National Velvet (TV series)

National Velvet is an American drama television series that originally aired from 1960 to 1962 on NBC. Based on the 1935 novel and 1944 film of the same name, the series ran for a total of fifty-eight episodes.^[1]

National Velvet
Lori Martin as Velvet Brown (1961)
Genre	Drama
Directed by	Rudolph E. Abel Abner Biberman Harry Keller Anton M. Leader Frank McDonald Gerald Schnitzer Victor Stoloff
Starring	Lori Martin Ann Doran Arthur Space Carole Wells Joey Scott James McCallion
Theme music composer	Robert Armbruster
Composers	Frank E. Anderson Alexander Courage
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	58
Production
Executive producer	Robert Maxwell
Producer	Rudolph E. Abel
Cinematography	Lucien Andriot Stuart Thompson
Running time	22–24 minutes
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 18, 1960 (1960-09-18) – September 17, 1962 (1962-09-17)
Related
National Velvet (novel) National Velvet (film)

Synopsis

National Velvet stars Lori Martin as Velvet Brown, a girl who lives on a dairy farm with her parents, Martha (Ann Doran) and Herbert Brown (Arthur Space), an ex-jockey Mi Taylor, played by Scottish actor James McCallion, her brother, Donald (Joey Scott), and sister, Edwina (Carole Wells). Velvet owned a thoroughbred stallion named King which she hoped would one day run in the Grand National.^{[citation needed]}

Cast

• Lori Martin as Velvet Brown
• Arthur Space as Herbert Brown
• Carole Wells as Edwina Brown
• Joey Scott as Donald Brown
• Ann Doran as Martha Brown
• James McCallion as Mi Taylor

Episodes

Season 1 (1960–61)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code
1	1	"The Raffle"	Unknown	Unknown	September 18, 1960 (1960-09-18)	6201
2	2	"The Breaking"	Unknown	Unknown	September 25, 1960 (1960-09-25)	6202
3	3	"Chip"	Unknown	Unknown	October 2, 1960 (1960-10-02)	6204
4	4	"A Matter of Pride"	Unknown	Unknown	October 9, 1960 (1960-10-09)
5	5	"Edwina's Escapade"	Unknown	Unknown	October 16, 1960 (1960-10-16)
6	6	"The Drought"	Unknown	Unknown	October 23, 1960 (1960-10-23)	6203
7	7	"The Canary"	Unknown	Unknown	October 30, 1960 (1960-10-30)	6213
8	8	"Mi's Girl"	Unknown	Unknown	November 6, 1960 (1960-11-06)	6212
9	9	"Anniversary"	Unknown	Unknown	November 13, 1960 (1960-11-13)
10	10	"Crisis"	Unknown	Unknown	November 20, 1960 (1960-11-20)
11	11	"The Barbecue"	Unknown	Unknown	November 27, 1960 (1960-11-27)
12	12	"The Milkman"	Unknown	Unknown	December 4, 1960 (1960-12-04)
13	13	"Donald's Friend"	Unknown	Unknown	December 11, 1960 (1960-12-11)	6207
14	14	"The Big Shot"	Unknown	Unknown	December 18, 1960 (1960-12-18)
15	15	"The Quarrel"	Unknown	Unknown	December 25, 1960 (1960-12-25)
16	16	"The Prize"	Unknown	Unknown	January 1, 1961 (1961-01-01)
17	17	"The Star Wish"	Unknown	Unknown	January 8, 1961 (1961-01-08)
18	18	"Teddy's Exam"	Unknown	Unknown	January 15, 1961 (1961-01-15)
19	19	"The Colt"	Victor Stoloff	Claire Kennedy	January 22, 1961 (1961-01-22)
20	20	"The Calf"	Unknown	Unknown	January 29, 1961 (1961-01-29)	6222
21	21	"The Grudge Match"	Unknown	Unknown	February 5, 1961 (1961-02-05)
22	22	"The Fire"	Unknown	Unknown	February 12, 1961 (1961-02-12)	6226
23	23	"The Sissy"	Unknown	Unknown	February 19, 1961 (1961-02-19)
24	24	"Grandpa"	Abner Biberman	John Furia, Jr & Claire Kennedy	February 26, 1961 (1961-02-26)
25	25	"Epidemic"	Unknown	Unknown	March 5, 1961 (1961-03-05)
26	26	"The Beauty Contest"	Unknown	Unknown	March 12, 1961 (1961-03-12)	6226
27	27	"The Swindle"	Unknown	Unknown	March 19, 1961 (1961-03-19)	6232
28	28	"The Circuit"	Unknown	Unknown	March 26, 1961 (1961-03-26)	6230
29	29	"The Riding Mistress"	Unknown	Unknown	April 9, 1961 (1961-04-09)	6233
30	30	"Grandpa Returns"	Unknown	Unknown	April 16, 1961 (1961-04-16)	6234
31	31	"The Bridegroom"	Unknown	Unknown	April 23, 1961 (1961-04-23)	6236
32	32	"The Efficiency Expert"	Unknown	Unknown	April 30, 1961 (1961-04-30)	6235

Season 2 (1961–62)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code
33	1	"The Pony"	Unknown	Unknown	September 18, 1961 (1961-09-18)	6240
34	2	"The Lake"	Unknown	Unknown	September 25, 1961 (1961-09-25)	6241
35	3	"The Bully"	Unknown	Unknown	October 2, 1961 (1961-10-02)	6243
36	4	"The Fall"	Unknown	Unknown	October 9, 1961 (1961-10-09)	6249
37	5	"Edwina's Elopement"	Unknown	Unknown	October 16, 1961 (1961-10-16)	6250
38	6	"The Tramp"	Unknown	Unknown	October 23, 1961 (1961-10-23)	6244
39	7	"Fortune Teller"	Unknown	Unknown	October 30, 1961 (1961-10-30)	6248
40	8	"Donald's Tonsils"	Unknown	Unknown	November 6, 1961 (1961-11-06)	6254
41	9	"The Outsider"	Unknown	Unknown	November 13, 1961 (1961-11-13)	6253
42	10	"The Club"	Unknown	Unknown	November 20, 1961 (1961-11-20)	6258
43	11	"The Desperado"	Unknown	Unknown	November 27, 1961 (1961-11-27)	6245
44	12	"The Experiment"	Unknown	Unknown	December 11, 1961 (1961-12-11)	6251
45	13	"Terry"	Unknown	Unknown	December 18, 1961 (1961-12-18)	6256
46	14	"The Haunted House"	Unknown	Unknown	December 25, 1961 (1961-12-25)	6247
47	15	"Stable Mates"	Unknown	Unknown	January 8, 1962 (1962-01-08)
48	16	"Martha's Beau"	Unknown	Unknown	January 22, 1962 (1962-01-22)
49	17	"The Scandal"	Unknown	Unknown	January 29, 1962 (1962-01-29)
50	18	"The Star"	Unknown	Unknown	February 5, 1962 (1962-02-05)
51	19	"The Test"	Unknown	Unknown	February 12, 1962 (1962-02-12)
52	20	"The Feud"	Unknown	Unknown	February 19, 1962 (1962-02-19)
53	21	"Jeopardy"	Unknown	Unknown	February 26, 1962 (1962-02-26)
54	22	"The Rogue Horse"	Unknown	Unknown	March 5, 1962 (1962-03-05)
55	23	"Mi's Citizenship"	Unknown	Unknown	March 12, 1962 (1962-03-12)	6252
56	24	"The Rumor"	Unknown	Unknown	March 19, 1962 (1962-03-19)	6266
57	25	"Ede's Bombshell"	Unknown	Unknown	March 26, 1962 (1962-03-26)	6257
58	26	"The Clown"	Unknown	Unknown	April 2, 1962 (1962-04-02)

Guest stars

Parley Baer Roy Barcroft Beau Bridges Edgar Buchanan James T. Callahan James Chandler Robert L. Crawford, Jr. Audrey Dalton Richard Deacon Don Dubbins Jack Elam Ross Elliott Frank Ferguson Joan Freeman Darlene Gillespie Harold Gould Susan Seaforth Hayes

Ricky Kelman Sheila James Kuehl Harry Lauter Betty Lynn Nora Marlowe Tyler McVey Roger Mobley Bill Mumy J. Pat O'Malley Emory Parnell Denver Pyle Stuart Randall Addison Richards Hal J. Smith Rusty Stevens