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British TV drama series (1975–1976)

Shades of Greene
Starring	John Gielgud Leo McKern Virginia McKenna Paul Scofield Roy Kinnear
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	18
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	9 September 1975 (1975-09-09) – 10 February 1976 (1976-02-10)

Shades of Greene is a British television series based on short stories written by the author Graham Greene. The series began in 1975, with each hour-long episode featuring a dramatisation of one of Greene's stories, many of which dealt with issues such as guilt and the Catholic faith, as well as looking at life in general. Actors to have appeared in the series include John Gielgud, Leo McKern, Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Lesley Dunlop, John Hurt and Roy Kinnear.

The series began on 9 September 1975 and ran for two seasons.

List of episodes

Season 1

Episode	Title	Dramatised by	Original air date
Episode 1	When Greek Meets Greek	Clive Exton	9 September 1975
Episode 2	Cheap in August	Philip Mackie	16 September 1975
Episode 3	The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen	John Mortimer	23 September 1975
Episode 4	Special Duties	John Mortimer	23 September 1975
Episode 5	Two Gentle People	William Trevor	30 September 1975
Episode 6	The Root of All Evil	Clive Exton	7 October 1975
Episode 7	A Little Place off the Edgware Road	John Mortimer	14 October 1975
Episode 8	The Blue Film	John Mortimer	14 October 1975
Episode 9	The Destructors	John Mortimer	21 October 1975

Season 2

Episode	Title	Dramatised by	Original air date
Episode 1	The Case for the Defence	John Mortimer	6 January 1976
Episode 2	Chagrin in Three Parts	John Mortimer	6 January 1976
Episode 3	A Chance for Mr. Lever	Clive Exton	13 January 1976
Episode 4	Alas, Poor Maling	Graham Greene	20 January 1976
Episode 5	Mortmain	John Mortimer	20 January 1976
Episode 6	A Drive in the Country	Philip Mackie	27 January 1976
Episode 7	The Over-night Bag	Clive Exton	2 February 1976
Episode 8	Dream of a Strange Land	Robin Chapman	2 February 1976
Episode 9	Under the Garden	Robin Chapman	10 February 1976

Overseas sales

The series was broadcast by the Nine Network in Australia.

Book

These 18 short stories were re-published in their original form, with cast list and names of dramatiser and director, in the collection Shades of Greene jointly by The Bodley Head and William Heinemann, London, in 1975. ISBN 0 370 10604 0

External links

Shades of Greene at IMDb

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Bibliography
Novels	The Man Within (1929) The Name of Action (1930) Rumour at Nightfall (1932) Stamboul Train (1932) It's a Battlefield (1934) England Made Me (1935) A Gun for Sale (1936) Brighton Rock (1938) The Confidential Agent (1939) The Power and the Glory (1940) The Ministry of Fear (1943) The Heart of the Matter (1948) The Third Man (novella; 1949) The End of the Affair (1951) The Quiet American (1955) Loser Takes All (1955) Our Man in Havana (1958) A Burnt-Out Case (1960) The Comedians (1966) Travels with My Aunt (1969) The Honorary Consul (1973) The Human Factor (1978) Doctor Fischer of Geneva (1980) Monsignor Quixote (1982) The Tenth Man (1985) The Captain and the Enemy (1988) No Man's Land (2005)
Non-fiction	Journey Without Maps (1936) The Lawless Roads (1939) The Lost Childhood and Other Essays (1951) In Search of a Character (1961) A Sort of Life (1971) Ways of Escape (1980) Getting to Know the General: The Story of an Involvement (1984)
Plays	The Living Room (1953) The Potting Shed (1957) The Complaisant Lover (1959) Carving a Statue (1964) The Return of A. J. Raffles (1975) The Great Jowett (1981) Yes and No (1983) For Whom the Bell Chimes (1983)
Story collections	Twenty-One Stories (1954) A Sense of Reality (1963) May We Borrow Your Husband? (1967) The Last Word and Other Stories (1990)
Short stories	"The End of the Party" (1929) "Proof Positive" (1930) "The Basement Room" (1936) "Across the Bridge" (1938) "Alas, Poor Maling" (1940) "The Blue Film" (1954) "The Destructors" (1954) "A Shocking Accident" "The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen" "The Last Word"
Screenplays	21 Days (1940) Brighton Rock (1948) The Fallen Idol (1948) The Third Man (1949) Loser Takes All (1956) Saint Joan (1957) Our Man in Havana (1959) The Comedians (1967) Monsignor Quixote (1985)
Adaptations	Orient Express (1934) The Green Cockatoo (1937) This Gun for Hire (1942) Went the Day Well? (1942) Ministry of Fear (1944) The Heart of the Matter (1953) The End of the Affair (1955) The Quiet American (1958) Travels with My Aunt (1972) The Human Factor (1979) The Honorary Consul (1983) The End of the Affair (1999) The Quiet American (2002) Brighton Rock (2010)
Other	Brighton Rock (play) Shades of Greene
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