Saki was a period anthology of stories set in an Edwardian country house and based on the “improper” short stories of H.H. Munro. There was something of a “La Ronde” style conceit to the series with each of the separate stories linking into the next one.
production details
UK / ITV – Granada / 8×50 minute episodes / Broadcast 6 July – 24 August 1962
Stories: H.H. Munro / Producer: Philip Mackie
cast
Martita Hunt as Lady Helena Bastable
Fenella Fielding as Mary Drakmanton
William Mervyn as Sir Hector
Richard Vernon as Major Caterham
Mark Burns as Clovis Sangrall
Rosamund Greenwood as Veronique Brimley Bomefield
THE EPISODES
1. FIRST PROGRAMME (6 Jul 62)
2. SECOND PROGRAMME (13 Jul 62)
3. THIRD PROGRAMME (20 Jul 62)
4. FOURTH PROGRAMME (27 Jul 62)
5. FIFTH PROGRAMME (3 Aug 62)
6. SIXTH PROGRAMME (10 Aug 62)
7. SEVENTH PROGRAMME (17 Aug 62)
8. EIGHTH PROGRAMME (24 Aug 62)
