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Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
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Associated-Rediffusion Presentation
for
the ITV Network
A mix bag of hour-long plays shown on ITV Mondays at
8:00pm / Fridays 9:35pm
in 1962 - includes many Canadian/US imports and
repeats during the 5 month ITV actors strike Dec1961 -May 1962.
This list is NOT Complete .........
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[--] Playdate: IN THE GOOD TIME (Canadian play)
15Dec61 [uk] Tyne-Tees, Fri 9:35 pm (60min)
Written by A.M. Kittermaster
Directed by David Gardner
Cast:
Lloyd Bochner ............ Chetwynd
Percy Rodriguez .......... Zawi
Ann Morrish .............. Anne Meredith
Charles Palmer ........... Molyneux
Hilary Vernon ............ Mrs. Molyneux
Glynne Morris ............ Major Cottrell
Joey Hollingsworth ....... Joseph
Aston McEachron .......... Sergeant Mulenga
Portia White ............. Native Singer
Roy Wordsworth ........... Driver
Christopher Morgan ....... English
Synopsis:
During a native uprising in present-day Africa,
a white child is kidnapped and a captured native
offers to go the rescue. [DM]
[--] Playdate: SALT OF THE EARTH (Canadian play)
29Dec61 Tyne-Tees UK, Fri 9:35 pm (60min)
Executive Producer Ed Moser
Supervising Producer Robert Allen
Story by Rebecca West/ Adapted by Elizabeth Hart
Directed by George McCowen
Designed by Murray Laufer
Cast:
Frances Hyland ......... Alice
Cec Linder ............. Jimmy
Ruth Springford ........ Mrs. Andrews
(full details in TTT "The Viewer")
[--] Playdate: THAT GOLD BELONGS TO UNCLE ANGUS
(Canadian play)
29Jan62 ITV UK, Mon 8:00 pm (60 min)
[--] Playdate: MY REPRESENTATIVE (Canadian play)
Associated-Rediffusion Network Presentation
19Feb62 ITV UK, Mon 8:00 pm (60 min)
Executive Producer Ed Moser
Written by Kenneth Jupp
Directed by Basil Coleman
Cast:
Neil McCallum
Norman Welsh
Hilary Vernon
[--] Playdate: ALL CORRECT, SIR
(UK play, - in the can before the strike? /or strike breaker?)
19Mar62 ITV Mon 8:00 pm (60 min)
Written by Barbara S. Harper
Directed by Peter Graham Scott
Settings by Frederick Pusey
starring
Bernard Lee ............ The Governor
Adrienne Corri ......... Ruth Lawrence
Megs Jenkins ........... Chief Officer Mooney
Synopsis:
What was the lovely Ruth Lawrence doing in
prison anyway? And why was she so violently opposed to authority?
There was an answer and the Governor had to find it? [DM]
[--] Playdate: GREAT EXPECTATIONS (Canadian/ US play)
Associated-Rediffusion Network Presentation
09Apr62 Mon 8:00 pm (pt. 1)
16Apr62 Mon 8:00 pm (pt.2)
starring:
Douglas Rain
Special Guest Star:
Cathleen Nesbitt
with:
Michael Learned
[--] Playdate: THE EYE-OPENER MAN AND THE WAGES OF SIN (Canadian Play) (60 min)
07May62, Mon 8:00 pm
Written by Leslie MacFarlane
Guest Cast:
Mavory Moore
Corinne Conley
Robert Christie
Synopsis:
Who should propose the toast at the Burns Night Supper?. Bob Edwards,
editor of the local newspaper, the "Calgary Eye-Opener" is the obvious
choice, but last year he arrived drunk and fell asleep with his head
in the haggis. This year he swears he will remain sober. Then a
stranger arrives in town - and the odds grow that Bob will not make it. [DM]
(UK: 12May61 ITV A-R London, Fri 11:00pm - billed as "Late Night Theatre")
[--] Playdate: A CALL ON THE WIDOW (UK play)
18Jun62, ITV Mon 8:00 pm (repeat)
A-R Production (Associated-Rediffusion)
Produced by Peter Cotes
Written by James Doran
Directed by Peter Graham Scott
starring
Jean Kent
Clifford Evans
Michael Craig
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CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation production)
Host 1961 Robert Goulet
Host 1962 Christopher Plummer
*Note: Paul Almond produced and directed six episodes.
Playdate: THE OLD ONES
1962
written by Tony Van Bridge
Playdate: THE GOPHER COLONY
13Jun62 CBC
Written by Leslie McFarlane
Hosted by Christopher Plummer
cast:
Corinne Conley
William Brydon
Liza Marczi
Charles Palmer
Synopsis:
A comedy about a paternalistic employer and a fall-out shelter. [TVG]
Playdate: THE COWBOY AND MR. ANTHONY
1963
cast:
Ian Tyson
Sylvia Fricker
Playdate: ALIAS JONES (60min)
13Apr64 CBC Mon (CBLT Toronto 9pm ET)
a comedy by Jacqueline Rosenfeld
cast:
Ivor Barry ..... Marsby
Earle Hyman .... Crouch
Douglas Rain ... Jones
Synopsis:
A former British undercover agent sailing for London
discovers he's being shadowed by a sinister-looking character. [DM]
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