Emerald Soup

*Emerald Soup*
Emerald Soup
Genre	Children's television, science fiction
Written by	Martin Woodhouse
Directed by	Bill Bain
Starring	William Dexter, Janina Faye
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	7
Production
Producer	Bill Bain
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	Associated British Corporation
Release	9 November –; 21 December 1963

Emerald Soup was a 1963 British children's science fiction television series.^[2] The series, consisting of seven 25-minute episodes produced by Associated British Corporation for the ITV network, was aired weekly from Saturday 9 November to Saturday 21 December 1963.^{[citation needed]} Norman Bogner acted as the Script Editor. It conflicted with the initial episodes of the BBC series Doctor Who, also broadcast on Saturdays, which started on 23 November 1963.^[3]

Synopsis

The series was set in a small rural community, where a group of local children discover a laboratory constructed in the vicinity that is conducting secret radiation tests. The children attempt to stop these tests before any damage can be done to the environment.

Cast

Jessica Maxwell - Jessica Spencer
John Maxwell - William Dexter
Jo Maxwell - Janina Faye
Gally Lloyd - Karl Lanchbury
Tim Maxwell - Gregory Phillips
Penny Dalton - Annette Andre
Poynter - Michael Bangerter
Mrs Evans - Ethel Gabriel
Gaunt - Allan McClelland
Lee - Frederic Abbott
Pascoe - Blake Butler

References

^ Holland, Steve (5 July 2011). "Martin Woodhouse obituary". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
^ "CITV 1963 - Programmes - Transdiffusion". Transdiffusion.org. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
^ Hewett, Richard (15 September 2017). "The Changing Spaces of Television Acting: From Studio Realism to Location Realism in BBC Television Drama". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 1 January 2019 – via Google Books.

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[1] Holland, Steve (5 July 2011). "Martin Woodhouse obituary". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

[2] "CITV 1963 - Programmes - Transdiffusion". Transdiffusion.org. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

[3] Hewett, Richard (15 September 2017). "The Changing Spaces of Television Acting: From Studio Realism to Location Realism in BBC Television Drama". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 1 January 2019 – via Google Books.

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