British telefantasy of the 1950s
Mostly based on the now defunct Telefantasy List website plus a few bonus ones I've found that weren't listed on there.
Missing 'Two Ghost Stories by M.R. James' (BBC, 1954) and 'The Red Grass' (1959).
Missing 'Two Ghost Stories by M.R. James' (BBC, 1954) and 'The Red Grass' (1959).
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- StarsBransby WilliamsJohn RuddockJohn BentleyOn Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean and miserly as Scrooge is now and he warns him to change his ways or face the consequences in the afterlife. Scrooge dismisses the apparition but the first of the three ghosts, the Ghost of Christmas Past, visits as promised. Scrooge sees those events in his past life, both happy and sad, that forged his character. The second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, shows him how many currently celebrate Christmas. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows him how he will be remembered once he is gone. To his delight, the spirits complete their visits in one night giving him the opportunity to mend his ways.Broadcast live, not recorded
- StarsAlan JuddDesmond LlewelynJack LiveseyTelevision adaptation of the novel by R.L. Stevenson about the upright Dr Jekyll whose experiments lead him to discover a way to separate out good and evil in a man, and lead to him becoming the persona of the immoral Mr Hyde when taking the substance. However, he finds that the splitting begins to occur of its own accord and he loses control over it.Broadcast live, not recorded
- StarsBernard MilesColin GordonDesmond KeithA tramp falls asleep in the woods and dreams of observing a range of insects - each representing various human characteristics. Based on Karel and Josef Capek's satirical, allegorical play.Broadcast live, not recorded
- StarsWee Georgie WoodCarole LorimerBarry MacGregorAfter acting in a performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", two children meet a real-life Puck who takes them on a wild adventure.Broadcast live, not recorded
- StarsToke TownleyPat FieldMichael AshwinAn adaptation of a 1917 fantasy play by J. M. Barrie, depicting alternative realities for its characters and their eventual return to real life.Broadcast live, not recorded
- StarsBruce GordonNeil WilsonBarry MacGregorBroadcast live, not recorded
- StarsJohn GabrielRichard PearsonValentine DyallAdventures of a human boy befriended by a Martian boy who crashlands on Earth.Broadcast live, not recorded
- StarsJudy DysonRichard GooldenAlan JuddBroadcast live, not recorded
- DirectorRudolph CartierStarsMaurice BannisterDavid KossoffDonald PleasenceA young bride is possessed by a dybbuk, a malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person, on the eve of her wedding.Broadcast live, not recorded
- DirectorTony RichardsonStarsDouglas WilmerErik ChittyRobin BaileyMarkheim wonders if he might have done a deal with the Devil.Broadcast live, not recorded
- StarsMargaret BartonKathleen BoutallMargery BryceBroadcast live, not recorded
- StarsPaul EricksonVernon GrayCharles RichardsonBroadcast live, not recorded
- DirectorStephen HarrisonStarsPhilip GuardJack WatlingUrsula HowellsA group of nuclear scientists face a moral dilemma when they discover that as well as making electricity, their government also wants to make nuclear bombs with their products.Broadcast live, not recorded
- StarsReginald TateIsabel DeanHugh KellyFollows the first manned space flight from Australia. In its return to Earth, from the crew of 3, only Victor Carroon, is still aboard. Examinations reveal that something attacked the crew as they were on course back to Earth.2/6 episodes exist
- StarsJack RodneyHarold JamiesonRobert AyresA man dies and is brought back to life with a dose of adrenalin, but he now lives five seconds ahead of anyone else.Broadcast live, not recorded
- StarsAnthony ValentineJohn QuayleColin CampbellBroadcast live, not recorded
- StarsFrank AtkinsonCarol OlverMabel ConstandurosBroadcast live, not recorded
- DirectorSpencer Gordon BennetStarsJudd HoldrenVivian MasonTed ThorpeTwo newspaper reporters battle a plot by the evil Dr. Grood to conquer the world.Wiped
- DirectorEric FawcettStarsAlfie BassDavid KossoffAlan TilvernThe ghost of a poor warehouse clerk who died from the cold persuades a tailor to steal a coat.Wiped
- StarsTerence AlexanderDonald EcclesHenry OscarBe careful of what you wish for - it might come true, but no in the way you expect.Wiped
- DirectorRudolph CartierStarsPeter CushingAndré MorellYvonne MitchellIn a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
- DirectorChloe GibsonStarsJanet BarrowMargaret BoydJohn BreslinBroadcast live, not recorded
- DirectorRudolph CartierStarsPeter CushingStanley BakerEric PohlmannA scientist searches for the Yeti in a Himalayan fastness, and is soon at odds with an adventurer who wants to find the Creature for less exalted reasons.Broadcast live, not recorded
- StarsHugh GriffithNorman TyrrellPeter ReevesOn Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean and miserly as Scrooge is now and he warns him to change his ways or face the consequences in the afterlife. Scrooge dismisses the apparition but the first of the three ghosts, the Ghost of Christmas Past, visits as promised. Scrooge sees those events in his past life, both happy and sad, that forged his character. The second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, shows him how many currently celebrate Christmas. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows him how he will be remembered once he is gone. To his delight, the spirits complete their visits in one night giving him the opportunity to mend his ways.Wiped
- StarsJohn RobinsonMonica GreyHugh GriffithProfessor Quatermass is trying to perfect a dangerously unstable nuclear-powered rocket engine. After a disastrous test firing in Australia, his soon-to-be son-in-law, Captain John Dillon, draws the Professor's attention to a strange hollow meteorite which interrupted an Army Training exercise. Quatermass and Dillon investigate, and discover a vast government production plant which has some connection with the meteorites. After coming in contact with the noxious gas contained inside the meteorites, Dillon is taken away by the plant's security guards. When Quatermass presses this issue with an old civil service acquaintance, he learns that the plant is supposedly making synthetic food. Both men learn that this is untrue, and that the true products of the plant will threaten the world itself.