Emerald Soup
| 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 |
| Production company | ABC Weekend TV |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 9 November – 21 December 1963 |
Emerald Soup was a 1963 British children's science fiction television series directed by Bill Bain and produced by ABC Weekend TV for the ITV network.[2][3] It was written by Martin Woodhouse, with Norman Bogner as script editor. Comprising seven 25-minute episodes, the series aired weekly from Saturday 9 November to Saturday 21 December 1963.[citation needed] Each episode except the final one ended with a scene to be resolved the following week via a quote from William Shakespeare. The final episode ended with the discovery of a gem. The broadcast timing of series conflicted in part with the initial episodes of the BBC series Doctor Who, also broadcast on Saturdays, which started on 23 November 1963.[4]
Synopsis
[edit]The series was set in a small rural community, where a group of local children discovers, constructed in the vicinity, a laboratory that is conducting secret radiation tests. The children attempt to stop the tests before any damage to the environment can be done.
Cast
[edit]- Jessica Spencer as Jessica Maxwell
- William Dexter as John Maxwell
- Janina Faye as Jo Maxwell
- Karl Lanchbury as Gally Lloyd
- Gregory Phillips as Tim Maxwell
- Annette Andre as Penny Dalton
- Michael Bangerter as Poynte
- Ethel Gabriel as Mrs Evans
- Allan McClelland as Gaunt
- Frederic Abbott as Lee
- Blake Butler as Pascoe
References
[edit]- ^ Holland, Steve (5 July 2011). "Martin Woodhouse obituary". Theguardian.com.
- ^ "Emerald Soup". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "CITV 1963 - Programmes - Transdiffusion". Transdiffusion.org. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ Hewett, Richard (2017). The Changing Spaces of Television Acting: From Studio Realism to Location Realism in BBC Television Drama. Manchester University Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-5261-1553-9.
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