TV series
The Befrienders
1972 · 1 season
A quiet, earnest drama that sits with people in their darkest moments, offering listening and small relief rather than easy answers.
- Created by
- Harry W. Junkin
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Megs Jenkins, Michael Culver, Jenny Till
- Overview
- The Befrienders is a British television series produced by the BBC in 1972. The series dealt with the work of the Samaritans organisation, and the individual cases its staff came across. The leading cast members were Megs Jenkins and Michael Culver. The Befrienders was first aired as a single play as part of the Drama Playhouse strand in 1970, which was followed by one series of eleven episodes.
- How it feels
- Earnest, melancholic, tense and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Isolation, death, healing, grief
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Harry W. Junkin
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Megs Jenkins, Michael Culver, Jenny Till
