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{{Infobox television
| image = Arthur's Treasured Volumes.jpg
| caption = Anthea and Arthur Askey in ''Arthur's Treasured Volumes''
| genre = [[Situation comedy|Sitcom]]
| runtime = 30 minutes
| creator =
| starring = [[Arthur Askey]]<br>[[Anthea Askey]]<br>[[Sam Kydd]]<br>[[Arthur Mullard]]
| country = United Kingdom
| company = [[Associated Television|ATV]]
| network = [[ITV Network|ITV]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|1960|05|02|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1960|06|06|df=y}}
| num_episodes = 6
}}

'''''Arthur's Treasured Volumes''''' was a [[black-and-white]] British [[television program|television series]] that aired on [[ITV Network|ITV]] in 1960. Starring [[Arthur Askey]], it was written by [[Dave Freeman (British writer)|Dave Freeman]] and was made for the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] network by [[Associated TeleVision|ATV]].

All six episodes were missing having been presumed [[Wiping|wiped]] during the 1960s, until part of the first episode "A Blow In Anger" was recovered by Paul Stroud and shown at the National Film Theatre in November 2003.<ref>[http://www.teletronic.co.uk/missing2.htm Missing Believed Wiped: NFT 30 November 2003] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006091039/http://www.teletronic.co.uk/missing2.htm |date=6 October 2007 }}.</ref> The remaining episodes were re-discovered in ITV's archive by a researcher from archive television organisation Kaleidoscope in December 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/5577/arthur_askey_series_recovered/ |title=Arthur Askey TV series recovered |publisher=[[British Comedy Guide]] |date=6 December 2019 |access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref>

==Cast==
*[[Arthur Askey]] - Various
*[[Anthea Askey]] - Herself/Narrator
*[[Sam Kydd]] - Various
*[[Arthur Mullard]] - Various
*[[Roger Avon]] - Various
*[[Tony Sympson|Tony Sampson]] - Various
*[[Paddi Edwards]] - Various
*Billy Tasker - Various
*[[Barbara Mitchell]] - Various
*[[Wilfrid Brambell]] - Various
*[[Patrick Newell]] - Various
*[[June Whitfield]] - Enid Brown
*[[Janet Davies (actress)|Janet Davies]] - Miss Tiddy
*[[David Garth]] - Hamlet

==Plot==
''Arthur's Treasured Volumes'' was a series of one-episode sitcoms. At the beginning of each episode, Anthea Askey, Arthur's daughter, takes down a book from a shelf and the story begins. All the 'books' are in fact scripts written by Dave Freeman. In each episode, Arthur Askey, Sam Kydd and Arthur Mullard play different roles. Amongst those who made guest appearances were [[Wilfrid Brambell]], [[Patrick Newell]], [[June Whitfield]] and [[Geoffrey Palmer (actor)|Geoffrey Palmer]].

==Episodes==
#"A Blow In Anger" (2 May 1960)
#"The History of Mr Lacey" (9 May 1960)
#"The Command Performer" (16 May 1960)
#"Pilbeam of Twickenham" (23 May 1960)
#"A Slight Case of Deception" (30 May 1960)
#"The Curse of the Bellfoots" (6 June 1960)

==References==
*[[Mark Lewisohn]], "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003
*[http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/atv/index.html British TV Comedy Guide for ''Arthur's Treasured Volumes'']
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0386154|Arthur's Treasured Volumes}}

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[[Category:ITV sitcoms]]

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