''Emerald Soup'' was a 1963 British children's

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directed by Bill Bain and produced by

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for the

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network. It was written by

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, with

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as script editor. Comprising seven 25-minute episodes, the series aired weekly from Saturday 9 November to Saturday 21 December 1963. The broadcast timing of series conflicted in part with the initial episodes of the BBC series ''

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'', also broadcast on Saturdays, which started on 23 November 1963.

Synopsis

The series was set in a small rural community, where a group of local children discovers, constructed in the vicinity, a laboratory that is conducting secret radiation tests. The children attempt to stop the tests before any damage to the environment can be done.

Cast

*Jessica Spencer as Jessica Maxwell *William Dexter as John Maxwell *

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as Jo Maxwell *Karl Lanchbury as Gally Lloyd *Gregory Phillips as Tim Maxwell *

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as Penny Dalton *Michael Bangerter as Poynte *Ethel Gabriel as Mrs Evans *Allan McClelland as Gaunt *Frederic Abbott as Lee *

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as Pascoe

References

External links

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Emerald Soup at the BFI Film and TV Database
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