Shades of Greene

{{Short description|British TV drama series (1975–1976)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}

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| runtime = 60 minutes

| creator =

| starring = John Gielgud
Leo McKern
Virginia McKenna
Paul Scofield
Roy Kinnear

| country = United Kingdom

| network = ITV

| first_aired = {{Start date|1975|9|9|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1976|2|10|df=y}}

| num_episodes = 18

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Shades of Greene is a British television series based on short stories written by the author Graham Greene. The series began in 1975, with each hour-long episode featuring a dramatisation of one of Greene's stories, many of which dealt with issues such as guilt and the Catholic faith, as well as looking at life in general. Actors to have appeared in the series include John Gielgud, Leo McKern, Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Lesley Dunlop, John Hurt and Roy Kinnear.

The series began on 9 September 1975 and ran for two seasons.

List of episodes

=Season 1=

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|Episode

|Title

|Dramatised by

|Original air date

Episode 1

|When Greek Meets Greek

|Clive Exton

|9 September 1975

Episode 2

|Cheap in August

|Philip Mackie

|16 September 1975

Episode 3

|The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen

|John Mortimer

|23 September 1975

Episode 4

|Special Duties

|John Mortimer

|23 September 1975

Episode 5

|Two Gentle People

|William Trevor

|30 September 1975

Episode 6

|The Root of All Evil

|Clive Exton

|7 October 1975

Episode 7

|A Little Place off the Edgware Road

|John Mortimer

|14 October 1975

Episode 8

|The Blue Film

|John Mortimer

|14 October 1975

Episode 9

|The Destructors

|John Mortimer

|21 October 1975

=Season 2=

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|Title

|Dramatised by

|Original air date

Episode 1

|The Case for the Defence

|John Mortimer

|6 January 1976

Episode 2

|Chagrin in Three Parts

|John Mortimer

|6 January 1976

Episode 3

|A Chance for Mr. Lever

|Clive Exton

|13 January 1976

Episode 4

|Alas, Poor Maling

|Graham Greene

|20 January 1976

Episode 5

|Mortmain

|John Mortimer

|20 January 1976

Episode 6

|A Drive in the Country

|Philip Mackie

|27 January 1976

Episode 7

|The Over-night Bag

|Clive Exton

|2 February 1976

Episode 8

|Dream of a Strange Land

|Robin Chapman

|2 February 1976

Episode 9

|Under the Garden

|Robin Chapman

|10 February 1976

Overseas sales

The series was broadcast by the Nine Network in Australia.{{when|date=March 2016}}

Book

These 18 short stories were re-published in their original form, with cast list and names of dramatiser and director, in the collection Shades of Greene jointly by The Bodley Head and William Heinemann, London, in 1975. {{ISBN|0 370 10604 0}}