Boyd Q.C.
British TV drama series (1956–1964)
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 (70 missing, 5 incomplete) |
Production | |
Executive producer | Caryl Doncaster |
Running time | 1 hour approx. |
Production company | Associated-Rediffusion |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 24 December 1956 (1956-12-24) – 23 September 1964 (1964-09-23) |
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
- Michael Denison – Richard Boyd Q.C.
- Russell Waters – Albert
- Charles Leno – Narrator
Archival status
Most of the series has been lost. Of the eighty episodes produced, only five episodes survive as recordings, while five others survive incomplete.[2]
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.[3]