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 |
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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.
External links
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- 1963 British television series debuts
- 1963 British television series endings
- 1960s British children's television series
- Television shows produced by ABC Weekend TV
- Television series by ITV Studios
- 1960s British science fiction television series
- ITV children's television shows
- British English-language television shows
- Lost television shows
- Science fiction television stubs