''Sixpenny Corner'' was the UK's first daily TV

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, broadcast by ITV from September 1955 until June 1956. The programme was created by Jonquil Antony and Hazel Adair; the latter later co-created '' Crossroads''. The 15-minute episodes centred on a recently married young couple, Bill and Sally Norton, played by

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and

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. The setting was the fictional rural town of Springwood, where Bill ran a small garage business at Sixpenny Corner. All of the 181 episodes are lost.

Cast

The cast includes: *

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* Betty Bowden *

Robert Desmond Robert Desmond (16 December 1922 – 2002) was a British film and television actor of the 1950s and 1960s. He started out in juvenile roles, making his film debut in 1948's '' The Guinea Pig'' opposite Richard Attenborough. He appeared in a nu ...

Shirley Mitchell Shirley J. Mitchell (November 4, 1919 – November 11, 2013) was an American radio, film, and television actress. Early life Mitchell was born in Toledo, Ohio, the daughter of Sam Mitchell & Mary Ann Daniels, Jews who emigrated to America to esc ...

* Stuart Saunders *

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* Walter Horsbrugh * Christine Pollon * Elizabeth Gott *

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* Vi Stevens * Bernard Fox * Laurence Shiel * Seymour Green * Jan Miller * Mysie Monte

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* {{Soap operas in the United Kingdom 1950s British television soap operas 1955 British television series debuts 1956 British television series endings British television soap operas Lost television shows Black-and-white British television shows English-language television shows Television shows produced by Associated-Rediffusion