Boyd Q.C.
| Boyd Q.C. | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Legal drama |
| Written by | Jack Roffey |
| Starring | Michael Denison Charles Leno |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 80 (66 missing, 5 incomplete) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Caryl Doncaster |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Associated-Rediffusion |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 24 December 1956 – 23 September 1964 |
Boyd Q.C. is a British legal television programme transmitted from December 1956 to September 1964 by the ITV franchise holder Associated-Rediffusion. It focused around a barrister in a London courtroom and the cases in which he was involved. It ran for seven series in total.[1]
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Michael Denison – Richard Boyd Q.C.
- Russell Waters – Albert
- Charles Leno – Narrator
Reception
[edit | edit source]The show was reportedly so accurate that Denison was invited to speak at Law Society of England and Wales dinners.[2]
Archival status
[edit | edit source]Most of the series was lost. Of the eighty episodes produced, nine episodes survive as recordings; five others survive incomplete; and four have been rediscovered since 2022.[3]
In March 2022, "Sunday's Child", a missing episode from the fifth series, turned up on an eBay auction and sold for £310. It is unknown who the successful bidder was, or if the episode is being negotiated for return to the archives.[4]
On 16 September 2024, it was announced by the Film is Fabulous initiative that three episodes had been found in a private collection:
"The Balance of Her Mind" (Broadcast: 30 April 1958)
"Findings Keepings" (Broadcast: 6 July 1961)
"Sunday's Child" (Broadcast: 20 July 1961)
It is unknown whether the copy of "Sunday's Child" is the one from the aforementioned eBay listing.[5] A fourth episode "Messing About In Boats" (Broadcast: 29/06/1961) has since been recovered.[6]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Jeff Evans, The Penguin TV Companion (Penguin Books, 2001)
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- 1956 British television series debuts
- 1964 British television series endings
- 1950s British drama television series
- 1960s British drama television series
- British drama television series
- ITV television dramas
- Lost television shows
- Television shows produced by Associated-Rediffusion
- Black-and-white British television shows
- British English-language television shows