Melissa is a 1964 British thriller television series which originally aired in six parts on BBC 2 in 1964.Baskin p.67 It was shown under the umbrella title Francis Durbridge Presents, and was one of a number of serials written by Francis Durbridge during the period. It was remade in 1974 and again, with a script by Alan Bleasdale, in 1997.
Cast Tony Britton as Guy Foster (6 episodes) Helen Christie as Paula Hepburn (6 episodes) Brian McDermott as Don Page (6 episodes) Kerry Jordan as Felix Hepburn (5 episodes) Norman Scace as Dr. Norman Swanley (5 episodes) Elizabeth Weaver as Joyce Dean (5 episodes) Richard Wilding as Det. Sgt. Gibbs (3 episodes) Michael Collins as George Antrobus (2 episodes) Elizabeth Craven as Mrs. Long (2 episodes) Sydney Dobson as Chauffeur (2 episodes) Carole Mowlam as Mary Antrobus (2 episodes) Ian Norris as Jackson (2 episodes) Martin Norton as Peter Antrobus (2 episodes) John Marcus Powell as Man in car park (2 episodes) Reg Pritchard as Duncan (2 episodes) Petra Davies as Melissa Foster (1 episode) Lennard Pearce as Det. Sgt. Heston (1 episode) Anthony Sagar as George (1 episode) Patricia Marmont as Carol Stewart (1 episode)
DVD The series has been released to DVD in an Australian box set, along with three other titles as Francis Durbridge Presents - Volume 1.
References
Bibliography Ellen Baskin. Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press, 1996.
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