Theatre Royal, aka Lilli Palmer Theatre is an Anglo/American half-hour television anthology series hosted by Lilli Palmer.^[1] It was the first ITV play series; and was first transmitted on 25 September 1955, with the televised Dickens episode, Bardell v Pickwick.^[2] Thirty-four episodes aired in the UK on ATV London in 1955–56.^[3] Fourteen episodes aired in the US from 1955–56.^{[citation needed]}

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Notable guest stars included Maggie Smith, Wendy Hiller, Stephen Boyd, Marius Goring, Michael Gough and Wilfrid Hyde-White.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}