TV series

Holly

Name: Holly
Released: 1972
Cast: Brigit Forsyth, Paul Moriarty, David Burke, William Gaunt

1972· 1 season· 25 min episodesEnded

On ITV1 — From Granada Television

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Synopsis

Holly Elliot is a university graduate taking an evening class in art appreciation. Her husband, David, on the other hand, works for a mail-order firm and is trying hard to keep up with Holly by taking an extramural degree in his spare time. Their lives are about to be irrevocably upended.

Themes

kidnapping psychopath unrequited love psychologist mental institution

Episodes

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E1 Episode 1Next upSep 1, 1972 · 45 min
Synopsis
Holly and David are celebrating their second wedding anniversary when she’s drugged and abducted by Tom, a college contemporary who has spent several intervening years in an institution and who is openly obsessed with Holly.
Guest stars: Harry Beety (Mr Mattingley), Rosalie Williams (Mrs Mattingley), Richard Butler (Mr Elliot), Elizabeth Kelly (Mrs Elliot), Raymond Witch (Desmond), Keith James (Vicar), Fiona Mathieson (Girl), Helen Barnaby (Girl)
E2 Episode 2Sep 8, 1972 · 45 min
Synopsis
Holly is imprisoned in a derelict windmill.
Guest stars: Ray Lonnen (DS Wilmot), Kenneth Watson (Plainclothes Officer), Diana Davies (Receptionist)
E3 Episode 3Sep 15, 1972 · 45 min
Synopsis
David is clueless as to what has happened to Holly, and Holly is reluctant to explain her strange attitude to her captor.
Guest stars: Ray Lonnen (DS Wilmot), Kenneth Watson (Plainclothes Officer), Michael Hawkins (Jonty Myerson), Aideen O'Kelly (Debs Myerson), Peter Birrel (Mike Underwood), Michael Raghan (Grandad), Roger Rowland (Police Sergeant), Ian Marter (Police Driver)
E4 Episode 4Sep 22, 1972 · 45 min
Synopsis
Holly escapes from Tom and goes into therapy with Gordon, a psychologist and ex-classmate from uni.
Guest stars: Ray Lonnen (DS Wilmot), Kenneth Watson (Plainclothes Officer), Roger Hammond (Detective Inspector), Bara Chambers (WPC), David Scase
E5 Episode 5Sep 29, 1972 · 45 min
Synopsis
Holly makes the heartbreaking decision to leave David, and move on with her life.
Guest stars: Ray Lonnen (DS Wilmot), Richard Butler (Mr Elliot), Michael Hawkins (Jonty Myerson), Aideen O'Kelly (Debs Myerson), Peter Birrel (Mike Underwood), Roger Hammond (Detective Inspector), Graham Armitage (Mr Malahide), John Glyn-Jones (Judge)
E6 Episode 6Oct 6, 1972 · 45 min
Synopsis
David is forced to accept Holly's departure, and Holly moves in with Gordon.
Guest stars: Ray Lonnen (DS Wilmot), Harry Beety (Mr Mattingley), Rosalie Williams (Mrs Mattingley), Helen Barnaby (Girl), Diana Flacks (Mrs Kirkman), Charles Morgan (Dr Gaskel)