Studio 4 (Season 1)

Studio 4 is an anthology drama series utilising BBC Television Centre's Studio Four, and running for two series in 1962 on BBC One. It was envisaged as a sequel to Storyboard, a similar anthology series which had been transmitted the previous year.

  • Poster for The Cross and the Arrow

    The Cross and the Arrow (Episode 1)

    Air date: 1962-01-22

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Despite being decorated with a German Service Cross, Willi Wegler is inwardly sickened by both Hitler's genocidal war and the complicity of his fellow citizens in Third Reich brutalities. Wracked by guilt, he suddenly betrays his country in a profound gesture of protest and self-sacrifice – an act that cannot fail to precipitate a series of dramatic events.

  • Poster for The Second Curtain

    The Second Curtain (Episode 2)

    Air date: 1962-01-29

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Divorced novelist named George Garner gets drawn into a disappearance case involving an old schoolmate, William Widgery, leading him to amateur sleuthing as his own life and reputation unravel.

  • Poster for Flight Into Danger

    Flight Into Danger (Episode 3)

    Writer: Arthur Hailey

    Air date: 1962-02-05

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: A charter flight from Winnipeg to Vancouver goes horribly awry when the pilots and passengers fall victim to food poisoning, forcing an ex-WWII pilot passenger to take control and attempt an emergency landing.

  • Poster for The Intrigue

    The Intrigue (Episode 4)

    Air date: 1962-02-12

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: A French magistrate hears a homicide confession described as 'as disarmingly honest as it is disconcertingly gay', revealing the love affair that sparked the crime.

  • Poster for Call Me Back

    Call Me Back (Episode 5)

    Writer: Tony Webster

    Air date: 1962-02-19

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: A harried ad man drinks himself into oblivion as he tries to touch base with friends and loved ones by phone.

  • Poster for The Ballad of Peckham Rye

    The Ballad of Peckham Rye (Episode 6)

    Air date: 1962-03-05

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: A mysterious, devilish Scotsman named Dougal Douglas arrives in a South London neighbourhood and disrupts the lives of the local workers at a textile company, causing mayhem, mutiny, and even murder through his 'human research'.

  • Poster for Look Who's Talking

    Look Who's Talking (Episode 7)

    Air date: 1962-03-12

    Runtime: 30 min

  • Poster for The Victorian Chaise Longue

    The Victorian Chaise Longue (Episode 8)

    Air date: 1962-03-19

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: After buying an antique chaise-longue, Melanie experiences a nightmarish body-swap, finding herself in a oppressive Victorian era with a patronising husband and doctor, unable to convince anyone she is from the future.

  • Poster for The Grass Is Singing

    The Grass Is Singing (Episode 9)

    Air date: 1962-03-26

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Mary Turner is a white woman whose life unravels on a farm, leading to a destructive relationship with her Black servant, Moses, culminating in violence and a critique of the social and racial dynamics.

  • Poster for North Flight

    North Flight (Episode 10)

    Air date: 1962-04-02

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: A tale of political intrigue following failures of British jet fighters in the service of a foreign power.

  • Poster for A Voice from the Top

    A Voice from the Top (Episode 11)

    Writer: Gerald Hanley

    Air date: 1962-04-09

    Runtime: 30 min

  • Poster for The Imbroglio

    The Imbroglio (Episode 12)

    Air date: 1962-04-16

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: A shy, awkward law student dreams of becoming a famous diplomat.

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