Dench Collection, BBC 6 DVD box set.
  11. ↑ The BFI website and IMDb are remiss in not indicating the author of this work, but the character's names indicate that it must be the play by T.S. Eliot.
  12. ↑ This was the first join production between the BBC and the Australian Broadcasting Commission. See the BFI database page.
  13. ↑ Credited as 'Moffatt' on this occasion (BFI website).
  14. ↑ Credited as 'Zohra Segal' according to the BFI website.
  15. ↑ The lostshows website (see above) lists an episode of this title as being broadcast on this date.
  16. ↑ More usually credited as 'Harriette Johns', according to both the BFI and IMDb websites.
  17. ↑ This episode was repeated in The Wednesday Play series on 29 April 1970. See the BFI outline page.
  18. ↑ The play was later adapted by Alastair Gray as a novel, see The Fall of Kelvin Walker: A Fable of the Sixties' (1985).
  19. ↑ Repeated as a Wednesday Play on 27 May 1970 and a Play for Today in 1971
  20. ↑ The Year of the Sex Olympics was released on DVD by the BFI in 2003.
  21. ↑ Repeated in The Wednesday Play series, 14 January 1970.
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