Synopsis & Context
Saturday Playhouse was a 60-minute UK anthology television series produced by and airing on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) from 4 January 1958 until 1 April 1961. There were sixty-eight episodes, among them adaptations of the plays The Man Who Came to Dinner and The Cat and the Canary. One of the episodes, Alex Atkinson’s classic thriller Design for Murder, was featured twice on the BBC: first on Saturday Playhouse (Saturday, 15 March 1958; S1/Ep.6) and again from the BBC's own theatre in Bristol (Thursday, 6 July 1961).
Season Management
Title Dossier
- Original Title
- Saturday Playhouse
- Release
- January 4, 1958
- Screen Time
- 1 season
- Rating
- N/A
- Direction
- N/A
- Original Language
- English
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Production Status
- Ongoing
Personas & Cast
Elvi Hale
Annabelle West / Susan Cunningham / Diana Lake / Lady Elizabeth Randall
4 eps.
Madoline Thomas
Annie Morris / Annie / Mrs. Teck / Mrs. Morgan
4 eps.
George A. Cooper
Bob Sanders / Mr. Jackson / Inspector Fitchitt / George Day
4 eps.
Emrys Jones
Courier 326 / Richard Dukes / George Longford
3 eps.
Cyril Raymond
Edward Ritchie / Colonel Morrigan / Leonard
3 eps.
Ralph Michael
Glynn Harris / Robert Christie / Tom Howard
3 eps.
Clive Morton
Sir Edward Blackenham / Dominio / Duke of Ayr and Stirling
3 eps.
Maureen Pryor
Miss Ronberry / Mrs. Wentross / Mrs. Harris
3 eps.
Hedley Goodall
Samuel Sweetland / Billy Blee / Jem Burden
3 eps.
Lesley Nunnerley
Freda Benson / Diana Granger / Jane Lome
3 eps.
Gretchen Franklin
Susan Sillsby / Mrs. Catt / Mrs. Wilson
3 eps.
Colin Broadley
Wilf Crompton / Harry Lomax / Kenneth Lake
3 eps.
