Thorndyke (TV series)

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Thorndyke
GenreCrime drama
Based on Dr. Thorndyke
by R. Austin Freeman
Written by Allan Prior
C.E. Webber
Robert Banks Stewart
Starring Peter Copley
Paul Williamson
Patrick Newell
Composer Albert Elms
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducerJohn Robins
Running time50 minutes
Original release
Network BBC 1
Release3 October (1964-10-03) –
7 November 1964 (1964-11-07)

Thorndyke is a 1964 crime television series which originally aired on BBC 1 in six episodes from 3 October to 7 November 1964, following on from a pilot broadcast on 6 July as part of the Detective anthology series. [1] It is based on the novels and short stories by R. Austin Freeman featuring the detective Doctor Thorndyke, a pioneer in using forensic methods to solve cases. [2]

Contents

All six episodes presumably still exist, but except for "The Case of Oscar Brodski" (available on YouTube), they have not been made available to the public.

Cast

Main

Other

Actors who appeared in individual episodes of the series include:

References

  1. ↑ Perry p.65
  2. ↑ Weissmann p.119

Bibliography

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