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THE GROVE FAMILY (BBC)
The first British tv soap opera.
The regular cast were
Edward Evans as Bob Grove,
Ruth Dunning as Gladys Grove,
Nancy Roberts as grumpy old Gran,
Sheila Sweet as Pat Grove (from October 1956 Carole Mowlam took over this role), Peter Bryant as Jack Grove,
Margaret Downs as Daphne Grove
and Christopher Beeny as Lennie Grove.
Scripts were by Michael and Roland Pertwee. Producer: John Warrington. From 1956 the director was Richard West.
My reviews of surviving stories:
94 Prevention and Cure (March 21st 1956) - This story appears at first acquaintance to be one of those dreadful public service announcements.
No less a personage than the local
police detective inspector (in the shape of John Stuart) gives the Groves tips on crime prevention. Specially helpful is "Don't bring your furs downstairs," or how about "Keep the brass polished on your front door"!
As the Groves do all the right things, it's a poor neighbour who's burgled. But Mr Groves nicks the crook so all ends happily, as usual (Note- no Ruth Dunning in this story)
147 Under Way (June 28th 1957) - Derek Nimmo has a minor part. "Girls aren't beautiful," thinks young Lennie. Gran is thinking "this holiday'll be a disaster." Perhaps that's because she's not going! With eight in a small bungalow she could be right, or make that ten as Gran is wedging in with her friend. The journey down has its problems with the family in a packed railway compartment, except for those in the car bringing the boat on a trailer- it breaks down. At last, safely there (Hayling Island?). Whilst dad grapples with putting up a deck chair, Lennie clowns around in their boat. All good holiday fun, until the boat capsizes and a helicopter rescue has to be mounted. Much of this on film. And all in 24 minutes! With that the Groves disappeared from our screens
Episode details of a few missing stories:
1 A House of Your Own (April 9th 1954)
17 Daphne to the Fore (July 30th 1954, 7.55-8.15pm) Cast also included Peter West as himself- a Panel Chairman, Howard Rose as Press Correspondent, and Anthony Sheppard as Reporter
23 Lessons Learned (September 10th 1954), also with Lynne Cole as Marcia Fane, Terence Alexander as Ronald Dean, Michael Bird as Tommy and Manville Tarrant as Petrol pump attendant (no Edward Evans, Margaret Downs or Chris Beeny in this one)
28 Power of the Dog (Friday October 15th, 7.45-8.05pm) Cast also included Elsa Tee as Miss Rawlins. Also introduced was Rusty the dog.
40 Rabbits (Friday January 7th 1955, 7.45-8pm) Cast also included Kenneth Connor as Park-keeper (No Peter Bryant).
60 Accidents Will Happen (May 27th 1955, shown later than usual, 8.30-8.45pm, due to General Election coverage)- also with Nan Braunton as Miss Jones (no Peter Bryant). Director: Jean Hamilton.
62 Press Lord (June 10th 1955) Cast also had Amy Dalby as Mrs Price and Peter Elliott as School Inspector.
Directed by Jean Hamilton
64 Pneumonia (June 24th 1955) Cast also included Ian Fleming as Dr Henley, Paddy Webster as Nurse Molly Malone, Katherine Page as Hospital Sister, and Madoline Thomas as Miss Blossom. Director: Jean Hamilton
There was a break in July and August before the programme returned on Wednesdays, 7.30pm, now 30 minutes long.
72 Don't Get Your Feet Wet (October 19th 1955) also in this cast: Stanley Groome as Mr Bawden, Queenie Barrett as Mrs Bawden, Ian Jamieson as Youth, Donald Wilson as Boy, Nigel Arkwright as Policeman and George Howe as Old Gentleman (No Sheila Sweet or Peter Bryant)
83 Sour Grapes (January 4th 1956) with Spencer Hale as Arthur and Frederick Treves as Mr Reed (No Edward Evans)
89 Leaving Home- second part (February 15th 1956)
Cast also included: Edwina Randell as Jean Macfarlane, Michael Ward as Clarence Marsh, Frederick Treves as Mr Reed and Manville Tarrant as Jim.
Now still on Wednesdays but shown from 7.30pm to 7.50.
96 Olive Green (April 4th 1956) with Anneke Willys as Olive Green, and Donald Wilson as Neddy (no Sheila Sweet)
108 For Kindnesses Received (June 27th 1956) with Nan Braunton as Miss Jones, Joan Young as Ethel, Owen Berry as Mr Cutlake and Philip Howard as Head Waiter. Radio Times that week had a photo of the family on a visit to the North Goodwin Lightship.
There was a summer break again, after this programme until the end of September. It returned Wednesdays 7.15-7.35pm.
113 No Peace for Dad (Oct 31st 1956) with Nan Braunton, Manville Tarrant, Etain O'Dell as Miss Barge, Robert Young as a Workman
131 Fear - part 2 (March 6th 1957)
with Nan Braunton, Sam Jephcott as Rodney, Lawrence James as Tony, Roger Gage as Will, Christopher Hodge as First Police Constable, Hartnell Stone as Second Police Constable and Stanley Groome as Police Sergeant (in a different part, see Oct 19th 1955).
(No Edward Evans)
The programme now moved to Fridays, 6.55-7.15pm.
136 A Match for Everybody (April 26th 1957).
With Nan Braunton, Sam Jephcott, Grace Arnold as Mary Dean, Trevor Reid as Clive Dean, Mary Holland as Jane and Owen Berry as Gate Man (in a different part, see Jun 27th 1956).
This script by Warren Mitchell
137 Gran's Birthday (May 3rd 1957).
With Nan Braunton, Sam Jephcott, Mary Holland,
Madoline Thomas as Mrs Prescott-Grayland, George Howe as Mr Phelps (see also Oct 19th 1955) and Arthur Hosking as Mr Dodd.
This script by Trevor Peacock
138 House Bound (May 10th 1955)
Also with Sam Jephcott and Gordon Phillott as Mr Peacock.
(No Edward Evans, Carole Mowlam or Margaret Downs)
This script by Sheila Hodgson
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COMPACT (BBC)
A serial set in the offices of a women's magazine, created by the top pairing of Hazel Adair and Peter Ling. I always thought it dreadfully prim and dull, though some later storylines were apparently quite advanced for their day. The trouble was, if you enjoyed Emergency- Ward Ten, you couldn't watch Compact as the Tuesday editions of both programmes went out at the same time. Unless you had a video recorder, you had to choose, and although EW10 did suffer a drop in ratings, it held up better than Compact.
My review of two surviving programmes:
2 Advice to Readers (January 1962) - Alison Gray's starstruck 15 year old daughter has run away, so why not write the Problem Page about Alison's own difficulty? The girl runs to Ted Willis, THE Ted Willis in fact, and is given a reality check. Well TW was no actor, and he certainly sets a poor example to the aspiring actress, with several muffed lines! Other storylines- an irritable Mark struggles to find a gripping serial whilst Richard (the excellent Moray Watson) arranges a display of "bangles, beads and baubles." With a circulation of only 200,000 there's plenty of pressure to attract more readers. But one is certainly put off by edition no2, for when Alison's daughter reads about herself, she runs away again!
373 Journey's End (1965) - The final episode.
This finale has some happy endings for the characters, if not for some of the cast who faced unemployment.
An office party rounds off a happy day.
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CORONATION STREET (Granada)
Many episodes have been reissued on dvd of Granada's most successful iconic soap opera.
However I cannot claim to be a fan, so this section is as bare as Ena Sharples' heart.
Episode Number 1 (December 9th 1960)- surely noone involved in this first episode could possibly have realised the programme would last 50 years, or even that one member of the cast would still be in it in 2010?!
Episode Number 700 (August 1967)- An interesting location day with the female inhabitants of the Street on a tour of a
stately home whilst the lads have a drinking trip on a canal barge. With an appearance from
the unique Arnold (Dad's Army) Ridley.
The series has now clocked up over 7,500 episodes. William Roache is the longest serving member of cast, a truly mammoth length of service of 51 years.
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EMERGENCY WARD 10 (ATV)
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First programme: Tuesday February 19th 1957 at 7pm. Then every Tuesday and Friday.
First producer was Antony Keary. The creator and first scriptwriter was Tessa Diamond, herself the daughter of a doctor.
The first stories depicted the experiences of two probationary nurses played by Jill Browne and Rosemary Miller. Originally the six week series was to have been named after the latter's character Calling Nurse Roberts. Eventually EW10 ran for ten years, almost though not quite, sadly, reaching the 1,000th edition.
The setting was Oxbridge Hospital, somewhere in Hampshire.
Useless Information Department: In 1957 rehearsals were held above a pub in Marchmont Street near Russell Square in London.
In 1965, there were five make-up artists working at Elstree on this series. Miss Maureen Lee was in charge.
The following year, the successful format was unwisely changed. I think this was the work of the otherwise successful producer Josephine Douglas. The final half hour programme was shown on Friday September 23rd 1966. However the show returned next month in one weekly 55 minute story.
A typical viewer reaction was summed up in this letter (TV Times 25 Feb 67), "is there any hope of a return to the old style EW10? I have reserved judgment,
hoping for better things... we now see our favourite hospital staff only two or three at a time and they appear to be merely a background for phoney characters in phoney stories." The show was shortened to 45 minutes in length and struggled on on Saturday evenings or Sunday afternoons, depending on your ITV region, until the last story at the end of June or July 1st, entitled The Last Dance. It's good to record that Iris Russell who had played Nurse Mary Stevenson in the very first story, appeared in this as well as long standing Peter Howell as Mr Harrison who had first played this character in 1958. Other 'old timers' in this special final story included Dorothy Smith as Sister MacNab (first appearance in December 1959) and Walter Horsbrugh.
Most of the stories outlined below have been thankfully preserved on the Network dvds. Here are my brief reviews.
247 - 30th June 1959 - Nurse Jo Buckley (Barbara Clegg) is dreamy as she's just become engaged to Chris Anderson.
And Dr Peter Harrison is just back from America, his first task to try and gee up painter Mary Cunningham (Maxine Holden), injured in a coach crash.
Dr Forrester is treating Mr Fortune, who has been diagnosed with a brain tumour.
Dr Donald Latimer (John Carson) examines a man who has fallen from a horse and with Dr Harrison performs an operation.
The nurses are discussing plans for a proposed recreation room. Everything is prepared for the arrival of an important sheik....
(probably) 248- 3rd July 1959- Patients include His Serene Highness ("a spoilt child") who refuses
to have his "clips" removed by so unimportant a personage as Dr Dawson.
There's also a professional ballroom dancer recuperating after a botched operation on his
leg. Will he sue? "What an outrageous idea!" Then in casualty there's Mr Grimes
(Gordon Phillott) who announces "I've swallowed me teeth!" A lot of x-rays are needed to
locate his "grinders." Behind the scenes Dr Harrison is meeting the new architect
Charles Wood, trying to undo the botched building works. "Mr Harrison's bark is
much worse than his bite," Wood is told. And we see Sister Mary (Iris Russell)
starting her rather disconcerting time and motion study, which even extends to
checking on poor Dr Harrison cooking in his own kitchen
254 - 24th July 1959 - By now Mr Fortune is recovering from his operation. One patient, Ruby Ellis finds Nurse Jo's engagement ring, and keeps it!
It had already been a bad day for Jo, as she was the only nurse not to receive her examination results.
A patient in casualty has acid burns on his hands but is discharged after treatment. Potter the porter is sent dashing after him when it's realised it could be more serious:
"if that acid gets into the blood stream, it may start convulsions." A new volunteer nurse, Angela, is introduced, working on Women's Medical. Sister Mary
continues her Time and Motion study
255 - 28th July 1959 - In Ante-Natal, a South African, Mrs Cutler,
who has recovered from TB, is pregnant. Carole Young suspects Miss Ellis of
stealing articles including Jo's ring, so asks the vicar to make inquiries. Dr
Harrison's building works are going ahead, now he and Dr Dawson, who is just
back from France and raving about his girl friend, are having to judge the Baby
Show at the fete. With 220 entries, it's going to be a long afternoon! To
relieve the tension, Dawson plays around on a motor scooter and in the worst
staged accident in tv history, runs someone over. The man is rushed to Casualty:
"he's in pretty poor shape"
260 - 14th August 1959 - One of the few patients we see is an arsonist known as Mr X (Colin Douglas); a reporter
(Donald Churchill) sniffs out his identity. The focus of this story is The Wedding, as Nurse Jo sheds a last lingering look at her old haunts,
and becomes a little morbid. She cheers up when Chris Anderson's mother helps her prepare for the Big Day. Chris himself is enjoying his last
night with best man Simon Forrester, maybe becoming a little too jolly, such as when they lose, of course, the ring: "what about forresting you Dr Frisk?"
In a nearly very fine scene, he sobers up with Dr Harrison: "marriage is a very serious thing." The ceremony and reception follow in the cramped studio
261 - 18th August 1959 - After the heights of the wedding, this is not at all absorbing. Mr X turns out to be named Archie Briggson and contemplates suicide.
Staff are doing more dating than working, de la Roux takes Sister Stevenson to dinner, whilst Dr Forrester is smitten by the colonel's granddaughter (Maureen Beck).
Nurse Blake is to meet architect Charles Wood, but he stands her up
262 - 21st August 1959 - Dr Dawson is being sued by the colonel for £200 over the scooter accident (in story 255), but is persuaded to put in a counter claim.
Sue, the colonel's granddaughter persuades the old man to drop the case. Dr Harrison is jealous after de la Roux's evening with Mary Stevenson: "what an absurd name
for a doctor. Sounds more like a conjuror!" There's plenty of fun at the staff tennis tournament- we only see the crowd and hear the sound of the ball. As for the patients-
Joe Masters, "model patient" is now ready to be discharged whilst "our Mrs Hill" (Dandy Nichols) who used to run the cafe over two years earlier, is back with a mystery illness that
causes Dr Forrester to admit her
263 - 25th August 1959 - Whilst Mrs Hill is diagnosing other patients' illnesses, Dr Simon Forrester is having more difficulty working out what's wrong with her.
Briggson faces arrest, but has medical complications, more when his wife comes to the hospital, though "a kerfuffle" is avoided. Peter Harrison is still harking back to Sally's death over a year ago.
"Sally is still a large part of my life," he tells Mary Stevenson, and their relationship remains unresolved. A new restaurant, The Hayloft run by a friend of Bill, is opened, early
customers including Simon and Carole, Sue and Alan Dawson who find it "more like a morgue"
265 - 1st September 1959 - Ahhh! Chris and Jo are back from a "marvellous" honeymoon, and back to work, he helps diagnose
Mrs. Hill's tumour, before accepting the post of temporary locum of the fearsome de la Roux. Archie Briggson is more cheerful, but there's new crisis looming.
From 100 miles away a student phones to report his 8 month pregnant wife has contracted polio, and "polio man" Dr Harrison is away this week! The student drives his wife to Oxbridge...
266 - 4th September 1959 - An extended look at the treatment pregnant polio victim Wendy Faulkner receives in a fearsome looking Iron Lung, more like a "spaceship." Dr Harrison and de la Roux
examine her, whilst her anxious husband watches and waits. Elsewhere Dr John Brooks is being turned down for adoption, so maybe this is a hint of the outcome of Wendy's operation? As that master of understatement Dr Harrison
has it: "the next 48 hours may be a bit tricky"
268 - 11th September 1959 - Awaiting her baby to be born, Wendy still lies in the Iron Lung.
Mrs Hill is scheduled for a sudden operation, "doing a Stirling Moss down the corridor."
Dawson and Forrester squabble over Nurse Susan Campbell, and Dr Harrison has to miss the opening of his new unit,
when he's called away urgently. Finally there's a new patient, Mrs Gibson- is she as she implies, being poisoned by her husband?
269 - 15th September 1959 - Alan Dawson finally gets his date with Sue, only to be interrupted by his French friend Jacqueline!
De la Roux deals with "least happy mother" Mrs Garland, after her premature labour. An exchange transfusion is needed for the baby, but is Sam her husband the father?
Chris Anderson nearly falls out with Jo over it. Another urgent problem is whether police should be contacted about Mrs Gibson's confirmed poisoning
270 - 18th September 1959 - Sam Garland is told he's not the baby's father and gloomy Mrs Gibson is cheered up slightly by Mrs Hill. After Alan Dawson's disastrous date with Sue, Simon Forrester cashes in and dates her.
Then Wendy Faulkner goes into labour
385 - 25th October 1960 - Miss Carson (Julia Foster) faces a long road to recovery after being nearly crippled.
About to run away from home, Eileen (Katy Wild) has fallen downstairs, and is placed in the adjacent hospital bed for observation. But the two girls are rivals for Martin's hand.
Alan Dawson has the hard job of choosing a new secretary, then nervously receives his first private patient, the mayor. Audrey, his fiancee, spends her birthday having her sinuses washed
386 - 28th October 1960 - mechanical continuation of the storyline, Eileen Crawley's operation, Miller in charge: "do you see what I see?"- it's a giant cyst. Mr Barrow's stitches come out, allowing him time to worry about his
estranged wife, which gives him a turn for the worse. Plans are in an advanced stage for the staff halloween party
387 - 1st November 1960 - another dull episode: Anne Carson very slowly improves and rather snubs her boyfriend when he visits. Tom Barrow is an equally irritable patient, though
his cough is now "productive." The not very well attended staff halloween party is a bit of a frost, to watch as well as attend, until Dr John Faulkner swaps clothes with Nurse Foster. Matron spots him lurking outside the nurses' home, lurking in the
rhododendrons, but thankfully Dr Harrison sorts out a storm in a teacup
388 - 4th November 1960 -Audrey shows Aunt Alison from Edinburgh around town, including a thinly attended fashion show.
Alan Dawson's new private patient has been seen by "the lot," for doctors are her "hobby." But he does fix the date with Audrey.
Mrs Barrow is told by Mrs Nesbitt that her husband won't see her. She's frightened as she has been borrowing on the hp.
Miss Crawley continues to worry about Martin and Anne.
Visitor Mrs Crane faints, and Mrs Nesbitt sorts out about looking after her cats
389 - 8th November 1960 - Actress Brownie makes a return, to borrow money from her sister Joan. Mrs Crane's feet are still tingling and Barrow stubbornly refuses convalescence,
though the almoner attempts to reunite him with his wife Lily. The wedding date is finally settled as Nov 25th, and it's a gigantic wedding list- 110 guests!
390 - 11th November 1960 - Anne Carson is much more cheerful but is apprehensive when Dr Harrison insists she stands up for the first time.
Mrs Crane has recovered after her sternal puncture, but Dr Anderson suspects pelvic tb- "you're right," agrees Dr Whittaker.
Sister Joan Phillips' afternoon out with Derek is cut short when they find Brownie has had a haemorrhage, and they rush her to Oxbridge. Twice we see actor Brian Nissen's watch, which at least,
as it reads 7.45, proves the show was shown live!
391 - 15th November 1960 - Dr Rennie quizzes Brownie about her mystery illness. Tom half patches things up with his wife, though Anne Carson is in tears having thrown out Martin.
Alan Dawson's past catches up with him in the shapely form and "soupy voice" of Karen Phipps who still holds a torch for him, "you'll be Sir Alan before you know where you are!"
Audrey resolves to face up to her, and all ends happily
392 - 18th November 1960 - Potter, the head porter, cheers Brownie up, and kindly lends her £2. She undergoes a barium meal, in one of the more documentary-type of stories.
Dr Harrison is agitated about the lack of soundproofing in the new hospital wing, but can't raise the issue properly at the committee meeting because the building contractor Mr Amberson
develops renal pains. Complications ensue when Dr Whittaker treats him, for he's actually Alan Dawson's very first private patient
393 - 22th November 1960 - Dawson is back to "crush" Amberson's stone. "What's the fee? he asks. We watch a bit of the op- Dawson's first patient,
Amberson jokes afterwards, "fortunately, I've survived." Brownie is feeling "sorry for herself," a thoroughly unlikeable character, and Dr Whittaker seeks a second opinion.
Mr Fosdick, a butcher, has again dislocated his shoulder, the almoner works out how his shop can stay open. The episode ends with Alan Dawson's stag party, very mild
394 - 25th November 1960 - Audrey doesn't eat a hearty breakfast on her wedding day. Alan is feeling the effects of his stag night.
Happiness is marred by the news of Audrey's father's serious illness, though she is not told how bad he is.
There's a good moment when Dr Whittaker, who has agreed to give the bride away at the last moment, practises his role with De la Roux. 2.30pm is the time for the wedding, and Whittaker nearly forgets his line.
Treating a diabetic, Dr Rennie has to miss it all, the exceptionally brief speech by best man Dr Harrison, the cake cutting and plenty of laughs from telegrams from old friends.
But one telegram has to be kept from the happy couple...
396 - 2nd December 1960 - Dr Rennie treats an unconscious patient, a "big noise" at the Ministry named Richard Wralford-Smith (Brian Oulton). Brownie Bevan is still depressed, and depressing us, but is now ready for Brooks to operate- it all goes "very well."
And jovial Dr Paddy O'Meara has returned from West Africa- "everything's changed here"
397 - 6th December 1960 - Rehearsals for the Christmas concert seem far too loud, disturbing a restless Brownie on her bed of pain.
Richard is taken to Thamebridge Hospital for neuro surgery conducted by Dr Mozart (Gerard Heinz) in another semi-documentary interlude.
Alan and Audrey Dawson have a happy meal reminiscing with Carole and Paddy.
399 - 13th December 1960 - Pregnant Christine Baxter develops bronchitis, while her husband Tony loses his job. Richard is recuperating, but his wife Celia finds out about his 'other' visitor, girlfriend Susan. New casualty officer Don Nolan starts work and gives Paddy
advice on his lecture to nurses on witchdoctors, hardly improving the content with a lot of "African blarney"
400 (16th December 1960) - 19 months pregnant Mrs Baxter receives a worrying letter from Tony's former employer. Dr Nolan starts in casualty with a gaffe- old Mrs Harbottle has abdominal pains, but Dr O'Meara remembers her as a malingerer. He however has his own difficulties persuading
Dr Whittaker to give him a temporary locum
401 (20th December 1960) - final rehearsal for the Christmas show tempts the "lousy" Brownie to sneak preview, against Dr Rennie's orders, with disastrous results.
Nolan's opinon on the "antediluvian" Oxbridge goes down not at all well, and his treatment of an emergency with a cut hand isn't quite orthodox either
402 (23rd December 1960) - Christine Baxter is worried her baby might be affected by her operation. Mary Nesbitt visits Mrs Parry but forgets to 'switch' her phone. Later she remembers and finds the old lady distressed,
with a broken hip- "will it get all right, doctor?"
Richard Wralford-Smith is "covered with confounded spots," and pestered by visits from Susan and wife Celia. "What have you decided?"
405 (3rd January 1961) - Mrs Baxter's operation is tomorrow, but her husband persuades her it's very dangerous and she asks for it not to proceed.
Mr Lipton is dangerously ill, but won't tell Dawson what drugs he has been taking. By "oblique" methods, he does come clean, and this gives Paddy the notion to attempt similar methods on Christine Baxter. Joanna, Audrey's sister (Dorothy Gordon) knows she is ill, is it glandular fever?
406 (6th January 1961) - After discussion of the floods, there's a nicely done cosy chat between Desmond Carrington and Jane Downs.
The focus is on Mrs Baxter, but her consultant Mr Powell gets stuck in the lift during a power cut. Finally the op proceeds, Dr Chris Anderson watching. But he is worried himself, for he hasn't heard from his wife Jo, and the floods are rising. When the operation is over, Tony Baxter is at last able to smile at his wife. Joanna Harvey's illness continues to puzzle until the test results come through, though even now an accurate prognosis is not possible
408 (13th January 1961) - "All hands to the pump," literally during the floods. But Chris is stunned- Jo and their baby drowned! Carole consoles his mum, while Paddy and John Rennie help drown his sorrows in the pub. Joanna Harvey is still wondering if something is "ghastly wrong" as Dr Whittaker performs a liver biopsy. A new patient is the Bishop of Oxbridge, his arm in a sling
409 (17th January 1961) -Another fine scene starts the story off, Peter Harrison comforting Chris as best he can, "I want to die too." Joanna is encouraged by Paddy, who tests his own theory on her illness surreptiously in the sluice. Success, which puts him on top of the world, humming the latest Adam Faith hit.
A professor with burns is admitted by Dr Nolan to bed six. Another in casualty is Jacky aged 11 with diabetes. He's brought in by a friend from next door, Gladys (Annette Whiteley, not convincing as yet in her acting career), who sneaks Jackie out of the hospital, "he'll be in a coma..."
410 (20th January 1961) - Rather weak acting from several, including one need for a prompter. 3% sugar, Jackie's sugar level, "that could be fatal." Gladys promises to say where Jackie might be hiding if the leader of their gang Frankie agrees. It's a derelict boatbuilder's hut. It's touch and go as Paddy reaches him. The prof's burns are treated by Dr Sitje, but what is wrong with the patient's eyesight?
411 (24th January 1961) - Perhaps the series was now at its peak. Though the confident prof forgets one line at a vital moment before King the opthalmologist examines him thoroughly. Later he conducts a field of vision test, and diagnoses a tumour. From her hotel room, Miss April Sands (Anna Cropper), having been jilted by one Ted, is weeping. Downstairs Chris Anderson is similarly depressed, on his last day. Dr Whittaker and Peter Harrison join him but are then asked by the manager (Trevor Reid) to treat a suicide in Room 103. She's going to be a "pet patient," Audrey Dawson observes later. It's all so calm compared with today's medical frenzy. Joanna is still being treated by Paddy O'Meara, "you're getting better." So it's farewell to Chris, "don't drift," Peter Harrison advises him in all seriousness, and it's left to Paddy to cheer 'em up
412 (27th January 1961) - This story is based on the women's ward with Joanna about to leave ("can't wait to get out of here") flying out to Entebbe tomorrow. April admits to Dr Whittaker "I was a fool." A new nurse Jill, Puss to her friends, commences night duty for the first time, with lights out at 9pm- really! Mrs Small keeps everyone awake with her noises, then at 11pm Casualty ask for a coronary to be admitted so a bed is prepared. Dr O'Meara treats the new patient with morphine, and while resting in the kitchen, takes a shine to 'Puss,' who does up a makeshift bed for him in a wheelchair
414 (3rd February 1961) - The prof, his head shaved undergoes his operation. Audrey Dawson deals with her own delicate problem of being behind on the HP payments as well as giving April advice, it turns out she is expecting. Peter has another of his chats with Chris and a jolly dentist is assisted by Dr Rennie, though extracting teeth isn't that jolly. A new patient, Mr Crowther, is admitted after his ceiling had fallen on him
416 (10th February 1961) - The prof is now chatting up Nurse Carole Young. But the main action is in Casualty where Chris is on duty. "Holy terror" Myfanwy Pritchard proves more trousblesome than her husband with his "nasty cough" (that we never hear!). Pneumonia, so he has to be admitted. Returning patient Mrs Banks (Diana Coupland) is found to have a breast abscess which is quickly removed while Dr Rennie is left to feed her baby
417 (14th February 1961) - Film of the new wing: Paddy's scheme for burying a canister in the foundation is not well received, but vanity brings the consultants round, and they hijack the scheme. Paddy, in between chatting up Nurse Sue Cornish, collects his own souvenirs, and in a touch of farce, Dr Nolan swaps the consultants' learned material for more ephemeral stuff, "what a laugh." But the last laugh isn't with Mr Pritchard whose belongings are the items accidentally buried. More seriously, six year old Tricia Hare is brought into Casualty and Dr Nolan diagnoses diphtheria and performs an urgent tracheotomy to make the point to viewers of the importance of immunisation
418 (17th February 1961) - well written script by Rachel Grieve about Nurse Carole Young, who reflects on her four years in the hospital. At the end, Paddy treats her to a meal and they go over old times and friends, Pat Roberts, why she didn't marry John etc. Paddy informs Jock that his ulcer hasn't healed, but the operation needed is turned down, until Jock blacks out in the bathroom. "Nothing to worry about." Pritchard is also anxious over more Xrays that Chris Anderson believes are necessary. Lonely Mr Crowther has forgotten that it's his birthday, Mr Harding arranges a game of bingo with a fixed result for him, and Carole gives him a lovely cake
419 (21st February 1961) - Harold de la Roux is "pure marshmallow," though Dr Rennie is scared enough of him. De la Roux does comfort a depressed Mrs Grimston then treats an emergency, back again Miss Sands, whose abortion has gone wrong. Pritchard is surprisingly cheered after worrying about his will, when he is informed he only has a cyst. Peter has another of his heart to hearts with Chris, who is patently overworking. Paddy throws a party, another party, where John Rennie and Carole patch it up
420 (24th February 1961) - After the party, a reflective Paddy plays squash with Bingle (Neil Hallett). Mr Parrish (Frederick Piper) is brought into Casualty, injured in a road accident, and is treated by Dr Nolan. He has several fractured ribs, and Chris Anderson has then to treat him for a collapsed lung. Another casualty is the excitable Mrs French, who needs stitches. On a lighter note, the staff rehease an awful play, organised by Carole, written by the son of consultant Brooks, and Paddy & Co decide to jolly it up
421 (28th February 1961) - Mr Parrish's daughter brings dad some mementoes. A poignant moment as consultant Curtis sympathises with the old man about widowhood, while recently widowed Dr Chris Anderson listens impassively. Pritchard signs the pledge before his operation, but his formidable wife insists he is discharged to go back home to Wales. Curtis puts her nicely down and the operation proceeds, pictures nicely overlaid with Pritchard's dream of his dog and their sheep, look you. Footnote: the books on sister's shelf look anything but medical!
709 (2nd June 1964) - Alf Thrush 's throat is still tight, and he's put into an oxygen tent. Irritating Aussie cricket journalist Doyle keeps trying to work in bed. A pharmacist is admitted with appendix problems. New Senior Registrar Guy Marshall is called to look at a girl who'd been spring cleaning and fallen from a window. Matron is retiring after 25 years, and the evergreen Chris Anderson is organising a presentation
712 (12th June 1964) - Doyle is worried his girl May Gordon might inform his employers he's reporting on the cricket at second hand. "Unprepossessing" youngster Eric Poole gets a bad eye after his teacher Miss Jane Drew hits him. She is now in casualty, agitated, with high blood pressure, "with her symptoms she could be dying." With Eric being treated by new houseman Gittings, his mother stirs things up getting the local paper to pick up the story
714 (19th June 1964) - Poole imagines he's going blind, while Miss Drew has a nosebleed. Peter Harrison awaits the new matron Stevenson's arrival- an old flame. The main drama, and for once it is an emergency, is with Dr Chris Anderson, about to go on leave, who is bitten by a mamba snake, and "there isn't any anti venom." It's "life and death... blood letting.. there's nothing else to do!" 24 hours to wait to see if it works... A suspenseful well scripted piece of near tragedy
715 (23rd June 1964) - Shallow breathing, that's Chris' condition as the long night drags on. "Very dicey," though it confirms to a panicking Frances Whitney that she really loves him. Finally, and perhaps a little too suddenly, he's "over the hump," and the sense of crisis moves over to Frances when he tells her she's not quite for him. In the other storyline, Eric Poole is still being obnoxious while Jane Drew's still depressed. Marilyn Cox, Eric's girlfriend, might hold the key to the problem
716 (26th June 1964) - Dr Whitney has been "packed off" for a rest. Dr Grant is on Miss Drew's side as he despises this "mods and rocker nonsense," but Eric's dad goes round the hospital and sorts out the tangle of lies. Anyway Eric's sight recovers. In the staffroom, discussion of the matter broadens into what Louise describes as the collapse of society
724 (24th July 1964) - The main storyline features Dr Giles Farmer (John White) and his incorrigible dad ("the trouble he causes"), who's admitted into casualty after a fainting spell. Has he got lung cancer? Gruff Dr Grant orders a full investigation.
Also about actress Sally Graham (Annette Andre) who has a difficult relationship with her producer Charles ("watch it sweetie, you're upset."). She finds an admirer in Dr Gittings before she's discharged.
And new matron's reforms are revealed.
726 (31st July 1964) - Dr Grant is now occupied with a runaway newlywed (Natasha Pyne) who has a broken back. But he still has time to ogle "overpowering" Barbara Dodge (Marti Stevens) who's arrived from the US to date "best looking" Dr Marshall (Tom Adams). She sings one extraordinary song.
Also about matron's reforms, which are nearly put on hold after some diplomacy.
And Dr Giles' dad is finally discharged to a sanatorium.
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TV Times No 208 contained Tessa Diamond's article on the main characters in the series as at Oct 1959.
Simon Forrester (Frederick Bartman) followed his father's footsteps, reading medicine at Cambridge. He switched from surgery to medicine and was promoted to Registrar under Dr Whittaker. His French mother remarried, and his sister Emma lives with her in London.
Australian Alan Dawson (Charles Tingwell) had an explosive relationship with Forrester in the early days, perhaps partly due to Dawson having a chip on his shoulder "the size of the Empire State building." He also clashed with Forrester over their girl friends, though Dawson was to marry Audrey Blake in November 1960. He had a hard struggle earlier in life but now has risen to Registrar.
Nurse Carole Young (Jill Browne)- yes, she started in nursing mostly to meet the opposite sex, and to get away from her unhappy home where her divorced mother had remarried. After her stepfather had had a heart attack she left Oxbridge to be with her mum, but returned in 1959 and became specially close to new casualty officer John Rennie.
In August 1959 Nurse Jo Buckley (Barbara Clegg) became Jo Anderson married Chris, whose best man was Simon Forrester, and she was given away by Dr Peter Harrison, with bridesmaids Carole Young and Nurse O'Keefe. Brought up in an orphanage, she and her baby were to tragically die in floods in Jan 1961.
Peter Harrison (Peter Howell), orthopedic registrar, also supervises the Polio Unit. Tragedy struck in his life when his wife Sally died in a car accident, and, to enable him to continue his career, their small baby Daniel had to be cared for by his mother.
A few further titbits on other characters, all of whom were given star billing for some or all of their sojourn in EW 10:
Chris Anderson (Desmond Carrington) did have a few tiny parts in the early episodes in February 1957. But his long stay on the hospital staff really began in October 1958, and was billed as a star from Spring 1959.
Mary Stevenson (Iris Russell) starred in the first story as a nurse, by October 1958 she had worked her way up to sister, eventually becoming matron. She returned for the final programme in 1967.
Dr O' Meara (Glyn Owen) was a popular character from the first story. He disappeared, allegedly to Africa in 1958, but returned in December 1960 for about five months.
Audrey Blake (Jane Downs) made her bow in January 1960, and was given a starring credit that May. Her marriage on November 25th 1960 to Alan Dawson, was a highlight of the year. She retired from the series in July 1961, making only a brief return the following June, and again on Christmas Day 1962 for the panto.
Dr Rennie (Richard Thorp) made his entrance in September 1959, and in August 1960 was billed as one of the stars. However the Equity strike at the end of 1961 saw him disappear.
Dr Ralph Bailey (Brian Nissen) made his bow in April 1960, and after a long apprenticeship he was named as one of the stars from May 1961. He left at the end of October 1961, becoming a familar face as a Southern Television announcer.
Dr Don Nolan (Ray Barrett) joined Oxbridge in December 1960, and was made a star in June 1961. His last appearance, like Dr Bailey's, was at the end of October 1961.
Rupert Marsden (Ian Colin). After the Equity dispute was settled, this new character was introduced in May 1962, but he only lasted until that September.
Richard Moone (John Alderton in his first tv role), made his debut in the series in one episode, #533 on September 18th 1962, as a doctor applying for a post at Oxbridge. He became a regular in the series from the following month.
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The Newcomers (1965-1969, BBC)
One of the BBC's regular efforts to create a successful soap opera, this one depicted the relocation of Ellis Cooper's business. Some famous names appeared, including Wendy Richard.
Only a few episodes survived the spirit of Wiping that afflicted the era, including:
166 (May 5th 1967)
Mary (Megs Jenkins) assures Jacob (George Woodbridge) that he's welcome to stay with them as long as he likes, but he then goes missing. Has her nagging driven him away?
At Eden Brothers, Cooper (Alan Browning) has returned, only to find Harrison has been upsetting everyone in his efficiency drive, including Bert who wants to pack it in.
Janet and Philip Cooper (Jeremy Bulloch) worry over their plan to marry, "he could do a lot worse."
A jaded Herbert Button (JG Devlin) faces the wrath of an old mate who wants his money back.
A policeman brings the sad news of Jacob's demise, found dead in a train bound for Leeds, presumably making for Harry and Marge with whom he had lived. His will provides a shock for Mary and husband Charlie, though they also find it quite funny.
Other actors in this story included Naomi Chance, Robert Brown, June Bland and Sandra Payne
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CROSSROADS (ATV)
If you're a glutton for punishment, quite a lot of surviving episodes are available on dvd from the usual outlets.
496 (1966)-
Meg: "Stop making a melodrama out of everything." Surely not!
A romantic lake at night, but not so for Derek who is searching for his wife.
Not so romantic either, is Bill's brusque proposal to Marilyn,
"I'm not leaving here till you promise to marry me." But she's just being "a tease."
"You need someone to look after you," Meg tells Jimmy (Hanley), not proposing, but she
agrees to be Jimmy's mural The Spirit of the Midlands
497
- Of Marilyn: "you're pretty high on their hit parade."
Miss Tatem's dog is found guilty of molesting sheep, but she solves her problem by deciding to move to Portsmouth, with Sandy as company.
1182 (1969)
- There's a lot more overacting and muffed lines now, especially in part one, and even old hand Jack Haig as Archie isn't immune. Part two improves with Meg's appearance- she's laid low with an inexplicable "ringing in her ears."
With Archie attempting to mastermind renovations, it's chaos at the motel! Caroline's dad Tiger (John Gatrell), who's searching for his daughter who's run away with Terry, sums it all up- "is this a madhouse?" he asks
1754 (July 1972)
- "It's awful about Sandy." Keep hoping, says Amy Turtle. "Noone's exactly cheerful today." There's some location shooting at Coventry Cathedral to enhance the sense of worry over the unconscious Sandy. Poor Meg waits anxiously in the hospital. Dr Bill Ryan encourages, "don't give up hope." But Liz has to tell Meg she can't stand ill people, not exactly a comfort
1759 (August 1972) - Tish is engaged to Ted. Amy Turtle is asked to return to the motel. A depressed Meg revives a little as Sandy stirs. "There's no feeling in my legs."
In Coventry Cathedral Timothy Hunter (Derek Farr) reminisces with her over the war years and Sandy's accident. Scenes as she walks through the new cathedral, if this had been a quiz question, you'd never guess this was Crossroads. About Religion maybe? An organ plays over the end titles
1895 (March 1973) - David: "Rosemary, what's wrong?" It's cancer, "I'd rather live in ignorance." More serious issues when an argument centres on abortion. "Feelings, lad," are the winning point for me, as these two contemporary issues are dealt with quite well. To romance, and all Hugh Mortimer can offer Meg according to his rivals is "money, charm, position." But Meg has to be realistic, "it's over Hugh, we've just been daydreaming." But Hugh prolongs the dream
2301 (March 1975) - Meg and Hugh are both jittery as their big day dawns, "blimey you look very grim!" Only a flash of the registry office ceremony then the second part of the programme is given over entirely to the service at the "cathedral" lead by the canon (Edwin Richfield), plus a choir and cast of hundreds. It ends with a smiling Meg and Hugh posing outside
2302 - Back from America, Diane misses the wedding. At the Droitwich Hotel, there's almost a big cast for the happy reception. Stephanie de Sykes sings We'll Find Our Day, and Larry Grayson chauffeurs away the happy couple
2602 (August 1976)- Scandal as Sir Hector books the motel, but on what basis? Glenda hitches a lift on a lorry- "get an ambulance..."
3235 (Dec 79)- Christmas, but no festive spirit from Uncle Reg to Nurse Leonard who wants to date Alison. Meg and Jill go off to church, then a festive party with Meg singing a jolly seasonal song
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WEAVERS GREEN (Anglia)
An East Anglian saga of country vet Alan Armstrong (Grant Taylor) and his younger partner Geoffrey Toms (Eric Flynn). Armstrong is married to Dorothy, 'Dotty' (Megs Jenkins) and they have two children,
Mick (Kate O'Mara), training to be a vet at Cambridge, and Tim, currently at boarding school. Toms has married ex-deb Celia (Georgina Ward), and has moved to Weavers Green to try and get his wayward wife into a more mature attitude to life.
Other regulars included Mrs Vincent, Dotty's daily, and her husband, cowman Bert, Daniel Jessop (John Glyn-Jones) the local poacher and Sam Moneypenny the village bobby.
Well known actors in several stories included Susan George as Belinda Fielding, Edward Underdown as Bobby Brent, Michael Gough as Felix Cutler, Sheila Fearn as Sue Patterson, Dennis Waterman as Will Akers, Wendy Richard as Jean and Maurice Kaufmann as Derek Swan.
1 (7th April 1966) - A-speeding along a country lane, this car gives a sudden screech of brakes. "Holly where are you?" cries Hazel.
Weavers Green 72- the vet's surgery- Dr Armstrong is summoned to the scene where Hazel is berating the motorist Derek Swan. An injection eases the dog's pain and back in the surgery, x-rays are taken of the right femur. Hazel is comforted at the pub by the apologetic Swan, but she's really worried how her son Colin will react. She meets him off the school bus, and his reaction is sadly rather unconvincingly acted.
A separate sequence shows Armstrong's colleague Geoffrey Toms, who has been TB testing and has then called at an "amateur's" farm, where Langley's pigs are dying. "Will I lose any more?" he asks the vet anxiously. He's so upset he blames anyone and everyone.
Back at the surgery, young Milly is given a chance to help out: "not much pay, only three pounds ten," explains Dotty. Milly gets a tour and sees the slowly recovering Holly.
Colin cycles (on a girl's bike!) to be reunited with his pet, and Dr Armstrong explains to him that she has broken a leg which will be set in plaster, though it's possible that because she's been so shaken up, there may be other internal injuries......
48 (September 1966) -
A-racin' through the churchyard, be Miss Anastasia Patridge, with the startlin' noos that Samantha Dinwiddy has suddenly left the village for Scarborough. First to be treated to the information is old Daniel who's very pleased the old witch has gone.
Then there was this "nasty scene between Geoffrey and myself," recounts Jack, "just after the cricket match." It's all over Geoffrey Toms' wife Celia who Jack's getting a bit too fond of. Dr Armstrong acts as peacemaker and encourages Jack to explore the possibilities of test tube farming. (Well it must be better than an affair with Celia.)
Celia attempts to patch things up with Geoffrey: "I want to stay here with you," she urges, even though her secretarial business has not flourished. It's not an entirely amicable parting.
Arriving in his Rolls Royce, Bernard Haig brings an unusual patient, Cleo the leopard with her bad paw- "I picked her up in Africa."
Preparations are now complete for the return of the recuperating Dotty Armstrong. "She's a-comin'," cries Daniel. She's "still a bit weak," and is given a helpful resume by husband Alan of the series of late- "The Dinwiddys were killing dogs, Daniel was in jail, Geoffrey was furious with Royston, Maggie not knowing what had hit her, Milly was crying...." And PC Moneypenny has been like "that French detective Markwit" and sorted out Alan's problem, for now "the major charge has been dropped." So it all ends happily!
We leave them, with Dotty meeting Bernard, approving of him as a partner for Mick (Kate O'Mara) and Celia and Geoffrey are thrashing out their childlessness
Mr Frederick Dyson from Huddersfield won a newspaper prize of a trip to the Anglia studios for correctly predicting the story line for this final episode.
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The Forsyte Saga
BBC's elegant but rambling 1967 period soap opera with Kenneth More, Nyree Dawn Porter and Susan Hampshire.
Eric Porter was the constant star through the entire series, though for stealing the show, my award for a minor role goes to George Benson as the Marquis of Shropshire.
1. A Family Festival - "Oily bounder" Monty marries the "spendiferous" Winifred, whilst Jo ponders an ugly divorce
2. A Family Scandal - Jo realises he's "a parasite," and Soames first encounters the enchanting Irene
3. The Pursuit of Happiness - Frances dies, Juley finds a dog but Soames nearly loses Irene, though she finally consents to marriage, with one condition
4. Dinner at Swithin's - Jo's daughter June is happily engaged to Bosinney, but Irene is now very lukewarm towards Soames
5. The Man of Property - Soames gets Bosinney to design his house at Robin Hill and Jo is reconciled to his dad on the death of Aunt Ann
6. Decisions - Collapse of Soames' marriage, with all the better effect for focussing on this one storyline without so many subplots
7. Into the Dark - Irene hides in a small hotel, Soames though enjoys a triumph in the courts over Bosinney, who suddenly dies
8. Indian Summer of a Forsyte - Happy times at Robin Hill as Uncle Jolyon enjoys reconciliation with Irene. A fine gentle interlude
9. In Chancery - "A blessing" when Helene dies, according to her doctor. "Bounder" Monty leaves for a new life, while Soames ponders marriage
10. The Challenge - In court Winifred's divorce commences. Holly falls for "rotter" Val. Irene hides from Soames in Paris, and meets Jo there
11. In the Web - Are Jo and Irene, in modern parlance, an item? Soames believes so, and sues for divorce. Monty returns in poverty to Winifred
12. Birth of a Forsyte - Soames and Irene divorced, leading to marriages: Soames and Annette, Jo and Irene, then of course two babies are born
13. Encounter - Suddenly it's 1918, the two 'babies' Fleur and Jon secretly are in love, but casting a shadow are their feuding families
14. Conflict - Despite a rival in Michael, 'Cautious Cuthbert', Fleur's love for Jon only deepens as it takes for ever for her to learn of the family skeleton
15. To Let- In the worst moment of the series, almost comic, Jon, after an age, also learns all. Soames and Irene face up as Jon calls off the engagement
16. A Family Wedding - Fleur's marriage on the bounce to nice Michael, but soon she's toying with an affair with his best friend, Wilfrid, a poet
17. The White Monkey - Soames blows a balloon with his business about to burst. He gives Fleur a painting, while a painter discovers a new model
18. Afternoon of a Dryad - The series was gently fading as Wilfrid escapes to "Jericho," and Soames buys a nude
19. No Retreat - Fleur: "There's nothing wrong now except my own nature," as she gives birth. Soames resigns at a stormy shareholders' meeting
20. A Silent Wooing - In Carolina woods, Jon falls in love. Soames calls Fleur's enemy Marjorie a "traitress," and thus Fleur faces a libel suit
21. Action for Libel - "Fuss about nothing," as Soames attempts to cunningly rebuff Marjorie's action for libel, but Fleur is pretty shrewd too
22. The Silver Spoon - Under brilliant persistent questioning in court from Sir James, Marjorie has to yield, but the Mont's victory is hollow
23. Strike - Upper classes at play in the 1926 strike, perhaps the making of Fleur, though has her love for Jon revived? Soames has silent sight of Irene
24. Afternoon at Ascot - Lunchtime with Jon and Anne and then a box at the races as old memories and love revive
25. Portrait of Fleur - Restless, Fleur starts a rest home and has her portrait painted
26. Swan Song - No longer a butterfly, Fleur's "look back" with Jon is partly ended by Irene and partly by her carelessness, in which her father is felled
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Emergency- Ward 10 programme information
Note- Cast lists include the name of the character played by the actor/actress as on their first appearance noted by me.
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1 (Feb 19th 1957) - Douglas Ives (Potter, the head porter) stated, "I was in the very first scene of the series."
2 (Feb 22nd 1957) - in the cast as a patient was Carmel McSharry (Mrs Wilson) the distraught mother of an injured boy.
3 (Feb 26th 1957): with Rosemary Miller (Probationary Nurse Pat Roberts), Jill Browne (Probationer Nurse Carole Young), Iris Russell (Nurse Mary Stevenson), Glyn Owen (Patrick O'Meara), Frederick Bartman (Simon Forrester), Douglas Ives, Aline Waites (Nurse Edwards), Alexander Beaumont (Mr Wilson) and Carmel McSharry. Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: Rex Firkin.
4 (Mar 1st 1957): with Rosemary Miller, Jill Browne, Glyn Owen, Douglas Ives, Aline Waites,
Alexander Beaumont, Carmel McSharry and Dandy Nichols (Mrs Hill). Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: Antony Keary.
7 (now on Monday, March 11th 1957, 7pm): with Rosemary Miller, Jill Browne, Charles Tingwell (Alan Dawson), Frederick Bartman, Glyn Owen, Douglas Ives and John Brooking (Mr Brooks, senior consultant). Script: Tessa Diamond.Director: Rex Firkin.
8 (Mar 15th 1957): with Rosemary Miller, Jill Browne, Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, Glyn Owen, Douglas Ives and Julie Webb (Susan Brooks). Script: Tessa Diamond.Director: Antony Keary.
15 (Apr 8th 1957): with Rosemary Miller, Jill Browne, Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, Glyn Owen, Douglas Ives and Dandy Nichols. Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: Christopher Morahan.
16 (Apr 12th 1957): with Rosemary Miller, Jill Browne, Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, Glyn Owen, Douglas Ives, Peter Howell (Peter Cunningham), and Ruth Kettlewell (Mrs Hackett). Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Rex Firkin.
21 (Apr 29th 1957): with Rosemary Miller, Jill Browne, Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, Glyn Owen, Douglas Ives. Script: Hazel Adair. Director: Rex Firkin.
22 (May 3rd 1957): with Rosemary Miller, Jill Browne, Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, Glyn Owen, Douglas Ives. Script: Hazel Adair. Director: Christopher Morahan.
29 (May 27th 1957): with Rosemary Miller, Jill Browne, Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, Glyn Owen, Douglas Ives. Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Rex Firkin.
30 (May 31st 1957): with Rosemary Miller, Jill Browne, Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, Glyn Owen, Douglas Ives. Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Christopher Morahan.
31 (June 3rd 1957): with Rosemary Miller, Jill Browne, Frederick Bartman, Glyn Owen, Douglas Ives. Script: Hazel Adair. Director: Rex Firkin.
32 (June 7th 1957): with Rosemary Miller, Jill Browne, Frederick Bartman, Glyn Owen, Douglas Ives. Script: Hazel Adair. Director: Antony Keary.
This episode was tenth in the Nielsen TV ratings for June 1957.
33 (Whit Monday June 10th 1957): with Rosemary Miller, Jill Browne, Frederick Bartman, Glyn Owen, Douglas Ives. Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: Rex Firkin.
34 (June 14th 1957): with Rosemary Miller, Jill Browne, Frederick Bartman, Glyn Owen, Douglas Ives. Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: Antony Keary.
35 (now on Tuesdays 7.30pm, June 18th 1957): with Rosemary Miller, Jill Browne, Frederick Bartman, Glyn Owen, Douglas Ives. Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Rex Firkin.
36 (now on Fridays 7.30pm, June 21st 1957): with Rosemary Miller, Jill Browne, Frederick Bartman, Glyn Owen, Douglas Ives. Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Antony Keary.
37 (June 25th 1957): with Rosemary Miller, Jill Browne, Frederick Bartman, Glyn Owen, Douglas Ives. Script: Hazel Adair. Director: John Dinsdale.
38 (June 28th 1957): with Rosemary Miller, Jill Browne, Frederick Bartman, Glyn Owen, Douglas Ives. Script: Hazel Adair. Director: Antony Keary.
39 (July 2nd 1957): with Rosemary Miller, Jill Browne, Frederick Bartman, Glyn Owen. Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: Christopher Morahan.
40 (July 5th 1957): with Rosemary Miller, Jill Browne, Frederick Bartman, Glyn Owen, Douglas Ives. Script: Tessa Diamond.Director: Antony Keary.
41 (July 9th 1957): with Rosemary Miller, Jill Browne, Frederick Bartman, Glyn Owen, Charles Tingwell. Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Christopher Morahan.
The cast lists from now until episode 100
are the same in TV Times for each story, then there are slight variations noted until the first major change with a new cast list in April 1958.
TV Times itself
admitted the cast did have holiday breaks, so without seeing these 'live' stories it will not be possible to be certain of the exact cast for a particular episode in this era. Also one suspects the
patients were not credited, probably because the show went out live.
So the episodes from now until episode 123 all have allegedly the same 5 in the cast.
42 (July 12th 1957): Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Antony Keary.
47 (July 30th 1957): Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: Christopher Morahan.
48 (August 2nd 1957): Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: Rex Firkin.
49 (Aug 6th 1957): Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Christopher Morahan.
50 (Aug 9th 1957): Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Rex Firkin. TV Times celebrated the fiftieth show with a double page spread.
51 (Aug 13th 1957): Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: Christopher Morahan.
52 (Aug 16th 1957): Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Rex Firkin.
53 (Aug 20th 1957): Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: Christopher Morahan.
54 (Aug 23rd 1957): Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Antony Keary.
57 (Sept 3rd 1957): Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Rex Firkin.
58 (Sept 6th 1957): Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Christopher Morahan.
59 (Sept 10th 1957): Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Rex Firkin.
60 (Sept 13th 1957): Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: Antony Keary.
61 (Sept 17th 1957): Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Rex Firkin.
62 (Sept 20th 1957): Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Antony Keary.
67 (Oct 8th 1957): Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Rex Firkin.
68 (Oct 11th 1957): Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Antony Keary.
71 (Oct 22nd 1957): Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Christopher Morahan.
72 (Oct 25th 1957): Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Rex Firkin.
83 (Dec 3rd 1957): Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Christopher Morahan.
84 (Dec 6th 1957): Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Rex Firkin.
89 (Dec 24th 1957): Script: not known. Director: Rex Firkin.
TV Times celebrated the Christmas edition with a picture of head porter Potter (who had not been credited in the magazine for half a year, but is still clearly in the series!). Douglas Ives, who played Potter, later said, "I was in the very first scene of the series. And for three years I appeared regularly."
This TV Times also showed a picture of matron, played by Enid Lindsey, and another of patient Mrs Good played by Peggyann Clifford.
Some of the EW10 cast also participated in the Boxing Day 1957 special 'A Santa for Christmas' in which they were filmed at Belgrave Hospital for Children Kensington.
90 (Dec 27th 1957): Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Christopher Morahan.
93 (Jan 7th 1958): Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Christopher Morahan.
94 (Jan 10th 1958): Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Rex Firkin.
95 (Jan 14th 1958): Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Christopher Morahan.
96 (Jan 17th 1958): Script: Rachel Grieve.
Director: Antony Keary.
97 (Jan 21st 1958): Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: Christopher Morahan.
98 (Jan 24th 1958): Script: Jane Scott Rogers.
Director: Antony Keary.
99 (Jan 28th 1958): Script: Rachel Grieve.
Director: Rex Firkin.
100 (Jan 31st 1958): Apart from the five stars, the cast also included John Paul (RSO Hughes). Script: Tessa Diamond.
Director: Antony Keary
101 (Feb 4th 1958): Also in cast: John Paul Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Christopher Morahan.
102 (Feb 7th 1958): Also with John Paul Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Rex Firkin.
103 (Feb 11th 1958): Also in cast: John Paul Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: Christopher Morahan.
104 (Feb 14th 1958): Also with John Paul Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Rex Firkin.
105 (Feb 18th 1958): Also in cast: John Paul Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Antony Keary
106 (Feb 21st 1958): Also in cast: John Paul Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: Christopher Morahan.
109 (Mar 4th 1958): Also in cast: John Paul Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: Rex Firkin.
110 (Mar 7th 1958): Also in cast: John Paul Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Antony Keary
111 (Mar 11th 1958): Also in cast: John Paul, and Peter Howell (Dr Harrison). Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Christopher Morahan.
112 (Mar 14th 1958): Also in cast: John Paul, and Peter Howell. Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Rex Firkin.
113 (Mar 18th 1958): Also in cast: John Paul, and Peter Howell. Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: Christopher Morahan.
114 (Mar 21st 1958): Also in cast: John Paul, and Peter Howell. Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Rex Firkin.
117 (April 1st 1958): Cast now: Rosemary Miller, Jill Browne, Glyn Owen, Frederick Bartman, Charles Tingwell, John Paul, and Peter Howell. Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Rex Firkin.
118 (Apr 4th 1958): Rosemary Miller, Jill Browne, Glyn Owen, Frederick Bartman, Charles Tingwell, John Paul, and Peter Howell. Script: Jean Scott-Rogers. Director: Christopher Morahan.
Note- Original cast member Glyn Owen left the cast during April 1958. He did return in December 1960.
123 (Apr 22nd 1958):
Cast: Rosemary Miller, Jill Browne, Frederick Bartman, Charles Tingwell, John Paul, and Peter Howell. Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Christopher Morahan.
124 (Apr 25th 1958):
Cast as for Apr 22nd. Script: Rachel Grieve.
127 (May 6th 1958): Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Rex Firkin.
128 (May 9th 1958): Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Christopher Morahan
129 (May 13th 1958):
Cast as for Apr 22nd. Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Rex Firkin.
130 (May 16th 1958):
Cast as for Apr 22nd. Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: not known.
133 (May 27th 1958):
same cast as Apr 22nd.
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Cecil Petty.
134 (May 30th 1958): same cast as Apr 22nd. Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: Christopher Morahan.
145 (July 8th 1958, 8pm):
Starring
Rosemary Miller, Frederick Bartman and Charles Tingwell.
Also with: John Paul, Norah Gorsen (Nurse Ann Guthridge), Shaun O'Riordan (Jake O'Dowd), Barbara Clegg (Nurse Jo Buckley), and Nicholas Meredith (Major Burt).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Cecil Petty.
146 (July 11th 1958):
with Rosemary Miller, Frederick Bartman and Charles Tingwell. Also John Paul, Norah Gorsen, Michael Duffield (George Henderson), and these who had certainly been in earlier stories: Enid Lindsey (Matron), Douglas Ives.
Script: Peter Yeldham. Director: Christopher Morahan.
Summer 1958 saw a fall out among the cast, resulting in changes. One disappointed viewer wrote, "I regret the departure of Pat and Carole." Rosemary Miller as Pat Roberts on whom the series had originally centred, left for good, while Jill Browne as Carole Young disappeared for a year.
155 (Aug 12th 1958):
with Frederick Bartman and Charles Tingwell.
Also Barbara Clegg, Peter Howell, Enid Lindsey, John Brooking, Norah Gorsen,
Mackenzie Ward (Professor Beverley),
Kenneth Watson (Senior house officer Graham),
Yvette Wyatt (Staff Nurse Philips),
Marianne Brauns (Nini Matt), and Shaun O'Riordan.
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Cecil Petty.
156 (Aug 15th 1958):
with Frederick Bartman and Charles Tingwell.
Also
Barbara Clegg,
Peter Howell,
Norah Gorsen,
Kenneth Watson,
Ann Sears (Staff Nurse Morley),
and Marianne Brauns.
Script: Peter Yeldham. Director: Leonard Brett.
157 (Aug 19th 1958):
with Frederick Bartman and Charles Tingwell.
Also
Barbara Clegg,
Norah Gorsen,
Enid Lindsey,
John Brooking,
Liam Gaffney (Nolan),
Marianne Brauns, Shaun O'Riordan.
Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: Rex Firkin.
158 (Aug 22nd 1958):
with Frederick Bartman and Charles Tingwell.
Also
Barbara Clegg,
Norah Gorsen,
Peter Howell,
Enid Lindsey,
Kenneth Watson,
Ann Sears,
Liam Gaffney, and
Shaun O'Riordan.
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Leonard Brett.
165 (Sept 16th 1958, now back in its most familiar slot of 7.30pm):
with Frederick Bartman and Charles Tingwell.
Also
Barbara Clegg,
Norah Gorsen,
Kenneth Watson,
Ann Sears,
Mary Wylie (Nurse Dixon),
Carmel McSharry (Mrs Ford- she had been in an early EW10 story as a different character),
Beckett Bould (Mr Birley),
Erica Houen (Karen Phipps), and
Violet Gould (Madame Lili).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Christopher Morahan.
166 (Sept 19th 1958):
with Frederick Bartman and Charles Tingwell.
Also
Barbara Clegg,
Norah Gorsen,
Kenneth Watson,
Beckett Bould,
Gabrielle Daye (Mrs Abbott),
Barbara New (Mrs Clarke), and
Ian Hendry (Mr Clarke).
Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: not known but likely to be Antony Keary.
167 (Sept 23rd 1958):
with Frederick Bartman and Charles Tingwell.
Also
Barbara Clegg,
Norah Gorsen,
Peter Howell,
Ann Sears,
Gillian Owen (Emma Forrester),
Victor Platt (Ted Sinker)
Valerie White (Dr Weston)
Barbara New and
Ian Hendry.
Script: Margot Bennett. Director: Christopher Morahan.
168 (Sept 26th 1958):
with Frederick Bartman and Charles Tingwell.
Also
Barbara Clegg,
Norah Gorsen,
Beckett Bould,
Yvette Wyatt,
Gabrielle Daye,
Valerie White,
Mary Steele (Clare Merrall), and
Geoffrey Adams (Dr Darren).
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: not known but probably Antony Keary.
169 (Sept 30th 1958):
with Frederick Bartman and Charles Tingwell.
Also
Beckett Bould,
Ann Sears,
Geoffrey Adams,
Kenneth Watson,
Geoffrey Adams,
Yvette Wyatt,
Victor Platt,
Alex Scott ('Ham' Randall), and
Carmel McSharry.
Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: not known but probably A Keary.
170 (Oct 3rd 1958):
with Frederick Bartman and Charles Tingwell.
Also
Barbara Clegg,
Norah Gorsen,
Peter Howell,
Jerold Wells (Mr Bowles),
Gabrielle Daye,
Victor Platt,
Valerie White,
Barbara New and
Ian Hendry.
Script: Margot Bennett. Director: Christopher Morahan.
Note- Frederick Bartman as Simon Forrester left the cast, in the story line he returned to his teaching college.
173 (Oct 14th 1958):
with Charles Tingwell.
Also
Barbara Clegg,
Norah Gorsen,
Kenneth Watson,
Iris Russell (now Sister Stephenson, she had been in the very first stories as a nurse),
Victor Platt,
James Ottaway (Dr Pennington),
Desmond Carrington (Chris Anderson),
Kerry Marsh (Nurse O'Keefe).
Script: Margot Bennett. Director: Christopher Morahan.
174 (Oct 17th 1958):
with Charles Tingwell.
Also
Barbara Clegg,
Norah Gorsen,
Peter Howell,
Ann Sears,
Mary Steele,
Ian Hendry,
Barbara New,
Victor Platt, and
Desmond Carrington.
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Rex Firkin.
175 (Oct 21st 1958):
with Charles Tingwell and Peter Howell.
Also
Barbara Clegg,
Norah Gorsen,
Kenneth Watson,
Ann Sears,
Mary Steele,
Iris Russell,
Geoffrey Adams,
Victor Platt,
and Kerry Marsh.
Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: Christopher Morahan.
176 (Oct 24th 1958):
with Charles Tingwell and Peter Howell.
Also
Barbara Clegg,
Norah Gorsen,
Kenneth Watson,
Ann Sears,
Desmond Carrington,
Iris Russell,
Ian Hendry, and
Marianne Brauns.
Script: Margot Bennett. Director: Antony Keary(?)
179 (Nov 4th 1958):
with Charles Tingwell, Iris Russell and Peter Howell.
Also
Barbara Clegg,
Norah Gorsen,
Douglas Ives,
Ian Hendry,
John Brooking, and
Erica Houen.
Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: probably Antony Keary.
180 (Nov 7th 1958):
with Charles Tingwell, Iris Russell and Peter Howell.
Also
Barbara Clegg,
Desmond Carrington,
Norah Gorsen,
Ian Hendry,
Josephine Stuart (Sylvia Genfell),
Marianne Brauns, and
Jean Aubrey (Nurse Judy Wayne).
Script: Margot Bennett. Director: Cecil Petty.
183 (Nov 18th 1958):
with Charles Tingwell, Iris Russell and Peter Howell.
Also
Barbara Clegg,
Norah Gorsen,
Kenneth Watson,
Ann Sears,
Desmond Carrington,
Marianne Brauns,
Josephine Stuart,
Nita Moyce (Sister Day),
Andre Maranne (Marcel Jacquin), and
Frank Sieman (Tom Barnes).
Script: Margot Bennett. Director: Rex Firkin.
184 (Nov 21st 1958):
with Charles Tingwell, Iris Russell and Peter Howell.
Also
Barbara Clegg,
Norah Gorsen,
Erica Houen,
Josephine Stuart,
Nita Moyce,
Andre Maranne,
Frank Sieman, and
Beatrix Mackey (Mrs Grenfell).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Cecil Petty.
193 (Dec 23rd 1958):
with Charles Tingwell, Iris Russell and Peter Howell.
Also
Barbara Clegg,
Norah Gorsen,
Douglas Ives,
John Brooking,
Erica Houen,
Jean Aubrey,
Shaun O'Riordan,
Owen Holder (Philip Carter),
and David Butler (Dr Williams).
Script: Margot Bennett. Director: probably A Keary.
194 (Dec 26th 1958):
with Charles Tingwell, Iris Russell and Peter Howell.
Also
Barbara Clegg,
Norah Gorsen,
Desmond Carrington,
Kenneth Watson,
Ann Sears,
Nita Moyce,
and Kerry Marsh.
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: probably A Keary.
197 (Jan 6th 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, Iris Russell, Peter Howell and Barbara Clegg.
Also
Jean Aubrey,
Enid Lindsey,
Kerry Marsh,
Shaun O'Riordan,
William Hodge (Capt Kennedy),
Hugh Cross (Emmett Cass), and
Nancy Roberts (Winnie Gale).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Leonard Brett.
198 (Jan 9th 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, Iris Russell, Peter Howell and Barbara Clegg.
Also
Desmond Carrington,
Enid Lindsey,
Kerry Marsh,
William Hodge,
Hugh Cross, and
Eleanore Bryan (Lucy Stoker).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Hugh Rennie.
200 (Jan 16th 1959):
with Charles Tingwell and Barbara Clegg.
Also
Desmond Carrington,
Jean Aubrey,
Ann Sears,
Shaun O'Riordan,
John Carson,
Robert Macleod (Dr Whittaker),
Iris Russell, and
Peter Howell.
Script: Margot Bennett. Director: Christopher Morahan.
Note: Robert Macleod had originally played a brain surgeon visiting Oxbridge. The producer decided he was ideal for the part of stern Dr Whittaker and so Robert played this new role with rimless spectacles, to hide his change of identity
201 (Jan 20th 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, Iris Russell, Peter Howell, and Barbara Clegg.
Also
John Brooking,
Julie Webb,
Robert MacLeod,
Mairhi Russell (Jenny Stevenson),
Hugh Cross, and
Noel Hood (Mrs Anderson).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Hugh Rennie.
202 (Jan 23rd 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, Iris Russell, Peter Howell, and Barbara Clegg.
Also
Desmond Carrington,
Enid Lindsey,
John Brooking,
Julie Webb,
Robert MacLeod,
Noel Hood, and
Kerry Marsh.
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Cecil Petty.
212 (Feb 27th 1959)
Among those in the cast were Barbara Clegg, Desmond Carrington and John Carson (Donald Latimer).
Synopsis: Donald tries to take Jo away from Chris.
217 (Mar 17th 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, Barbara Clegg and Desmond Carrington.
Also
Jean Aubrey,
John Carson,
Gene Anderson (Sister Shelley),
Shaun O'Riordan,
John Miller (Dr Gardner),
John Richmond (Dr Duncan),
David Langford (Brian Reid),
Geoffrey Wearing (Mr Reid),
Brenda Cowling (Mrs Reid),
George Roderick (Mr Haines), and
Noel Dyson (Mrs Haines).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Hugh Rennie.
218 (Mar 20th 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, Barbara Clegg and Desmond Carrington.
Also
Kerry Marsh,
John Carson,
Gene Anderson,
John Richmond,
David Langford,
Brenda Cowling,
Noel Dyson,
AJ Brown (Harry Wright) and
Katherine Parr (Joan Stringer).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Hugh Rennie.
237 (May 26th 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, Frederick Bartman, Barbara Clegg and Desmond Carrington.
Also
Enid Lindsey,
Philip Latham (RSO Barnett),
Geoffrey Denton (Dr Hinchcliffe),
Shirley Thieman (Staff Nurse Craigie),
Monica MacLeod (Sister Walker),
Jeanette Jacobs (Dinah Lowe),
Peter Bartlett (Rodney Lowe),
Soraya Rafat (Shakuntalah Varmi), and
Elizabeth Chambers (Nurse Rogers).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Michael Redington.
238 (May 29th 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, Frederick Bartman, Barbara Clegg and Desmond Carrington.
Also
John Carson,
Philip Latham,
Jeanette Jacobs,
Jan Holden (Caroline Derby),
James Carroll (David Willis), and
Anthony Wilson (Peter White).
Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: Michael Redington.
243 (June 16th 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, Frederick Bartman, Barbara Clegg and Desmond Carrington.
Also
John Carson,
John Miller,
Charmian Eyre (Margaret Saunders),
Elsie Wagstaff (Mrs Saunders),
Anthony Woodruff (Peter Garrett),
Raymond Mason (Mr Fortune), and
Frank Pemberton.
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Cecil Petty.
244 (June 19th 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, Frederick Bartman, Barbara Clegg and Desmond Carrington.
Also
John Carson,
Kerry Marsh,
Charmian Eyre,
Elsie Wagstaff, and
Raymond Mason.
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Cecil Petty.
247 (June 30th 1959):
with Peter Howell,
Also
John Carson,
Shirley Thieman,
Geoffrey Denton,
Raymond Mason (Mr Fortune),
Judth Fellows (Mrs Fortune),
Maxine Holden (Mary Cinnngham),
Arthur Lawrence (Toby le Strange), and
Terence Knapp (Dr O'Reilly).
Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: Peter Sasdy.
Note... John Carson as Dr Lattimer left in the series at the end of June 1959.
254 (July 24th 1959):
with Barbara Clegg, Jill Browne, Frederick Bartman, Iris Russell, and Desmond Carrington.
Also
Enid Lindsey,
Bryan Pringle (Bill Whitby),
Douglas Ives,
Jocelyn Britton (Ruby Ellis),
Raymond Mason,
Felicity Ross (Joy Bates),
and
Brian Murray (Joe Masters).
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: John Nelson Burton.
255 (July 28th 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, Iris Russell, and Peter Howell.
Also
John Forrest (Charles Wood),
Shirley Thieman,
Philip Ray (Mr Hadden, the padre)
Bryan Pringle,
Kenneth Mackintosh (Dr McAlpine),
Sonia Graham (Mrs Delphine Cutler),
Alexander Archdale (Col Turvey),
and
Norman Bird (Policeman).
Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: Peter Sasdy.
260 (Aug 14th 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, Barbara Clegg, Desmond Carrington, Jill Browne, Frederick Bartman, and Peter Howell.
Also
Kerry Marsh,
Philip Ray,
Noel Hood,
Nita Moyce,
Betty Henderson (Night Sister),
Colin Douglas (Archie Briggson),
David Williams (Sergeant Horner), and
Donald Churchill (Jim Ellis).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Cecil Petty.
This episode showed the marriage of Jo Buckley and Chris Anderson.
261 (Aug 18th 1959 now at 8pm):
with Jill Browne, Frederick Bartman, and Iris Russell.
Also
John Barron (Harold de la Roux),
Alexander Archdale,
Colin Douglas,
John Forrest, and
Brian Murray.
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Peter Sasdy.
262 (Aug 21st 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, Iris Russell and Peter Howell.
Also
John Barron,
Kenneth Mackintosh,
Alexander Archdale,
Brian Murray,
Maureen Beck (Sue Campbell),
Joan Phillips (Mrs Masters) and
Dandy Nicholls (returning as Mrs Hill, the character she'd played in early stories- see #4).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Peter Sasdy.
263 (Aug 25th 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, Frederick Bartman, Iris Russell and Peter Howell.
Also
Colin Douglas,
Dandy Nicholls,
Maureen Beck,
David Williams (Sgt Horner), and
Bryan Pringle.
Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: John Nelson Burton.
264 (Aug 28th 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, Frederick Bartman, Iris Russell and Peter Howell.
Also
Alexander Archdale,
Colin Douglas,
Dandy Nicholls,
John Forrest (Charles Wood), and
Robert MacLeod (Dr Whittaker).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: John Nelson Burton.
265 (Sept 1st 1959):
with Jill Browne, Frederick Bartman, Barbara Clegg, and Desmond Carrington.
Also
Colin Douglas,
Pauline Winter (Mrs Briggson),
Dandy Nicholls,
John Barron,
Robert MacLeod,
Wendy Hutchinson (Wendy Faulkner, she is suffering from polio), and
Stephen Hancock (John Faulkner).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Rex Firkin.
266 (Sept 4th 1959):
with Barbara Clegg, Desmond Carrington and Peter Howell.
Also
Colin Douglas,
Robert MacLeod,
John Barron,
John Brooking,
Wendy Hutchinson, and
Stephen Hancock.
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Rex Firkin.
267 (Sept 8th 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, Barbara Clegg, and Peter Howell.
Also
Colin Douglas,
Maureen Beck,
Dandy Nicholls,
Douglas Ives,
Wendy Hutchinson, and
Stephen Hancock.
Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: Cecil Petty.
268 (Sept 11th 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, and Peter Howell.
Also
Dandy Nicholls,
Dudley Jones (Lloyd Evans),
Wendy Hutchinson, and
Stephen Hancock.
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Cecil Petty.
269 (Sept 15th 1959 now back to the familiar 7.30pm start):
with Charles Tingwell, Desmond Carrington and Barbara Clegg.
Also
John Barron,
Maureen Beck,
Margo Cunningham (Ethel Gibson),
Richard Thorp (Dr Rennie),
Denise Seper (Jacqueline Sablon), and
Barbara Mitchell (Mrs Garland)
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: John Nelson Burton.
270 (Sept 18th 1959):
with Frederick Bartman, Desmond Carrington, Barbara Clegg, and Peter Howell.
Also
John Barron,
Margo Cunningham,
Denise Seper,
Dandy Nicholls,
Barbara Mitchell,
Wendy Hutchinson, and
Stephen Hancock.
Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: John Nelson Burton.
271 (Sept 22nd 1959):
with Frederick Bartman, Jill Browne, Desmond Carrington, and Peter Howell.
Also
John Barron,
Margo Cunningham,
Richard Thorp,
Dandy Nicholls,
Trevor Reid (Insp Gort),
Wendy Hutchinson, and
David Lawton (Nick Hardy).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Rex Firkin.
272 (Sept 25th 1959):
with Frederick Bartman, Jill Browne, and Barbara Clegg.
Also
Margo Cunningham,
Richard Thorp,
Fred McNaughton (Mr Gibson),
Wendy Hutchinson, and
Stephen Hancock.
Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: Rex Firkin.
After this programme, Rex Firkin replaced Antony Keary as producer, Keary had been with the series since it had started.
273 (Sept 29th 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, and Desmond Carrington
Also
John Barron,
Kenneth Mackintosh,
Edith Sharpe (Assistant Matron),
John Miller,
Maureen Beck,
Joan Hickson (Miss Knowles),
Tsai Chin (Bun-Mee), and
William Young (Alec Bannister).
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Cecil Petty.
274 (Oct 2nd 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, Barbara Clegg, Desmond Carrington, and Peter Howell.
Also
Richard Thorp,
Margo Cunningham,
Wendy Hutchinson,
John Barron,
Edith Sharpe,
William Young,
Tsai Chin, and
Berry Cooke (Alice Knox).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Cecil Petty.
275 (Oct 6th 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, and Frederick Bartman.
Also
Richard Thorp,
John Barron,
John Brooking,
Maureen Beck,
Julie Webb (Susan Brooks), and
Brian Hedley (Tom Fisk).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Peter Sasdy.
276 (Oct 9th 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, Barbara Clegg and Desmond Carrington.
Also
Richard Thorp,
John Barron,
Robert MacLeod, and
Julie Webb.
Script: Tessa Diamond. Director: Peter Sasdy.
277 (Oct 13th 1959):
with Frederick Bartman, Barbara Clegg and Desmond Carrington.
Also
John Brooking,
Kerry Marsh,
Douglas Muir (Sam Hasernan),
Alan Haywood (Paul Preston),
Robert MacLeod, and
Tony Quinn (Bill White).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: not stated, probably Rex Firkin.
278 (Oct 16th 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, Barbara Clegg and Desmond Carrington.
Also
John Brooking,
Alan Haywood,
Julie Webb, and
Maureen Beck.
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: probably Rex Firkin.
279 (Oct 20th 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, Frederick Bartman and Peter Howell.
Also
Robert MacLeod,
Wendy Hutchinson,
Stephen Hancock,
Pauline Preney (Mrs Matthews)
John Brooking,
Julie Webb,
Kerry Marsh, and
Elsie Arnold (?).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Cecil Petty.
280 (Oct 23rd 1959):
with Jill Browne, Barbara Clegg, Frederick Bartman and Peter Howell.
Also
John Barron,
Richard Thorp,
Robert MacLeod,
Wendy Hutchinson,
Stephen Hancock,
Alan Haywood,
John Brooking,
Julie Webb, and
Anna Turner (Night Sister, later named as Sister Brinsley).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Cecil Petty.
281 (Oct 27th 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, Barbara Clegg, Frederick Bartman and Peter Howell.
Also
John Barron,
Richard Thorp,
Maureen Beck,
Wendy Hutchinson,
Alan Haywood,
Frank Burden (Brigadier Dickens) and
Anna Turner.
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Peter Sasdy.
282 (Oct 30th 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, and Jill Browne.
Also
Richard Thorp,
Manning Wilson (?)
Julie Webb,
John Brooking,
Robert MacLeod
Frank Burden and
Anna Turner.
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Peter Sasdy.
283 (Nov 3rd 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, Barbara Clegg, Frederick Bartman and Peter Howell.
Also
John Barron,
Richard Thorp,
Wendy Hutchinson,
Stephen Hancock,
Frabk Burden,
Anne Ford (?)
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: probably Rex Firkin.
284 (Nov 6th 1959):
with Jill Browne, Barbara Clegg, Frederick Bartman and Peter Howell.
Also
John Barron,
John Brooking,
Julie Webb,
Elsa Arnold,
Wendy Hutchinson,
Kerry Marsh
Anne Ford, and
Robert MacLeod
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: probably Rex Firkin.
285 (Nov 10th 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, Barbara Clegg, and Peter Howell.
Also
John Barron,
Richard Thorp,
Wendy Hutchinson,
Stephen Hancock,
Nigel Lambert (Pringle),
Kathleen Byron (Mrs de la Roux),
Ewen MacDuff(?)
John Slavid (Mr Crawshaw), and
James Donnelly (?)
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: Cecil Petty.
286 (Nov 13th 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, and Barbara Clegg.
Also
Desmond Carrington,
plus
Richard Thorp,
Kerry Marsh,
Wendy Hutchinson,
Stephen Hancock,
(Miss Dennis)
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Cecil Petty.
287 (Nov 17th 1959):
with Charles Tingwell, and Jill Browne.
Also
John Barron,
Kathleen Byron,
John Brooking,
Frank Burden,
Charles Morgan (Peter French),
Richard Thorp,
Stephen Hancock, plus
Yvette Wyatt and
David Butler -both returning after a years absence.
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Peter Sasdy.
TV Times explained Charles Tingwell would be away from the series for a while, as he was making a film in which he played an airline pilot (The film must have been Cone of Silence).
288 (Nov 20th 1959):
with Frederick Bartman, Barbara Clegg, and Peter Howell.
Also
John Barron,
Kathleen Byron,
Wendy Hutchinson,
John Brooking,
Julie Webb,
Charles Morgan and
Yvette Wyatt.
Script: Diane Morgan. Director: Peter Sasdy.
289 (Nov 24th 1959):
with Frederick Bartman, and Jill Browne.
Also
John Brooking,
Julie Webb,
Charles Morgan,
Ronnie Hill (James Hocking, a pathologist),
Sidney Monckton (Frank Birkett) and
Joy Webster (Deborah Knox-Naismith).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Geoffrey Nethercott.
290 (Nov 27th 1959):
with Barbara Clegg, and Peter Howell.
Also
John Barron,
Kathleen Byron,
Wendy Hutchinson,
Stephen Hancock,
Douglas Ives,
Robert MacLeod
Kerry Marsh, and
(Miss Dennis)
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: probably Rex Firkin.
291 (Dec 1st 1959):
with Frederick Bartman, Jill Browne, Barbara Clegg, and Peter Howell.
Also
Douglas Ives,
Charles Morgan,
Errol MacKinnon (Arthur Voss),
Sidney Monckton,
Judy Cxxxx (Jennifer Sheehan),
Ronnie Hill, and
John xxx (Mr Sheehan).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Cecil Petty.
292 (Dec 4th 1959):
with Frederick Bartman, Jill Browne, and Peter Howell.
Also
Kathleen Byron,
Douglas Ives,
Richard Thorp,
Ewan xxx (Dr Rhodes),
John Brooking,
Julie Webb and
Jerry Stovin (Carter Franklyn).
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: Cecil Petty.
293 (Dec 8th 1959):
with Frederick Bartman, and Jill Browne.
Also
Douglas Ives,
Jerry Stovin,
Jennifer Tafler (Marlene Woolley),
Brian O'xxx (Martin Hallett),
Margo Andrew (Penny Foster),
Mary Webster (Jill Reed),
Ronnie Hill, and
Nan xxx (Sister Spragge).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Peter Sasdy.
294 (Dec 11th 1959):
with Barbara Clegg and Peter Howell.
Also
Douglas Ives,
Jerry Stovin,
Stephen Hancock,
Nan ... -Sister Spragge.
Olive Sloane (Mrs Woolley),
Margo Andrew,
Mary Webster,
John Barrie (Sgt Woolley), and
Margaret xxx (Mrs Binns).
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Peter Sasdy.
295 (Dec 15th 1959):
with Frederick Bartman, Jill Browne and Barbara Clegg.
Also
Richard Thorp,
Margo Andrew,
Jennifer Tafler,
Olive Sloane,
John Barrie,
Ronnie Hill,
David Butler,and
Dorothy Smith (Sister Macnab).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Geoffrey Nethercott.
296 (Dec 18th 1959):
with Frederick Bartman, Peter Howell and Barbara Clegg.
Also
Desmond Carrington
With
Mary Webster,
Jerry Stovin,
Douglas Ives,
Vanda Godsell (Mrs Rendell),
Honora Burke (Mrs Lane), and
John Barrie.
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: Geoffrey Nethercott.
297 (Dec 22nd 1959):
with Frederick Bartman, Jill Browne, Peter Howell and Barbara Clegg.
Also
Desmond Carrington
With
John Barron,
Margo Andrew,
Jerry Stovin,
Jennifer Tafler,
Joan Newell (Mrs Wilkins), and
Honora Burke.
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Cecil Petty.
298 (Dec 25th 1959, this programme only scheduled for 7.45pm):
with Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, Jill Browne, and Barbara Clegg.
Also
John Barron,
John Brooking,
Enid Lindsey,
Margo Andrew,
Mary Webster,
Honora Burke, and
Joan Newell.
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Cecil Petty.
299 (Dec 29th 1959):
with Peter Howell.
Also
Richard Thorp,
Margo Andrew,
Mary Webster,
Douglas Ives,
Edith Savil (Home Sister),
Fiona Duncan (Gillian Fletcher),
Ian Ainsley (Denis Brunton),
Honora Burke, and
Vi Stevens.
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: probably Rex Firkin.
300 (Jan 1st 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, Jill Browne, Barbara Clegg. Peter Howell.
Also
Stephen Hancock,
Jerry Stovin,
Richard Thorp,
John Barron,
Walter Horsbrugh (Superintendent),
Douglas Ives,
Ronnie Hill,
Kerry Marsh,
Yvette Wyatt,
Maureen Beck, and
Denise Hirst (Staff Nurse Gordon).
Script: Rachel Grieve, Jean Scott Rogers, Michael Ashe and Diana Morgan. Director: probably Rex Firkin.
This special three hundredth story was "virtually a revue," an entertainment by the staff.
TV Times revealed that to date 557 actors and actresses had had speaking parts to date, and that there had been eleven directors.
One person to miss this special programme was original creator Tessa Diamond- it was reported she was in South Africa, having been ordered a complete rest by her own doctor.
301 (Jan 5th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, Peter Howell.
Also
Jerry Stovin,
John Barron,
Kathleen Byron,
Margo Andrew,
Jennifer Tafler,
Ian Ainsley, and
Fiona Duncan.
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: Peter Sasdy.
302 (Jan 8th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, Jill Browne.
Also
John Barron,
Joan Newell,
Mary Webster,
Fiona Duncan,
and Betty le Beau (Jacqueline Sablon, a French girl Simon Forrester has picked up in Paris).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Peter Sasdy.
303 (Jan 12th 1960):
with Frederick Bartman, Peter Howell.
Also
Margo Andrew,
Ian Ainsley,
Fiona Duncan,
Mary Webster,
Robert MacLeod,
James Land (Bobby Took),
Alan McClelland (Francis Took),
Honora Burke, and
Joan Matheson (Sister Rhys).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Geoffrey Nethercott.
304 (Jan 15th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman.
Also
Richard Thorpe,
Douglas Ives,
James Land,
Alan McClelland, and
Joan Matheson.
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Geoffrey Nethercott.
305 (Jan 19th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne.
Also
Jane Downs (Audrey Blake)
Richard Thorpe,
Ian Ainsley,
Fiona Duncan,
Ann Tirard
Pauline Letts (Sandham),
Dorothy Smith (Sister McNab),
Shirley Lawrence (Netley),
Robin Gammell (Dingle), and
Jerry Stovin.
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: Cecil Petty.
306 (Jan 22nd 1960):
with Frederick Bartman, Jill Browne.
Also
Mary Webster,
Jane Downs,
John Brooking,
Fiona Duncan,
James Land,
Ian Ainsley
Alan McClelland,
and
Hedger Walker (Patholgist).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Cecil Petty.
307 (Jan 26th 1960):
with Frederick Bartman, Jill Browne.
Also Peter Howell.
And
Fiona Duncan,
Margo Andrew,
James Land,
Stephen Hancock,
Wendy Hutchinson,
Roderick Lovell (Mr Powers), and
Joan Matheson.
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Peter Sasdy.
308 (Jan 29th 1960):
with Frederick Bartman.
And
Jane Downs,
James Land,
John Brooking,
Margo Andrew,
Mary Webster,
Joan Matheson, and
Ian Ainsley.
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Peter Sasdy.
309 (Feb 2nd 1960):
with Jill Browne.
And
Jerry Stovin,
Kathleen Byron,
Walter Horsbrugh,
Pauline Letts,
Doreen Keogh,
Amy Dalby (Mrs Watson), and
Margo Andrew,
Ian Ainsley.
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: Geoffrey Nethercott.
310 (Feb 5th 1960):
with Frederick Bartman, Jill Browne.
And
John Barron,
Kathleen Byron,
Richard Thorpe,
Mary Webster,
Kerry Marsh,
James Land,
Margaret ... (Mrs Daisy Took),
Alastair Speed (Harry Barton), and
Cavan ... (Tony Aight).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Geoffrey Nethercott.
311 (Feb 9th 1960):
with Frederick Bartman, Jill Browne.
And
Jerry Stovin,
Jane Downs,
Allan McClelland,
Anna Turner,
Amy Dalby,
Michael Bates (Joe Watson),
Kathleen Michael (Alice Watson),
Gerard Heinz(), and
William Sherwood().
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Phil Brown.
312 (Feb 12th 1960):
with Frederick Bartman.
Also:
Jerry Stovin,
John Brooking,
Julie Webb,
Jane Downs,
Joan Matheson,
Allan McClelland,
Margaret Denyer (),
James Land,
Gerard Heinz, and
Richard Vernon (Forrester).
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Phil Brown.
313 (Feb 16th 1960):
with Jill Browne.
Also:
Richard Thorp,
John Barron,
Robert MacLeod,
Jerry Stovin,
Amy Dalby,
Michael Bates,
Alastair Speed,
Mary Law (Anne Franklyn),
Martin Lewis (Watson),
Gretchen Franklin (Mrs Parkin),
John Kelly (Mr Mulvaney) and
Josephine Stuart.
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: probably Rex Firkin.
314 (Feb 19th 1960):
with Frederick Bartman, Jill Browne.
Also:
Richard Thorp,
John Barron,
Alastair Speed,
David Lawton,
John Miller,
... (Deputy Superintendent), and
... (Charles Hignett).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: probably Rex Firkin.
315 (Feb 23rd 1960):
with Frederick Bartman, Jill Browne.
Also:
John Barron,
Kathleen Byron,
Jerry Stovin,
Mary Law,
Dorothy Smith,
Beatrice Kane (Sister Mills),
Louisa Vaughan (),
Amy Dalby,
Kathleen Michael,
Alastair Speed, and
Ann Zane (Mary Newton).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Peter Sasdy.
316 (Feb 26th 1960):
with Frederick Bartman.
Also:
John Barron,
John Brooking,
Jane Downs,
Dorothy Gordon (Joanne Blake, sister of Audrey),
Margo Andrew,
Kerry Marsh,
Anthony ... (Chaplain),
Janet Barrow (Miss Horne),
Dorothy Smith, and
Ann Zane.
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Peter Sasdy.
317 (Mar 1st 1960):
with Jill Browne.
Also:
John Barron,
Kathleen Byron,
Richard Thorp,
Jane Downs,
Kerry Marsh,
Alastair Speed,
Dorothy Smith,
Beatrice Kane, and
Janet Barrow.
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: Geoffrey Nethercott.
318 (Mar 4th 1960):
with Frederick Bartman, Jill Browne.
Also:
John Barron,
Kathleen Byron,
Richard Thorp,
Jerry Stovin,
Mary Webster,
Walter Horsbrugh,
Alastair Speed, and
Pauline Letts.
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Geoffrey Nethercott.
319 (Mar 8th 1960):
with Jill Browne.
Also:
John Barron,
Kathleen Byron,
Richard Thorp,
Robert MacLeod,
Joan Matheson,
Martin Lewis,
Kathleen Michael,
Michael Bates,
Alastair Speed,
John Miller, and
Barbara Archer (Susan Clay).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: James Ferman.
320 (Mar 11th 1960):
with
Jerry Stovin,
Mary Law,
Gretchen Franklin,
Robert MacLeod,
Kerry Marsh,
Douglas Ives, and
Annabelle ...(Sister).
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Rex Firkin (probably).
321 (Mar 15th 1960):
with Jill Browne.
Also:
Richard Thorp,
Michael Bates,
Kathleen Michael,
Robert MacLeod,
Joan Matheson,
Mary Webster,
Margo Andrew,
Alastair Speed,
Arnold Bell (Mr Barton),
Joan ... (Mrs Syme), and
Mary Hignett (Mrs Marjorie Chapman).
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: Peter Sasdy.
322 (Mar 18th 1960):
with Jill Browne.
Also:
Richard Thorp,
Michael Bates,
Kathleen Michael,
Robert MacLeod,
Barbara Archer,
Gillian ... (Staff Nurse Brewer),
Alastair Speed,
John Forbes... (Dr Edward Willis),
Mary ... (Edna Pirbeck),
Mary Hignett, and
Olive... (Anne Clay).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Peter Sasdy.
323 (Mar 22nd 1960):
with Jill Browne.
Also:
Richard Thorp,
Robert MacLeod,
John Brooking,
Jane Downs,
Joan Matheson,
Julie Webb,
Arnold Bell,
Alastair Speed,
Dorothy Gordon,
Mary Hignett and
Maureen Moore (Nurse White).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Geoffrey Nethercott.
324 (Mar 25th 1960):
with Frederick Bartman.
Also:
John Barron,
Richard Thorp,
Jane Downs,
Margo Andrew,
Joan Matheson,
Dorothy Gordon,
Maureen Moore,
Michael Martin (Alec Hammond), and
Charles Lamb (Mr Hubble).
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: Geoffrey Nethercott.
Note: Bartman returned to the cast after a three week break, even though his leg was in plaster. He had cracked a bone above his ankle while on a skiing holiday in Switzerland.
325 (Mar 29th 1960):
with Frederick Bartman, Jill Browne.
Also:
Richard Thorp,
Jane Downs,
John Brooking,
Kerry Marsh,
Mary Hignett,
Alastair Speed,
Keith Banks (Dr Carpenter),
David Nettheim (Dr John MacDermot).
Alexander Dore (Police sergeant),
Amelia Bayntun (Mrs Ethel Oakley) and
Jackie Moran who was currently singing nightly with her guitar at a restaurant in Beauchamp Place off Brompton Road (Jean Oakley- "swathed in bandages").
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: James Ferman.
326 (Apr 1st 1960):
with Frederick Bartman, Jill Browne.
Also:
John Barron,
Kathleen Byron,
Jane Downs,
Kerry Marsh,
Margo Andrew,
Maureen Moore,
Mary Hignett,
Alastair Speed,
Cicely Hullett (Sister Crawford),
Jackie Moran, and
Amelia Bayntun.
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: James Ferman.
327 (Apr 5th 1960):
with Jill Browne.
Also:
John Barron,
Jane Downs,
Richard Thorp,
Jerry Stovin,
Rex Graham (Frederick Newton),
David Nettheim,
Cicely Hullett,
John G Heller (George Hamilton Blair),
Penelope Parry (Theatre sister), and
Pat Durkin (Policeman).
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: Peter Sasdy.
328 (Apr 8th 1960):
with Frederick Bartman.
Also:
John Barron,
Jane Downs,
Ann Zane,
Rex Graham,
Jackie Moran,
Amelia Bayntun,
Cicely Hullett, and
John G Heller.
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Peter Sasdy.
329 (Apr 12th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, Jill Browne.
Also:
John Barron,
Kathleen Byron,
Richard Thorp,
Joan Matheson,
Robert MacLeod,
Jerry Stovin,
Cicely Hullett, and
Edward Burnham (Dr Danvers White).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: John Cooper.
330 (Apr 15th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, Jill Browne.
Also:
Jerry Stovin,
Richard Thorp,
Jane Downs,
David Nettheim,
Kerry Marsh,
Jackie Moran,
Rex Graham, and
Ann Zane.
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: John Cooper.
331 (Apr 19th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne.
Also:
Richard Thorp,
Robert MacLeod,
Walter Horsbrugh,
Margo Andrew,
Kerry Marsh,
Joan Matheson,
Maureen Moore,
John Dearth (James MacLeod), and
Annika Wills (Clarissa Wallace).
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: James Ferman.
332 (Apr 22nd 1960):
with Frederick Bartman.
Also:
John Barron,
Richard Thorp,
Jerry Stovin,
Robert MacLeod,
Kerry Marsh,
Maureen Moore,
John Dearth
Jackie Moran, and
Brian Nissen (Dr Ralph Bailey).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: James Ferman.
333 (Apr 26th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne.
Also:
John Barron,
Kathleen Byron,
Kerry Marsh,
Cicely Hullett,
David Butler (Dr Nick Williams),
Edward Burnham,
Cecil Brock (Patrick O'Sullivan),
Laidman Browne (Mr Jackson), and
Elsie Wagstaff (Miss Digby-in #243 she had played a different person).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Peter Sasdy.
334 (Apr 29th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne.
Also:
Enid Lindsey,
Douglas Ives,
David Butler,
Kerry Marsh,
Cicely Hullett,
Cecil Brock,
Laidman Browne, and
Elsie Wagstaff.
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Peter Sasdy.
335 (May 3rd 1960):
with Frederick Bartman, Jill Browne.
Also:
Enid Lindsey,
Margo Andrew,
John Brooking,
Kerry Marsh,
Cicely Hullett,
Gillian Muir (Staff Nurse Brewer),
Jacqueline Moran,
Maya Koumani (Dunstan), and
Edna Petrie (Page, a ward maid).
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: John Cooper.
336 (May 6th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman.
Also:
John Barron,
Richard Thorp,
Kerry Marsh,
Yvette Wyatt,
Cicely Hullett,
Frederick Peisley (Edward Cathcart),
Elsie Wagstaff, and
Cecil Brock.
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: John Cooper.
337 (May 10th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, and Jill Browne.
Also:
Robert MacLeod,
Brian Nissen,
Joan Matheson,
Cicely Hullett,
Frederick Peisley,
Elsie Wagstaff,
Philip ... (Padre)
Jean ... (Sister)
Erik Chitty (Ignatius Small), and
Ian ... (Dominic Grant).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: James Ferman.
338 (May 13th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, and Jill Browne.
Also:
John Barron,
Jane Downs,
Richard Thorp,
John Brooking,
Enid Lindsey,
Douglas Ives,
Robert MacLeod,
Brian Nissen,
Joan Matheson,
Laidman Browne, and
Erik Chitty.
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: James Ferman.
339 (May 17th 1960):
with Frederick Bartman, and Jill Browne.
Also:
John Barron,
Kathleen Byron,
Richard Thorp,
Maureen Moore,
Valerie Gearon (Lewis),
Cicely Hullett,
Elsie Wagstaff,
Kerry Marsh,
Annika Wills, and
Betty Cooper (Miss Roberts).
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: Rex Firkin.
340 (May 20th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman.
Also:
Jane Downs,
John Brooking,
Robert... (Wilson)
Yvette Wyatt,
HM Beaufoy Milton (Henry Smith),
Larry ... (Stag Stanley),
Martin ... (Bill Hankin), and
Jonathan ... (Leonard Hankin).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Rex Firkin.
341 (May 24th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, Jill Browne and (now given star status) Jane Downs.
Also:
John Barron,
Richard Thorp,
John Brooking,
Elsie Wagstaff,
Frederick Peisley,
Edward Burnham,
Erik Chitty,
Roderick ... (Mr Bridges), and
Annette ... (Miss Penrose).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: John Cooper.
342 (May 27th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne and Jane Downs.
Also:
John Barron,
Kathleen Byron,
Enid Lindsey,
John Brooking,
David Butler,
Yvette Wyatt,
Margo Andrew,
Erik Chitty, and
Betty Cooper.
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: John Cooper.
343 (May 31st 1960):
with Frederick Bartman and Jane Downs.
Also:
John Barron,
Kathleen Byron,
Judith Furse (Octavia Spriggs)
Brian Nissen,
Valerie Gearon,
Barbara Archer,
Cicely Hullett,
Margaret Elliot (Staff Nurse Withers),
Jane Tann (Mrs Popplewell), and
Betty Cooper.
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: James Ferman.
344 (June 3rd 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman and Jill Browne.
Also:
John Barron,
Kathleen Byron,
Erik Chitty,
Judith Furse,
Barbara Archer, and
Ronald ... (Dr Jimmie Dickson).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: John Cooper.
345 (June 7th 1960):
with Jill Browne and Jane Downs.
Also:
Brian Nissen,
Margaret Elliot,
John Kelly,
John Morris (Mr Barraclough),
Elizabeth James (Mrs Barraclough),
Noel Dryden (Dr Napper),
Langton Jones (Jimmy Driver),
Junia Crawford (Nurse), and
Richard Merson (Ambulance Man).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Peter Sasdy.
346 (June 10th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman and Jane Downs.
Also:
John Barron,
Kathleen Byron,
John Brooking,
Barbara Archer,
Anne Zane,
Betty Cooper,
Cicely Hullett,
Elizabeth Shepherd (Nurse Virginia Birley),
Sheila Doughty (Mrs Rayner) and
Robert Checksfield (Angus de la Roux).
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: Peter Sasdy.
347 (June 14th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman and Jill Browne.
Also:
Richard Thorp,
Brian Nissen,
Judith Furse,
Erik Chitty,
Elizabeth Shepherd,
Barbara ... (Sister Pyatt),
Miranda Connell (Nurse Pat Dimble),
John W... (George Jimpson), and
Howard Pays (Jim Dobson).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: John Cooper.
348 (June 17th 1960):
with Frederick Bartman, Jill Browne and Jane Downs.
Also:
Richard Thorp,
Brian Nissen,
Erik Chitty,
Valerie Gearon,
Judith Furse,
Elizabeth Shepherd,
Yvette Wyatt,
Patricia L... (Theatre sister), and
Margaret Withers (Mrs Pomfret).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: John Cooper.
349 (June 21st 1960):
with Charles Tingwell and Jane Downs.
Also:
Richard Thorp,
John Brooking,
Margo Andrew,
Erik Chitty,
Cicely Hullett,
Yvette Wyatt,
James Copeland (Cyril Simpson),
John Warwick (Rev Humphrey Pomfret), and
Margaret Withers.
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: James Ferman.
350 (June 24th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell and Frederick Bartman.
Also:
Richard Thorp,
Brian Nissen,
Kerry Marsh,
Elizabeth Shepherd,
James Copeland,
Rodney Burke (Jeremy Seymour),
Jocelyn James (June Seymour),
Jeremy Longhurst (Kit Simpson), and
Stephanie Voss (Nurse Mary Pratt).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: James Ferman.
351 (June 28th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman and Jane Downs.
Also:
Desmond Carrington,
Richard Thorp,
Robert MacLeod,
Joan Matheson,
Cicely Hullett,
Margaret Withers,
Elizabeth Shepherd,
Rodney Burke, and
Gladys Dawson (Mann).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Peter Sasdy.
352 (July 1st 1960):
with Jane Downs.
Also:
Brian Nissen,
Yvette Wyatt,
Peter Hobbes (Mr Rayner),
David Brierley (Ted Carr),
Gillian Eddison (Dental Nurse),
Michael Crawford (Brian Kennedy),
Gillian Goodman (Linda Dawkins),
Prudence Hyams (Mrs Heath),
Fred Ferris (Mr Griffiths), and
Olga Dickie (Mrs Dawkins).
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Peter Sasdy.
353 (July 5th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, and Jane Downs.
Also:
Richard Thorp,
Desmond Carrington,
Robert MacLeod,
Joan Matheson,
James Copeland,
Jeremy Longhurst, and
Christopher Beeny (Nicholas Rhys).
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: James Ferman.
354 (July 8th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, and Frederick Bartman.
Also:
Brian Nissen,
Kerry Marsh,
Elizabeth Shepherd (who appeared on the front cover of TV Times that week, alongside Frederick Bartman),
Rodney Burke,
James Copeland,
Jeremy Longhurst,
Tonie MacMillan (Thel Simpson),
Stephanie Voss, and
Jack Howarth (Bertie Walsall).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: James Ferman.
357 (July 19th 1960):
with Frederick Bartman.
Also:
Richard Thorp,
Brian Nissen,
Robert MacLeod,
Elizabeth Shepherd,
Marla Landi (Aurora Chase),
Tony Tanner (Jimmy Conners),
Rex Garner (Julian Wedderburn-Lane, a theatrical agent),
Endre Muller (Howard B Schloer),
Peggy Simpson (Sister Demayne) and
Joe Robinson (Dale Brookwood).
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: Peter Sasdy.
Note: Marla Landi played a flashy film star, taken ill on set. She has eye trouble, but also causes trouble among the male staff, turning the heads of the young houseman as well as the middle aged consultant.
358 (July 22nd 1960):
with Jill Browne and Frederick Bartman.
Also:
Desmond Carrington,
Elizabeth Shepherd,
Simon Lack (Mr Lawrence Harper),
Edith Sharpe,
Margaret Withers,
Jeremy Longhurst,
John Downing (Hamish Lindsey),
Jill Booty (Joan Lawson), and
Colin Campbell (Michael Pomfret).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Peter Sasdy.
359 (July 26th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, Jill Browne, and Jane Downs.
Also:
Desmond Carrington,
Elizabeth Shepherd,
Yvette Wyatt,
Gillian Muir,
John Downing,
Jill Booty,
Nancy Mitchell (Mrs Murdoch),
Maurice Hedley (Colonel Bretherton),
and Joan Ingram (Lady Smith).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Rex Firkin.
360 (July 29th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, Jill Browne, and Jane Downs.
Also:
Desmond Carrington,
Elizabeth Shepherd,
Gillian Muir,
John Downing,
Jill Booty,
Nancy Mitchell,
Maurice Hedley, and
John Baker (Man in shop).
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Rex Firkin.
Note: Frederick Bartman left the series after this programme. (He'd already left once before in October 1958.) But he did return again in October 1962.
361 (Aug 2nd 1960):
with Jane Downs.
Now with Richard Thorp in a starring part.
Also:
Robert MacLeod,
Yvette Wyatt,
Maurice Hedley,
John Barrie (as Mr Miller- at the end of 1959 he'd played a different part),
Gwenda Ewen (Catherine Frazer), and
Vivian Pickles (Nurse Greer).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: James Ferman.
362 (Aug 5th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, Jane Downs.
and Richard Thorp.
Also:
Desmond Carrington,
Robert MacLeod,
Jill Tracey (Margery Lomax),
Viola Keats (Mrs Lomax),
Cicely Hullett,
Maureen Moore,
John Barrie,
Gwenda Ewen,
and Kerry Marsh.
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: James Ferman.
The first romance between members of the cast occurred in 1960 when Richard Thorp, who played John Rennie, married Maureen Moore who was Nurse White. Ironically producer Rex Firkin allegedly told them, "there'll be no flirting in the programme." In fact, the scripts "decreed that Maureen will flirt with everyone except Richard!" Firkin explained, "Maureen gives the impression of being a butterfly."
363 (Aug 9th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, and Jill Browne
and Richard Thorp.
Also:
Robert MacLeod,
Mary Mackenzie (Pauline Brent),
Jill Tracey,
Gwenda Ewen,
Kerry Marsh and
Bunny May (Jim Harper).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: John Cooper.
364 (Aug 12th 1960):
with Jill Browne and Richard Thorp.
Also:
Desmond Carrington,
Brian Nissen,
Robert MacLeod,
John Krooking,
Kerry Marsh, and
Maureen Moore.
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: John Cooper.
367 (Aug 23rd 1960): Coral Atkins was included in the cast (as Marlene Jones), she appeared wearing a Baby Doll wedding dress
Producer Rex Firkin left the series, the new producer was Hugh Rennie.
383 (Oct 18th 1960):
Douglas Ives (as Potter the porter) returned to the cast after an absence of five months (last appearance in #338). It was noted that he had up to this point appeared in over 180 episodes.
385 (Oct 25th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Jane Downs and
also
Peter Howell,
John Barrie,
Cicely Hullett,
Julia Foster (Anne Carson),
Katy Wild (Eileen Crawley),
Vera Lennox (Mrs Crawley),
Carole Ann Ford (Miss ffoulkes),
Patricia Haines (Miss Spinks), and
Malcolm Russell (Mr Amberson).
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: Hugh Rennie.
386 (Oct 28th 1960):
with
Margo Andrew,
John Barrie,
Julia Foster,
Stephen Hancock,
Murray Hayne (Harcourt),
Katy Wild,
Louise Dunn (Lorna Price),
David Rose (Tom Barrow), and
Ann Firbank (Miss Mary Nesbitt).
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Hugh Rennie.
387 (Nov 1st 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, Jane Downs.
Also:
Desmond Carrington,
Peter Howell,
Margo Andrew,
Stephen Hancock,
Enid Lindsey,
Louise Dunn, and
Sean Barrett (Martin Cole).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Geoffrey Stephenson.
388 (Nov 4th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Jane Downs.
Also:
Margo Andrew,
Ann Firbank,
Katy Wild,
Patricia Haines,
Janet Joy (Miss Faulkner),
Eileen Devlin (Mrs MacPhail),
Terence Soall (Mr Palgrave),
Lucy Griffiths (Mrs Crane),
and Susan Lyall Grant (Lily Barrow).
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: Geoffrey Stephenson.
389 (Nov 8th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, Jane Downs.
Also:
Brian Nissen,
Yvette Wyatt,
Christine Lander (Mrs Grierson),
Shelagh Fraser (Brownie Bevan),
Ann Firbank,
David Rose,
Olwen Brookes (Mrs Gregory),
and Anthony Woodruff (Chaplain).
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: James Ferman.
390 (Nov 11th 1960):
with Jill Browne, Jane Downs.
Also:
Peter Howell,
Desmond Carrington,
Julia Foster,
Lucy Griffiths,
Robert Macleod,
Brian Nissen,
Yvette Wyatt, and
Shelagh Fraser.
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: James Ferman.
391 (Nov 15th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, Jane Downs and Richard Thorp.
Also:
Margo Andrew,
David Rose,
Susan Lyall Grant,
Julia Foster,
Katy Wild,
Sean Barrett,
Lucy Griffiths,
Erica Houen (Karen Phipps), and
Shelagh Fraser.
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: John Cooper.
392 (Nov 18th 1960):
with Jane Downs.
Also:
Peter Howell,
Robert MacLeod,
Shelagh Fraser
Murray Hayne,
Douglas Ives,
Malcolm Russell,
Edward Harvey (Dr Clarke),
Rosemary Dorken (Sister Maddock), and
Tracy Reed (Primrose Ainley).
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: John Cooper.
393 (Nov 22nd 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, and Jill Browne.
Also:
Peter Howell,
Robert MacLeod,
Shelagh Fraser,
Donald Bissett (Mr Benson),
Stephen Hancock,
Alister Williamson (Dr Rospin),
Ann Firbank, and
Malcolm Russell,
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Geoffrey Stephenson.
394 (Nov 25th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Jane Downs, Richard Thorp, and Jill Browne.
Also:
Peter Howell,
Desmond Carrington,
Robert MacLeod,
John Brooking,
Dorothy Gordon,
Eileen Devlin,
Anthony Woodruff,
Louise Dunn, and
Patricia Haines.
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: James Ferman.
395 (Nov 29th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, Jane Downs and
and Richard Thorp.
Also:
Peter Howell,
Brian Nissen,
Peggyann Clifford (Miss Chapham- she had appeared as a different character in an earlier programme, #89),
Ann Firbank,
Julia Foster,
James Dyrenforth (Professor Broom),
Bessie Love (Mrs Broom), and
Brian Oulton (RW Smith).
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: James Ferman.
396 (Dec 2nd 1960):
with Richard Thorp.
Also:
Edward Harvey,
Shelagh Fraser,
Douglas Ives,
Ann Firbank,
Margo Andrew,
John Brooking,
Donald Bissett, and
Brian Oulton.
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: John Cooper.
397 (Dec 6th 1960):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, Jane Downs and Richard Thorp.
Also: Glyn Owen.
And:
Yvette Wyatt,
Shelagh Fraser,
Ronnie Hill,
Brian Nissen,
Brian Oulton,
Gerard Heinz (Mr Mozart), and
Roderick Griifth (Naunton-Owen).
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: John Cooper.
398 (Dec 9th 1960):
with Jill Browne, Richard Thorp, and Desmond Carrington (now back again with star status).
And:
Yvette Wyatt,
Shelagh Fraser,
Lola Brooks (Christine Baxter),
David Webb (Tony Baxter),
Brian Nissen,
Robert MacLeod,
and
Elizabeth Ashley (Celia Wralford-Smith).
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Geoffrey Stephenson.
399 (Dec 13th 1960):
with Jill Browne, Glyn Owen, Richard Thorp, and Desmond Carrington.
And:
Ray Barrett (Don Nolan),
Lola Brooks,
David Webb,
Brian Oulton,
Margo Andrew,
Naomi Chance (Susan Harrap).
and
Elizabeth Ashley.
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Geoffrey Stephenson.
400 (Dec 16th 1960):
with
Glyn Owen,
and Desmond Carrington.
And:
Brian Nissen,
Ray Barrett,
Lola Brooks,
Margo Andrew,
Vivian Pickles (Casualty Sister, earlier she had been Nurse Greer),
Virigina Clay (Mrs Harbottle), and
David Webb.
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: James Ferman.
401 (Dec 20th 1960):
with
Charles Tingwell,
Jill Browne,
Richard Thorp,
and Desmond Carrington.
And:
Yvette Wyatt,
Ray Barrett,
Shelagh Fraser,
Brian Nissen,
Ronnie Hill,
Vivian Pickles,
and
Douglas Livingstone (Jeremy Scrope).
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: James Ferman.
402 (Dec 23rd 1960):
with
Peter Howell.
And:
Margo Andrew,
Lola Brooks,
Roderick Lovell,
Barbara Leake (Mrs Parry),
Ann Firbank,
Robert MacLeod,
Brian Oulton,
Elizabeth Ashley, and
Naomi Chance.
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: John Cooper.
405 (Jan 3rd 1961):
with
Charles Tingwell,
Jane Downs,
Glyn Owen,
and Desmond Carrington.
And:
David Cole ('Guts' Sitje)
Louise Dunn,
Lola Brooks,
Dorothy Gordon,
David Webb,
Henley Thomas (Sandy Lipton), and
Eileen Atkins (Miss Ariane Spinks).
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: Geoffrey Stephenson.
406 (Jan 6th 1961):
with
Jane Downs,
and Desmond Carrington.
And:
Brian Nissen,
Lola Brooks,
Margo Andrew,
Dorothy Gordon,
David Webb,
Roderick Lovell (Mr Powers),
Rosemary Dorken,
and
Anthony Viccars (Der Needham).
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Hugh Rennie.
408 (Jan 13th 1961):
with
Jill Browne,
Jane Downs,
Peter Howell,
Richard Thorp,
Glyn Owen,
and Desmond Carrington.
And:
Robert MacLeod,
David Butler,
Dorothy Gordon,
Frederick Leister (Bishop of Oxbridge),
and Noel Hood (Mrs Anderson).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: John Cooper.
409 (Jan 17th 1961):
with
Jill Browne,
Peter Howell, and
Glyn Owen.
Also:
Yvette Wyatt,
Ray Barrett,
Dorothy Gordon,
John Flint (Professor Hippesley),
James Ray (Jackie Grover),
Annette Whiteley (Gladys Plater), and
Vivian Pickles.
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: Geoffrey Stephenson.
410 (Jan 20th 1961):
with
Glyn Owen.
And:
Brian Nissen,
Ray Barrett,
David Cole,
Louise Dunn,
Ann Firbank,
John Flint,
James Ray,
Annette Whiteley,
Betty England (Mrs Grover), and
Kevin Fraser (Frankie).
Script: Jean Scott Rogers. Director: Geoffrey Stephenson.
411 (Jan 24th 1961):
with
Jill Browne,
Jane Downs,
Peter Howell, and
Glyn Owen.
And:
Robert MacLeod,
David Cole,
Dorothy Gordon,
John Flint,
Anna Cropper (April Sands),
John Kidd (Mr King),
and Trevor Reid (Mr Baker).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Hugh Rennie.
412 (Jan 27th 1961):
with
Jane Downs, and
Glyn Owen.
And:
Robert MacLeod,
Dorothy Gordon,
Enid Lindsey,
Anna Turner,
Anna Cropper (April Sands),
Dorothy Summers (Mrs Small),
Anne Brooks (Nurse Craig), and
Felicity Young (Nurse Gegg).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Hugh Rennie.
413 (January 31st 1961):
With Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, Peter Howell, Jane Downs and Richard Thorp.
Also:
Dorothy Gordon,
John Flint,
Dorothy Batley (Mrs Hippesley),
Anna Cropper,
Bridget Armstrong (Nurse Protheroe),
John Ringham (George Stuart),
Gerald Holmes (Francis Howard),
and
Tim Parkes (Edward Sedgewick).
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: John Cooper.
414 (Feb 3rd 1961):
with
Jane Downs,
Desmond Carrington,
Richard Thorp, and Peter Howell.
And:
John Barron,
John Flint,
Anna Cropper,
Beckett Bould (Tim Crowther),
John Boxer (Mr Morfett),
Meadows White (Mr Dowling),
Norman Mitchell (Colin Jaffrey), and
Julie Milton (Marian Hooper).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: John Cooper.
415 (Feb 7th 1961)
With Jill Browne, Peter Howell and Jane Downs.
Also:
Yvette Wyatt,
Hal Dyer (Eunice Harrison),
Ann Firbank (Miss Nesbitt),
John Flint,
Anna Cropper,
Beckett Bould,
Anthony Dawes (Mr Harker) and
Clare Kelly (Irene Hardcastle).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Vivian Matalon.
416 (Feb 10th 1961):
with
Jill Browne, Glyn Owen,
Desmond Carrington, and
Richard Thorp.
And:
Robert MacLeod,
John Flint,
Anthony Oliver (Iorwerth Pritchard),
Mary Jones (Myfanwy Pritchard),
Diana Coupland (Mrs Banks), and
Anne Robson (Staff Nurse Hutton).
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: Vivian Matalon.
417 (Feb 14th 1961):
with
Glyn Owen, Peter Howell,
Desmond Carrington, and
Richard Thorp.
And:
Robert MacLeod,
Ray Barrett,
Anthony Oliver,
Elisabeth Murray (Nurse Mary Cole),
Sally Layng (Sue Cornish),
Vanessa Thornton (Mrs Hare), and
Antonia Moss ('Tricia' Hare).
Mary Jones (Myfanwy Pritchard),
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Geoffrey Stephenson.
418 (Feb 17th 1961):
with Jill Browne,
Glyn Owen, Peter Howell, and
Desmond Carrington.
And:
John Flint,
Anthony Oliver,
Beckett Bould,
Sally Layng,
Keith Marsh (Mr Harding),
Andrew Downie (Mr Macintyre), and
Benedicta Leigh (Sister Davies).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Geoffrey Stephenson.
419 (Feb 21st 1961):
with Jill Browne,
Glyn Owen, Peter Howell, Richard Thorp, and
Desmond Carrington.
And:
John Barron,
Anthony Oliver,
Mary Jones,
Anna Cropper,
Rosemary Dorken,
Beatrice Kane,
Richard Mathews (Mr Curtis), and
Dorothea Phillips (Mrs Grimston).
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: John Cooper.
420 (Feb 24th 1961):
with Jill Browne,
Glyn Owen, and
Desmond Carrington.
And:
Ray Barrett,
Frederick Piper (Martin Parrish),
Patricia Plunkett (Joan Parrish),
Donald McKillop (Cedric Hunter),
Diane Aubrey (Mary Sim),
Neil Hallett (Ben Bingle),
Janet Davies (Anne French), and
David King (Desmond French).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: John Cooper.
421 (Feb 28th 1961):
with Peter Howell, and
Desmond Carrington.
And:
Anthony Oliver,
Mary Jones,
Frederick Piper,
Patricia Plunkett,
Rosemary Dorken,
David Butler,
Richard Mathews, and
Diane Aubrey.
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Vivian Matalon.
425 (Mar 14th 1961):
with
Glyn Owen and Peter Howell.
And:
John Barron,
Kathleen Byron,
Ray Barrett,
Anthony Oliver,
Frederick Piper,
Julia Arnall (Helge Short),
Grace Arnold (Mrs Hancock),
Felicity Young, and
Elisabeth Murray.
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: Hugh Rennie.
426 (Mar 17th 1961):
with
Jill Browne, Richard Thorp, Desmond Carrington and Peter Howell.
And:
John Barron,
Kathleen Byron,
Ray Barrett,
Angus Neil (Neill MacDonald),
Julia Arnall, and
Michael Harding (Tom Short).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Hugh Rennie.
427 (Mar 21st 1961)
With Jill Browne, Glyn Owen, and Desmond Carrington.
Also:
Ray Barrett,
Brian Nissen,
Kathleen Byron,
Beckett Bould,
Grace Arnold,
Yvette Wyatt,
Felicity Young and
Jaqueline Harrison (Casualty Nurse).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Vivian Matalon.
428 (Mar 24th 1961)
With Jill Browne, Glyn Owen, Desmond Carrington and Richard Thorp.
Also:
John Barron,
Ray Barrett,
Kathleen Byron,
Julia Arnall,
David Ritch (Fred Saunders),
Anne Brooks,
Ann Martin (Nurse Black),
Danvers Walker (Chalfont Brooks), and
Dorothy Edwards (Mrs Ellis).
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: Vivian Matalon.
431 (Apr 4th 1961):
with
Jill Browne, Glyn Owen, and Peter Howell.
And:
John Barron,
Kathleen Byron,
Desmond Llewelyn (Fergus de la Roux),
Brian Nissen,
Yvette Wyatt,
Pauline Taylor (Nurse Francis),
Peter Gray (David Marriner),
Julian Forbes (Leslie Parsons), and
Norman Shelley (George Halstead).
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: John Cooper.
432 (Apr 7th 1961):
with
Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, Richard Thorp, and Desmond Carrington.
And:
Kathleen Byron,
Ray Barrett,
Brian Nissen,
Anne Brooks,
Patrick Connor (Jim Reynolds),
Maureen Pryor (Pat Reynolds),
John Gray (Ian Reynolds), and
Basil Moss (Keith Adam).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: John Cooper.
435 (Apr 18th 1961):
with
Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, and Glyn Owen.
And:
Ray Barrett,
Brian Nissen,
Stephen Hancock,
Patrick Connor,
Maureen Pryor,
John Gray,
Basil Moss,
Laidlaw Dalling (Timothy Harker), and
Stafford Byrne (Mr Murray).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Geoffrey Stephenson.
436 (Apr 21st 1961):
with Jill Browne, Glyn Owen, Richard Thorp, and Desmond Carrington.
And:
Kathleen Byron,
Desmond Llewelyn,
John Longden (J Maxwell Rennie),
Annette Kerr (Miss Pearson),
Felicity Young,
John Miller,
and
Julia Foster (in #385 she had first appeared as patient Anne Carson with a spinal injury. Now she was applying to train as a nurse).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Geoffrey Stephenson.
441 (May 9th 1961):
with Charles Tingwell, Jane Downs, Richard Thorp, and Desmond Carrington.
And:
Dorothy Smith,
Anne Brooks,
Bridget Armstrong (Nurse Protheroe),
Basil Moss,
Fern Warner (Claire Stephens), and
Terence Edmond (Trevor Justine).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Geoffrey Stephenson. New producer now: John Cooper.
442 (May 12th 1961):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, Jane Downs, Richard Thorp, and Brian Nissen (now with star status).
And:
Robert MacLeod,
David Butler,
Stafford Byrne (Mr Murray),
Anne Brooks,
Joan Frank (Mrs Trimble),
Basil Moss, and
Graham Crowden (Mr Drummond).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Geoffrey Stephenson.
445 (May 23rd 1961):
Synopsis: this showed Nurse Carson staring her preliminary nursing training.
With Charles Tingwell, Richard Thorp, and Desmond Carrington.
And:
David Butler,
Margaret Elliot,
June Peterson (Sister Tutor),
Anne Brooks,
Julia Foster,
Edwina Rendell (Nuse MacKay),
Joan Frank, and
Basil Moss,
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Vivian Matalon.
446 (May 26th 1961):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, Desmond Carrington and Brian Nissen.
And:
Ray Barrett,
Joan Carol (Night sister),
Ann Walford (Rosamund Bailey),
Colette Wilde (Mrs Bryan),
Janet Bruce (Miss Ashton),
Diana Kennedy (Myra Lennard),
Colin Pinney (Maitre d'hotel),
Eileen Atkins and
Erica Rogers (Amanda Ffrench-Thompson).
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: Vivian Matalon.
447 (May 30th 1961):
with Charles Tingwell, Richard Thorp and Brian Nissen.
And:
David Butler,
Anne Brooks,
Felicity Young,
Alister Williamson,
Colette Wilde (Mrs Bryan), and
Janet Bruce.
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Geoffrey Stephenson.
448 (June 2nd 1961):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, Brian Nissen and Ray Barrett (now with star billing).
And:
Robert MacLeod,
Joan Matheson,
Felicity Young,
June Peterson,
Julia Foster,
Edwina Rendell,
Colette Wilde (Mrs Bryan), and
Basil Moss.
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Geoffrey Stephenson.
449 (June 6th 1961):
with Charles Tingwell and Brian Nissen.
Plus:
Robert MacLeod,
Joan Matheson,
David Butler,
Felicity Young,
Joan Frank,
Richard Burrell (Bill Dunbar), and
Faith Nichols (Phyllis Leyshon).
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: Dinah Thetford.
450 (June 9th 1961):
with Charles Tingwell, Jill Browne, Desmond Carrington and Ray Barrett.
David Butler,
Anne Brooks,
Felicity Young,
Colette Wilde,
Garfield Morgan (Frank Bryan),
Richard Burrell, and
Janet Bruce.
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Dinah Thetford.
451 (June 13th 1961):
with Jill Browne, Desmond Carrington, Jane Downs, Richard Thorp, Brian Nissen and Ray Barrett.
With:
Anne Brooks,
Kerry Marsh,
Colette Wilde,
Garfield Morgan,
Richard Burrell, and
Simon Prebble (Kenneth Dunbar).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Vivian Matalon.
452 (June 16th 1961):
with Jill Browne, Desmond Carrington, Jane Downs, Richard Thorp, and Ray Barrett. And:
David Butler,
Anne Brooks,
Kerry Marsh,
Colette Wilde,
Garfield Morgan,
Janet Bruce,
Noel Coleman (Prof Ribblesdale), and
Barbara Young (Maida Crosby).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Vivian Matalon.
453 (June 20th 1961):
with Desmond Carrington, Jane Downs, Richard Thorp, and Ray Barrett. Plus
David Butler,
Anne Brooks,
Kerry Marsh,
Richard Burrell,
Simon Prebble,
Jamie Barnes (Martin Danks), and
Margery Mason (Lillie Danks).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Geoffrey Stephenson.
454 (June 23rd 1961):
with Jill Browne, Desmond Carrington, and Brian Nissen.
Robert MacLeod,
Dorothy Smith,
William Job (Sam Barton),
Jamie Barnes,
Angela Gouglas (Yvonne Carpenter), and
Anne Leon (Mrs Searle).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Geoffrey Stephenson.
455 (June 27th 1961):
with Jill Browne, Jane Downs and Ray Barrett.
Robert MacLeod,
Kerry Marsh,
Joan Matheson,
William Job,
Susan Stranks (Melanie Barton),
Gabriel Woolf (Robert Emery, "unpopular and unpleasant"),
Jamie Barnes, and
Frank Singuineau (George Nathaniel Wilberforce Lewis).
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: John Cooper.
456 (June 30th 1961):
with Jill Browne, Desmond Carrington and Ray Barrett.
Also
David Butler,
Anne Brooks,
William Job,
Susan Stranks,
Gabriel Woolf,
Jamie Barnes,
Margery Mason,
Angela Douglas, and
Maureen Dormer (Diana Lucan).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: John Cooper.
457 (July 4th 1961):
with Charles Tingwell, Jane Downs, Desmond Carrington and Ray Barrett.
Also
Kerry Marsh,
William Job,
Gabriel Woolf,
Margaret Elliot,
Anne Leon,
Lindsay Scott-Patton (James Searle),
and
Maureen Dormer (Diana Lucan).
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Vivian Matalon.
458 (July 7th 1961):
with Charles Tingwell, Jane Downs, Jill Browne, Desmond Carrington and Brian Nissen.
Also
William Job,
Gabriel Woolf,
Anne Leon,
Lindsay Scott-Patton,
Frank Singuineau,
Ann Walford, and
Peter Lloyd (Radio commentator).
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: Vivian Matalon.
459 (July 11th 1961):
with Charles Tingwell, Jane Downs, Jill Browne, Desmond Carrington, Brian Nissen and Ray Barrett.
Also
Kerry Marsh,
Ann Walford,
Susan Stranks,
Frank Atkinson (Mr Duffy) and
Alan Howard (Colin Mower).
Script: Michael Ashe. Director: Geoffrey Stephenson.
460 (July 14th 1961):
with Jill Browne, Desmond Carrington, and Ray Barrett.
Also
Kerry Marsh,
Gabriel Woolf,
William Job,
Jean Trend (Staff Nurse, later Nurse Webb),
Beckett Bould,
Lindsay Scott-Patton,
Anne Leon,
and
Alan Howard.
Script: Rachel Grieve. Director: Geoffrey Stephenson.
461 (July 18th 1961)
Storyline: the opening of the new accident wing. Set designer Lewis Logan created this new wing in the studio. The biggest ever cast of 22 was assembled for this episode.
These included the stars Charles Tingwell, Jane Downs, Jill Browne, Desmond Carrington, Richard Thorp, Brian Nissen and Ray Barrett.
Also with
Robert MacLeod,
John Barron,
David Butler,
Walter Horsbrugh,
Gabriel Woolf,
William Job,
Enid Lindsey,
Joan Matheson,
Kerry Marsh,
Douglas Ives,
Ann Walford,
Susan Stranks,
Erik Chitty,
Ian Rossiter (Charles York), and
Malcolm Russell (Mayor of Oxbridge, formerly Mr Amberson).
Script: Diana Morgan. Director: John Cooper.
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