Theatre Royal, aka Lilli Palmer Theatre is an Anglo/American half-hour television anthology series hosted by Lilli Palmer.[1] It was the first ITV play series; and was first transmitted on 25 September 1955, with the televised Dickens episode, Bardell v Pickwick.[2] Thirty-four episodes aired in the UK on ATV London in 1955–56.[3] Fourteen episodes aired in the US from 1955–56.[citation needed]
^for 1959, Laurence Marcus (February 2007) Reference Sources: The Armchair Theatre (published 1959), The Guinness Book of TV Facts and Feats, The Television Barons by Jack Tinker, ITV: The People's Channel by Simon Cherry, The Television Annual. "The Armchair Theatre Effect". Television Heaven.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)