January 3 1969 

Male Of The Species, a little seen, made for television drama featuring three major film stars of the day - Sean Connery, Michael Caine and Paul Schofield - airs on America's NBC network. Written by Alun Owen for the British ITV Saturday Night Theatre series, and directed by Charles Jarrott and Anthony Page, the story focuses on a young woman's (Anna Calder-Marshall) at times fractious relationship with the three men in her life-  her blue collar, womanising father, her slyly lascivious boyfriend and an older, elegantly flirtatious barrister.  A smartly written, impeccably performed character study that wins the Outstanding Dramatic Series Emmy in June '69. 

 

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