British telefantasy of the 1960s
Mostly based on the now defunct Telefantasy List website plus a few bonus ones I've found that weren't listed on there.
Missing 'Tobias and the Angel' (BBC, 1960).
Missing 'Tobias and the Angel' (BBC, 1960).
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- CreatorGerry AndersonArthur ProvisStarsKenneth ConnorNicholas ParsonsDenise BryerSheriff Tex Tucker makes sure all is well in Four Feather Falls with the help of his dog Dusty and Rocky the horse. Done with puppets, even the animals talk and sing along with the humans as problems are quickly wrapped up.
- StarsEric ShillingJulia ShelleyStephen MantonThe object of the professor's affections has more time for a green alien.
- StarsPeter WilliamsHarold GoldblattGerald FloodProfessor Norman Wedgewood and his team are planning another rocket mission to the Moon. Once again, Geoff, Valerie and Jimmy are on hand to witness the launch of a new rocket MR1 (Moon Rocket 1), along with journalist friend Conway Henderson.
- StarsGeorge CoulourisGerald FloodPamela BarneyA secondary mission in a new rocket, MR4 (Moon Rocket 4), to the Moon takes off from Buchan Island. This time Henderson takes the lead role as pilot accompanied by Professor Wedgewood's oldest son Geoff as radio operator, Professor Mary Meadows, Henderson's niece Margret along with Hamlet. One of the crew turns out to be the science writer named Harcourt Brown. Brown has plans to divert the ship to Mars as he is determined to prove that there is life on the planet. Brown succeeds in getting MR4 to Mars, but with the length of the journey, the crew decide that the only way to get home is to find water on Mars.
- DirectorDavid BoisseauStarsMichael AtkinsonDaphne SlaterAnthony NewlandsPolitical maneouvring ensues when a scientist discovers a device that can harness the sun's power, turning it into a solar-powered weapon more powerful than the H-bomb.Wiped
- DirectorCyril CokeStarsLee MontagueMelissa StriblingSally BazelyThe inhabitants of a remote village on Salisbury Plain are stricken by a sudden intense heatwave, and discover that it is the result of hideous aliens who are plotting to invade the planet.Wiped
- DirectorGeorge R. FoaStarsMervyn JohnsOwen HolderNeil WilsonDr. Gage, involved in cryogenics, volunteers to be the first frozen man after murdering his wife. Dr. Mortimer discovers who killed his wife and ponders whether he should play judge and jury by switching Dr. Gage's freezing machine off?
- StarsDavid MarkhamJohn CairneyFrank FinlayGeoffrey Wedgwood secretly replaces an astronaut and Professor Wedgwood launches Geoffrey into space.
- 1960–1963TV EpisodeDirectorHal BurtonStarsPatrick McAlinneyGerald CrossPamela Strong
- StarsEsmond KnightPatricia KnealePeter HallidayIn 1970, a team of scientists decrypts a mysterious signal from space with instructions to create a supercomputer. This in turn contains instructions to create a living organism.1/7 episodes survive complete, 3 exist partially and 1 full soundtrack
- DirectorCharles JarrottStarsPatrick McGoohanKatharine BlakeClifford EvansA Russian astronaut trapped in space in a faulty rocket, has five hours to live when his radio makes contact with Marie, a hunter's wife also trapped, in a blizzard swept area of Canada. Her daughter is dying of diphtheria, he as a doctor can help her.
- DirectorAlan CookeStarsHarold BerensRichard BriersPatience CollierIn the year 2110, Stanley Frelaine is urged by his boss to improve his social connections by taking up hunting.Wiped
- DirectorCharles JarrottStarsJohn BaileyRaymond BarryJeremy BrettA corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.Wiped
- DirectorAlan CookeStarsScott ForbesFrank PettingellDonald ChurchillA ship powered by a nuclear reactor, is heading for the port of New York and is unable to slow down.
- CreatorSydney NewmanStarsPatrick MacneeDiana RiggHonor BlackmanA quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners.3/26 episodes of series 1 survive complete and part of another series 1 episode wiped
- StarsJennifer DanielJeremy BrettHeron CarvicWiped
- StarsValentine DyallRoy PurcellNigel Arkwright1/5 episodes survive
- StarsBarbara MurrayJennifer WrightEllen PollockVirologist Dr Anna Hastings creates a virus, R.D.7, which she believes will wipe out rats. But after a lab assistant is bitten she is ordered to halt her work, and determined to finish her work takes to a remote boathouse in the Essex marshes to finish it. But when she too is infected by the virus, she is forced to ask the shady Patrice Constantine for help, and discovers that the infection might have begun to spread...Wiped
- StarsGeorge CoulourisGerald FloodGraydon GouldReturning from their unexpected trip to Mars the crew of MR4 intercept a distress signal from Captain Wilson, a U.S astronaut, and must change course for Venus to attempt a rescue in space. However, through the space periscope, Brown sees what appears to be a settlement or a city of some sort. Desperate to investigate, Brown edits Wilson's message and tricks the crew into landing Venus so as they can rescue him.
- StarsGerald FloodJohn BarronFerdy MayneA journalist investigates mysterious attacks on a nuclear power station in the Andes, possibly caused by a strange giant beast.Wiped
- DirectorCyril CokeStarsFredric AbbottIan AndersonPatrick BarrA thrilling adventure set against the backdrop of the first manned mission to the Moon in 1968, involving espionage, intrigue and germ warfare.Wiped
- DirectorCasper WredeStarsMichael GoughFrederick BartmanJoseph FürstA new nuclear bomb is being developed which will explode but supposedly will produce no fall out afterwards, military chiefs are keen on the possibilities but the local town's residents close to the base are not.
- DirectorJames MacTaggartStarsAntony CarrickHelen LindsayPatrick NewellBroadcast live, not recorded
- DirectorAlan BromlyStarsNicholas SelbyGary WatsonSheila BallantinePressure mounts on a group of scientists as they urgently prepare to test a new top secret weapon.Wiped
- StarsDavid GrahamGraydon GouldSylvia AndersonThe adventures of the crew of Supercar, an amazing land, sea, and air vehicle, based at a secret laboratory in the Nevada Desert in 1961.