One by One (TV series)

One by One is a British television series made by the BBC between 29 January 1984 and 2 May 1987.^{[citation needed]}

One by One
Genre	Drama
Created by	Anthony Read
Starring	Rob Heyland James Ellis Sonia Graham
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	32
Production
Producer	Bill Sellars
Running time	50 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	29 January 1984 (1984-01-29) – 2 May 1987 (1987-05-02)

The series, created by Anthony Read,^[1] was based on the early life and writings of international veterinary surgeon David Taylor.^[2] Called Donald Turner in the series, the show follows his work caring for exotic animals at zoos in Britain, from the 1950s to the 1970s. Each series was set during a different decade, with exteriors filmed at Dudley Zoo, Chester Zoo and Knowsley Safari Park.

Thirty-two episodes were made over three series, transmitted on BBC1 in the early parts of 1984, 1985 & 1987. BBC1 repeated series 2 during the early months of 1986, as no new series had been made that year. The third series was also repeated on BBC1 over the Spring & Summer of 1988.

Cast

• Rob Heyland – Donald Turner
• James Ellis – Paddy Reilly
• Sonia Graham – Ethel Leadbetter
• Peter Jeffrey – Maurice Webb (Series 1–2)
• Heather James – Maggie Raymond (Series 1–2)
• Liz Smith – Gran Turner (Series 1)
• Garfield Morgan – Howard Rundle (Series 1)
• Rosie Kerslake – Jenny Blount (Series 1)
• Jack Hedley – Peter Raymond (Series 1)
• Peter Gilmore – Ben Bishop (Series 2)
• Catherine Schell – Lady Ann Pendle (Series 2)
• Andrew Robertson – Jock Drummond (Series 3)
• Christina Nagy – Liz Collier (Series 3)
• Tenniel Evans – Teddy Haslam (Series 3)
• Clifford Rose – Challon (Series 1 and 3)

Series overview

Series	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	10		8 January 1984 (1984-01-08)	1 April 1984 (1984-04-01)
2	12		13 January 1985 (1985-01-13)	23 May 1985 (1985-05-23)
3	10		19 February 1987 (1987-02-19)	2 May 1987 (1987-05-02)

Episodes

Series 1

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"We Called in the Experts"	Christopher Baker	Anthony Read	29 January 1984 (1984-01-29)
2	"Nature's Great Masterpiece"	Christopher Baker	Anthony Read	5 February 1984 (1984-02-05)
3	"They Shoot Tigers in India"	Richard Bramall	Anthony Read	12 February 1984 (1984-02-12)
4	"Silver Linings"	Richard Bramall	Anthony Read	19 February 1984 (1984-02-19)
5	"Pastures New"	Christopher Baker	Anthony Read	26 February 1984 (1984-02-26)
6	"Time and Motion"	Christopher Baker	Anthony Read	4 March 1984 (1984-03-04)
7	"A Long Weekend"	Richard Bramall	Anthony Read	11 March 1984 (1984-03-11)
8	"Doctor's Orders"	Richard Bramall	Anthony Read	18 March 1984 (1984-03-18)
9	"The Woman's Touch"	Christopher Baker	Anthony Read	25 March 1984 (1984-03-25)
10	"Ends and Beginnings"	Christopher Baker	Anthony Read	1 April 1984 (1984-04-01)

Series 2

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
11	"Blood, Toil, Tears and Spit"	Michael E. Briant	Anthony Read	5 January 1985 (1985-01-05)
12	"Parting of the Ways"	Michael E. Briant	Anthony Read	12 January 1985 (1985-01-12)
13	"Of Babes and Sucklings"	Richard Bramall	Johnny Byrne	19 January 1985 (1985-01-19)
14	"To Hear the Sea Maid's Music"	Richard Bramall	Johnny Byrne	26 January 1985 (1985-01-26)
15	"End of an Era"	Michael E. Briant	Johnny Byrne	2 February 1985 (1985-02-02)
16	"You and Whose Army?"	Michael E. Briant	Johnny Byrne	9 February 1985 (1985-02-09)
17	"Pride of Place"	Richard Bramall	Johnny Byrne	16 February 1985 (1985-02-16)
18	"It's All Done with Mirrors"	Richard Bramall	Anthony Read	23 February 1985 (1985-02-23)
19	"Dangerous Practice"	Michael E. Briant	Johnny Byrne	2 March 1985 (1985-03-02)
20	"A Killer Called Cuddles"	Richard Bramall	Anthony Read	9 February 1985 (1985-02-09)
21	"Thank You, Mr. D.H. Lawrence"	Richard Bramall	Anthony Read	16 March 1985 (1985-03-16)
22	"A Close Run Thing..."	Michael E. Briant	Johnny Byrne	23 March 1985 (1985-03-23)

Series 3

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
23	"Changing Places"	Andrew Morgan	Johnny Byrne	28 February 1987 (1987-02-28)
24	"Remember the Humble Guinea-Pig"	Andrew Morgan	Johnny Byrne	7 March 1987 (1987-03-07)
25	"First Things First"	Roderick Graham	Johnny Byrne	14 March 1987 (1987-03-14)
26	"Tiger, Tiger"	Roderick Graham	Johnny Byrne	21 March 1987 (1987-03-21)
27	"The Monkey in Between"	Andrew Morgan	Terry Hodgkinson	28 March 1987 (1987-03-28)
28	"Dangerous Games"	Andrew Morgan	Johnny Byrne	4 April 1987 (1987-04-04)
29	"The Elephant and the Kangaroo"	Roderick Graham	Terry Hodgkinson	11 April 1987 (1987-04-11)
30	"A Dying Breed"	Andrew Morgan	Freda Kelsall	18 April 1987 (1987-04-18)
31	"Down Below"	Roderick Graham	Terry Hodgkinson	25 April 1987 (1987-04-25)
32	"Coming to Terms"	Andrew Morgan	Johnny Byrne	2 May 1987 (1987-05-02)