TV
Ten From The Twenties (BBC- 1975, Billie Whitelaw, Eleanor Bron)
Ten From The Twenties was an anthology series that adapted well known short stories from writers such as Aldous Huxley, D.H. Lawrence, Hugh Walpole and Elizabeth Bowen plus lesser known authors like Sheila Kaye-Smith, G.B. Stern and Stacy Aumonier.
The adapters included William Corlett, Robert Muller, Jack Pulman, Fay Weldon, Peter Wildeblood and the actor Leslie Sands (who wrote for quite a few shows in the seventies).
The casts were quite high profile and included Angharad Rees, Clive Francis (who appeared in the first episode Mr Oddy also starred in Poldark together the same year as this), Rachel Gurney, Lesley Anne-Down, Michael Johnson, Jeremy Brett, George Chakiris, Jack Watling, Eleanor Bron, Polly James, Cheryl Hall, John Duttine, John Hurt and Billie Whitelaw.
production details
UK / BBC Two / 10×50 minute episodes / Broadcast 13 June – 15 August 1975
Producer: Pieter Rogers
THE EPISODES
1. MR ODDY (13 Jun 75)
2. AN ADVENTURE IN BED (20 Jun 75)
3. MOTHERLOVE (27 Jun 75)
4. THE ORSINI EMERALDS (4 Jul 75)
5. FANNY AND ANNIE (11 Jul 75)
6. TWO OR THREE GRACES (18 Jul 75)
7. AUNT TATTY (25 Jul 75)
8. THE ANARCHIST (1 Aug 75)
9. HER WEDDING MOM (8 Aug 75)
10. THE FIFTY POUND NOTE (15 Aug 75)