TV Show Details
Air Date:February 19th, 1972
Last Air Date:April 29th, 1972
Network:BBC One
Status:Ended
Genres:Drama
Original Language:English
The Befrienders (1972)
TV ShowBBC One
Scripted
WriterDonald James
Plot
The Befrienders is a British television series produced by the BBC in 1972.
The series dealt with the work of the Samaritans organisation, and the individual cases its staff came across. The leading cast members were Megs Jenkins and Michael Culver.
The Befrienders was first aired as a single play as part of the Drama Playhouse strand in 1970, which was followed by one series of eleven episodes.