Red Letter Day (TV series)

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Red Letter Day is a 1976 British television anthology series screened on ITV, and produced by Granada Television. [1] [2] The series consists of seven teleplays that aired between 11 January 1976, and 22 February 1976. [3] [4] [5] [1] [2] [6] Each teleplay examined the events in a special day in someone's life. The series' first teleplay, "Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill", was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama in 1977. [7]

Contents

Episodes

No.TitleCastDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill"Joe Black
Jack Shepherd
Mark Wing-Davey
Barbara Moore-Black
Diana Davies		Mike NewellStory by :
Teleplay by : Jack Rosenthal		11 January 1976 (1976-1-11) [2]
2"The Five Pound Orange" Sarah Badel
Peter Barkworth
Bernard Horsfall 		June HowsonStory by : Donald Churchill
Teleplay by : Jack Rosenthal		18 January 1976 (1976-1-18) [6]
3"Well Thank You, Thursday" Judy Parfitt
Andrew Ray
Brenda Cavendish		Brian MillsStory by :
Teleplay by : Jack Rosenthal		25 January 1976 (1976-1-25) [1]
4"Amazing Stories" Harold Kasket
Rula Lenska
Ian McDiarmid 		Peter PlummerStory by : Howard Schuman
Teleplay by : Jack Rosenthal		1 February 1976 (1976-2-1) [4]
5"Matchfit" Roddy McMillan
Steven Pacey
Anne Reid 		Gordon FlemyngStory by : Brian Glanville
Teleplay by : Willis Hall and Jack Rosenthal		8 February 1976 (1976-2-8)
6"For Services to Myself" Alan Dobie
Ronald Radd
Gwen Cherrell		Gordon FlemyngStory by :
Teleplay by : C.P. Taylor		15 February 1976 (1976-2-15) [5]
7"Bag of Yeast" Gladys Ambrose
Jimmy Coleman
Bill Dean 		Michael GrigsbyStory by : Neville Smith
Teleplay by : Jack Rosenthal		22 February 1976 (1976-2-22) [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Patrick Campbell (29 January 1976). "Light but well done". The Stage and Television Today (4945): 13.
  2. 1 2 3 Bernard Davies (26 January 1976). "ONE MAN'S TELEVISION". Broadcast (846): 20.
  3. 1 2 Ann Sheldon Williams (26 February 1976). "Two for the discerning". The Stage and Television Today (4949): 25.
  4. 1 2 Geoffrey Wren (5 February 1976). "An hour of tedious hokum". The Stage and Television Today (4946): 15.
  5. 1 2 Patrick Campbell (19 February 1976). "The same old slice of northern life". The Stage and Television Today (4948): 15.
  6. 1 2 Hazel Holt (22 January 1976). "Slight but agreeable Churchill comedy". The Stage and Television Today . No. 4944. p. 15.
  7. ↑ "Television Today: BAFTA awards". The Stage and Television Today (5007): 23. 31 March 1977.
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