Emerald Soup
Appearance
Emerald Soup | |
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Genre | Children's television, science fiction |
Written by | Martin Woodhouse[1] |
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.
External links
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