The Human Jungle (TV series)
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The Human Jungle | |
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Genre | Drama |
Created by | Ronald J. Kahn |
Starring | Herbert Lom Sally Smith |
Theme music composer | Bernard Ebbinghouse; played by John Barry and his Orchestra |
Composer | Bernard Ebbinghouse |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Producers | Julian Wintle Leslie Parkyn |
Cinematography | Bert Mason |
Running time | 49–51 minutes |
Production company | Independent Artists for ABC Television |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 30 March 1963 13 May 1965[1] | –
The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the small production company, Independent Artists, for transmission on ITV. Starring Herbert Lom and Sally Smith, it ran for two series, which were first transmitted during 1963 and 1965.
Outline
The majority of the episodes (26 x 50mins) each focused on one patient, whose psychological ailment Dr Corder would treat using a humane yet idiosyncratic approach that mixed Freudian psychoanalysis with the contemporary methods associated with the then-fashionable theories of R. D. Laing.[1] Several psychiatric techniques, such as word association, group work, role-play and hypnotherapy, were featured in the series. Because of the demands of the 50-minute television episode, it was often suggested that Corder would continue to see his patient after the denouement. Frequently, Corder's initial patient in a story would turn out not to be the character with the pressing mental health issue.
Cast and characters
- Herbert Lom as Dr Roger Corder M.D., D.P.M, who sees patients in his consulting room at 162 Harley Street and at the local (fictional) St Damian's Hospital
- Michael Johnson as Dr Jimmy Davis, junior colleague
- Sally Smith as Corder's headstrong teenage daughter Jennifer, whose mother, we are told, was killed in a car accident
- Mary Yeomans as his secretary, Nancy Hamilton
- Mary Steele as his personal assistant, Jane Harris
Production notes
The series was created by Ronald J. Kahn, credited on screen as "assistant to the producers", and produced by Julian Wintle and Leslie Parkyn.[2]
The theme music was composed by Bernard Ebbinghouse, and arranged and recorded by John Barry and his Orchestra.[3]
Many high-profile guest stars appeared in his surgery or as hospital patients, including Joan Collins, Margaret Lockwood, Flora Robson, Roger Livesey, Rita Tushingham and André Morell.
The first series was filmed at Beaconsfield Studios, which closed down shortly after production ended; the second series was shot at the Shenley Road studios in Elstree owned by ABC Television's parent company Associated British Picture Corporation.
The script editor was John Kruse. The advisor on psychiatric content was Dr Hugh L. Freeman, on behalf of the National Association for Mental Health (now Mind).
Episode list
Series one
Airdate is for ABC Weekend Television.[4] ITV regions varied date and order. Episode order is given as per the Network DVD release.
Episode No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | ||
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1 | TBA | "The Vacant Chair" | James Hill | Bill MacIlwraith | 30 March 1963 | |
Stars Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Lloyd Lamble, Keith Pyott, Geoffrey Palmer, Edward Evans, Hamilton Dyce and Jonathan Burn | ||||||
2 | TBA | "The Flip Side Man" | Sydney A. Hayers | Robert Stewart | 6 April 1963 | |
Stars Jess Conrad and Michael Ripper | ||||||
3 | TBA | "Run with the Devil" | Vernon Sewell | David T Chantler, John Kruse (story) | 13 April 1963 | |
4 | TBA | "Thin Ice" | John Ainsworth | Bill MacIlwraith, Robert Stewart (story) | 20 April 1963 | |
5 | TBA | "The Lost Hours" | John Ainsworth | John Kruse | 27 April 1963 | |
Stars Leonard Sachs, Ursula Howells, Frank Jarvis, Larry Martyn, Robin Hawdon, Stacy Davies and June Murphy | ||||||
6 | TBA | "A Friend of the Sergeant Major" | Don Sharp | Lewis Davidson | 4 May 1963 | |
7 | TBA | "14 Ghosts" | Sydney A. Hayers | Leo Leiberman | 11 May 1963 | |
8 | TBA | "Fine Feathers" | Vernon Sewell | Robert Stewart | 18 May 1963 | |
Stars Jane Merrow and Philip Gilbert | ||||||
9 | TBA | "The Wall" | James Hill | John Kruse | 25 May 1963 | |
10 | TBA | "A Woman with Scars" | James Hill | Robert Stewart | 1 June 1963 | |
11 | TBA | "Time-Check" | Alan Cooke | Lewis Davidson | 8 June 1963 | |
Stars Melvyn Hayes, Gerald James, Fabia Drake, Warren Mitchell, John Arnatt, Douglas Blackwell and Mitzi Rogers | ||||||
12 | TBA | "The Two Edged Sword" | Vernon Sewell | Bill MacIlwraith | 15 June 1963 | |
13 | TBA | "Over and Out" | Vernon Sewell | John Kruse, Lewis Davidson (story) | 22 June 1963 | |
Stars Ian Bannen, Eddie Byrne, Zena Marshall, June Barry, John Boxer, Simon Lack and Gerald Andersen |
Series two
Airdate is for Associated-Rediffusion.[5] ITV regions varied date and order. ABC Weekend Television was broadcast two days later. Order as the for the Network DVD release.
Episode No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | ||
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1 | TBA | "Struggle for a Mind" | Sydney A. Hayers | John Kruse | 18 February 1965 | |
2 | TBA | "Success Machine" | Sydney A. Hayers | John Kruse | 25 February 1965 | |
3 | TBA | "The 24-Hour Man" | Robert Day | Robert Stewart | 4 March 1965 | |
4 | TBA | "Solo Performance" | Roy Baker | Bill MacIlwraith | 11 March 1965 | |
5 | TBA | "Ring of Hate" | Charles Crichton | John Kruse, Leo Lieberman (story) | 18 March 1965 | |
6 | TBA | "Conscience on a Rack" | Roy Baker | Bill MacIlwraith | 25 March 1965 | |
7 | TBA | "The Quick and the Dead" | Roy Baker | John Kruse | 1 April 1965 | |
8 | TBA | "The Man Who Fell Apart" | Roy Baker | John Kruse | 8 April 1965 | |
9 | TBA | "Dual Control" | Roy Baker | Anne Francis | 15 April 1965 | |
10 | TBA | "Skeleton in the Cupboard" | Roy Baker | Bill MacIlwraith | 22 April 1965 | |
11 | TBA | "Wild Goose Chase" | Vernon Sewell | Marc Brandel | 29 April 1965 | |
12 | TBA | "Enemy Outside" | Roy Baker | Bill MacIlwraith | 6 May 1965 | |
13 | TBA | "Heartbeats in a Tin Box" | Roy Baker | Robert Stewart | 13 May 1965 | |
DVD
The complete series was released during November 2012 as a 7 DVD (Region 2) boxset with accompanying series guide by Andrew Pixley.
References
- ^ a b Mark Duguid "Human Jungle, The (1963–65", BFI screenonline, retrieved 21 November 2012
- ^ series guide by Andrew Pixley in the DVD set, p.4
- ^ Pixley, p.9
- ^ Before 1968, ABC was broadcast weekends in the Midlands and in the North. See History of ITV
- ^ Before 1968 Associated-Rediffusion was broadcast Monday to Friday in the London region. See History of ITV
External links
- The Human Jungle at the BFI's Screenonline
- The Human Jungle at IMDb