Emerald Soup

Emerald Soup
Emerald Soup
Genre	Children's television, science fiction
Written by	Martin Woodhouse
Directed by	Bill Bain
Starring	William Dexter, Janina Faye
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	7
Production
Producer	Bill Bain
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	Associated British Corporation
Original release	9 November –; 21 December 1963

Emerald Soup was a 1963 British children's science fiction television series.^[2] The series, consisting of seven 25-minute episodes produced by Associated British Corporation for the ITV network, was aired weekly from Saturday 9 November to Saturday 21 December 1963.^{[citation needed]} Norman Bogner acted as the Script Editor. It conflicted with the initial episodes of the BBC series Doctor Who, also broadcast on Saturdays, which started on 23 November 1963.^[3]

Synopsis[]

The series was set in a small rural community, where a group of local children discover a laboratory constructed in the vicinity that is conducting secret radiation tests. The children attempt to stop these tests before any damage can be done to the environment.

Cast[]

Jessica Maxwell - Jessica Spencer
John Maxwell - William Dexter
Jo Maxwell - Janina Faye
Gally Lloyd - Karl Lanchbury
Tim Maxwell - Gregory Phillips
Penny Dalton - Annette Andre
Poynter -
Mrs Evans - Ethel Gabriel
Gaunt - Allan McClelland
Lee - Frederic Abbott
Pascoe - Blake Butler

References[]

^ Holland, Steve (5 July 2011). "Martin Woodhouse obituary". Theguardian.com.
^ "CITV 1963 - Programmes - Transdiffusion". Transdiffusion.org. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
^ Hewett, Richard (2017). The Changing Spaces of Television Acting: From Studio Realism to Location Realism in BBC Television Drama. Manchester University Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-5261-1553-9.

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[1] Holland, Steve (5 July 2011). "Martin Woodhouse obituary". Theguardian.com.

[2] "CITV 1963 - Programmes - Transdiffusion". Transdiffusion.org. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

[3] Hewett, Richard (2017). The Changing Spaces of Television Acting: From Studio Realism to Location Realism in BBC Television Drama. Manchester University Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-5261-1553-9.

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