About this season
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, and Roy Kinnear. The series began on 9 September 1975 and ran for two seasons.
Episodes (9)
1. The Case for the Defence
Aired 6 January 1976
2. Chagrin in Three Parts
Aired 6 January 1976
3. A Chance for Mr. Lever
Aired 13 January 1976
The depression is taking its toll on Mr Lever a machinery salesman- but then there is a chance offered to improve his finances if he can make his way through the Liberian jungle.
4. Alas! Poor Maling
Aired 20 January 1976
5. Mortmain
Aired 20 January 1976
6. A Drive in the Country
Aired 27 January 1976
7. The Overnight Bag
Aired 3 February 1976
8. Dream of a Strange Land
Aired 10 February 1976
A man who has a re-occurring dream involving some unknown military characters, discovers he also suffering from an unknown terminal illness.
9. Under the Garden
Aired 10 February 1976
Wilditch, a restless world traveller, returns to his childhood home diagnosed with terminal cancer. At home, memories return of an experience that took place when he was just a boy, recollections of a magical, haunting event which took place...under the garden. Regardless if he had made it up, dreamed it, or whether it really happened, it was significant in sending him on a lifetime quest in order to find it.