The Human Jungle (TV series)
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| The Human Jungle | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Psychological drama |
| Created by | Ronald J. Kahn |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Bernard Ebbinghouse |
| Opening theme | Played by John Barry and his Orchestra |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producers | |
| Cinematography | Bert Mason |
| Running time | 49–51 minutes |
| Production company | Independent Artists for ABC Weekend TV |
| 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 Weekend TV by Independent Artists.
Starring Herbert Lom as Dr Roger Corder and Sally Smith as his daughter Jennifer, it comprised 26 50-minute episodes and ran for two series 1963–1965.
Outline[edit]
Most episodes 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. Frequently, Corder's initial patient in a story would turn out not to be the character with the pressing mental health issue.
Because of the constraints of a 50-minute television episode, it was often suggested that Corder would continue to see his patients after the denouement.
Cast[edit]
Main[edit]
- Herbert Lom as Dr Roger Corder M.D., D.P.M.
- Michael Johnson as Dr Jimmy Davis
- Sally Smith as Corder's daughter, Jennifer
- Mary Yeomans as secretary, Nancy Hamilton
- Mary Steele as personal assistant, Jane Harris
Guests[edit]
- Joan Collins
- Margaret Lockwood
- Flora Robson as Headmistress (1 episode)
- Roger Livesey
- Rita Tushingham as Joy South (1 episode)
- André Morell
- Ronald Leigh-Hunt
- Lloyd Lamble
- Keith Pyott
- Geoffrey Palmer
- Edward Evans
- Hamilton Dyce as Jonathan Burn
- Jess Conrad as Danny Pace (1 episode)
- Michael Ripper
- Derek Farr
- Jenny Laird
- Andrée Melly
- Walter Hudd
- Harry Fowler
- Janina Faye
- George A. Cooper
- Cyril Chamberlain
- Leonard Sachs
- Ursula Howells
- Frank Jarvis
- Larry Martyn
- Robin Hawdon
- Stacy Davies
- June Murphy
- Alfred Burke
- Richard Leech
- Cavan Kendall
- John Harvey
- Steven Scott
- Avice Landon
- André Morell
- Justine Lord
- William Marlowe
- Peter Bathurst
- Bernard Davies
- Jane Merrow
- Philip Gilbert
- Jeremy Spenser
- Catherine Feller
- Blake Butler
- Arnold Diamond
- Rosamund Greenwood
- Hana Maria Pravda
- Jeanne Moody
- Frank Lawton
- John Glyn-Jones
- Rosalie Crutchley
- Robin Hughes
- Melvyn Hayes
- Gerald James
- Fabia Drake
- Warren Mitchell
- John Arnatt
- Douglas Blackwell
- Mitzi Rogers
- Susan Burnet
- Pauline Yates
- Frederick Piper
- Beatrice Varley
- William Kendall
- Roger Delgado
- Glynn Edwards
- Ian Bannen
- Eddie Byrne
- Zena Marshall
- June Barry
- John Boxer
- Simon Lack
- Gerald Andersen
- Joan Collins
- Clifford Evans
- Derek Godfrey
- Margaret Whiting
- Edward Judd
- Sylvia Syms
- Harold Goldblatt
- Jack Smethurst
- Philip Latham
- Ruth Trouncer
- Wanda Ventham
- Johnny Sekka
- Dolores Mantez
- Inigo Jackson
- Donald Morley
- Frank Coda
- Mark Lester
- Margaret Lockwood
- James Villiers
- Rona Anderson
- Terence Brook
- Malcolm Tierney
- Dudley Sutton
- Bernard Lee
- Francis Matthews
- Walter Gotell
- Jimmy Gardner
- Peter Diamond
- Flora Robson
- Megs Jenkins
- Ronald Hines
- Adrienne Posta
- Richard Johnson
- Robert Beatty
- Andrew Keir
- David McAlister
- Moray Watson
- Rita Tushingham
- Barbara Shelley
- Alan Dobie
- Patrick O'Connell
- Griffith Davies
- Peggy Cummins
- Dennis Price
- Annette Andre
- Rona Anderson
- Yvonne Antrobus
- Roger Livesey
- Ann Firbank
- Allan Cuthbertson
- Russell Waters
- Donald Pickering
- Francesca Annis
- Vladek Sheybal
- Faith Brook
- Gary Watson
- Aimée Delamain as Mrs. Oliver
- Tony Steedman
- Lloyd Reckord as Dock Worker
- Tony Tanner as Troublemaker
- Avis Bunnage
- Barbara Ferris
- Rona Anderson
- Susan George as Gina McCutcheon (1 episode)
- Gerald Harper
- Ray McAnally
- John Junkin
- Donald Eccles
- Tenniel Evans
- Arnold Ridley
Production[edit]
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]
Several 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.[4]
The first series was filmed at Beaconsfield Studios, which closed down shortly after production ended; the second series was shot at the Associated British Studios in Elstree owned by ABC's parent company Associated British Picture Corporation.
The script editor was John Kruse.[5] The advisor on psychiatric content was Dr Hugh L. Freeman, on behalf of the National Association for Mental Health (now Mind).[4]
Episode list[edit]
Series one[edit]
Air date is for ABC Weekend TV.[6] 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "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 | "The Flip Side Man" | Sydney A. Hayers | Robert Stewart | 6 April 1963 | |
| Stars Jess Conrad and Michael Ripper | |||||
| 3 | "Run with the Devil" | Vernon Sewell |
| 13 April 1963 | |
| 4 | "Thin Ice" | John Ainsworth |
| 20 April 1963 | |
| 5 | "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 | "A Friend of the Sergeant Major" | Don Sharp | Lewis Davidson | 4 May 1963 | |
| 7 | "14 Ghosts" | Sydney A. Hayers | Leo Leiberman | 11 May 1963 | |
| 8 | "Fine Feathers" | Vernon Sewell | Robert Stewart | 18 May 1963 | |
| Stars Jane Merrow and Philip Gilbert | |||||
| 9 | "The Wall" | James Hill | John Kruse | 25 May 1963 | |
| 10 | "A Woman with Scars" | James Hill | Robert Stewart | 1 June 1963 | |
| 11 | "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 | "The Two Edged Sword" | Vernon Sewell | Bill MacIlwraith | 15 June 1963 | |
| 13 | "Over and Out" | Vernon Sewell |
| 22 June 1963 | |
| Stars Ian Bannen, Eddie Byrne, Zena Marshall, June Barry, John Boxer, Simon Lack and Gerald Andersen | |||||
Series two[edit]
Air date is for Associated-Rediffusion.[7] ITV regions varied date and order. ABC Weekend Television was broadcast two days later. Order as for the Network DVD release.
| Episode No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Struggle for a Mind" | Sydney A. Hayers | John Kruse | 18 February 1965 | |
| 2 | "Success Machine" | Sydney A. Hayers | John Kruse | 25 February 1965 | |
| 3 | "The 24-Hour Man" | Robert Day | Robert Stewart | 4 March 1965 | |
| 4 | "Solo Performance" | Roy Baker | Bill MacIlwraith | 11 March 1965 | |
| 5 | "Ring of Hate" | Charles Crichton |
| 18 March 1965 | |
| 6 | "Conscience on a Rack" | Roy Baker | Bill MacIlwraith | 25 March 1965 | |
| 7 | "The Quick and the Dead" | Roy Baker | John Kruse | 1 April 1965 | |
| 8 | "The Man Who Fell Apart" | Roy Baker | John Kruse | 8 April 1965 | |
| 9 | "Dual Control" | Roy Baker | Anne Francis | 15 April 1965 | |
| 10 | "Skeleton in the Cupboard" | Roy Baker | Bill MacIlwraith | 22 April 1965 | |
| 11 | "Wild Goose Chase" | Vernon Sewell | Marc Brandel | 29 April 1965 | |
| 12 | "Enemy Outside" | Roy Baker | Bill MacIlwraith | 6 May 1965 | |
| 13 | "Heartbeats in a Tin Box" | Roy Baker | Robert Stewart | 13 May 1965 | |
DVD[edit]
The complete series was released in November 2012 as a 7 DVD (Region 2) boxset with accompanying series guide by Andrew Pixley.
References[edit]
- ^ 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
- ^ a b "BFI Screenonline: Human Jungle, The (1963-65) Credits". www.screenonline.org.uk.
- ^ "The Flip Side Man (1963)". BFI. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018.
- ^ 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[edit]
- The Human Jungle at the BFI's Screenonline
- The Human Jungle at IMDb
