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"He had an extraordinary voice, that was the thing I liked about him."

- John Arden

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During his career Robert starred in a number of one-off dramas for television, sadly, many of which, were transmitted live and footage no longer exists.

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Madame Ranevsky is a spoiled aging aristocratic lady, who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage. In denial, she continues living in the past, deluding herself and her family, while the beautiful cherry trees are being axed down by the re-possessor Lopakhin, her former serf, who has his own agenda.

Robert Shaw as Yasha


Written by Anton Chekhov

 
Directed by Don Taylor

Produced by Fred O'Donavan

Also starring Marian Spencer, Anthony Verney, Wilfrid Brambell and Jack Livesey

Air Date: March 20th 1947 

TX: 8.30pm - 10.oopm


Station: BBC Television

1947 BBC production of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, with one of the biggest dramatic casts ever assembled at Alexandra Palace and at least five sets in the studio to portray Madame Ranevsky’s country estate. The production was originally scheduled for 16 February but postponed because of the shutdown of the television service caused by the fuel crisis.

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Robert Shaw as Melchior


Directed by Roy Oxley


Produced by Joy Harrington



Written by P.D. Cummins


Also starring Lyndon Brook, George Colouris and Pat Fryer


Air Date: December 24th 1952



Station: BBC Television

 

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Robert Shaw as Bradley

Directed by Tony Richardson

Produced by Tony Richardson

Written by J. Jefferson Farjeon

Adapted by Tony Richardson

Also starring Alfred Burke

Air Date: November 13th 1954

Station: BBC Television

 

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Press clipping from the Radio Times

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Robert Shaw as Herbert

Directed by Michael Barry

Produced by Michael Barry

Written by Montagu Barstow

Also starring Tony Britton, Harriet Johns, Douglas Wilmer and Peter Cellier

Air Date: September 18th 1955

Station: BBC Television

 

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Robert Shaw as Alan Jeffcote


Directed by John Forrest

Produced by Chloe Gibson

Written by Stanley Houghton

Also starring David Bird, Edward Chapman, Billie Whitelaw and Margaret Dale
 

Air Date: June 6th 1957

Station: BBC Television

 

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Robert Shaw as Len Fox

 
Directed by David Henry

Produced by Chloe Gibson

Written by Leo Lehmann

Also starring Geraldine McEwan and Lana Morris

Air Date: July 23rd 1957

Station: BBC Television

 

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Robert Shaw as Fred


Directed by Jerry Epstein

Produced by Bruce Woodcock

Written by Jean-Paul Satre 

Translated by Kitty Black

Also starring Stephen Bennett, Rachel Roberts,
Walter Fitzgerald and Tom Bowman


Air Date: Thursday September 12th 1957

TX Time: 9.15-10.15pm

Station: Granada Television

 

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Robert Shaw as Reg Mathers


Directed by Tania Lieven

Written by Ken Taylor

Also starring Barbara Ashcroft, Bernard Kay, Janet Munro and Roger Gage

Air Date: November 15th 1957

Station: Associated-Rediffusion Television

 

Robert Shaw as Rupert of Hentzau


Directed by Hal Burton

Produced by Hal Burton

Written by Anthony Hope

Also starring Sarah Lawson, John Westbrook, Paul Eddington, Maurice Kauffman and Jennifer Wright

Air Date: December 26th 1957

Station: BBC Television

 

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Original press clipping from the 1957 Christmas Radio Times.

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Robert Shaw as Bob Gordon

Series 1 Episode 34: Voodoo Wedding

 

Directed by Ernest Morris

Written by Lee Leob

Also starring Rhodes Reason, Edward Judd, Gene Anderson and Susan Travers

Air Date: May 31st 1958

Station: ITC Entertainment and

Telestar Productions for ITV

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Robert Shaw as Mark Renfrew


Directed by Guy Verney

Written by Lester Powell

Also starring Adrienne Corri, John Bentley, Colin Douglas and Mary Wimbush

Air Date: January 17th 1960

Station: Associated British Corporation for ITV

 

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Robert Shaw as Charlie Williams

 

A truck driver who has broken down in the middle of the night calls on an isolated house for assistance, a twist of fate that could lead him to facing a murder charge.

Directed by Peter Potter

Written by George Carlton

Also starring Jill Balcon, Dandy Nichols, June Brown and Victor Platt

Air Date: June 30th 1960

Station: Granada Television

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Article in the TV Times June 1960 

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Robert Shaw as Alan Regan

Directed by Don Taylor

Produced by Don Taylor

Written by N.J. Crisp

Also starring Earl Cameron and Barbara Clegg

Air Date: December 8th 1960

Station: BBC Television

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Original press clipping from the 1960 Radio Times

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Robert Shaw as Henry

 

"It's only right a kid should 'ave a train set, isn't it? It's what a kid ought to 'ave. I mean, you ain't a kid for long. Ya soon know what life's like, don't ya? Well, ya do. You've gotta 'ave summat to look back on. It's only right."

Directed by Don Taylor

Written by David Turner

Also starring Roy Holder, Mary Chester, Frank Windsor and Edward Evans

Air Date: June 14th 1961

Station: BBC Television

Filmed at ATV Studios, Birmingham

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Robert Shaw and Roy Holder

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Robert Shaw as Dandridge

 

Directed by David Boisseau

Written by Leo Lehmann

Also starring Jill Dixon

Air Date: May 16th 1962

Station: BBC Television

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Robert Shaw as The Captain

 

Parents struggle over the future of their child, resulting in the mother, using her cunning manipulative skills, subduing and finally destroying the father.

Directed by Alan Bridges

Written by August Strindberg

Adapted by Peter Watts

Also starring Denis Quilley, Daphne Slater, Wynne Clarke and John Moore

Air Date: Friday September 21st 1962

TX: 9.40pm

Station: BBC Television

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Robert Shaw and Daphne Slater

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Presents

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Robert Shaw as Simone

A Florentine Tragedy is a fragment of a never-completed play by Oscar Wilde. The subject concerns Simone, a wealthy 16th century Florentine merchant who finds his wife Bianca in the arms of a local prince, Guido Bardi. After feigning hospitality, Simone challenges the interloper to a duel, disarms, and strangles him. This awakens the affection of his wife, and two are reconciled.

Directed by Herbert Wise

Produced by Peter Luke

Written by Oscar Wilde

Adapted by Robert Shaw

Also starring Mary Ure, Alex Davion and Ann Beach

Air Date: Wednesday March 11th 1964

TX: 9.25pm - 10.20pm

Station: BBC Television

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Robert and Mary rehearsing on set

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A clipping from the Radio Times

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