The Strange World of Gurney Slade

Synopsis

Anthony Newley stars as an actor who walks off the set of a banal sit-com and into a fantasy world of his own imagination in this surreal odyssey through one man's personal alternative reality.

First Air Date: 1960-10-22

Last Air Date: 1960-11-26

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 6

Created By: Anthony Newley

Networks: ITV1

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Top Cast

Anthony Newley as N/A
Bernie Winters as N/A
Edwin Richfield as Frank
John Bosh as TV viewers - boy
Margaret Cox as Little girl
Una Stubbs as Klean-o girl
Geoffrey Palmer as Floor manager
Hugh Paddick as Fairy
Anneke Wills as Girl on Airfield (as Annika Wills)
Joy Stewart as Mother

Seasons

Season 1 (1960)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Episode 1 (1960-10-22)

Gurney Slade breaks the fourth wall and leaves the set during a live broadcast - much to the consternation of the cast and floor manager. He sets off on a wistful odyssey into leafy West London.
Ep. 2: Episode 2 (1960-10-29)

Gurney gets tongue tied on an airfield, conducts a lineup of prospective amoureuses, breaks up a family, tells a baby there is no such thing as Santa Claus, is granted a wish by a fairy and builds a woman from mannequin parts.
Ep. 3: Episode 3 (1960-11-05)

In the countryside, Gurney commentates an ant boxing match, spots an interesting signpost, tries to hoodwink a well, has a bone to pick with Bonaparte, sings Greensleeves with a scarecrow, chats to an alluring cow and (almost) witnesses a crime de coeur.
Ep. 4: Episode 4 (1960-11-12)

Gurney finds himself on trial for having no sense of humour. After releasing his ex-music-hall performer brief, the jury is shown a filmed sequence of Gurney Slade's alleged comedy by the prosecution. Various witnesses are cross-examined before the jury reaches its verdict. Will our hero prevail or lose his head?
Ep. 5: Episode 5 (1960-11-19)

No overview for this episode.
Ep. 6: Episode 6 (1960-11-26)

No overview for this episode.