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Encyclopedia > Strange Report
Strange Report
British DVD release
Format Spy-Fi Action Adventure
Run time 60 min.
Creator Robert Berger
Starring Anthony Quayle
Country UK
Network ITV
Original run September 21, 1968October 12, 1969
No. of episodes 16

Strange Report was a British television drama starring Anthony Quayle as Adam Strange. It was produced by ITC Entertainment and first broadcast in 1969. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Robert Berger invented the first aperiodic set of tiles consisting of 20426 distinct tile shapes by using the rules of Penrose Tilling and the Golden Rule in 1966. ... Sir John Anthony Quayle (7 September 1913 – 20 October 1989) was an English actor and director. ... Independent Television (ITV) is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up to provide competition to the BBC. In England and Wales the channel was recently rebranded ITV1 by ITV plc who own the regional broadcasting licences for the regions. ... September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years). ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Sir John Anthony Quayle (7 September 1913 – 20 October 1989) was an English actor and director. ... The ITC Entertainment logo The Incorporated Television Company (ITC) was founded by television mogul Lew Grade in 1954. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...


Adam Strange, a retired Home Office criminologist, solves bizarre cases - which had been marked "Open File" by various government departments - with the help of Hamlyn Gynt (Kaz Garas), Evelyn (Anneke Wills) and Professor Marks (Charles Lloyd Pack). He employed the latest techniques in forensic investigation, which he undertook in his own laboratory in his flat in the Maida Vale/Little Venice area, near Paddington. Anneke Wills (born 20 October 1941 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland) is a British actress noted for her role as the companion Polly in the long running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Charles Lloyd Pack (October 10, 1902 — December 22, 1983) was a British film, television and stage actor. ... Forensics or forensic science is the application of science to questions which are of interest to the legal system as well as social sciences such as archaeology. ... Paddington is an area in the west of London in the City of Westminster. ...


Unlike other ITC productions which were created in order to be sold to a US market, Strange Report was created in collaboration with the US with the suggestion that the first half of the series would take place in the UK and the second half would see Strange visiting the US. This unfortunately fell through, which explains why such a short season of episodes was created.


The series opening theme is considered to be one of the best TV themes of the 1960s. Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. ...


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