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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]
Notable guest stars included Maggie Smith, Wendy Hiller, Stephen Boyd, Marius Goring, Michael Gough and Wilfrid Hyde-White.[4][5][6][7][8]
References edit
- ^ "Bardell V. Pickwick (1955)". BFI. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019.
- ^ for 1959, Laurence Marcus (February 2007) Reference Sources: The Armchair Theatre (published 1959), The Guinness Book of TV Facts and Feats, The Television Barons by Jack Tinker, ITV: The People's Channel by Simon Cherry, The Television Annual. "The Armchair Theatre Effect". Television Heaven.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "BFI Screenonline: Armchair Theatre (1956-74)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
- ^ "Death under a City (1956)". BFI. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017.
- ^ "The Game and the Onlooker (1955)". BFI. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019.
- ^ "The Stolen Pearl (1956)". BFI. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019.
- ^ "Just off Piccadilly (1956)". BFI. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019.
- ^ "The Little Black Book (1955)". BFI. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019.
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