Melissa (1964 TV series)
{{Short description|1964 British BBC TV series}}
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| genre = Thriller
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| writer = Francis Durbridge
| director = Alan Bromly
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| starring = Tony Britton
Helen Christie
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| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| num_series = 1
| num_episodes = 6
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| producer = Alan Bromly
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| runtime = 30 minutes
| company = BBC
| channel = BBC Two
| first_aired = {{start date|1964|4|26|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1964|5|31|df=y}}
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Melissa is a 1964 British thriller television series which originally aired in six parts on BBC 2 in 1964.Baskin p.67{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b32db1e|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523025349/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b32db1e|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 May 2022|title=Melissa Episode 1 (1964)|website=BFI}} It was shown under the umbrella title Francis Durbridge Presents,{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/eba7a74c630746ef9152055b76fc86ff|title=Francis Durbridge Presents...: Melissa: Episode 6|date=May 31, 1964|issue=2116|pages=21|via=BBC Genome}} and was one of a number of serials written by Francis Durbridge during the period.{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baa228b8b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309133517/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baa228b8b|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 March 2016|title=Francis Durbridge|website=BFI}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.mediagems.de/01filmtv/durbridge.html|title=Francis Durbridge|website=www.mediagems.de}}
Cast
- Tony Britton as Guy Foster (6 episodes)
- Helen Christie as Paula Hepburn (6 episodes)
- Brian McDermott as Don Page (6 episodes)
- Kerry Jordan as Felix Hepburn (5 episodes)
- Norman Scace as Dr. Norman Swanley (5 episodes)
- Elizabeth Weaver as Joyce Dean (5 episodes)
- Brian Wilde as Chief Insp. Carter (5 episodes)
- Richard Wilding as Det. Sgt. Gibbs (3 episodes)
- Michael Collins as George Antrobus (2 episodes)
- Elizabeth Craven as Mrs. Long (2 episodes)
- Sydney Dobson as Chauffeur (2 episodes)
- Carole Mowlam as Mary Antrobus (2 episodes)
- Ian Norris as Jackson (2 episodes)
- Martin Norton as Peter Antrobus (2 episodes)
- John Marcus Powell as Man in car park (2 episodes)
- Reg Pritchard as Duncan (2 episodes)
- Petra Davies as Melissa Foster (1 episode)
- Lennard Pearce as Det. Sgt. Heston (1 episode)
- Anthony Sagar as George (1 episode)
- Patricia Marmont as Carol Stewart (1 episode)
DVD
The series has been released to DVD in an Australian box set, along with three other titles as Francis Durbridge Presents - Volume 1.{{Cite web|url=http://movieworld.ws/francis-durbridge-presents-volume-1-and-volume-2-the-desperate-people-1963-melissa-1964-a-man-called-harry-brent-1965-a-game-of-murder-1966-bat-out-of-hell-1966-the-passenger-1971-t/|title=Francis Durbridge Presents Volume 1 and Volume 2: The Desperate People (1963), Melissa (1964), A Man Called Harry Brent (1965), A Game of Murder (1966), Bat Out of Hell (1966), The Passenger (1971), The Doll (1975), Breakaway: The Family Affair (1980), Breakaway: The Local Affair (1980) 9 x DVD, download for free | movie world|first=Tom J.|last=Jones}}
References
Bibliography
- Ellen Baskin. Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press, 1996.