Saturday Playhouse

Saturday Playhouse

Saturday Playhouse

1958 1 SeasonSeries

Saturday Playhouse was a 60-minute UK anthology television series produced by and airing on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) from 4 January 1958 until 1 April 1961. There were sixty-eight episodes, among them adaptations of the plays The Man Who Came to Dinner and The Cat and the Canary. One of the episodes, Alex Atkinson’s classic thriller Design for Murder, was featured twice on the BBC: first on Saturday Playhouse (Saturday, 15 March 1958; S1/Ep.6) and again from the BBC's own theatre in Bristol (Thursday, 6 July 1961).

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Peter Duguid

Director

Top Cast

Elvi Hale

Elvi Hale

Susan Cunningham / Lady Elizabeth Randall / Annabelle West / Diana Lake · 4 eps

Madoline Thomas

Annie / Annie Morris / Mrs. Morgan / Mrs. Teck · 4 eps

George A. Cooper

George A. Cooper

Mr. Jackson / Inspector Fitchitt / George Day / Bob Sanders · 4 eps

Emrys Jones

Emrys Jones

George Longford / Courier 326 / Richard Dukes · 3 eps

Cyril Raymond

Cyril Raymond

Leonard / Colonel Morrigan / Edward Ritchie · 3 eps

Ralph Michael

Ralph Michael

Tom Howard / Robert Christie / Glynn Harris · 3 eps

Clive Morton

Clive Morton

Duke of Ayr and Stirling / Sir Edward Blackenham / Dominio · 3 eps

Maureen Pryor

Mrs. Wentross / Miss Ronberry / Mrs. Harris · 3 eps

Hedley Goodall

Samuel Sweetland / Billy Blee / Jem Burden · 3 eps

Lesley Nunnerley

Lesley Nunnerley

Jane Lome / Freda Benson / Diana Granger · 3 eps

Gretchen Franklin

Gretchen Franklin

Mrs. Wilson / Susan Sillsby / Mrs. Catt · 3 eps

Colin Broadley

Colin Broadley

Kenneth Lake / Harry Lomax / Wilf Crompton · 3 eps

William Fox

Jones / The Attorney General / Director · 3 eps

Constance Chapman

Constance Chapman

Mrs. Wilson / Mary Hearn / Sarah Trowt · 3 eps

Emrys Cleaver

Morgan Powell / Professor Parry Phillips / Old Tom · 3 eps

Lewis Gedge

Henry Coaker / Charles Sempter QC / First Visitor · 3 eps

Ivor Maddox

Judge / Mr. Osborne / Mr. Manning · 3 eps

Stephen Murray

Stephen Murray

Svengali / Alec Strannack · 2 eps

Stephen Murray

The Duke of Laterraine · 1 ep

David Andrews

Gerry Roberts · 1 ep