Take Three Girls


Take Three Girls is a television drama series broadcast by BBC1 between 1969 and 1971 which follows three young women sharing a flat in "Swinging London". It was BBC1's first colour drama series.
The first series featured cellist Victoria, single mother Kate, and Cockney art student Avril. For the second series, Kate and Avril were replaced by journalist Jenny, and American psychology graduate Lulie.
The original series of two seasons of 12 episodes each were shown on BBC1 between 1969 and 1971, with selected repeats between the series. Only 10 episodes of the original 24 still exist.
A four-episode sequel, Take Three Women, broadcast on BBC2 in 1982, shows the original three characters later in their lives. Victoria is a widow with a young daughter, and Avril an art gallery owner, while Kate is sharing her life with her son and his teacher.
The theme music - 'Light Flight' by the British folk rock group Pentangle - was a British chart hit in February 1970. Pentangle also contributed music to Take Three Women.
A tie-in novel, Victoria, by scriptwriters Terence Brady and Charlotte Bingham, was published in 1972 by W. H. Allen Ltd.

Episodes

All episodes were made on colour videotape, with the exception of Season 1#10, which was entirely 35mm film.

Take Three Girls - Season 1

EpTitleWriterDirectorUK
Transmission
dates		Archive
1Kate: Stop ActingHugo CharterisTristan de Vere Cole17 Nov 1969 BBC1
3 Jun 1970 BBC2		Colour 625-line VT
2Avril: Devon VioletsJulia JonesJohn Matthews24 Nov 1969 BBC1
15 Sep 1982 BBC2		Colour 625-line VT
3Victoria: Requiem For Cello in SW3Charlotte Bingham and Terence BradyMark Cullingham1 Dec 1969 BBC1Lost
4Kate: Start WorkingHugo CharterisTristan de Vere Cole8 Dec 1969 BBC1Colour 625-line VT
5Avril: Heart's EaseJulia JonesJohn Matthews15 Dec 1969 BBC1Lost
6Victoria: Rhapsody for Misplaced PersonsCharlotte Bingham and Terence BradyMark Cullingham22 Dec 1969 BBC1Lost
7Kate: Try LovingHugo CharterisTristan de Vere Cole29 Dec 1969 BBC1Lost
8Avril: Sweet BasilJulia JonesJohn Matthews5 Jan 1970 BBC1Lost
9Victoria: Variations of May and SeptemberCharlotte Bingham and Terence BradyMark Cullingham12 Jan 1970 BBC1
10 Jun 1970 BBC2		Colour 625-line VT
10Kate: Keep HopingHugo CharterisTristan de Vere Cole19 Jan 1970 BBC1
17 Jun 1970 BBC2		Colour 35mm film
11Avril: Roses Round the DoorJulia JonesJohn Matthews26 Jan 1970 BBC1Colour 625-line VT
12Victoria: Gloria for First OffenceCharlotte Bingham and Terence BradyMark Cullingham2 Feb 1970 BBC1Lost

Take Three Girls - Season 2

EpTitleWriterDirectorUK
Transmission
dates		Archive
1Victoria: Coda and ResolutionCharlotte Bingham and Terence BradyMark Cullingham24 Mar 1971 BBC1Lost
2Lulie: The Private SectorCarey HarrisonBarry Davis31 Mar 1971 BBC1Colour 625-line VT
3Jenny: Closed CircuitRobert MullerMichael Hayes7 Apr 1971 BBC1Lost
4Victoria: Duet for Two Left FeetCharlotte Bingham and Terence BradyMark Cullingham14 Apr 1971 BBC1Lost
5Lulie: The Company of MadmenCarey HarrisonBarry Davis21 Apr 1971 BBC1Lost
6Jenny: Kitsch, or Protocols in a Chinese LaundryRobert MullerMichael Hayes28 Apr 1971 BBC1Colour 625-line VT
7Victoria: Prelude to a New ArrangementCharlotte Bingham and Terence BradyMark Cullingham7 May 1971 BBC1Lost
8Lulie: A Little BlindnessCarey HarrisonBarry Davis14 May 1971 BBC1Lost
9Jenny: FreelanceRobert MullerMichael Hayes21 May 1971 BBC1Lost
10Victoria: Composition Out of DiscordCharlotte Bingham and Terence BradyMark Cullingham28 May 1971 BBC1Lost
11Lulie: A School for GrievancesCarey HarrisonChristopher Morahan4 Jun 1971 BBC1Colour 625-line VT
12Jenny: ReleaseRobert MullerMichael Hayes11 Jun 1971 BBC1Colour 625-line VT

Take Three Women

EpTitleWriterDirectorUK
Transmission
dates		Archive
1KateHuy MeredithRichard Martin21 Sep 1982 BBC2Colour 625-line VT
2AvrilJulia JonesRoger Bamford28 Sep 1982 BBC2Colour 625-line VT
3VictoriaCharlotte Bingham and Terence BradyLes Chatfield5 Oct 1982 BBC2Colour 625-line VT
4Victoria, Kate and AvrilLee LangleyJuliam Amyes12 Oct 1982 BBC2Colour 625-line VT