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Emerald Soup

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Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

Running time
  
30 minutes

Final episode date
  
21 December 1963

No. of episodes
  
7

First episode date
  
9 November 1963

Number of episodes
  
7

Starring
  
William Dexter, Janina Faye

Original network
  
Associated British Corporation

Original release
  
9 November – 21 December 1963

Network
  
Associated British Corporation

Genres
  
Science Fiction, Drama, Children's television series

Similar
  
The Human Jungle, Adam Adamant Lives!, Armchair Theatre, Randall and Hopkirk

Emerald Soup was a 1963 British children's science fiction television series. The series, consisting of seven 25-minute episodes produced by Associated British Corporation for the ITV network, was aired weekly from Saturday 9 November to Saturday 21 December 1963. It conflicted with the initial episodes of the BBC series Doctor Who, also broadcast on Saturdays, which started on 23 November 1963.

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Synopsis

The series was set in a small rural community, where a group of local children discover a laboratory constructed in the vicinity that is conducting secret radiation tests. The children attempt to stop these tests before any damage can be done to the environment.

Cast

  • Jessica Maxwell - Jessica Spencer
  • John Maxwell - William Dexter
  • Jo Maxwell - Janina Faye
  • Gally Lloyd - Karl Lanchbury
  • Tim Maxwell - Gregory Phillips
  • Penny Dalton - Annette Andre
  • Poynter - Michael Bangerter
  • Mrs Evans - Ethel Gabriel
  • Gaunt - Allan McClelland
  • Lee - Frederic Abbott
  • Pascoe - Blake Butler
  • Crew

  • Bill Bain - Producer/Director
  • Martin Woodhouse - Scriptwriter
  • Norman Bogner - Script Editor
  • References

    Emerald Soup Wikipedia