CTVA UK - "Somerset Maugham Hour" (A-R/ITV)(1960-62)
W. Somerset Maugham
(UK)(BBC)(1969-70) 26 episodes x 1hr
Somerset Maugham Stories (series 1)(Early 1960)
The Somerset Maugham Hour (series 2&3)(1960-62)
Episode Guide compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
SOMERSET MAUGHAM STORIES (series 1 title)
THE SOMERSET MAUGHAM HOUR (series 2 -3 title)
Associated-Rediffusion Production
(Wembley Studios, London, England)
UK Dramatic Anthology Series 1960-62 38 episodes x 60
Introduced by Daniel Farson (season 1) (early 1960)
Introduced by & Occasionally Starring: Hugh Williams
as Mallowby (season 2)(1960-61)
Introduced by & Occasionally Starring: Ian Hunter as
Mallowby (season 3)(1962)
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1.01 [--] Somerset Maugham Stories: FLOTSAM AND JETSUM
1.02 [--] Somerset Maugham Stories: SANATORIUM
10Feb60
ITV Network Wed 8:30pm
Dramatised by Bill Macilwraith
Script Editor Stanley Miller
Directed by Ian Fordyce
Guitar Music Composed and Played by Sacha Distel
Introduced by Daniel Farson
Starring:
Elvi Hale ............. Ivy Bishop
Charles Gray .......... Major Templeton
John Westbrook ........ Mr. Ashenden
With:
John Laurie ........... Mr. McLeod
Peter Vaughan ......... Mr. Chester
Jameson Clark ......... Mr. Campbell
Moultrie Kelsall ...... Doctor Lennox
Synopsis:
People used to say Ashenden had a low opinion of human
nature. As a temporary patient he was not surprised to find
fear or even laughter under the shadow of illness, but
suffering sometimes brings out other rarer qualities too.
[UK Tyne-Tees "The Viewer" magazine]
*** moved from Wed to Thur
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1.03 [--] Somerset Maugham Stories: THE HAPPY COUPLE
1.04 [--] Somerset Maugham Stories: THE
UNCONQUERED
1.05 [--] Somerset
Maugham Stories: A CASUAL AFFAIR
03Mar60 ITV Network Thur 8:30pm
Script by Stanley Miller
Directed by Ian Fordyce
Introduced by Daniel Farson
Staring:
Maxine Audley ....... Lady Kastellan
Marie Lohr .......... Lady Mary Pelling
Ralph Michael ....... Lord Kastellan
With:
Austin Trevor ....... Hon. Charles Pelling
Henry Kendall ....... Archie Dundas
Derek Waring ........ Arthur Low (NOT the Actor Arthur Lowe)
Gordon Whiting ..... Ransome
Llewelyn Rees ....... Jevons
Anne Leon ........... ?
Synopsis:
There is nothing more shattering than to love with all
your heart with someone you know to be worthless. Had Jack Almond
either shown less courage or Lady Kastellan had possessed more, the
outcome may have been different for both of them.
[UK Tyne-Tees "The Viewer" magazine]
1.06 [--] Somerset Maugham Stories: EPISODE
1.07 [--] Somerset Maugham Stories: THE ALIEN CORN
1.08 [--] Somerset Maugham Stories: THE LION'S SKIN
24Mar60 ITV Network, Thur 8:30 pm
Script Editor Stanley Miller
Directed by Ian Fordyce
Guitar Music Composed and Played by Sacha Distel
Introduced by Daniel Farson
Starring
Dennis Price ......... Captain Robert Forrester
Joyce Heron .......... Eleanor Forrester
William Kendall ...... Sir Frederick Hardy
With:
Bruce Seton .......... Mallowby
Melissa Stribling .... Lady Hardy
Irene Prador ......... Princess Ranefskaya
Violetta ............. Marie
Julian Sherrier ...... Pierre
Sheila Ballantine .... Nurse
Synopsis:
Mankind, some people say, is divided into two species
- those who are gentlemen and those who are not. Comparing Sir
Frederick Hardy, Baronet, with Captain Robert Forrester of the Guards,
it is no longer easy, after the events, to decide which had become which.
[UK Tyne-Tees "The Viewer" magazine]
1.09 [--] Somerset Maugham Stories: P AND O
1.10 [--] Somerset Maugham Stories: THE FACTS OF LIFE
07Apr60 ITV Network, Thur 8:30 pm
Dramatised by Michael Miller
Directed by Michael Westmore
Introduced by Daniel Farson
Starring:
Naunton Wayne ........ Henry Garnet
Elizabeth Welch ...... Night Club Star
John Le Messurier .... Colonel Brabazon
Julia Arnell ......... The Girl
Derrick Sherwin ...... Nicky Garnet
Helen Shingler ....... Muriel Garnet
With:
Noel Dryden .......... Mawson
Robert Sansom ........ Mackenzie
Harold Siddons ....... Teesdale
Donald Oliver ........ Tim Mortimer
Synopsis:
Worldly experience, as Henry Garney never tires of
impressing on his son, Nicky, is confined to one's elders and
betters. It is all the more unfair, therefore to appear a bumbling
old innocent to one's progeny and a figure of fun to one's
friends.
[UK Tyne-Tees "The Viewer" magazine]
1.11 [--] Somerset Maugham Stories:
THE VOICE OF THE TURTLE/ THE OUTSTATION
1.12 [--] Somerset Maugham Stories:
THE THREE FAT WOMEN OF ANTIBES/ A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE
1.13 [--] Somerset Maugham Stories:
WINTER CRUISE/ MR. KNOW-ALL
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THE SOMERSET MAUGHAM HOUR
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2.01 [14] Somerset Maugham Hour: THE FOUR DUTCHMAN
2.02 [15] Somerset Maugham Hour: THE KITE
Associated-Rediffusion Production
Introduced by Hugh Williams
Directed by Geoffrey Hughes
Script Editor, Stanley Miller
Designed by Frank Gillman
Megs Jenkins ......... Beatrice Sunbury
Richard Briers ....... Herbert Sunbury
Wendy Craig .......... Betty Bevan
Tenniel Evans ........ Samuel Sunbury
Ewan Roberts ......... Ned Preston
Flying his kite gives Herbert Sunbury a wonderful feeling of
power and adventure, an escape from suburban monotony. But
finally he had to make a choice between his kite and a marriage.
2.03 [16] Somerset Maugham Hour: BEFORE THE PARTY
2.04 [17] Somerset Maugham Hour: GIGOLO AND GIGOLETTE
25Nov60 ITV Network, Fri 9:35pm
Associated-Rediffusion Production
Dramatised by Ken Taylor
Script Editor, Stanley Miller
Directed by Christopher Hodson
Designed by Michael Wield
Introduced by & Starring Hugh Williams ..... Mallowby
Starring:
Millicent Martin ........ Stella Cottman
Paul Eddington .......... Syd Cotman
Arthur Macrae ........... Sandy Westcott
Guest Star:
Hermoine Baddeley ....... Flora Penezzi
With:
John Wentworth .......... Carlo Penezzi
Gilda Dahlberg .......... Eva Barrett
Geoffrey Denys .......... Lord Horton
Enid Freedom ............ Lady Horton
Campbell Cotts .......... Colonel Goodhart
Claire Ruane ............ Mrs. Goodhart
Elizabeth Ashley ........ Countess Lepini
James Mellor ............ Paco Espinel
Victor Baring ........... Angelo
Joan Ingram ............. Fat Lady
Antony Mayne ............ Commissionaire
Paul Bogden ............. Hotel Manager
Gertan Klauber .......... Barman
David Ap-Richards ....... Waiter
Joseph Levine ........... Marathon Dance Official
Alan Stuart ............. Marathon Dancer
Synopsis:
Twice every night, under the cruel, half-hopeful gaze
of her public Stella dives 60 feet into a shallow pool of flames.
Night after night- until the Riviera season ends or Stella kills
herself. But the show must go on. [UK "TV Times" magazine]
(Millicent Martin appears by permission of Associated
British Picture Corporation Ltd)
2.05 [18] Somerset Maugham Hour: THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
2.06 [19] Somerset Maugham Hour: THE VERGER
2.07 [20] Somerset Maugham Hour: A MAN WITH A CONSCIENCE
2.08 [21] Somerset Maugham Hour: THE HUMAN ELEMENT
2.09 [22] Somerset Maugham Hour: THE LETTER
2.10 [23] Somerset Maugham Hour: THE ROMANTIC YOUNG LADY
2.11 [24] Somerset Maugham Hour: THE DOOR OF OPPORTUNITY
2.12 [25] Somerset Maugham Hour: THE MOTHER
2.13 [26] Somerset Maugham Hour: A WOMAN OF FIFTY
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5 months ITV actors strike - circa Jan-May 1962
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Exec Producer Norman Marshall
3.01 [27] Somerset Maugham Hour: APPEARANCE AND REALITY
3.02 [28] Somerset Maugham Hour: THE POINT OF HONOR
3.03 [29] Somerset Maugham Hour: THE COLONEL'S LADY
3.04 [30] Somerset Maugham Hour: THE BOOK BAG
11Oct62 ITV Network, Thur 9:45 pm
Dramatised by Ken Tayler
Directed by Ian Fordyce
Introduced by & Starring Ian Hunter as Mallowby
Sarring:
Jill Bennett .......... Olive Hardy
Robert Hardy .......... Mark Featherstone
With:
Tom Criddle ........... Tim Hardy
Anthony Sheppard ...... Carter
Joy Shelton ........... Mrs. Sergison
Synopsis:
Love can take many forms. It can enable, and it can
degrade. For Olive Hardy it became a burning obsession
which could only end in destroying not only her own life,
but the lives of those around her.
[UK Tyne-Tees "The Viewer" magazine]
3.05 [31] Somerset Maugham Hour: THE TREASURE
3.06 [32] Somerset Maugham Hour: THE LOTUS EATER
3.07 [33] Somerset Maugham Hour: THE ROUND DOZEN
3.08 [34] Somerset Maugham Hour: THE CLOSED SHOP
Associated-Rediffusion Production
Executive Producer Norman Marshall
Dramatised by Kenneth Hyde
Script Editor Stanley Miller
Directed by Peter Moffatt
Designed by Michael Wield
Cast in Order of Appearance:
Ian Hunter .............. Mallowby
William Sherwood ........ President
Jeannette Landis ........ Blonde
James Gill .............. Secretary
Brian Jackson ........... Don Manuel
Robin Hunter ............ Lopez
Mary Ellen Ray .......... Nora
Thomasine Heiner ........ Paula
Margaret McGrath ........ Myrtle
Dora Dainton ............ Edith
Bruno Barnabe ........... Don Agosto
Sonia Windsor ........... Coralie
Sylvia Coleridge ........ Carmencita
Phyllis Monteflore ...... La Gorda
Ian Cummings ............ Pepe
When the divorce laws of a small country bring prosperity
to some of its inhabitants, but conflict with the financial
interests of others, it takes a tactful and strong-minded
President to deal with the situation.
3.09 [35] Somerset Maugham Hour: THE CREATIVE IMPULSE
3.10 [36] Somerset Maugham Hour: THE BACK OF BEYOND
3.11 [37] Somerset Maugham Hour: VIRTUE
3.12 [38] Somerset Maugham Hour: THE FORCE OF CIRCUMSTANCE (final episode)
06Dec62 ITV Network, Thur 9:45 pm
Executive Producer Norman Marshall
Dramatised by Bill MacIlwraith
Directed by Peter Moffatt
Introduced by & Starring Ian Hunter as Mallowby
Starring:
Virginia Maskell ....... Doris Johnston
John Cater ............. Guy Johnston
with
Heather Emmanuel ....... Julnah
Hugh Ward .............. Hassan
Burt Kwouk ............. Abdul
Ma Hla Tin ............. Julnah's Mother
Frank Summerscales ..... 1st Boy
Elliot Michaels ........ 2nd Boy
Synopsis:
When Guy brought Doris back with him out East,
she gladly faced her lonely future in the Malayan jungle,
but was she strong enough to face the past.
[UK Tyne-Tees "The Viewer" magazine]
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