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{{Short description|British television series}}
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| genre                = Thriller
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| writer               = [[John Hopkins (screenwriter)|John Hopkins]]
| director             = [[Peter Hammond (actor)|Peter Hammond]]
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| starring             = [[Clifford Evans (actor)|Clifford Evans]] <br /> [[John Meillon]] <br /> [[Peter Vaughan]]
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| country              = United Kingdom
| language             = English
| num_series           = 1
| num_episodes         = 6 (all missing)
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| producer             = Peter Hammond
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| runtime              = 30 minutes
| company              = [[BBC]]
| channel              = [[BBC One|BBC Television]]
| first_aired          = {{start date|1961|11|22|df=y}}
| last_aired           = {{end date|1961|12|27|df=y}}
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'''''A Chance of Thunder''''' is a 1961 British [[television series]] written by [[John Hopkins (screenwriter)|John Hopkins]] and produced by the [[BBC Television|BBC]]. It was transmitted in six episodes.<ref>Baskin p. 59</ref>

The BBC later [[Lost television broadcast#Wiping|wiped]] the series, and none of the six episodes are thought to survive.

==Cast==
* [[Clifford Evans (actor)|Clifford Evans]] as Steven Prador
* [[John Meillon]] as  Martin 
* [[Peter Vaughan]] as  Yardley
* [[Godfrey Quigley]] as Det. Sgt. Wilson
* [[Katherine Woodville (actress)|Katherine Woodville]] as Pam Marchant
* Anthony Baird as  Coryn
* [[Anthony Bate]] as  Paul Rowlands
* [[Frank Gatliff]] as Trail
* [[Tom Adams (actor)|Tom Adams]] as Evans
* [[Michael Collins (English actor)|Michael Collins]] as  Powell
* [[Robert James (actor)|Robert James]] as  Hilton
* [[Ronald Lacey]] as Johnny Travers
* [[Michael Robbins]] as Mills
* Michael Rose as Taylor
* [[Peter Sallis]] as Howard
* [[Toke Townley]] as Frank White
* [[David Andrews (actor)|David Andrews]] as Alan Brewer
* [[Philip Stone]] as Ted Macauley
* Harvey Ashby as Scott
* [[Keith Barron]] as  Bank Cashier
* Edward Brooks as P.C. Chatfield
* [[Billy Milton]] as Gerald Brewer
* [[Morris Perry]] as PC Milner
* [[Topsy Jane]] as Stella Fairly

== References ==
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==Bibliography==
*Baskin, Ellen. ''Serials on British Television, 1950-1994''. Scolar Press, 1996.

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0756179}}

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[[Category:BBC television dramas]]
[[Category:1961 British television series debuts]]
[[Category:1961 British television series endings]]
[[Category:British English-language television shows]]