Red Letter Day (TV series)

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

Episode No. Title Cast Directed by Written by First broadcast
1"Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill"Joe Black
Jack Shepherd
Mark Wing-Davey
Barbara Moore-Black
Diana Davies
Mike NewellTeleplay by: Jack Rosenthal11 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 MillsTeleplay by: Jack Rosenthal25 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 FlemyngTeleplay by: C.P. Taylor15 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

  1. Patrick Campbell (29 January 1976). "Light but well done". The Stage and Television Today (4945): 13.
  2. Bernard Davies (26 January 1976). "ONE MAN'S TELEVISION". Broadcast (846): 20.
  3. Ann Sheldon Williams (26 February 1976). "Two for the discerning". The Stage and Television Today (4949): 25.
  4. Geoffrey Wren (5 February 1976). "An hour of tedious hokum". The Stage and Television Today (4946): 15.
  5. Patrick Campbell (19 February 1976). "The same old slice of northern life". The Stage and Television Today (4948): 15.
  6. Hazel Holt (22 January 1976). Slight but agreeable Churchill comedy. p. 15. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  7. "Television Today: BAFTA awards". The Stage and Television Today (5007): 23. 31 March 1977.
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