Harpers West One is an ATV television drama series about a fictional department store, Harpers, in the West 1 district of London.Halliwell, Leslie & Philip Purser. (1986) Halliwell's Television Companion. 3rd ed. London: Grafton. p. 345.
The show was created by John Whitney and Geoffrey Bellman and ran in one-hour episodes from 1961 to 1963.Harpers West One. IMDb. Retrieved 9 January 2018. It was introduced by ATV while Probation Officer, was being rested, but instead became an immediate success.Contrast: The Television Quarterly, 1961, pp. 131-132. Press releases described it as "shopping with the lid off".Richard, Wendy, & Lizzie Wiggins. (2001) Wendy Richard no 's': My life story. London: Simon & Schuster. p. 43. Harpers West One. Nostalgia Central. Retrieved 9 January 2018. A combination of drama and soap opera, it has also been described as presaging corporate dramas such as The Brothers for its depiction of power struggles at board level.Harpers West One. memorabletv.com Retrieved 9 January 2018.
Principal writers included Derrick De Marney. The show sometimes featured popular singers in the "music department" such as John Leyton who played the role of Johnny St Cyr and sang the song "Johnny Remember Me". The publicity helped him to establish his career.Betts, Graham. (2006) Complete UK Hit Singles 1952–2006. London: Collins. p. 481.
Selected cast Norman Bowler – Roger Pike Graham Crowden – Edward Cruickshank Arthur Hewlett – Aubrey Harper Jan Holden – Harriet Carr Philip Latham – Oliver Backhouse Vivian Pickles – Julie Wheeler Wendy Richard – Susan Sullivan
References
External links Harpers West One episode featuring John Leyton.