Angel Pavement (1957 TV series)

Angel Pavement is a British television drama series which first aired on BBC 1 between 27 December 1957 and 17 January 1958.^[1] It is an adaptation of the 1930 novel Angel Pavement by J.B. Priestley. It follows the fortunes of a small London-based company just before the outbreak of the Great Depression.

Angel Pavement
Genre	Drama
Based on	Angel Pavement by J.B. Priestley
Written by	Constance Cox
Directed by	John Jacobs
Starring	Maurice Denham Sydney Tafler
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	4 (all missing)
Production
Producer	John Jacobs
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	27 December 1957 (1957-12-27) – 17 January 1958 (1958-01-17)

A second television adaptation of the novel was produced by the BBC in 1967. Both adaptations are considered completely lost.

Main cast

• Maurice Denham as Mr. Smeeth
• Sydney Tafler as Mr. Golspie
• Catherine Feller as Lena Golspie
• Margaret Tyzack as Miss Matfield
• Anthony Sharp as Mr. Dersingham
• Alec McCowen as Turgis
• Maureen Pryor as Mrs. Smeeth
• Robert Vahey as George Smeeth
• Irene Handl as Mrs. Mitty
• Robert Scroggins as Stanley Poole
• Edwina Rendell as Poppy Sellars
• Ursula Jenkins as Edna Smeeth
• Hilda Barry as Mrs. Pelumpton
• Colin Douglas as Fred Mitty
• Thomas Gallagher as Captain
• Nan Marriott-Watson as Charwoman
• Derek Nimmo as Young Man

References

1. Baskin p.28

Bibliography

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

External links

• Angel Pavement at IMDb