''Saki'' is a 1962 British television series which was produced by

Granada Television ITV Granada, formerly known as Granada Television, is the ITV (TV network), ITV franchisee for the North West of England and Isle of Man. From 1956 to 1968 it broadcast to both the north west and Yorkshire on weekdays only, as ABC Weekend TV, ...

and aired on ITV. It was an anthology series adapting the works of writer

Saki Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), popularly known by his pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirise Edwardian society and ...

(born Hector Hugh Munro). Eight episodes were produced. Unlike many British television series of the 1960s, the programme survives intact.http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?search=saki {{Dead link, date=August 2022

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Cast

Martita Hunt Martita Edith Hunt (30 January 190013 June 1969) was an Argentine-born British theatre and film actress. She had a dominant stage presence and played a wide range of powerful characters. She is best remembered for her performance as Miss Havis ...

as Lady Bastable *

William Mervyn William Mervyn Pickwoad (3 January 1912 – 6 August 1976) was an English actor best known for his portrayal of the bishop in the clerical comedy ''All Gas and Gaiters'', the old gentleman in ''The Railway Children'' and Inspector Charles Rose i ...

as Sir Hector * Mark Burns as

Clovis Sangrail ''The Chronicles of Clovis'' (1911) is the third volume of short stories by Saki, the pseudonym of Hector Hugh Munro. The collection features 28 stories, the majority of which had earlier appeared in various newspapers and magazines. Many of th ...

Fenella Fielding Fenella Fielding (born Fenella Marion Feldman; 17 November 1927 – 11 September 2018) was an English stage, film and television actress who rose to prominence in the 1950s and 1960s, and was often referred to as "England's first lady of t ...

as Mary Drakmanton *

Richard Vernon Richard Evelyn Vernon (7 March 1925 – 4 December 1997) was a British actor. He appeared in many feature films and television programmes, often in aristocratic or supercilious roles. Prematurely balding and greying, Vernon settled into playi ...

as The Major *

Rosamund Greenwood Rosamund Mary Von Pokorny (12 June 1907 – 15 July 1997) better known as Rosamund Greenwood, was a British actress who was active on screen from 1935 until 1990. Biography After training at London's Central School, she was on stage from the lat ...

as Veronique Brimley-Bomefield

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*Producer -

Philip Mackie Philip Mackie (26 November 1918 – 23 December 1985) was a British film and television screenwriter. He was born in Salford in Lancashire, England. He graduated in 1939 from University College London and worked for the Ministry of Informa ...

*Adapted by - Edward Boyd &

Hugh Leonard Hugh Leonard (9 November 1926 – 12 February 2009) was an Irish dramatist, television writer, and essayist. In a career that spanned 50 years, Leonard wrote nearly 30 full-length plays, 10 one-act plays, three volumes of essay, two autobiograph ...

*Script Editor -

Gerald Savory Gerald Douglas Savory (17 November 1909 – 9 February 1996) was an English writer and television producer who specialised in comedies. Early life The son of Kenneth Douglas Savory and actress Grace Lane (1877–1956), Savory was educated at B ...

*Designers - Peter Phillips, Roy Stonehouse & Darrell Lass *Directors -

Gordon Flemyng Gordon William Flemyng (7 March 1934 – 12 July 1995) was a Scottish director, producer and writer. He directed six theatrical features, several television movie, television films and numerous episodes of television series, some of which he als ...

Silvio Narizzano Silvio Narizzano (8 February 192726 July 2011) was a Canadian film and television director, who lived and worked primarily in the United Kingdom. He is best known for directing the acclaimed 1966 comedy-drama film '' Georgy Girl,'' which is cons ...

References

External links

''Saki'' on IMDb
1962 British television series debuts 1962 British television series endings 1960s British drama television series British English-language television shows Black-and-white British television shows 1960s British anthology television series