Twenty Four Hour Call (ITV 1963, Geoffrey Quigley)

Medical drama series 24 Hour Call was a spin Off from Call Oxbridge 2000 (which itself grew out of Emergency Ward 10) and followed a group of doctors setting up in their own practice.

Writers on the series included the likes of N.J. Crisp, Bill Craig, Wilfred Greatorex, Tudor Gates, Julian Bond and Richard Harris. Guest stars included Terence Alexander, Nigel Green, Adrienne Posta (appearing as as Adrienne Poster), Johnny Briggs and Jane Asher.

production details
UK / ITV Network – ATV / 21×45 minute episodes / Broadcast 3 February – 23 June 1963 black and white

Producer: Philip Dale

cast
Godfrey Quigley as Doctor Henry Bennett
Geoffrey Frederick as Doctor Bob Hamilton
Scott Forbes as Doctor Curtis
Andrew Downie as Doctor Murray

THE EPISODES 3 February – 23 June 1963
1. THE DEADLIEST POISON (3 Feb 63)
2. WATCH ME DIE (10 Feb 63)
3. DEATH DUTY (17 Feb 63)
4. THE NIGHT WALKER (24 Feb 63)
5. NEVER LEAVE ME (3 Mar 63)
6. TYPHOID (10 Mar 63)
7. CRY FOR HELP (17 Mar 63)
8. LIFE LINE (24 Mar 63)
9. ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE (31 Mar 63)
10. BETTER LIVE THAN DIE (7 Apr 63)
11. A QUESTION OF ETHICS (14 Apr 63)
12. MAN ALONE (21 Apr 63)
13. TIME SLIP (28 Apr 63)
14. THE CONFESSION (5 May 63)
15. THE CANDIDATE (12 May 63)
16. PEOPLE ARE SO KIND (19 May 63)
17. THE TRUNKER (26 May 63)
18. NO TIME FOR DOCTORS (2 June 63)
19. TAKE A DIVE (9 June 63)
20. ERROR OF JUDGEMENT (16 June 63)
21. LOVE FOR CAROLINE (23 June 63)

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• Alexander The Greatest (ITV 1971-1972, Gary Warren, Sydney Tafler)

• Barmitzvah Boy (BBC-1 1976 with Jeremy Steyn and Maria Charles)

• Love Story: The Dolly Spike (S8EP4 ITV Wed 16 Apr 1969, Francis Matthews, Adrienne Posta)

• Moody And Pegg: His Or Hers? (S1EP1 ITV 24 Jul 1974, Adrienne Posta)

• Spring and Port Wine (1970, James Mason, Diana Coupland)

• It’s A Living (ITV 1962, Jimmy Jewel, Ben Warriss)

• Play For Today: The Bankrupt (BBC 1972, Joss Ackland)

• Hamlet at Elsinore (BBC 1964, Christopher Plummer, Robert Shaw)

• A Handful of Thieves (BBC One 1969, Helen Worth, Martin Ratcliffe)

• Hands Across the Sea (BBC, 1938, Nadine March, Nicholas Phipps)

• My Son Reuben (Thames 1975, Bernard Spear, Lila Kaye,)

• The Franchise Affair (BBC 1962, Rosalie Crutchley, Michael Aldridge)

• The Galactic Garden