A Chance of Thunder

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A Chance of Thunder
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Radio Times cover featuring the series alongside The Escape of R.D.7
GenreThriller
Written by John Hopkins
Directed by Peter Hammond
Starring Clifford Evans
John Meillon
Peter Vaughan
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6 (all missing)
Production
ProducerPeter Hammond
Running time30 minutes
Production company BBC
Original release
Network BBC Television
Release22 November (1961-11-22) 
27 December 1961 (1961-12-27)

A Chance of Thunder is a 1961 British television series written by John Hopkins and produced by the BBC. It was transmitted in six episodes. [1]

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The BBC later wiped the series, and none of the six episodes are thought to survive.

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  1. Baskin p. 59

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