The Massingham Affair (TV series)

*The Massingham Affair*
The Massingham Affair
Genre	Crime drama
Based on	The Massingham Affair by Edward Grierson
Written by	Rex Tucker
Directed by	Paddy Russell
Starring	Lyndon Brook ; Andrew Keir ; Eileen Atkins
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producer	Paddy Russell
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	BBC 2
Original release	12 September –; 17 October 1964

The Massingham Affair is a British period crime television series which originally aired on BBC 2 in six episodes from 12 September to 17 October 1964.^[1] It is an adaptation of the 1962 novel of the same title by Edward Grierson. Unlike many BBC series of this era, it is believed all six episodes survive in tact, but remain unreleased since their original broadcast.

Synopsis[]

In the late nineteenth century a violent robbery and on a vicar and his daughter leads to two men being convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. However a young solicitor Justin Derry is unconvinced of the verdict and sets out to exonerate them.

Cast[]

Lyndon Brook as Justin Derry
Andrew Keir as Superintendent Blair
Renny Lister as Jean Kelly
Eileen Atkins as Charlotte Verney
as Reverend Verney
Geoffrey Bayldon as Mr. Lumley
Bernard Kay as Jim Longford
Robert Cawdron as PC Hugh
Patsy Rowlands as Georgina Deverel
as Mick Kelly
John Wentworth as Colonel Deverel
Norman Rodway as Mr. Gilmore
John Barrett as George Sugden
John Cazabon as Mr. Harris
as Pat Milligan
Harry Littlewood as Joe Henderson
as Mrs. Sugden
William Mervyn as Mr. Jessop
as Amy Dodds
John Rae as The Judge
Mary Webster as Maggie Binns
as Court Usher
Joby Blanshard as PC Luke
as Warder
Gladys Dawson as Grannie Binns
as PC Moffatt
as Urchin
as Lucy
as A Man
Erik Chitty as Mr. Rees
Ronald Adam as Mr. Paget
as Mr. Fortescue
A.J. Brown as Judge
as Servant
as Clerk of the Court
as Foreman of the Jury

References[]

^ Baskin p.69

Bibliography[]

Baskin, Ellen . Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press, 1996.

External links[]

The Massingham Affair at IMDb

[1] Baskin p.69

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