199 Park Lane

1 9 6 5 (UK)
18 x 30 minute episodes

This twice-weekly serial from BBC1 was based around the residents of an exclusive and fashionable block of apartments in London (at 199 Park Lane, natch).

Greek millionaires, politicians, top models and bankers paraded through the multiple storylines with all the various strands connected by snooping gossip column writer Tony Ashman (Philip Bond) on the prowl for a scoop.

Kate Harvester (Brenda Kaye) was the manageress of the luxury flats. Sergeant Baines (Geoffrey Toone) was the porter.

The high-powered residents included Ben Graham (Edwin Richfield), Stella Graham (Isabel Dean) and Lord Caister (Derek Bond).  The creator and main writer was William Fairchild.

The series did not do well. It first aired on 1 August 1965 and was dropped two months later.

All 18 episodes were wiped by the BBC in the 1970s.

Lord Caister
Derek Bond
Tony Ashman
Philip Bond
Stella Graham
Isabel Dean
Ben Graham
Edwin Richfield
Kate Harvester
Brenda Kaye
Sergeant Baines
Geoffrey Toone
Anne Faulkner
Ellen McIntosh
Derek Farrow
Leonard Cracknell
Mr Farrow
Hugh Morton
Mrs Farrow
Eileen Peel
Jeremy Quest
Hugh Latimer
Caroline Petrakos
Ann Firbank
Constantin Petrakos
Henry Gilbert
Harry
Jerold Wells
Alexa Kovacs
Yvette Rees
Colin Gage
Paul Grist
Prescott
Frederick Piper
Martine
Margaret Nolan
Rachel Stein
Zeynep Tarimer
Paul Sabin
William Dexter
Joseph Porter
Brian Hawksley
Sir George Strudwick
John Barron