Arthur's Treasured Volumes (1960)
Arthur's Treasured Volumes (1960)
Plot.
Arthur's Treasured Volumes was a black-and-white British television series that aired on ITV in 1960. Starring Arthur Askey, it was written by Dave Freeman and was made for the ITV network by ATV.
All episodes are missing having been presumed wiped during the 1960s, although part of the first episode "A Blow In Anger" was recovered by Paul Stroud and shown at the National Film Theatre in November 2003.
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Cast & Crew.
Anthea Askey
Self
Arthur Askey
Cavendish Pilbeam / Clarence Twinger / Corporal Fluter
Sam Kydd
Captain Murphy / Corporal Fisher / Fred
Arthur Mullard
Briggs / Corporal / Horace
Jill Hyem
... Maid
Roger Avon
Police Sergeant / RSM / Recruiting Sergeant
Tony Sympson
Bagley / Manservant / Theatre Manager
Paddi Edwards
Elsie Fluter / Ophelia
Details.
Release DateMay 2, 1960
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes6
Running Time30m
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Wiki.
Arthur's Treasured Volumes was a black-and-white British television series that aired on ITV in 1960. Starring Arthur Askey, it was written by Dave Freeman and was made for the ITV network by ATV.
All six episodes were missing having been presumed wiped during the 1960s, until part of the first episode "A Blow In Anger" was recovered by Paul Stroud and shown at the National Film Theatre in November 2003. The remaining episodes were re-discovered in ITV's archive by a researcher from archive television organisation Kaleidoscope in December 2019.