Thorndyke (TV series)

Thorndyke is a 1964 crime television series which originally aired on BBC 1 in six episodes from 3 October to 7 November 1964, following on from a pilot broadcast on 6 July as part of the Detective anthology series.[1] It is based on the novels and short stories by R. Austin Freeman featuring the detective Doctor Thorndyke, a pioneer in using forensic methods to solve cases.[2]

Thorndyke
GenreCrime drama
Based onNovels and short stories by R. Austin Freeman
Written byAllan Prior
C.E. Webber
Robert Banks Stewart
StarringPeter Copley
Paul Williamson
Patrick Newell
ComposerAlbert Elms
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducerJohn Robins
Running time50 minutes
Release
Original networkBBC 1
Original release3 October (1964-10-03) 
7 November 1964 (1964-11-07)

All six episodes presumably still exist, but they have not been made available to the public.

Cast

Main

Other

Actors who appeared in individual episodes of the series include:

References

  1. Perry p.65
  2. Weissmann p.119

Bibliography

  • Adam, Alison. A History of Forensic Science: British beginnings in the twentieth century. Routledge, 2015.
  • Perry, Christopher. The British Television Pilot Episodes Research Guide 1936-2015. 2015.
  • Weissmann, Elke. Transnational Television Drama: Special Relations and Mutual Influence Between the US and UK. Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
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