Portrait of Alison (TV series)

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Portrait of Alison
Genre
Created byFrancis Durbridge
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducerAlan Bromly
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original networkBBC
Original release16 February (1955-02-16) –
23 March 1955 (1955-03-23)

Portrait of Alison was a 1955 British television series featuring Patrick Barr, Lockwood West, Anthony Nicholls and Brian Wilde.[1] A crime-based thriller written by Francis Durbridge, it aired in six half-hour episodes between February and March 1955.[2][3]

The series is missing from the archives.[4]

Cast[]

Film version[]

A feature film Portrait of Alison based on the series was released in cinemas in 1956, starring Robert Beatty and Terry Moore.[5] A similar cinematic release had followed a previous Durbridge serial The Broken Horseshoe in 1952.[6]


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References[]

  1. ^ "Portrait of Alison: Episode 1". 16 February 1955. p. 32 – via BBC Genome.
  2. ^ "Portrait of Alison". 16 February 1955. Retrieved 5 July 2016 – via IMDb.
  3. ^ "Portrait of Alison (TV series) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 3 February 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Lost UK TV Shows Search Engine". Lostshows.com. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Variety (January 1956)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. 30 March 1956 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ "The Broken Horseshoe". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012.

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