Red Letter Day (TV series)

Red Letter Day is a 1976 British television anthology series screened on ITV, and produced by Granada Television.^[1]^[2] The series consists of seven stand alone teleplays that aired between 11 January 1976, and 22 February 1976.^[3] ^[4]^[5]^[1]^[2]^[6] Each teleplay examined the events in a single, special day in someone's life. The series' first teleplay, "Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill", was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama in 1977.^[7]

Episodes

No.	Title	Cast	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill"	Joe Black Jack Shepherd Mark Wing-Davey Barbara Moore-Black Diana Davies	Mike Newell	Story by : Teleplay by : Jack Rosenthal	11 January 1976 (1976-01-11)^[2]
2	"The Five Pound Orange"	Sarah Badel Peter Barkworth Bernard Horsfall	June Howson	Story by : Donald Churchill Teleplay by : Jack Rosenthal	18 January 1976 (1976-01-18)^[6]
3	"Well Thank You, Thursday"	Judy Parfitt Andrew Ray Brenda Cavendish	Brian Mills	Story by : Teleplay by : Jack Rosenthal	25 January 1976 (1976-01-25)^[1]
4	"Amazing Stories"	Harold Kasket Rula Lenska Ian McDiarmid	Peter Plummer	Story by : Howard Schuman Teleplay by : Jack Rosenthal	1 February 1976 (1976-02-01)^[4]
5	"Matchfit"	Roddy McMillan Steven Pacey Anne Reid	Gordon Flemyng	Story by : Brian Glanville Teleplay by : Willis Hall and Jack Rosenthal	8 February 1976 (1976-02-08)
6	"For Services to Myself"	Alan Dobie Ronald Radd Gwen Cherrell	Gordon Flemyng	Story by : Teleplay by : C.P. Taylor	15 February 1976 (1976-02-15)^[5]
7	"Bag of Yeast"	Gladys Ambrose Jimmy Coleman Bill Dean	Michael Grigsby	Story by : Neville Smith Teleplay by : Jack Rosenthal	22 February 1976 (1976-02-22)^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c Patrick Campbell (29 January 1976). "Light but well done". The Stage and Television Today (4945): 13.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bernard Davies (26 January 1976). "ONE MAN'S TELEVISION". Broadcast (846): 20.
^ ^a ^b Ann Sheldon Williams (26 February 1976). "Two for the discerning". The Stage and Television Today (4949): 25.
^ ^a ^b Geoffrey Wren (5 February 1976). "An hour of tedious hokum". The Stage and Television Today (4946): 15.
^ ^a ^b Patrick Campbell (19 February 1976). "The same old slice of northern life". The Stage and Television Today (4948): 15.
^ ^a ^b Hazel Holt (22 January 1976). "Slight but agreeable Churchill comedy". The Stage and Television Today. No. 4944. p. 15.
^ "Television Today: BAFTA awards". The Stage and Television Today (5007): 23. 31 March 1977.