The Franchise Affair (1962 TV series)

The Franchise Affair is a British television series which originally aired on BBC One in 1962. It is based on the 1948 novel The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey.^[1]

The Franchise Affair
Genre	Drama
Based on	The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey
Written by	Constance Cox
Directed by	Mervyn Pinfield
Starring	Rosalie Crutchley Michael Aldridge Veronica Turleigh
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6 (all missing)
Production
Producer	George R. Foa
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	21 May (1962-05-21) – 25 June 1962 (1962-06-25)

All six episodes are believed to be lost.

Main cast

• Rosalie Crutchley as Marion Sharpe
• Michael Aldridge as Robert Blair
• Veronica Turleigh as Mrs. Sharpe
• Gladys Boot as Aunt Lin
• Barry Wilsher as Leslie Wynn
• Derek Aylward as Tony Bredon
• Peggy Thorpe-Bates as Mrs. Wynn
• Leslie French as Mr. Heseltine
• Jack May as Kevin Macdermott
• Edward Harvey as Chief Insp. Hallam
• Meg Wynn Owen as Betty Kane
• Clifford Earl as Det. Insp. Grant
• Jennifer Hill as Miss Harker
• William Marlowe as Stan Peters