Theatre Royal (TV series)

Theatre Royal, aka Lilli Palmer Theatre is an Anglo/American half-hour television anthology series hosted by Lilli Palmer.[1] It was the first ITV play series; and was first transmitted on 25 September 1955, with the televised Dickens episode, Bardell v Pickwick.[2] Thirty-four episodes aired in the UK on ATV London in 1955–56.[3] Fourteen episodes aired in the US from 1955–56.[4]

Notable guest stars included Maggie Smith, Wendy Hiller, Stephen Boyd, Michael Gough and Wilfrid Hyde-White.[5][6][7][8][9]

References
  1. "Bardell V. Pickwick (1955)". BFI.
  2. for 1959, Laurence Marcus (February 2007) Reference Sources: The Armchair Theatre (published 1959), The Guinness Book of TV Facts and Feats, The Television Barons by Jack Tinker, ITV: The People's Channel by Simon Cherry, The Television Annual. "The Armchair Theatre Effect". Television Heaven.
  3. "BFI Screenonline: Armchair Theatre (1956-74)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  4. "CTVA UK - "Theatre Royal/ Lilli Palmer Theatre" (1955-56) anthology series". ctva.biz.
  5. "Death under a City (1956)". BFI.
  6. "The Game and the Onlooker (1955)". BFI.
  7. "The Stolen Pearl (1956)". BFI.
  8. "Just off Piccadilly (1956)". BFI.
  9. "The Little Black Book (1955)". BFI.


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