199 Park Lane Explained

Genre:	Soap opera
Creator:	William Fairchild
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Num Series:	1
Num Episodes:	18
Runtime:	30 minutes
Network:	BBC1

199 Park Lane was a British soap opera that aired on BBC1 in 1965. Broadcast twice a week, the series was set in a luxury block of flats in London.^{[1] [2]}

A total of 18 episodes were broadcast, the first two with the titles "The New Tenant" and "Decision".^[3] The entire series was later wiped by the BBC and no episodes survive in the archives.^[3]

Example cast

The cast for the first episode was:

• Philip Bond as Tony Ashman
• Geoffrey Toone as Baines
• Jerold Wells as Harry
• Caroline Hunt as Claire Bell
• Derek Bond as Lord Caister
• Ellen McIntosh as Anne Faulkner
• Margot Boyd as woman in train
• Lionel Hamilton as man in train
• Edwin Richfield as Ben Graham
• Isabel Dean as Stella Graham
• Leonard Cracknell as Derek Farrow
• Hugh Morton as Mr. Farrow
• Eileen Peel as Mrs. Farrow
• Brenda Kaye as Kate Harvester
• Frederick Piper as Prescott

Notes and References

1. Web site: BFI – Film & TV Database 199 Park Lane. https://web.archive.org/web/20090118033011/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/26954. dead. 18 January 2009. 8 March 2014. 2014. British Film Institute.
2. Web site: 199 Park Lane . 23 September 2024 . BBC Programme Index.
3. Web site: Missing or incomplete episodes for programme 199 Park Lane. 8 March 2014. 2014. LostShows.com.