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Black Orchid: Part One
Last updated 21 August 2026
Broadcast: Monday 1st March 1982
6:55pm-7:20pm GMT < > « »
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(actually broadcast at 18:56:48)
BBC One - see BBC's Genome Entry - Not Wales
Featuring: Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Matthew Waterhouse, Michael Cochrane, Gareth Milner, Barbara Murray, Sarah Sutton, Moray Watson
Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Continuity:
Introduction:
6:55pm-7:20pm GMT < > « »
< > « »(actually broadcast at 18:56:48)
BBC One - see BBC's Genome Entry - Not Wales
Featuring: Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Matthew Waterhouse, Michael Cochrane, Gareth Milner, Barbara Murray, Sarah Sutton, Moray Watson
A murder is committed in Cranleigh Hall. The Cranleighs ask the Doctor to play cricket and then join them for a masked ball, enabling the killer to hide in plain sight.
Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Continuity:
Introduction:
Now the start of a new two-part Doctor Who story, Black Orchid. And for CEEFAX viewers who have hearing difficulties there are subtitles on page 170.
Post-credits:The second and final part of Black Orchid can be seen tomorrow at five past seven.
Broadcast Source: BBC
Ratings Information:
Consolidated figures: 9.900m viewers (+7 days), 57th place
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