Since the series was not fully networked by ITV transmissions dates for the various regions can be found on a seperate page

The eps marked with a "*" no longer exist in the LWT Archives

Storyline, writer, director and cast credits are all taken from the Yorkshire and Southern (for eps 2) and Grampian (eps 3-6) versions of the TV Times


Regular Cast

Ian Hendry Captain Don Quick
Ronald Lacey Sgt. Sam Czopanser

Production Credits

Designer Bryan Bagge (eps 2), Rodney Cammish (eps 3, 5), John Emery (eps 4, 6)
Executive Producer Peter Wildeblood
London Weekend Television Production

1:  The Benefits of Earth
Written by Peter Wildeblood
Directed by Mike Newell
2:  People Isn't Everything *
Written by Kenneth Hill
Directed by Quentin Lawrence

Cast:  Skip (Tony Bateman), Dovax (Jonathan Elsom), Broul (Michael Sheard), Peleen (Kate O'Mara), Skander (Damien Thomas), Malin (Arne Gordon), Ziggs (Glenn Williams), TV Annoucer (John Carlin), Clerk of the Court (Bryan Mosley), Judge (Lockwood West), Public Prosecuter (Dennis Edwards), Physiological Expert (Victor Platt), Mam Dovak (Nan Munro), First Bank Clerk (David Gooderson), Second Bank Clerk (James Ware), Rebel (Colin Baker)

Story:  Astronauts Don and Sam leave their spaceship in charge of the first friendly face on planet Ophiuchus.  They're in for more than they bargined for.  The face belongs to a robot: a castaway robot who also likes a drink.

3:  The Higher the Fewer *
Written by Peter Wildeblood
Directed by Cliff Owen

Cast:  Hendenno (James Hayter), First Guard (James Appleby), Firet Penthouse Guard (John Lawrence), Mrs Arborel (Kidegard Neil), Magdis (Maggie Don), Beltane (Oliver Cotton), Section Leader (Neil Wilson), Afghar (Kenny Rodway)

Story:  When Don and Sam land on the planet, Melkior 5, they find themselves in the middle of a huge rubbish dump.  The inhabitants have all taken refuage in 2000-storey sky scrappers.  The top people live at the top and the lower classes, naturally enoungh, live at the bottom.  But Don, as usual, starts turing everytihng upside down.

4:  The Love Reflector *
Written by Keith Miles
Directed by Cyril Coke

Cast:  Angeline (Liz Bamber), Oriel (Gayer Super), Juno (Vicki Woolf), Magda (Susan Poperett), Queen Bee (Faith Brook), Lieutenant Vasco (Michael Aldridge), Iris (Anna Brett), Leonie (Madeline Smit)

Story:  The population of the planet Herekos seems to consist entirely of beautiful girls.  But there is danger in succombing to their charms.

5:  The Quick and the Dead *
Written by Keith Mills
Directed by Bob Hird

Cast:  Doris (Jacqueline Clarke), Billy, a Satyr (Louis Mansi), Aphrodite (Patricia Haines), Hera (Pauline Jameson), Zeus (Graham Crowden), Hephaestus (Reg Lye), Frigg (Gay Brown), Odin (Arthur Brough), Krimhlda (Madeleine Mills), Floss Hilda (Yutte Stensgarrd)

Story:  When the uintrepid astronauts accidently land their spaceship in the crater of a large volcano, Sergeant Sam is convinced that he is dead.  He is not too reasured by finding that the volcano houses a strange assortment of ancient Gods...

6:  Paradise Destruct *
Written by Charlotte and Dennis Plimmer
Directed by Bill Turner

Cast:  Jonquil (Kara Wilson), Willow (Laura Heilbron), Sycamore (Roy Marsden), Butternut (Brian Oulton), Delphinium (Madelene Newbury), Oceander (Leigh Lawson)

Story:  To anyone but Don Quick the planet Amity is paradise.  The girls are beautiful, the vegitation is lush and both night and winter have been mysteriously abolished.  But Quick, as usual, cannot let well alone.


The Adventures of Don QuickEpisode Guide compiled by
Richard Spurr

Posted:  25 May 2002
Last Updated:  25 August 2003

The Adventures of Don Quick