The soap opera Compact was launched by the BBC in 1962 and centred around the lives of the staff
who worked on a woman's glossy magazine. The majority of the action took place in the high-rise Compact offices
in Enterprise House in London's Victoria.
The programme was devised by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling, who went on to create Crossroads. Compact was screened
on a Tuesday and Thursday night so as not to clash with Coronation Street.
Responses to the programme were mixed and the show was dropped in 1965.
Cast
Vincent Ball (David Rome), Beryl Cooke (Mrs Chater), Lawrence James (Doug
Beatty), Bill Kerr (Ben Bishop), Bridget Armstrong (Tessa March), Ronald Allen
(Ian Harmon)
Production Team
Creators: Hazel Adair, Peter Ling
Writers: Hazel Adair, Peter Ling, Terence Stockting, Bob Stuart
Producers: Morris Barry, Douglas Allen, Alan Bromly
Production Design: John Cooper, Christopher Robilliard
Production Details
Release date: 2nd January 1962
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