Boyd Q.C.


Boyd Q.C. is a British legal television programme transmitted from December 1956 to September 1964 by the ITV franchise holder Associated-Rediffusion. It focused around a barrister in a London courtroom and the cases in which he was involved. It ran for seven series in total.

Cast

The show was reportedly so accurate that Denison was invited to speak at Law Society of England and Wales dinners.

Archival status

Most of the series was lost. Of the eighty episodes produced, nine episodes survive as recordings; five others survive incomplete; and four have been rediscovered since 2022.
In March 2022, "Sunday's Child", a missing episode from the fifth series, turned up on an eBay auction and sold for £310. It is unknown who the successful bidder was, or if the episode is being negotiated for return to the archives.
On 16 September 2024, it was announced by the Film is Fabulous initiative that three episodes had been found in a private collection:
"The Balance of Her Mind"
"Findings Keepings"
"Sunday's Child"
It is unknown whether the copy of "Sunday's Child" is the one from the aforementioned eBay listing. A fourth episode "Messing About In Boats" has since been recovered.