Gaslight Theatre (TV series) is a 60-minute UK anthology television series produced by and airing on the

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(BBC) in 1965. It consisted of six 19th century melodramas presented in the spirit of the Victorian theatre. Among its guest stars were Ronnie Barker,

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, and Patricia Routledge.

Episodes

*'' Maria Marten; or, The Murder in the Old Red Barn'' - adapted by and starring

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; with Eira Heath in the title role. *'' Sweeney Todd; or The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' by Dibdin Pitt, first staged in 1847. Adapted by Alec Clunes and starring Alfred Marks as the murderous barber. *''Britons to the Rescue; or, English Virtue Preserved in South America'' - a TV adaptation by Alec Clunes, of

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and

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’s ''British Born'', a patriotic melodrama first staged in 1873. Starring Alfred Marks, Ronnie Barker and Patricia Routledge. *''The Blood-Craz’d Scourge of the Redskin Wilderness''; or, ''What You Will'' - an adaptation of the 19th-century American revenge melodrama '' Nick of the Woods''; or, ''the Jibbenainosay'' by Louisa H. Medina. Starring Ronnie Barker and Joss Ackland. *''

The Drunkard ''The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Saved'' is an American temperance play first performed on February 12, 1844.

; or, The Sins of the Parents Shall be Visited . . .'' An adaptation of the 19th-century American melodrama ''The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Saved'' by W. H. Smith. Starring Ronnie Barker and Warren Mitchell. *'' The Worst Woman in London'' by Walter Melville, 1899. Starring Ronnie Barker and Warren Mitchell. All episodes were directed by Bryan Sears.

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* 1965 British television series debuts 1965 British television series endings {{BBC-tv-prog-stub