Thorndyke (TV series)

Thorndyke is a 1964 crime television series which originally aired on BBC 1 in six episodes from 3 October to 7 November 1964, following on from a pilot broadcast on 6 July as part of the Detective anthology series.^[1] It is based on the novels and short stories by R. Austin Freeman featuring the detective Doctor Thorndyke, a pioneer in using forensic methods to solve cases.^[2]

Thorndyke
Genre	Crime drama
Based on	Dr. Thorndyke by R. Austin Freeman
Written by	Allan Prior C.E. Webber Robert Banks Stewart
Starring	Peter Copley Paul Williamson Patrick Newell
Composer	Albert Elms
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producer	John Robins
Running time	50 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC 1
Release	3 October (1964-10-03) – 7 November 1964 (1964-11-07)

All six episodes presumably still exist, but they have not been made available to the public.

Cast

Main

• Peter Copley as Doctor John Evelyn Thorndyke
• Paul Williamson as Doctor Jervis
• Patrick Newell as Polton
• Glyn Owen as Superintendent Morton

Other

Actors who appeared in individual episodes of the series include:

• George A. Cooper as Pratt
• Ronald Leigh-Hunt as John Simpson
• Jack May as Percival Bland
• Stephanie Bidmead as Kathy
• Kenneth Colley as Ellis
• Jane Downs as Mrs. Crofton
• John Le Mesurier as Pembury
• Anthony Sagar as Ellis
• Royston Tickner as Smith
• Patrick Troughton as Frank Belfield
• Rex Rashley as Amos Caldwell
• Harry Towb as Ambrose
• Wanda Ventham as Maud
• Peter Madden as Det. Supt. Martin
• Kevin Brennan Sergeant
• David Nettheim as Stalker
• Lennard Pearce as Shenston
• Donald Bisset as Sergeant Hawkins
• Hilda Fenemore as Mrs. Brattle
• Ivor Salter as Stanton
• Edwin Brown as Brattle
• Vernon Dobtcheff as Coroner
• Aubrey Morris as Julius Wicks