Melissa (1964 TV series)

Melissa
Genre	Thriller
Written by	Francis Durbridge
Directed by	Alan Bromly
Starring	Tony Britton Helen Christie
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producer	Alan Bromly
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	26 April (1964-04-26) – 31 May 1964 (1964-05-31)

Melissa is a 1964 British thriller television series which originally aired in six parts on BBC 2 in 1964. ^{[1] [2]} It was shown under the umbrella title Francis Durbridge Presents, ^[3] and was one of a number of serials written by Francis Durbridge during the period. ^{[4] [5]} It was remade in 1974 and again, with a script by Alan Bleasdale, in 1997.

Cast

• Tony Britton as Guy Foster (6 episodes)
• Helen Christie as Paula Hepburn (6 episodes)
• Brian McDermott as Don Page (6 episodes)
• Kerry Jordan as Felix Hepburn (5 episodes)
• Norman Scace as Dr. Norman Swanley (5 episodes)
• Elizabeth Weaver as Joyce Dean (5 episodes)
• Brian Wilde as Chief Insp. Carter (5 episodes)
• Richard Wilding as Det. Sgt. Gibbs (3 episodes)
• Michael Collins as George Antrobus (2 episodes)
• Elizabeth Craven as Mrs. Long (2 episodes)
• Sydney Dobson as Chauffeur (2 episodes)
• Carole Mowlam as Mary Antrobus (2 episodes)
• Ian Norris as Jackson (2 episodes)
• Martin Norton as Peter Antrobus (2 episodes)
• John Marcus Powell as Man in car park (2 episodes)
• Reg Pritchard as Duncan (2 episodes)
• Petra Davies as Melissa Foster (1 episode)
• Lennard Pearce as Det. Sgt. Heston (1 episode)
• Anthony Sagar as George (1 episode)
• Patricia Marmont as Carol Stewart (1 episode)

DVD

The series has been released to DVD in an Australian box set, along with three other titles as Francis Durbridge Presents - Volume 1. ^[6]

References

1. Baskin p.67
2. "Melissa Episode 1 (1964)". BFI. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022.
3. "Francis Durbridge Presents...: Melissa: Episode 6". 31 May 1964. p. 21 – via BBC Genome.
4. "Francis Durbridge". BFI. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016.
5. "Francis Durbridge". www.mediagems.de.
6. Jones, Tom J. "Francis Durbridge Presents Volume 1 and Volume 2: The Desperate People (1963), Melissa (1964), A Man Called Harry Brent (1965), A Game of Murder (1966), Bat Out of Hell (1966), The Passenger (1971), The Doll (1975), Breakaway: The Family Affair (1980), Breakaway: The Local Affair (1980) 9 x DVD, download for free | movie world". Archived from the original on 26 March 2023.

Bibliography

• Ellen Baskin. Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press, 1996.

External links

• Melissa at IMDb