Boyd Q.C. | |
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Genre | Legal drama |
Written by | Jack Roffey |
Starring | Michael Denison Charles Leno |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 80 (67 missing, 5 incomplete) |
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Executive producer | Caryl Doncaster |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | Associated-Rediffusion |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 24 December 1956 – 23 September 1964 |
Boyd Q.C. is a British legal television programme transmitted from December 1956 to September 1964 by the ITV franchise holder Associated-Rediffusion. It focused around a barrister in a London courtroom and the cases in which he was involved. It ran for seven series in total. [1]
The show was reportedly so accurate that Denison was invited to speak at Law Society of England and Wales dinners. [2]
Most of the series was lost. Of the eighty episodes produced, eight episodes survive as recordings; five others survive incomplete; and three have been rediscovered since 2022. [3]
In March 2022, "Sunday's Child", a missing episode from the fifth series, turned up on an eBay auction and sold for £310. It is unknown who the successful bidder was, or if the episode is being negotiated for return to the archives. [4]
On 16 September 2024, it was announced by the Film is Fabulous initiative that three episodes had been found in a private collection:
"The Balance of Her Mind" (Broadcast: 30 April 1958)
"Findings Keepings" (Broadcast: 6 July 1961)
"Sunday's Child" (Broadcast: 20 July 1961)
It is unknown whether the copy of "Sunday's Child" is the one from the aforementioned eBay listing. [5]