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TV series / 1978
Scorpion Tales
Scorpion Tales is a British anthology that aired on ITV in 1978, featuring one-off, hour-long plays with twist endings. Produced by ATV, the programme was similar in format to other thriller anthologies like Thriller and Sapphire & Steel. Each episode presented a self-contained story, often with a sinister or surprising conclusion, and starred actors such as Trevor Howard, David Robb, and Anthony Bate.
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Scorpion Tales is a British anthology that aired on ITV in 1978, featuring one-off, hour-long plays with twist endings. Produced by ATV, the programme was similar in format to other thriller anthologies like Thriller and Sapphire & Steel. Each episode presented a self-contained story, often with a sinister or surprising conclusion, and starred actors such as Trevor Howard, David Robb, and Anthony Bate.
Cast
Heronimo SehmiJohn (uncredited)
Trevor HowardMavor
Patrick AllenCummings
Don HendersonEasterman
Maryann TurnerAlice Mavor
Paul ArlingtonPurcell
Alan RoweDr English
Patrick GodfreyRussell
Will KnightleyRandwell
Andrew AndreasDemetrius
David FoxxeHallam
Jack ShepherdMark Hawkins
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Angela DownMartha Fredricks
Michael O'HaganRoss Fredricks
James ListerKen Hassell
Clifford KershawJack
Vera JakobMrs Judd
Jeannette WildAir Stewardess
Max HarrisMatthew Ward
Lynn FarleighVirginia Ward
Paul FreemanOliver Benthall
Kenneth GilbertPeter Ward
Gwen NelsonMrs Withers
Diana RayworthJane Blake
Heffie MoraesTony
Peter DennisJack Greenwell
Angela GalbraithMarian Greenwell
Pamela SalemUrsula
Anthony HigginsonVictor
Frank MooreyPoliceman
Geoffrey LeesleyGym Master
Tony BrittonSir Wilfred Grafton
Brian StirnerToby Grafton
Sandra PayneKaren Oldfield
Basil DignamClem Laidlaw
Geoffrey PalmerArnold Sparrow
Michael CashmanPhilip Jessop
John CoganPoker Player
Michael de WildePoker Player
Peter SutherlandPoker Player
Anthony BateSir Robert Haines
Susan EngelJean Newman
Christopher BenjaminArab
Raad RawiYoung Arab
Chloe SalamanSamantha Robinson
Brett UsherJeremy Hope
Saul ReichlinTerrorist
David RobbLieutenant James White
Stephen MurrayCommodore Jacobs
Norman JonesMajor Chadwick
Graham AshleyCaptain Sutton
Eric MasonWarrant Officer Watson
Rosie KerslakePenny
John GrilloMilitary Official
Al LampertMechanic
Cornelius GarrettYoung Officer
John DawsonWaiter
Lewis WilsonTrain Passenger
David ArlenLeading Rating
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