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One by One

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by Donna Lemaster

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aired from: Jan 1984 to: May 1987 32 eps BBC 1 60 min mono ________________

regulars:

  • Rob Heyland as Donald Turner
  • James Ellis as Paddy Reilly
  • Sonia Graham as Ethel Ledbetter
  • Peter Jeffrey as Maurice Webb [ episodes 1 - 12 ]
  • Jack Hedley as Peter Raymond [ episodes 3 - 10 ]
  • Rosie Kerslake as Jenny Blount [ episodes 1 - 7 ]
  • Liz Smith (I) as Gran Turner [ episodes 1 - 10 ]
  • Heather James as Maggie Raymond [ episodes 7 - 10 & 14 - 22 ]
  • Peter Gilmore as Ben Bishop [ episodes 11 - 22 ]
  • Catherine Schell as Lady Anne Pendle [ episodes 11 - 22 ]


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      1st Series 1984

    1. _"We Called in the Experts"
      gs: Garfield Morgan [ Unknown ], Peter Ivatts [ Unknown ], Peter Lorenzelli [ Unknown ], Sara Moore [ Unknown ], Eryl Maynard [ Unknown ], Kevin Donaghy [ Unknown ]

      Donald Turner takes his first position with a grumpy older vet whose practice includes visits to the local zoo.

      b: 29 Jan 84 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    2. _"Nature's Great Masterpiece"
      gs: Garfield Morgan [ Unknown ], Tony Doyle [ Unknown ], Tommy Duggan [ Unknown ], Shirin Taylor [ Unknown ], Ian Lindsay [ Unknown ], Philip Anthony [ Unknown ], Donald Nothsdale [ Unknown ]

      Donald becomes very discouraged when his first big case at the zoo, treating a valuable elephant, ends badly.

      b: 5 Feb 84 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    3. _"They Shoot Tigers in India"
      gs: George Malpas [ Unknown ], Michael LeVell [ Unknown ], Mark Fletcher [ Unknown ], Charles Rea [ Unknown ], Frances Cox [ Unknown ]

      Mr. Webb is very displeased when the newspapers learn about the elephant's death, but Donald decides to dig in and learn all he can when Rajah the tiger is poisoned by a disgruntled ex-keeper.

      b: 12 Feb 84 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    4. _"Silver Linings"
      gs: Roy Sampson [ Unknown ], Mark Fletcher [ Unknown ], Charles Rea [ Unknown ], Colin Edwynn [ Unknown ]

      Donald goes on an interview for another job, and watches as Jenny mounts a newspaper campaign to keep the zoo open.

      b: 19 Feb 84 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    5. _"Pastures New"
      gs: Tony Doyle [ Unknown ], John Paul [ Unknown ], Peter Ivatts [ Unknown ], Tommy Duggan [ Unknown ], Maggie Ollerenshaw [ Unknown ], David Allister [ Unknown ], David English [ Unknown ]

      Donald decides to take the new job, but has some misgivings about leaving the zoo animals in Webb's care and Jenny is offered a position with a London newspaper.

      b: 26 Feb 84 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    6. _"Time and Motion"
      gs: Barry Stearns [ Unknown ], Russell Wootton [ Unknown ], Deidre Costello [ Unknown ], Kathryn George [ Unknown ]

      Donald is called in to inspect the animals at a local circus and teaches an old seal trainer some new tricks, and he helps Paddy Reilly find some missing monkeys at the zoo.

      b: 4 Mar 84 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    7. _"A Long Weekend"
      gs: Joan Greenwood [ Unknown ], John Judd [ Unknown ], Paul Arlington [ Unknown ], Toni Palmer [ Unknown ], George Claydon [ Unknown ]

      Donald and a local physician team up for a house call on an eccentric old woman who needs medical attention as much as her pet monkey, and he travels with Maggie to the Continent to bring back an elephant for the zoo.

      b: 11 Mar 84 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    8. _"Doctor's Orders"
      gs: Denis Lill [ Unknown ], Nonee Setna [ Unknown ], Peter Ivatts [ Unknown ], Geoffrey Leesley [ Unknown ], Ava de Souza [ Unknown ], John Oxley [ Unknown ]

      Donald treats an obstreperous macaw in the surgery, enlists Maggie as a nurse for a convalescing lion cub, and investigates suspected hoof and mouth disease at the circus.

      b: 18 Mar 84 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    9. _"The Woman's Touch"

      Donald tries out his new anesthesia gun on a pack of wolves and on an orangutan who has miscarried but refuses to give up the corpse of her baby.

      b: 25 Mar 84 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    10. _"Ends and Beginnings"
      gs: Peter Ivatts [ Unknown ], Peter Lorenzelli [ Unknown ], Dickie Arnold [ Unknown ], Edmund Kente [ Unknown ], Paul Arlington [ Unknown ], Howard Crossley [ Unknown ]

      Donald joins Paddy and the police in a search for a wild cat reported to be running loose on the moor, and faces some dramatic changes in his personal life.

      b: 1 Apr 84 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________

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      2nd Series 1985

    11. _"Blood, Toil, Tears and Spit"
      gs: John Rolfe [ Unknown ], David O'Hara [ Unknown ], Gary Whelan [ Unknown ], Sarah Berger [ Unknown ], Richard Beale [ Unknown ], Ian Iwes [ Unknown ], Jean Heller [ Unknown ], Warren O'Neill [ Unknown ], Zarn O'Neill [ Unknown ], Frank Jarvis [ Unknown ]

      Six years after joining Maurice Webb's practice, Donald is still treating exotic animals, but Webb's intransigence about taking on the animal work for a brand new safari park leads him to break up the partnership.

      b: 5 Jan 85 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    12. _"Parting of the Ways"
      gs: John Rolfe [ Unknown ], Jon Cartwright [ Unknown ], Shirin Taylor [ Unknown ], Nick Stringer [ Unknown ], David O'Hara [ Unknown ]

      Donald encounters a hostile lion trainer at the proposed safari park and is called in to treat three tiny alligators at a local night club.

      b: 12 Jan 85 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    13. _"Of Babes and Sucklings"
      gs: Frank Duncan [ Unknown ], Jennifer Croxton [ Unknown ], Peggy Ann Wood [ Unknown ], Gregory De Polnay [ Unknown ], Michael Godley [ Unknown ], Johnny Maxfield [ Unknown ], Ken Kitson [ Unknown ]

      Donald investigates the strange behavior and requests of an Italian couple with a trained dog act who are waiting out their quarantine at the zoo, and Ethel formally joins Donald at the safari park.

      b: 19 Jan 85 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    14. _"To Hear the Sea-Maid's Music"
      gs: John Rolfe [ Unknown ], Paul Maxwell [ Unknown ], Norman Bird [ Unknown ], Vincent Marzello [ Unknown ], David Bradley [ Unknown ], Joan Newell [ Unknown ]

      Donald helps prepare a dog for burial and meets an American dolphin expert.

      b: 26 Jan 85 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    15. _"End of an Era"
      gs: Clifford Rose [ Unknown ], Ken Kitson [ Unknown ], Declan Mulholland [ Unknown ]

      Donald and Paddy battle a callous administrator as they struggle without much success to place all the zoo animals before the closing day.

      b: 2 Feb 85 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    16. _"You and Whose Army?"
      gs: Rodney Cardiff [ Unknown ], Sebastian Abineri [ Unknown ], John Baker [ Unknown ], Jimmy Jewel [ Unknown ], Jennifer Guy [ Unknown ], Royston Tickner [ Unknown ], Frank Tregear [ Unknown ]

      Donald solves the riddle of vandalism in the village and an attack on a local vagrant, and provides a home for a laboratory baboon due to be put down.

      b: 9 Feb 85 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    17. _"Pride of Place"
      gs: Jacquie Ann Carr [ Unknown ], Malcolm Terris [ Unknown ], John Moreno [ Unknown ], Jane Lowe [ Unknown ], Ralph Watson [ Unknown ], John Owens [ Unknown ], Arnold Peters [ Unknown ], P.J. Davidson [ Unknown ], Paul Butterworth [ Unknown ], Philip Clancy [ Unknown ]

      Donald has trouble with the big cats:a lioness escapes, a tiger cub needs hand rearing, and a self-appointed expert insists on one to one contact with the pride.

      b: 16 Feb 85 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    18. _"It's All Done With Mirrors"
      gs: Buffy Davis [ Unknown ], Norman Bird [ Unknown ], James Garbutt [ Unknown ], Norman Chancer [ Unknown ], Richard Mapletoft [ Unknown ], David Brierley [ Unknown ]

      Paddy and Donald settle the dolphins into a temporary home in France while Maggie tries to deal with practical problems at the park.

      b: 23 Feb 85 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    19. _"Dangerous Practice"
      gs: David Sterne [ Unknown ], Jon Cartwright [ Unknown ], Aubrey Phillips [ Unknown ], Margaret Wedlake [ Unknown ], Michael Cotterill [ Unknown ], David Rose [ Unknown ]

      Maggie's a little prickly over the dolphin trainer Sindy but helps Donald cope with a mysterious epidemic running through the park's new lions.

      b: 2 Mar 85 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    20. _"A Killer Called Cuddles"
      gs: Ted Maynard [ Unknown ], Lionel Taylor [ Unknown ], Frances Jeater [ Unknown ], Chris Saunders [ Unknown ], Ian Mercy [ Unknown ], Edmund Pegge [ Unknown ]

      Sindy and Donald journey to America to escort home the park's newest attraction-a killer whale named Cuddles.

      b: 9 Mar 85 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    21. _"Thank You, Mr. D.H. Lawrence"
      gs: Buffy Davis [ Unknown ], Aimee Delamain [ Unknown ], Ted Maynard [ Unknown ], Ian Mercer [ Unknown ]

      Donald must learn quickly about the medical needs of killer whales when Cuddles begins losing blood, and he accepts some unusual help from the spirit world to treat a tortoise with inflamed eyes.

      b: 16 Mar 85 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    22. _"A Close Run Thing..."
      gs: Stephen Greif [ Unknown ], Brian Coburn [ Unknown ], David O'Hara [ Unknown ], James Clubb [ Unknown ], Godfrey Jackman [ Unknown ]

      Donald has to find a suitable home for two baby elephants donated at the last moment by an old friend of Lady Anne, deal with all the confusion of the grand opening ceremonies for the safari park, and react to Maggie's intention to take a nursing job in the Middle East.

      b: 23 Mar 85 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________

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      3rd Series 1987

    23. "Changing Places"
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      b: 28 Feb 87 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    24. "Remember the Humble Guinea-Pig"
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      b: 7 Mar 87 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    25. "First Things First"
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      b: 14 Mar 87 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    26. "Tiger, Tiger"
      gs:

      b: 21 Mar 87 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    27. "The Monkey in Between"
      gs:

      b: 28 Mar 87 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    28. "Dangerous Games"
      gs:

      b: 4 Apr 87 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    29. "The Elephant and the Kangaroo"
      gs:

      b: 11 Apr 87 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    30. "A Dying Breed"
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      b: 18 Apr 87 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    31. "Down Below"
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      b: 25 Apr 87 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________
    32. "Coming to Terms"
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      b: 2 May 87 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________

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    NOTES

    Editor's Note (3/98): I am saddened to report that Donna died unexpectedly last month. I will try to answer any questions regarding this series, but since I've only seen a couple of episodes, I probably will not have an answer for you.


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