Red Letter Day (TV series)

1976 British anthology

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 teleplays that aired between 11 January 1976, and 22 February 1976.[3] [4][5][1][2][6] Each teleplay examined the events in a 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

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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]

## References

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

## External links

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* Red Letter Day at IMDb

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