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Season 4 (1958-59)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
references:
TV Times / The Viewer / BFI / ITN
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########### ITV Play of the Week #############
############## season 4 1958-59 ##############
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ITV Network Wednesdays 8:30-10:00pm (90 min)
4.1 [--] ITV Play of the Week: + MARY BROOME (90 min) [ITN Source] [BFI]
03Sep58 Wednesday
Granada TeleVision Production
Director: SILVIO NARIZZANO
Writer: ALLAN MONKHOUSE, adapted by: GERALD SAVORY
Cast:
Mary Broome - OLIVE MCFARLAND
Len Trimbell - ROBERT STEVENS
Mrs Broome - BETTY ALBERGE
Mr Pendleton - ROBERT DORNING
John Broome - HARRY H CORBETT
Sheila Ray - DELENA KIDD
Edgar Trimbrell - VALERIE STILLWELL
Mrs Trimbell - JANE ECCLES
Ed Trimbell - JOHN BARRIE
Maid - VIDA PATERSON
Mrs Pendleton - BEE DUFFELL
Mrs Greaves - RON HOWLETT
*
At beginning of recording Bill Grundy interviews Dame Sybil Thorndike and her
husband Sir
Lewis Casson. Dame Sybil tells how they met and their time at the Gaiety in
Manchester.
Talks of the development of the theatre and refers to the current trend for
'angry young men'
dramas. She played 'Mary Broome' years ago, directed by Sir Lewis.
Interview with Olive McFarland and Robert Stephens in costume and on the set of
'Mary Broome'.
Olive tells of her beginnings in the theatre. Robert Stephens says little except
that he is
currently at the Royal Court.
Won award in the catergory of Drama Production at the Guild of Television
Producers
and Directors, 1958 [ITN Source]
4.2 [--] ITV Play of the Week: THE PUBLICAN'S STORY
10Sep58 ITV Wed 8:30-10:00pm
Starring:
Sonia Dresdel
4.3 [--] MAN AND SUPERMAN
17Sep58 ITV Wed 8:30-10:00pm
Cast:
Irene Browne
Basil Henson
Basil Dignam
Ann Walford
John Lee
Sally Bazely
4.4 [--] ITV Play of the Week: WOMEN IN LOVE
24Sep58 ITV Wed 8:00-10:00pm (2hr play)
4.5 [--] ITV Play of the Week: + THE LIBERTY MAN (90 min) [ITN Source] [BFI]
01Oct58 ITV Wednesday
Granada Production
Author: LEO LEHMAN
Director: L BRETT
Credits
RICHARD PASCO
MICHAEL BIRD
RON FRASER
MICHAEL COLLINS
JENNIFER WILSON
B MILNES
SUSAN RICHMOND
L BLACKLEDGE
PAT O'DAILLY
CAROLE WHITE
ELIJ BUTLER
R ELMS
JANE BARNETT
DANDY NICHOLS
MICHAEL GRAHAM
PENNY MORRELL
APRIL ULRICH
WYNNE CLARK
GORDON WHITING
NOEL HROA
PENNY LAMBIRTH
JAMES DONNELLY
DAVID CRANE
RAY WALKAM
Synopis:
An unmarried school teacher finds herself caught up in a stormy infatuation with
a young sailor. The sailor is an East-Ender with a vastly different family
background,
and they have only a brief three weeks leave to find out if their love can
bridge the
social gap between them. [ITN Source]
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4.6 [--] Playhouse 90: SO SOON TO DIE
08Oct58 ITV Wed 8:40-10:00pm
Starring
Richard Basehart
(Telerecording/Kinescope - recorded in the USA)
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4.7 [--] ITV Play of the Week: +DINNER WITH THE FAMILY (90 min.) [BFI] (full
details in TV Times)
(Production Company Not Known)
15Oct58 ITV Wednesday 9:15-10:45pm (90 min)
Directed by Peter Wood
Starring
Donald Sinden
Denholm Elliott
Irene Browne
Judith Scott
Laurance Hardy
Jack MacGowran
Gwen Watford
4.8 [--] ITV Play of the Week: FRENZY
22Oct58 ITV Wed 8:30-10:00pm
Starring:
Zena Walker
Richard Warner
Harry LOckhart
4.9 [--] The STRONG ARE LONELY [BFI] (29/10/1958)
29Oct58 Wednesday
4.10 [--] ITV Play of the Week: THE QUARE FELLOW
05Nov58 ITV Wed 8:30-10:00pm
Written by Brendan Behan
Starring:
Wilfrid Brambell
Dermot Kelly
4.11 [--] THE ENCHANTED APRIL
12Nov58 ITV Wed 8:30-10:00pm
4.12 [--] JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN [BFI] (19/11/1958)
19Nov58 Wednesday
4.13 [--] ITV Play of the Week: +PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD (90 min.) [ITN
Source][BFI]
26-Nov-1958 ITV Wed 8:30-10:00pm
Granada Production
Written by J.M. Synge
(no credit details)
[ITN Source]
4.14 IN THE SHADOW OF THE AXE [BFI] (03/12/1958)
3Dec58 Wed
Season 4, Episode 14: In the Shadow of the Axe [verified-David Moore]
date: December 1958
Director: Cyril Coke
(A-R)
stars
Laurence Payne... Essex
Catherine Lacey... Queen Elizabeth
4.15 MRS.DOT [BFI] (10/12/1958)
10Dec58 ITV Wed 8:30-10:00pm
Written by W. Somerset Maugham
4.16 THE LAST ENEMY (2nd version)(see #2.2)
17Dec58 ITV Wed 8:30-10:00pm
4.17 24Dec58 ITV Wed - no play - Christmas
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Moved from Wednesdays to Tuesdays around here
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4.18 [--] ITV Play of the Week: THE BIG KNIFE (90 min) (imdb have this as solo
entry)
30Dec58 ITV Tue
Associated-Rediffusion production
Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey
Writing credits Ken Hoare / Clifford Odets (play)
Production Design by John Clements
Cast (in alphabetical order)
Louise Allbritton .... Marion Castle
Daphne Anderson .... Connie Bliss
Harry Baird
Phil Brown .... Hank Teagle
Alfred Burke .... Smiley Coy
Paul Carpenter .... Buddy Bliss
James Clarke .... Russell
Patrick McGoohan .... Charles Castle
Martin Miller .... Nat Danziger
Eric Pohlmann .... Marcus Hoff
Maggie Smith .... Dixie Evens
Mavis Villiers .... Patty Benedict
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4.19 [--] ITV Play of the Week: +THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY
6Jan59 ITV Tue 8:30 pm
Cast:
Jill Balcon .......Dona Clara
4.20 [--] ITV Play of the Week: +TEN LITTLE NIGGERS
13Jan59 ITV Tue 8:30 pm
A-R Production
Season 4, Episode 20: Ten Little Niggers [verified-David Moore]
From the story by Agatha Christie
Settings: Michael Yates
Director- Robert Tronson (A-R)
13 January 1959
Cast:
John Stone... Captain Lombard
Christine Pollon... Vera Claythorne
Felix Aylmer
Mary Hinton... Emily Brent
4.21 [--] ITV Play of the Week: THE EDUCATION OF MR. SURRAGE (Guardian)
20Jan59
4.22 [--] ITV Play of the Week: +THE KILLING OF THE KING (90 min)
27Jan59 ITV Tue 8:30 pm
Associated-Rediffusion production
Written by Hugh Ross Williamson
Directed by Ronald Marriott
Settings by John Clements
Starring
Paul Rogers
John Phillips
Basil Dignam
with
Edgar Wreford
(full details in The Viewer)
Note: Arthur Adair, ATV announcer, made his acting debut
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4.23 [--] ITV Play of the Week: NO TIME FOR COMEDY
03Feb59 ITV Tue 8.30-10:00pm (90 min)
Starring
Barbara Kelly
4.24 [--] ITV Play of the Week: +PARNELL
10Feb59 ITV Tue
Associated-Rediffusion production
Cast:
Phyllis Calvert ........ Katherine O'Shea
4.25 [--] ITV Play of the Week: GARDEN OF LONELINESS
17Feb59 ITV Tue 8.30-10:00pm (90 min)
4.26 [--] ITV Play of the Week: THE JUDGE'S STORY
24Feb59 ITV Tue 8.30-10:00pm (90 min)
Starring: Clive Brook
4.27 [--] ITV Play of the Week: A DEAD SECRET
03Mar59 ITV Tue 8.30-10:00pm (90 min)
4.28 [--] ITV Play of the Week: THE FACE OF TREASON
10Mar59 ITV Tue 8.30-10:00pm (90 min)
Starring: Robert Harris
4.29 [--] ITV Play of the Week: + THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH (90 min)(TV Times Cover)
[ITN Source][BFI]
17Mar59 ITV Tue 8.30 pm
Granada Production
Director: H KAPLAN
Author: THORTON WILDER, adpated by: ELLEN VIOLET
starring
Vivien Leigh
VIVIEN LEIGH
RUTH DUNNING
PHILIP GILBERT
JIMMY THOMPSON
FIONA DUNCAN
JEREMY GEHEN
SAM WHITTAKER
PERLITA NEILSON
DAVID MCCALLUM
GEORGE DEVINE
BERNARD REBEL
DAPHNE NEWTON
HENRY OSCAR
WILLIAM PEACOCK
MARTHA DOURNS
MARGARET RAWLINGS
CARL CONWAY
FRASER ROD
GEOFFREY BELLMAN
[ITN Source]
Season 4, Episode 29: The Skin of Our Teeth [verified-David Moore]
Author- Thornton Wilder adapted by Ellen Violet
Producer- Henry Kaplin (Granada)
17 March 1959
Cast includes:
Vivien Leigh
Ruth Dunning
David McCallum
Perlita Neilson
4.30 [--] ITV Play of the Week: SKYLINE FOR TWO
24Mar59 ITV Tue 8:30-10:00pm (NOT Granada)
Starring: Dennis Price, Wendy Craig
[--] Play: ACCENT ON YOUTH
24Mar59 ITV Tue 8:30-10:00pm only Granada
4.31 [--] Play of the Week: + A DAY BY THE SEA (90 min)
31Mar59 ITV Tue 8:30 pm
ATV Production by H.M. Tennent
Written by N. C. Hunter
Adapted for television by Lionel Harris
Directed by Lionel Harris
starring
John Gielgud ............. Julian Anson
Margaret Leighton ........ Frances Farrar
Gladys Cooper ............ Laura Anson
Roger Livesey ............ Dr. Farley
Alan Webb ................ Humphrey Caldwell
Megs Jenkins ............. Miss Mathieson
with
Nicholas Hannen .......... David Anson
Frederick Piper .......... William Gregson
also
Hugh Janes ............... Toby Eddison
Lesley Dudley ............ Elinor Eddison
Gillian Hume ............. Maid
"Why talk of fault and blame? We have lived as we have because
we are the people we are ...." This quotation by the author of
this play can apply to almost every family who can see themselves
reflected in Laura Anson and her family circle.
4.32 [--] ITV Play Of The Week: THE WINNER
7Apr59 ITV Tue 8.30-10:00pm (90 min)
Written by Elmer Rice
4.33 PLAY OF THE WEEK (EBB TIDE) [ITN Source] [BFI]
14Apr59
Starring: William Sylvester
4.34 [--] ITV Play Of The Week: FAMILY ON TRIAL [BFI] (1959)
21Apr59
Season 4, Episode 34: Family on Trial (A-R) [David Moore, Dinosaurs]
Script- John Wiles, adapted by Jessica Morton.
Producer: Peter Graham Scott
21st April 1959
Cast includes:
Andrew Cruikshank
Bernard Lee... Insp Lunt
Eric Lander... Sandrock
Judi Dench... Kate
Helen Christie... Mrs Barclay
4.35 [--] ITV Play Of The Week: +THE SECRET AGENT
28Apr59 ITV Tue
ATV Production
Season 4, Episode 35: The Secret Agent (ATV) [David Moore, Dinosaurs]
Script: Joseph Schull from Joseph Conrad's story
Sets; Hutchinson Scott
Director- Peter Wood
Cast includes:
Leo McKern
Joan Plowright
Ronald Lacey... Stevie
Ernest Clark
Lee Montague
4.36 [--] ITV Play Of The Week: THE AGE OF JULIET
05May59 ITV Tue 8.30-10:00pm (90 min)
Starring: Sean Barrett
4.37 [--] ITV Play of the Week: +SHEPPEY
12May59
Prod. comp not known
Written by Someset Maugham
Starring:
Maurice Denham
4.38 [--] ITV Play Of The Week: DISTINGUISUED GATHERING
19May59 ITV Tue 8:30-10:00pm
Written by James Parish
Starring: Vic Oliver
4.39 [--] ITV Play Of The Week: A TOUCH OF THE SUN (ATV) [David Moore,
Dinosaurs]
26May59 ITV Tue 8:30-10:00pm
Script: NC Hunter
Director: Lionel Harris
Cast:
Michael Redgrave (ITV debut)
Roger Livesey
Rachel Kempson
4.40 The SQUARE RING [BFI] (02/06/1959)
2Jun59 ITV Tue 8:30-10:00pm
Starring: George Baker
4.41 PLAY OF THE WEEK + (SUGAR IN THE MORNING) [ITN Source] [BFI]
9Jun59 ITV Tue
Starring: Isabel Dean
4.42 [--] ITV Play Of The Week: THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE
16Jun59 ITV Tue 8:30-10:00pm
Starring: Sian Phillips, Douglas Wilmer, Kathleen Michael
4.43 [--] Play of the Week: + THE WILD BIRD [BFI]
23Jun59 ITV Tue 8:30-10:00pm [BFI/Times Archive] - some sources (DinoDiscs) say
30Jun59
ATV Network Production
Author- Jean Anouil
Cast:
Leslie Caron
Hermione Baddeley .........Madame Tarde
Maurice Denham
Derek Hoddinott's review-
"Leslie Caron made her maiden flight in The Wild Bird, and disappointing
it was too. The play was static and said little that was comprehensible
for any length of time. If one boiled it down, I suppose Therese enjoys
being miserable and rich Florent enjoys being happy. That's how they remain
even when the play is over. They don't get married and they presumably
go their separate ways. There is little else in the play except for
some rich characterisations from Maurice Denham as M. Tarde and Hermione
Baddeley as Madame Tarde and wonderful Miriam Karlin as Jeanette. Miss Caron
was adequate in a part that was not in keeping with its background and Mogens
Wieth as the rich Florent was strong in the only character that really
had some life."
4.44 [--] ITV Play Of The Week: FLY AWAY, PETER
30Jun59 ITV Tue 8:30-10:00pm
Written by A.P. Dearsley
Starring: James Hayter, Andrew Ray
4.45 PLAY OF THE WEEK +(FOR SERVICES RENDERED) [ITN Source][BFI]
7Jul59 ITV Tue
4.46 [--] ITV Play Of The Week: THE MARK OF THE WARRIOR
14Jul59 ITV Tue 8:30-10:00pm
Starring: Robert Harris
4.47 [--] Play of the Week: +NUDE WITH VIOLIN
21Jul59 ITV Tue
Cast:
Hermione Baddeley ...... Cherry-May Waterton
Joyce Carey ............ Isobel Sorodin
4.48 [--] ITV Play Of The Week: DANDY DICK
28Jul59 ITV Tue 8:30-10:00pm
Written by Arthur W. Pinero
Starring: Newton Blick
4.49 [--] ITV Play Of The Week: SHADOW OF A PALE HORSE
4Aug59 ITV Tue 8:30-10:00pm
4.50 [--] ITV Play Of The Week: THE BOY FROM THE GORBALS
11Aug59 ITV Tue 8:30-10:00pm
4.51 The WIND AND THE RAIN [BFI] (18/08/1959)
18Aug59
4.52 [--] ITV Play Of The Week: THE HUNGRY GOD
25Aug59 ITV Tue 8:30-10:00pm
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4.x [--] Play of the Week: MARKING TIME (also known as Deutsche’s House),
tx date not known - see Television Playhouse #6.34 (20Apr61)
Granada Production
Starring:
William Roache
(missing from archive)
(Coronation Street - release date 9Dec60)
########### ITV Play Of The Week #############
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