Angel Pavement (1957 TV series)

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Angel Pavement
GenreDrama
Based on Angel Pavement
by J.B. Priestley
Written by Constance Cox
Directed byJohn Jacobs
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4 (all missing)
Production
ProducerJohn Jacobs
Running time30 minutes
Production company BBC
Original release
Network BBC One
Release27 December 1957 (1957-12-27) 
17 January 1958 (1958-01-17)

Angel Pavement is a British television drama series which first aired on BBC 1 between 27 December 1957 and 17 January 1958. [1] It is an adaptation of the 1930 novel Angel Pavement by J.B. Priestley. It follows the fortunes of a small London-based company just before the outbreak of the Great Depression.

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A second television adaptation of the novel was produced by the BBC in 1967. Both adaptations are considered completely lost.

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  1. Baskin p.28

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