Shades of Greene is a British television

British television

Public television broadcasting started in the United Kingdom in 1936, and now has a collection of free and subscription services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are over 480 channelsTaking the base Sky EPG TV Channels. A breakdown is impossible due to a) the number of...

 series based on short stories written by the author Graham Greene

Graham Greene

Henry Graham Greene, OM, CH was an English author, playwright and literary critic. His works explore the ambivalent moral and political issues of the modern world...

. The series began in 1975, with each hour-long episode featuring a dramatisation of one of Greene's stories, many of which dealt with issues such as guilt and the Catholic faith

Catholicism

Catholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole....

, as well as looking at life in general. Actors to have appeared in the series include John Gielgud

John Gielgud

Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH was an English actor, director, and producer. A descendant of the renowned Terry acting family, he achieved early international acclaim for his youthful, emotionally expressive Hamlet which broke box office records on Broadway in 1937...

, Leo McKern

Leo McKern

Reginald "Leo" McKern, AO was an Australian-born British actor who appeared in numerous British and Australian television programmes and movies, and more than 200 stage roles.-Early life:...

, Virginia McKenna

Virginia McKenna

Virginia A. McKenna OBE is a British stage and screen actress, author and wildlife campaigner.-Early career:McKenna trained as an actress at the Central School of Speech and Drama then worked on stage in London's West End theatres before making her motion picture debut in 1952...

, Paul Schofield, and Roy Kinnear

Roy Kinnear

Roy Mitchell Kinnear was an English character actor. He is best remembered for playing Veruca Salt's father, Mr. Salt, in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.-Early life:...

.

The series began on 9 September 1975 and ran for two seasons.

Season 1

Episode	Title	Original air date
Episode 1	When Greek Meets Greek and Dean	9 September 1975
Episode 2	Cheap in August	16 September 1975
Episode 3	The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen - Plot :The story takes place in Bentley's, a restaurant in London . The narrator is sitting at a table, seemingly alone, and observes a group of eight Japanese gentlemen having dinner together, and beyond them a young British couple...	23 September 1975
Episode 4	Special Duties	23 September 1975
Episode 5	The Gentle People	30 September 1975
Episode 6	The Root of All Evil	7 October 1975
Episode 7	A Little Place Off The Edgware Road	14 October 1975
Episode 8	The Blue Film The Blue Film "The Blue Film" is a short story by the English novelist Graham Greene. The story is set in a "Greeneland", to be more specific: in Thailand....	14 October 1975
Episode 9	The Destructors The Destructors "The Destructors" is a 1954 short story about teenagers who destroy a house, written by Graham Greene. The story is ironic—showing how destruction is allegedly a form of creation....	21 October 1975

Season 2

Episode	Title	Original air date
Episode 1	The Case for the Defence The Case for the Defence The Case for the Defence is a well-written thriller by Graham Greene, a famous English novelist, which deals with a strange murder trial. The defendant, guilty of murder of a woman and having four eye-witnesses to testify against him is thought of standing no chance of acquittal. Yet, a twist in...	6 January 1976
Episode 2	Chagrin in Three Parts	6 January 1976
Episode 3	A Chance for Mr. Lever	13 January 1976
Episode 4	Alas, Poor Maling Alas, Poor Maling "Alas, Poor Maling" is a short story by Graham Greene. It was first published in 1940.- Plot summary :The story is told in first person by an unnamed narrator who has a friend named Maling. Maling is afflicted with an unusual medical affliction which his doctors label "borborygmi" and his friends...	20 January 1976
Episode 5	Mortmain	20 January 1976
Episode 6	A Drive in the Country	27 January 1976
Episode 7	The Overnight Bag	2 February 1976
Episode 8	Dream of a Strange Land	2 February 1976
Episode 9	Under the Garden	10 February 1976