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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 stand alone teleplays that aired between 11 January 1976, and 22 February 1976.[3] [4][5][1][2][6] Each teleplay examined the events in a single, 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]

Episodes

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No.TitleCastDirected byWritten byOriginal air 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 (1976-01-11)[2]
2"The Five Pound Orange"Sarah Badel
Peter Barkworth
Bernard Horsfall
June HowsonStory by : Donald Churchill
Teleplay by : Jack Rosenthal
18 January 1976 (1976-01-18)[6]
3"Well Thank You, Thursday"Judy Parfitt
Andrew Ray
Brenda Cavendish
Brian MillsStory by :
Teleplay by : Jack Rosenthal
25 January 1976 (1976-01-25)[1]
4"Amazing Stories"Harold Kasket
Rula Lenska
Ian McDiarmid
Peter PlummerStory by : Howard Schuman
Teleplay by : Jack Rosenthal
1 February 1976 (1976-02-01)[4]
5"Matchfit"Roddy McMillan
Steven Pacey
Anne Reid
Gordon FlemyngStory by : Brian Glanville
Teleplay by : Willis Hall and Jack Rosenthal
8 February 1976 (1976-02-08)
6"For Services to Myself"Alan Dobie
Ronald Radd
Gwen Cherrell
Gordon FlemyngStory by :
Teleplay by : C.P. Taylor
15 February 1976 (1976-02-15)[5]
7"Bag of Yeast"Gladys Ambrose
Jimmy Coleman
Bill Dean
Michael GrigsbyStory by : Neville Smith
Teleplay by : Jack Rosenthal
22 February 1976 (1976-02-22)[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Patrick Campbell (29 January 1976). "Light but well done". The Stage and Television Today (4945): 13.
  2. ^ a b c Bernard Davies (26 January 1976). "ONE MAN'S TELEVISION". Broadcast (846): 20.
  3. ^ a b Ann Sheldon Williams (26 February 1976). "Two for the discerning". The Stage and Television Today (4949): 25.
  4. ^ a b Geoffrey Wren (5 February 1976). "An hour of tedious hokum". The Stage and Television Today (4946): 15.
  5. ^ a b Patrick Campbell (19 February 1976). "The same old slice of northern life". The Stage and Television Today (4948): 15.
  6. ^ a b 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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