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- The Ten Commandments at TV Guide
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| The Ten Commandments | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama, Anthology |
| Written by | Ray Jenkins, Kevin Laffan, Leo Laffan, Bill MacIlwraith, Alun Owen, Jeremy Paul, Allan Prior, |
| Directed by | John Frankau, Marc Miller, James Ormerod, Christopher Hodson, Joan Kemp-Welch, Colin Welland, Hugh Whitemore, Charles Wood |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | England |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Peter Willes (10 episodes) |
| Producer | Peter Willes (1 episode) |
| Production location | Yorkshire |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Yorkshire Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV Yorkshire |
| Release | 30 March – 1 June 1971 |
The Ten Commandments was a 1971 British 10 episode part series produced by Yorkshire Television and broadcast from 30 March 1971 to 1 June 1971. [1]
Ten Commandments in England are all being interpreted in a modern 1970 scenario by ten different writers. All ten of the Commandments Steve, Gerry, Mike Lee, Prof. David Cuthbertson, Hilda, Vivien, Catherine Williams, Rupert, James Clark, Magdalene each get a contemporary take on each other from the writers. [2]
The series aired on television on Tuesday's from the 30 March 1971 to 1 June 1971 on the channel ITV Yorkshire. [3] All ten episodes are all fully intact and are all available to watch on TV Brain. [4] All ten episodes are also all available to watch at the British Film Institute as well. [5] The series has unfortunately never been released on VHS, DVD or any other physical media platforms.
| # | Title | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Decision to Burn" | 30 March 1971 | |
Hilary finds Steve to be attractive, although she soon relies the circumstances and the fact that men are not always what they seem. | |||
| 2 | "The Nineteenth Hole" | 6 April 1971 | |
Willy who is a successful doctor also has a good companion and is a first-class golfer, but when his friend Gerry suggests nominating him to get a membership for his golf club it becomes straightforward for two of his other friends and as a result there lives start changing. | |||
| 3 | "Be Lucky" | 13 April 1971 | |
Mike Lee has a frightening dream and tells his wife about it. Later that night his brother Col calls him and asks him to look after a locker key, but Col s actually a thief and so is Mike and they both live in a villains life in secret. | |||
| 4 | "Black Eye on Sunday" | 20 April 1971 | |
David dreams being a liberal, but when he gets assaulted by one of his class students, he then gets forced to quit many things he does for his life to get money. | |||
| 5 | "Hilda" | 27 April 1971 | |
Hilda who is in a secure safe marriage does not like the French, but when Louis Briquet walks into her life she starts to change. | |||
| 6 | "Husband and Friend" | 4 May 1971 | |
A young women named Sarah who lives with her husband Richard gets invited out to dinner with Richard's Boss and she wonders if it's attraction or if it's a promotion for her husband Richard. The truth turns out to be very sinister. | |||
| 7 | "The Catherine Wheel" | 11 May 1971 | |
A woman named Catherine becomes pregnant and her pregnancy forces an examination with her and her husband Bill. | |||
| 8 | "An Object of Affection" | 18 May 1971 | |
A middle aged man named Robert Sangster falls in love with his wife who is the same age as him but he views her as a much younger woman. | |||
| 9 | "As Many as Are Here Present" | 25 May 1971 | |
When Jack Clark realises that his son Ray Clark can publicly dismiss the Church as pagan, he decides to go along with it, but there's a boundary to be conflicted. | |||
| 10 | "A Bit of Family Feeling" | 1 June 1971 | |
Magdalene who is a successful British playwright start to write a new play when her parents decide to come and stay with her for the time being. | |||
Peter Willes who was a head at ITV Yorkshire asked all ten of the writers working on the series to choose a commandment and interpret it in their own way possible. [6] The series was also notable for being one of Jenny Agutter's first big roles on television. [7]
One Critic described the series and all ten episodes as the art of plays illustrating in each episode. [8]
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