Melissa_(1964_TV_series)

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Melissa (1964 TV series)

1964 British BBC TV series

Melissa is a 1964 British thriller television series which originally aired in six parts on BBC 2 in 1964.[1][2] It was shown under the umbrella title Francis Durbridge Presents,[3] and was one of a number of serials written by Francis Durbridge during the period.[4][5]

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Cast

  • Tony Britton as Guy Foster (6 episodes)
  • Helen Christie as Paula Hepburn (6 episodes)
  • Brian McDermott as Don Page (6 episodes)
  • Kerry Jordan as Felix Hepburn (5 episodes)
  • Norman Scace as Dr. Norman Swanley (5 episodes)
  • Elizabeth Weaver as Joyce Dean (5 episodes)
  • Brian Wilde as Chief Insp. Carter (5 episodes)
  • Richard Wilding as Det. Sgt. Gibbs (3 episodes)
  • Michael Collins as George Antrobus (2 episodes)
  • Elizabeth Craven as Mrs. Long (2 episodes)
  • Sydney Dobson as Chauffeur (2 episodes)
  • Carole Mowlam as Mary Antrobus (2 episodes)
  • Ian Norris as Jackson (2 episodes)
  • Martin Norton as Peter Antrobus (2 episodes)
  • John Marcus Powell as Man in car park (2 episodes)
  • Reg Pritchard as Duncan (2 episodes)
  • Petra Davies as Melissa Foster (1 episode)
  • Lennard Pearce as Det. Sgt. Heston (1 episode)
  • Anthony Sagar as George (1 episode)
  • Patricia Marmont as Carol Stewart (1 episode)

DVD

The series has been released to DVD in a BBC box set, along with three other titles as Francis Durbridge Presents - Volume 1.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Baskin p.67
  2. [2]
    "Melissa Episode 1 (1964)". BFI. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Francis Durbridge Presents...: Melissa: Episode 6". 31 May 1964. p. 21 – via BBC Genome.
  4. [4]
    "Francis Durbridge". BFI. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Francis Durbridge". www.mediagems.de.
  6. [6]
    Jones, Tom J. "Francis Durbridge Presents Volume 1 and Volume 2: The Desperate People (1963), Melissa (1964), A Man Called Harry Brent (1965), A Game of Murder (1966), Bat Out of Hell (1966), The Passenger (1971), The Doll (1975), Breakaway: The Family Affair (1980), Breakaway: The Local Affair (1980) 9 x DVD, download for free | movie world".

Bibliography

  • Ellen Baskin. Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press, 1996.
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