Theatre Royal (1955 TV series)

Theatre Royal, aka Lilli Palmer Theatre is an Anglo/American half-hour television anthology series hosted by Lilli Palmer.[1] It was the first ITV play series; and was first transmitted on 25 September 1955, with the televised Dickens episode, Bardell v Pickwick.[2] Thirty-four episodes aired in the UK on ATV London in 1955–56.[3] Fourteen episodes aired in the US from 1955–56.

See also: Theatre Royal (Australian TV series)

Notable guest stars included Maggie Smith, Wendy Hiller, Stephen Boyd, Marius Goring, Michael Gough and Wilfrid Hyde-White.[4][5][6][7][8]

References
  1. "Bardell V. Pickwick (1955)". BFI. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019.
  2. for 1959, Laurence Marcus (February 2007) Reference Sources: The Armchair Theatre (published 1959), The Guinness Book of TV Facts and Feats, The Television Barons by Jack Tinker, ITV: The People's Channel by Simon Cherry, The Television Annual. "The Armchair Theatre Effect". Television Heaven.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. "BFI Screenonline: Armchair Theatre (1956-74)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  4. "Death under a City (1956)". BFI. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017.
  5. "The Game and the Onlooker (1955)". BFI. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019.
  6. "The Stolen Pearl (1956)". BFI. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019.
  7. "Just off Piccadilly (1956)". BFI. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019.
  8. "The Little Black Book (1955)". BFI. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019.
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