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    Kids TV TV Shows - 1960s 2 Mins Read

    Paradise Walk

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    This Sunday children’s serial from the BBC featured West Indian boy Sammy (Dudley Hunt) who came to live with his Uncle Josh (Errol John) – who worked for a garage and ran a youth club – and Aunt Jubilee (Gladys Taylor) in a large English city.

    Sammy’s naive excitement at having arrived in this country meant he all too easily got involved with the unscrupulous Joe Cartwright (James Sharkey) who worked alongside his uncle in the garage.

    Meanwhile, the garage owner’s stepson Ted Collis (Murray Melvin) was caught up in vandalism. Events escalated until Joe was shot and killed at the story’s close.

    Set in the poorer parts of a city (with a lot of location filming) the story would have been very hard-hitting in its day, with the drama unfolding as if it were on most viewers’ doorsteps.

    Aired in January and February 1961, Paradise Walk looked set to take BBC children’s drama into a new era, being very different from most output up to that time. But its realism was not really followed through until the 1970s.

    Sammy
    Dudley Hunt
    Joshua Brown
    Errol John
    Aunt Jubilee
    Gladys Taylor
    Joe Cartwright
    James Sharkey
    Ted Collis
    Murray Melvin
    Old Hornpipe
    Nigel Arkwright
    Mr Collis
    George A. Cooper
    Jerry Collis
    Stephen Portch
    Tips
    Neil Hunter
    Smithy
    Geremy Phillips

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