Boyd Q.C.
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Cast
- Michael Denison – Richard Boyd Q.C.
- Russell Waters – Albert
- Charles Leno – Narrator
Reception
The show was reportedly so accurate that Denison was invited to speak at Law Society of England and Wales dinners.[2]
Archival status
Most of the series was lost. Of the eighty episodes produced, nine episodes survive as recordings; five others survive incomplete; and four have been rediscovered since 2022.[3]
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.[4]
On 16 September 2024, it was announced by the Film is Fabulous initiative that three episodes had been found in a private collection:
"The Balance of Her Mind" (Broadcast: 30 April 1958)
"Findings Keepings" (Broadcast: 6 July 1961)
"Sunday's Child" (Broadcast: 20 July 1961)
It is unknown whether the copy of "Sunday's Child" is the one from the aforementioned eBay listing.[5] A fourth episode "Messing About In Boats" (Broadcast: 29/06/1961) has since been recovered.[6]
References
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- ↑ Jeff Evans, The Penguin TV Companion (Penguin Books, 2001)
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