Ace of Wands: Joker (1971)

Date(s) of Broadcast: 11 August 1971 - 25 August 1971
Number of Episodes: 3
Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: colour
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Thames Television
Producer: Pamela Lonsdale

SCRIPT
Script: P.J. Hammond

DIRECTION
Direction: John Russell

MUSIC
Theme Song: Andrew Bown, Trevor Preston (Tarot)
Song Performed By: Andrew Bown (Tarot)

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Designer: Bernard Spencer

MISCELLANEOUS
Magic Advisor: Ali Bongo

CAST
Michael Mackenzie (Tarot)
Tony Selby (Sam)
Judy Loe (Lulli)
Donald Layne-Smith (Mr Sweet)
Dermot Tuohy (Uncle Harry)
Roy Holder (The Jack)
Carmen Munroe (The Queen)
Walter Sparrow (The King)
Lorna Heilbron (Miss Pascoe)
George Waring (headmaster)
Sheila Raynor (headmistress)
Fred the Owl (Ozymandias)

PLOT SUMMARY

Tarot investigates a troupe of entertainers specialising in shows staged inside schools. But the sinister Uncle Harry has a ventriloquist's dummy, Joker, which has a strange and frightening effect on the children.

1971
August
11: UK - Episode One television broadcast (on ITV)
18: UK - Episode Two television broadcast (on ITV)
25: UK - Episode Three television broadcast (on ITV)

KEYWORDS

magicians; psychics; ventriloquism; dummies