Portrait of Alison | |
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Genre | |
Created by | Francis Durbridge |
Starring | |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 (all missing) |
Production | |
Producer | Alan Bromly |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | BBC |
Release | 16 February 23 March 1955 | –
Portrait of Alison was a 1955 British television series featuring Patrick Barr, Lockwood West, Anthony Nicholls and Brian Wilde. [1] A crime-based thriller written by Francis Durbridge, it aired in six half-hour episodes between February and March 1955. [2] [3]
It is unknown if the live broadcasts were ever telerecorded. The series is missing from the archives. [4]
A feature film Portrait of Alison based on the series was released in cinemas in 1956, starring Robert Beatty and Terry Moore. [5] A similar cinematic release had followed a previous Durbridge serial The Broken Horseshoe in 1952. [6]