Last updated 23 March 2024


A Change of Identity

Series Episode Number: 39

World Premiere: Sat 22 Aug 1964 - 5:29pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 25 minutes 23 seconds

6.90 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 55 (UK)

Chart Position: 34 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 24 Jul 1964 in Lime Grove G
Archive State: 16mm t/r



Barbara and Susan are saved from the guillotine by two royalists, Jules and Jean, but Susan has fallen ill. At the prison, a stroke of luck provides Ian with a chance to escape.

Production Teamhide uncredited
WriterDennis Spooner
DirectorHenric HirschInfo
DirectorJohn Gorrie (credit only)Info
ProducerVerity Lambert
Associate ProducerMervyn Pinfield
DesignerRoderick Laing
Story EditorDavid Whitaker
Film CameramanPeter Hamilton
Film EditorCaroline Shields
Incidental MusicStanley Myers
Music Conducted byStanley Myers
Title MusicRon Grainer
with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
LightingHoward King (uncredited)
Studio SoundRay Angel (uncredited)
Costume SupervisorDaphne Dare (uncredited)
Makeup SupervisorJill Summers (uncredited)
Special SoundBrian Hodgson (uncredited)
Assistant Floor ManagerMichael Cager (uncredited)
Production AssistantTimothy Combe (uncredited)
Title Music ArrangerDelia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title SequenceBernard Lodge (uncredited)
Technical Manager (TM2)Neil Campbell (uncredited)
Vision MixerFred Law (uncredited)
Floor AssistantPhilip Chilver (uncredited)
Production SecretaryAnn Earl (uncredited)