Angel Pavement (1967 TV series)

Angel Pavement is a British television drama series which first aired on BBC 2 between 19 August and 9 September 1967.^[1] It is an adaptation of the 1930 novel Angel Pavement by J. B. Priestley, about a small London firm struggling in the early 1930s until the arrival of the mysterious Mr. Golspie revives the fortunes of the company.

Angel Pavement
Genre	Drama
Based on	Angel Pavement by J. B. Priestley
Written by	David Turner
Directed by	Paddy Russell
Starring	Anthony Bate Murray Melvin Cyril Luckham
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	4 (all missing)
Production
Producer	David Conroy
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	19 August (1967-08-19) – 9 September 1967 (1967-09-09)

Both this and a previous 1957 BBC adaptation are considered completely lost.

Cast

• Anthony Bate as Mr. Golspie
• Murray Melvin as Turgis
• Cyril Luckham as Mr. Smeeth
• Hilda Braid as Mrs. Smeeth
• Tina Martin as Edna Smeeth
• Tony Steedman as Dersingham
• Judy Parfitt as Lilian Matfield
• Jane Bond as Lena Golspie
• Christopher Cooper as Stanley Poole
• Anna Cropper as Miss Cadnam
• Jean Muir as Poppy Sellers
• Erik Chitty as Benenden
• Jan Conrad as Captain
• Faith Kent as Mrs. Dersingham
• Beryl Cooke as Mrs. Pearson
• John Wentworth as Mr. Pearson
• George A. Cooper as Fred Mitty
• Ann Tirard as Miss Verever
• Rita Merkelis as Dot Mitty
• Norah Blaney as Mrs. Mitty
• Cynthia Etherington as Caretaker
• Rose Howlett as Mrs. Cross
• Desmond Jordan as Norman Birtley
• Stephen Rea as Second Mate
• Paula Topham as Miss Ansdell
• Philip Ray as Major Trape

References

1. Baskin p.86

Bibliography

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

External links

• Angel Pavement at IMDb