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1 9 5 2 - 1 9 5 7 (UK)
69 x 20 minute episodes

THE CAST

Mr. Appleyard
Frederick Piper (1)
Douglas Muir (2)
Mrs Appleyard
Constance Fraser
Janet Appleyard
Maureen Davis (1)
Tessa Clarke (2)
John Appleyard
David Edwards
Margaret Appleyard
Patricia Wilson (1)
Carol Oliver (2)
Pat Fryer (3)
Tommy Appleyard
Derek Rowe

The Appleyards

BBC television's first foray into soap opera was actually children's program The Appleyards, which went out once every two weeks from 1952 to 1957.

It featured Mum, Dad and their four children, living somewhere in the Home Counties, and initially was broadcast live.

Unlike later soaps, which continue in real time, as the younger Appleyard child actors grew, they were replaced, so in this little corner of suburban England time appeared to stand still.