Portrait of Alison (TV series)

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Portrait of Alison
Genre
Created by Francis Durbridge
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6 (all missing)
Production
Producer Alan Bromly
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network BBC
Release16 February (1955-02-16) –
23 March 1955 (1955-03-23)

Portrait of Alison was a 1955 British television series featuring Patrick Barr, Lockwood West, Anthony Nicholls and Brian Wilde. [1] A crime-based thriller written by Francis Durbridge, it aired in six half-hour episodes between February and March 1955. [2] [3]

Contents

It is unknown if the live broadcasts were ever telerecorded. The series is missing from the archives. [4]

Cast

Film version

A feature film Portrait of Alison based on the series was released in cinemas in 1956, starring Robert Beatty and Terry Moore. [5] A similar cinematic release had followed a previous Durbridge serial The Broken Horseshoe in 1952. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Portrait of Alison: Episode 1". 16 February 1955. p. 32 – via BBC Genome.
  2. ↑ "Portrait of Alison". 16 February 1955. Retrieved 5 July 2016– via IMDb.
  3. ↑ "Portrait of Alison (TV series) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 3 February 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Lost UK TV Shows Search Engine". Lostshows.com. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Variety (January 1956)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. 30 March 1956 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ↑ "The Broken Horseshoe". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012.


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