Take Three Girls

Take Three Girls
Carolyn Seymour (left), Liza Goddard and Barra Grant (right) - the leading players in series two outside Holland Park station
Genre	Comedy Drama
Written by	Charlotte Bingham Terence Brady Hugo Charteris Julia Jones Carey Harrison (s2) Robert Muller (s2)
Directed by	Tristan DeVere Cole Mark Cullingham John Matthews Michael Hayes
Starring	Liza Goddard Angela Down (s1) Susan Jameson (s1) Carolyn Seymour (s2) Barra Grant (s2)
Theme music composer	Pentangle
Opening theme	'Light Flight'
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	24
Production
Producer(s)	Michael Hayes
Production location(s)	London, England, United Kingdom
Running time	50 minutes
Production company(s)	BBC
Release
Original network	BBC1
Picture format	PAL (576i),
Audio format	Mono
Original release	17 November 1969 (1969-11-17) – 1 January 1971 (1971-01-01)
Chronology
Followed by	Take Three Women (1982)

Take Three Girls is a television drama series broadcast by BBC1 between 1969 and 1971 which follows three young women sharing a flat in "Swinging London" (17 Glazbury Road, West Kensington W14). It was BBC1's first colour drama series.^[1]

The first series featured cellist Victoria (Liza Goddard), single mother Kate (Susan Jameson), and Cockney art student Avril (Angela Down). For the second series, Kate and Avril were replaced by journalist Jenny (Carolyn Seymour), and American psychology graduate Lulie (Barra Grant).^[2]

The original series of two seasons of 12 episodes each were shown on BBC1 between 1969 and 1971, with selected repeats between the series. Only 10 episodes of the original 24 still exist.^[3]

A four-episode sequel, Take Three Women, broadcast on BBC2 in 1982, shows the original three characters later in their lives. Victoria is a widow with a young daughter, and Avril an art gallery owner, while Kate is sharing her life with her son and his teacher.

The theme music - 'Light Flight' by the British folk rock group Pentangle - was a British chart hit in February 1970. Pentangle also contributed music to Take Three Women.

A tie-in novel, Victoria, by scriptwriters Terence Brady and Charlotte Bingham, was published in 1972 by W. H. Allen Ltd.

Episodes

All episodes were made on colour videotape, with the exception of Season 1#10, which was entirely 35mm film.

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