A Chance of Thunder

British television series

A Chance of Thunder
Radio Times cover featuring the series alongside The Escape of R.D.7
GenreThriller
Written byJohn Hopkins
Directed byPeter Hammond
StarringClifford Evans
John Meillon
Peter Vaughan
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6 (all missing)
Production
ProducerPeter Hammond
Running time30 minutes
Production companyBBC
Original release
NetworkBBC Television
Release22 November (1961-11-22) –
27 December 1961 (1961-12-27)

A Chance of Thunder is a 1961 British television series written by John Hopkins and produced by the BBC. It was transmitted in six episodes.[1]

The BBC later wiped the series, and none of the six episodes are thought to survive.

Cast

  • Clifford Evans as Steven Prador
  • John Meillon as Martin
  • Peter Vaughan as Yardley
  • Godfrey Quigley as Det. Sgt. Wilson
  • Katherine Woodville as Pam Marchant
  • Anthony Baird as Coryn
  • Anthony Bate as Paul Rowlands
  • Frank Gatliff as Trail
  • Tom Adams as Evans
  • Michael Collins as Powell
  • Robert James as Hilton
  • Ronald Lacey as Johnny Travers
  • Michael Robbins as Mills
  • Michael Rose as Taylor
  • Peter Sallis as Howard
  • Toke Townley as Frank White
  • David Andrews as Alan Brewer
  • Philip Stone as Ted Macauley
  • Harvey Ashby as Scott
  • Keith Barron as Bank Cashier
  • Edward Brooks as P.C. Chatfield
  • Billy Milton as Gerald Brewer
  • Morris Perry as PC Milner
  • Topsy Jane as Stella Fairly

References

  1. ^ Baskin p. 59

Bibliography

  • Baskin, Ellen. Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press, 1996.
  • A Chance of Thunder at IMDb