Melissa (1964 TV series)

Melissa is a 1964 British thriller television series which originally aired in six parts on BBC 2 in 1964. It was shown under the umbrella title Francis Durbridge Presents, and was one of a number of serials written by Francis Durbridge during the period. It was remade in 1974 and again, with a script by Alan Bleasdale, in 1997.

Cast

• Tony Britton as Guy Foster (6 episodes)
• Helen Christie as Paula Hepburn (6 episodes)
• Brian McDermott as Don Page (6 episodes)
• Kerry Jordan as Felix Hepburn (5 episodes)
• Norman Scace as Dr. Norman Swanley (5 episodes)
• Elizabeth Weaver as Joyce Dean (5 episodes)
• Philip Voss as Chief Insp. Carter (5 episodes)
• Richard Wilding as Det. Sgt. Gibbs (3 episodes)
• Michael Collins as George Antrobus (2 episodes)
• Elizabeth Craven as Mrs. Long (2 episodes)
• Sydney Dobson as Chauffeur (2 episodes)
• Carole Mowlam as Mary Antrobus (2 episodes)
• Ian Norris as Jackson (2 episodes)
• Martin Norton as Peter Antrobus (2 episodes)
• John Marcus Powell as Man in car park (2 episodes)
• Reg Pritchard as Duncan (2 episodes)
• Petra Davies as Melissa Foster (1 episode)
• Lennard Pearce as Det. Sgt. Heston (1 episode)
• Anthony Sagar as George (1 episode)
• Patricia Marmont as Carol Stewart (1 episode)

DVD

The series has been released to DVD in an Australian box set, along with three other titles as Francis Durbridge Presents - Volume 1.

References

Bibliography

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

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