Death to the First Lady

1 9 5 6 (UK)
5 x 30 minute episodes

This five-part “live” thriller series from ABC Weekend Television aired on Saturday nights in August and September 1956 and was written by Peter Key.

Accompanied by his beautiful daughter, Kim (Maureen Connell) – the “First Lady” of the title – the President of the now powerful Pacific Federation (John Loder) is visiting Britain in order to sign an agreement covering the British sale of a vitally strategic possession.

As his warship approaches Portsmouth, an unexpected reception awaits him. Something ticking is found in the flowers behind the Presidential chair in the luncheon room at Portsmouth Guildhall. So the public reception is cancelled and the President and his daughter whisked off to London by a secret route.

Throughout five tedious episodes, Kenneth Hyde as Dave Craddock was the only character that aroused any continuing interest.

Kim Abel
Maureen Connell
Tom Abel – President, Pacific Federation
John Loder
Bill Anderson
Dermot Walsh
Dave Craddock
Kenneth Hyde
Lancelot Jory
Ivor Dean
Arthur Jory
Diarmuid Kelly
Colonel George Jason (Internal Security)
James Raglan
Prime Minister Sir Robert Sturgess
Grahame Stuart
Foreign Secretary John Bridger
John Ruddock
Arthur Harrison, Chancellor of the Exchequer
John Miller
Giles Freeman, Home Secretary
Henri Vidon
Sir Roger Arkwright
John Chandos
Sid
Dervis Ward
Molly
Diana Hope

Episodes

The Red, White and Blue | We Want Kim | The Man at the Window | The Box of Tricks | Dance Macabre