Ace of Wands: Peacock Pie (1972)

Date(s) of Broadcast: 6 September 1972 - 20 September 1972
Number of Episodes: 3
Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: colour
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Thames Television
Producer: John Russell

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: Gordon Toms

MISCELLANEOUS
Magic Advisor: Ali Bongo

CAST
Michael Mackenzie (Tarot)
Donald Layne-Smith (Mr Sweet)
Petra Markham (Mikki)
Roy Holder (Chas)
Brian Wilde (Mr Peacock)
Dorothy Frere (Mrs Macfadyean)
Jean McCracken (young Mrs Macfadyean)
Valerie Ost (manageress)
Fred the Owl (Ozymandias)

PLOT SUMMARY

Henry T. Peacock possesses the power of suggestion and ism't afraid to use it to his own criminal ends. Chas follows him home and finds himself trapped in a room with no door while Tarot falls prey to Peacock's powers, believing that he is teetering on the edge of a high building...

1972
September
6: UK - Episode One television broadcast (on ITV)
13: UK - Episode Two television broadcast (on ITV)
20: UK - Episode Three television broadcast (on ITV)

KEYWORDS

magicians; psychics; suggestion; islands; illusions