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Moves to ITV Saturdays from 04Dec65
10.1 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: THE PARAFFIN SEASON
(first of the Saturday plays)
04Dec65 ITV Sat
10.2 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: THE GONG GAME
11Dec65 ITV Sat
10.3 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: A COLD PEACE (TV
Times Cover)
18Dec65 ITV Sat, 10:05 pm
Cast: Britt Ekland ........ Karen Ian Hendry .......... Richard Bligh Isabel Dean ......... Gwen Timwood Roy Dotrice ......... Donald Timwood
Kathleen Breck ...... Marina
David Phethean ....... Kirby
10.4 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: THE SWEET WAR MAN
01Jan66 ITV Sat
10.5 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: READY FOR THE GLORY
[verified -The Viewer]
08-Jan-1966 ITV Sat 10.05-11:05pm
Written for "Armchair Theatre" by Alun Richards
Directed by Jonathan Alwyn
Starring: Ann Todd ............ Lady Pruella Baynton
Co-Starring:
Colin Blakely ....... Able Seaman Walter Adge
Stephen Murray ...... Lord Graham Baynton
Terence Alexander ... Starkey
Frances White ....... Pud
Mischa De La Motte
The rich and attractive Lady Pruella writes to a marriage bureau for a husband,
and a most
surprising candidate turns up ...
10.6 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: NEIGHBORS
15Jan66 ITV Sat
Cast:
Ruby Dee ... Vicky Kingsbury
Donald Harron ... Chuck
Toby Robins ... Mary
10.7 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: THE PITY OF IT ALL
22Jan66 ITV Sat 10.05pm
Writer: Stan Barstow
Director: Patrick Dromgoole
Design: David Marshall
Cast: Billie Whitelaw ...... Nancy Harper Nigel Stock .......... Walter Daymer Ann Firbank .......... Elizabeth Daymer
John McKelvey ........ H.J. Finch
Maureen Pryor ........ Mrs. Frost
Patricia Shakesby .... Marjorie
Jack Watson .......... Mr. Frost
Hal Galili ........... Waiter
Synopsis:
Drama. Young miner's widow Nancy Harper works in a sweet shop to support her
little daughter, who is killed when
accidentally struck by the car driven by Walter Daymer. Nancy drifts into an
affair with Walter, not suspecting that
he is already married.
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1.01 [--] ABC Mystery & Imagination: THE LOST STRADIVARIUS, 29Jan66 Sat
1.02 [--] ABC Mystery & Imagination: THE BODY SNATCHER, 5Feb66 Sat
1.03 [--] ABC Mystery & Imagination: THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER, 12Feb66 Sat
1.04 [--] ABC Mystery & Imagination: THE OPEN DOOR, 19Feb66 Sat
1.05 [--] ABC Mystery & Imagination: THE TRACTATE MIDDOTH, 26Feb66 Sat
1.06 [--] ABC Mystery & Imagination: LOST HEARTS, 5Mar66 Sat
1.07 [--] ABC Mystery & Imagination: THE CANTERVILLE GHOST, 12Mar66 Sat
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10.8 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: MAN WITHOUT A MORTGAGE (returns after
short break)
19Mar1966 ITV, Saturday
Cast: Donald Churchill ...... Walter Tilley Fabia Drake ........... Mrs. Tilley Sr. Sally Bazely .......... Irene Mayhew Terence Alexander ..... Frank Garland
Margaret Anderson ..... Joan Tilley
Richard Curnock ....... Parrish
Carmen Dene ........... Sharon
Anne Godfrey .......... Ann
Rowena Ingram ......... Lynne
Leslie Sarony ......... Busker
Ernest Hare ........... Commissionaire
Drama. In his quest to raise a mortgage for a new home Walter Tilley displays
unexpected enterprise - especially
with a business rival - the attractive and highly paid Irene Mayhew.
10.9 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: THE BATTERSEA MIRACLE
26Mar66 ITV Sat
Cast: Charlie Drake ... Joey Patrick Troughton ... Pete
George Woodbridge ... Lord Bancroft
John Barron
10.10 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: THE NIGHT BEFORE THE MORNING AFTER
02Apr66 ITV Sat
Cast:
Bernard Lee .......... Daniel Whittaker
Trevor Bannister ..... Hughie
Rodney Bewes ......... Neville
Julia Foster ......... Susan
Coral Atkins ......... Girl
10.11 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: DON'T UTTER A NOTE
09Apr66 ITV Sat
Cast: Sybil Thorndike
Sid James
Athene Seyler
Two well meaning spinsters plans in reforming an old jailbird, receive a set
back when they unexpectedly come
into possession of a substantial amount of money.
10.12 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: DAUGHTER OF THE HOUSE
16Apr66 ITV Sat
Cast:
Alfie Bass ... Bert
Richard Davies ... Freddie
Anthony Dawes ... PC Morgan
Gerald James ... Henry
Ann Kennedy ... Dorinda
Gordon Rollings ... Monty
Robert Stephens ... Bernie
Wanda Ventham ... Julie
Frank Thornton ... Station Sergeant
Paul Whitsun-Jones ... PC Witherwell
10.13 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN
23Apr66 ITV Sat
Cast: William Mervyn
Norman Bird
10.14 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: THE MATCH
30Apr66 ITV Sat
Cast: Lee Montague Wanda Ventham
Michael Cadman
Ida Goldapple
Barbara Lott
Arthur Pentelow
[--] Knock On Any Door (ATV)(7May66-16Jul66)(11
episodes)
10.15 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: PRETTY POLLY (returns after short break)
23Jul66 ITV Sat
Cast: Lynn Redgrave ... Polly barlow Donald Houston ... Robert hook Zia Mohyeddin ... Amaz Dandy Nichols ... Mrs. Innes Hook
Poulet Tu ... Lorelli Chang
Gwenda Wilson ... American lady
A girl's Cinderella existence abruptly comes to an end, when a wealthy,
cantankerous aunt dies on a cruise ship.
10.16 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: THE WAGER
30Jul66 ITV Sat
10.17 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: THE ONE-EYED MONSTER
06Aug66 ITV Sat
Cast: Rupert Davies ... Miffin Alan Wheatley ... Hendry Rex Garner ... Rick
Kathleen Breck ... Moana
Edward Caddick ... Mulberry
John Cater ... Dalrymple
Ann Kennedy ... Lois
David Saire ... Dominik
Anthony Doonan ... Messenger
Fiona Leland ... Secretary
Ronald Bridges ... Young Man
Harry Littlewood ... Photographer
Ken Parry ... 2nd Fat Man
Totti Truman Taylor ... Thin Woman
Pauline Williams ... Woman in Black
10.18 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: GREAT BIG BLONDE
13Aug66 ITV Sat
Cast:
Marie Kean
David Kelly
Gerry Sullivan
Maureen Toal
A barmaid returns home to Dublin, to find things are not quite what she expected
to be.
10.19 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: A FAIR SWAP
20Aug66 ITV Sat
Cast: Daniel Massey ... John Pitt
Thelma Holt ... Tonia
Rosemary Martin ... Deborah Plummer
Derrick Sherwin ... Peter Baynes
10.20 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: THE SIGNAL BOX OF GRANDPA HUDSON
27Aug66 ITV Sat
Cast: Ian McShane ... Geoffrey
Suzan Farmer ... Wendy Barrow
John Woodvine ... Fred Barrow
Margery Withers ... Mildred Barrow
Billy Russell ... Grandpa Hudson
Wendy is reluctant to take her new boyfriend home, as there are certain aspects
of her family that she
is embarrassed about.
10.21 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: The Noise Stopped
3 Sept 1966 ITV Sat
10.22 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: Dead Silence
10 September 1966 ITV Sat
Cast: Patrick Allen
Anne Blake
Joanne Dainton
Glynn Edwards
Ronald Lacey
A Chief Inspector of Police is behaving rather erratically during a murder
investigation.
10.23 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: Barrett Keller: His Mark
17 Sept 1966 ITV Sat
Cast: Bernard Bresslaw ... Jackie
Petra Markham ... Dinky
Sheena Marshe ... Coral
Edward Malin ... Drunk
Robert Booth ... Floor manager
10.24 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: Light the Blue Touch Paper
24 Sept 1966 ITV Sat
Cast: Anna Massey
Ronald Hines
Duncan Lamont
Neil Stacy
Winifred Dennis
10.25 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: The Tilted Screen
1 Oct 1966 ITV Sat
Cat:
Fredric Abbott ... Morrie
Yoko Tani ... Michiko
Brian Anderson ... Billo
Reg Lye ... Mr. Williamson
Terence Donovan ... Carrier
The girls in his native Australia regard Morrie as a joke, but on a trip abroad
he finds there is much more to life than his home town.
10.26 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: THE THREE BARRELLED SHOTGUN
8 Oct 1966 ITV Sat
Cast:
June Barry
Michael Crawford ... Edward
Kenneth Colley
John Denison
Walter Gotell
Katherine Kath ... Carole Millard
Totti Truman Taylor
A grieving widow returns home from a holiday, to find her flat occupied by an
amiable young man.
10.27 [--] ABC Armchair Theatre: THE LONG NIGHTMARE
15 Oct 1966 ITV Sat
Cast: Ursula Howells ... Margaret Patrick Macnee ... Arthur
Philip Bond
Jacques Cey
Christopher Denham
David Hanson
Gerald Heinz ... Herr Weber
Frances Pidgeon
John Quayle
Greville Steele
Geoffrey Sumner
Margot Thomas
Elaine Wells
Ray Marioni ... Guest #1
Kate Newman ... Demo girl
A chance meeting enables Arthur to confront his past.
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