# The Human Jungle (TV series)

The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Weekend TV by Independent Artists.
Starring Herbert Lom as Dr Roger Corder and Sally Smith as his daughter Jennifer, it comprised 26 50-minute episodes and ran for two series 1963–1965.

## Outline

Each episode focuses on a different patient, whose psychological condition Dr Corder treats using a humane, yet idiosyncratic, approach that mixes Freudian psychoanalysis with the contemporary methods associated with the then-fashionable theories of R. D. Laing. Several psychiatric techniques, such as word association, group work, role-play and hypnotherapy, are featured in the series. Frequently Corder's initial patient in a story turns out not to be the character with the pressing mental health issue.
Because of the constraints of a 50-minute television episode, it was sometimes suggested that Corder would continue to see his patients after the denouement.

## Cast
### Main

* Herbert Lom as Dr Roger Corder M.D., D.P.M.
* Michael Johnson as Dr Jimmy Davis
* Sally Smith as Corder's daughter, Jennifer
* Mary Yeomans as secretary, Nancy Hamilton
* Mary Steele as personal assistant, Jane Harris

### Guests (in surname order)

* Gerald Andersen
* Rona Anderson
* Annette Andre
* Francesca Annis
* Yvonne Antrobus
* John Arnatt
* Ian Bannen
* June Barry
* Peter Bathurst
* Robert Beatty
* Douglas Blackwell
* John Boxer
* Faith Brook
* Terence Brook
* Avis Bunnage
* Alfred Burke
* Susan Burnet
* Blake Butler
* Eddie Byrne
* Cyril Chamberlain
* Frank Coda
* Joan Collins
* Jess Conrad
* George A. Cooper
* Rosalie Crutchley
* Peggy Cummins
* Allan Cuthbertson
* Bernard Davies
* Griffith Davies
* Stacy Davies
* Aimée Delamain
* Roger Delgado
* Arnold Diamond
* Peter Diamond
* Alan Dobie
* Fabia Drake
* Hamilton Dyce
* Donald Eccles
* Glynn Edwards
* Clifford Evans
* Edward Evans
* Tenniel Evans
* Derek Farr
* Janina Faye
* Catherine Feller
* Barbara Ferris
* Ann Firbank
* Harry Fowler
* Jimmy Gardner
* Susan George
* Philip Gilbert
* John Glyn-Jones
* Derek Godfrey
* Harold Goldblatt
* Walter Gotell
* Rosamund Greenwood
* Gerald Harper
* John Harvey
* Robin Hawdon
* Melvyn Hayes
* Ronald Hines
* Ursula Howells
* Walter Hudd
* Robin Hughes
* Inigo Jackson
* Gerald James
* Frank Jarvis
* Megs Jenkins
* Richard Johnson
* Edward Judd
* John Junkin
* Andrew Keir
* Cavan Kendall
* William Kendall
* Simon Lack
* Jenny Laird
* Lloyd Lamble
* Avice Landon
* Philip Latham
* Frank Lawton
* Bernard Lee
* Richard Leech
* Ronald Leigh-Hunt
* Mark Lester
* Roger Livesey
* Margaret Lockwood
* Justine Lord
* Dolores Mantez
* William Marlowe
* Zena Marshall
* Larry Martyn
* Francis Matthews
* David McAlister
* Ray McAnally
* Andrée Melly
* Jane Merrow
* Warren Mitchell
* Jeanne Moody
* André Morell
* Donald Morley
* June Murphy
* Patrick O'Connell
* Geoffrey Palmer
* Donald Pickering
* Frederick Piper
* Adrienne Posta
* Hana Maria Pravda
* Dennis Price
* Keith Pyott
* Lloyd Reckord
* Arnold Ridley
* Michael Ripper
* Flora Robson
* Mitzi Rogers
* Leonard Sachs
* Steven Scott
* Johnny Sekka
* Barbara Shelley
* Vladek Sheybal
* Jack Smethurst
* Jeremy Spenser
* Tony Steedman
* Dudley Sutton
* Sylvia Syms
* Tony Tanner
* Malcolm Tierney
* Ruth Trouncer
* Rita Tushingham
* Beatrice Varley
* Wanda Ventham
* James Villiers
* Russell Waters
* Gary Watson
* Moray Watson
* Margaret Whiting
* Pauline Yates

## Production

The series was created by Ronald J. Kahn, credited on screen as "assistant to the producers", and produced by Julian Wintle and Leslie Parkyn.
The theme music was composed by Bernard Ebbinghouse, and arranged and recorded by John Barry and his Orchestra.
Several high-profile guest stars appeared in his surgery or as hospital patients, including Joan Collins, Margaret Lockwood, Flora Robson, Roger Livesey, Rita Tushingham and André Morell.
The first series was filmed at Beaconsfield Studios, which closed down shortly after production ended; the second series was shot at the Associated British Studios in Elstree owned by ABC's parent company Associated British Picture Corporation.
The script editor was John Kruse. The advisor on psychiatric content was Dr Hugh L. Freeman, on behalf of the National Association for Mental Health (now Mind).

## Episode list
### Series one

Air date is for ABC Weekend TV. ITV regions varied date and order. Episode order is given as per the Network DVD release.
| Episode No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
| 1 | "The Vacant Chair" | James Hill | Bill MacIlwraith | 30 March 1963 (1963-03-30) |
| Stars Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Lloyd Lamble, Keith Pyott, Geoffrey Palmer, Edward Evans, Hamilton Dyce and Jonathan Burn |||||
| 2 | "The Flip Side Man" | Sydney A. Hayers | Robert Stewart | 6 April 1963 (1963-04-06) |
| Stars Jess Conrad and Michael Ripper |||||
| 3 | "Run with the Devil" | Vernon Sewell | David T Chantler John Kruse (story) | 13 April 1963 (1963-04-13) |
| Stars Derek Farr, Jenny Laird, Andrée Melly, Walter Hudd and Harry Fowler |||||
| 4 | "Thin Ice" | John Ainsworth | Bill MacIlwraith Robert Stewart (story) | 20 April 1963 (1963-04-20) |
| Guest stars Janina Faye, George A. Cooper and Cyril Chamberlain |||||
| 5 | "The Lost Hours" | John Ainsworth | John Kruse | 27 April 1963 (1963-04-27) |
| Stars Leonard Sachs, Ursula Howells, Frank Jarvis, Larry Martyn, Robin Hawdon, Stacy Davies and June Murphy |||||
| 6 | "A Friend of the Sergeant Major" | Don Sharp | Lewis Davidson | 4 May 1963 (1963-05-04) |
| Stars Alfred Burke, Richard Leech, Cavan Kendall, John Harvey and Steven Scott |||||
| 7 | "14 Ghosts" | Sydney A. Hayers | Leo Leiberman | 11 May 1963 (1963-05-11) |
| Stars Avice Landon, André Morell, Justine Lord, William Marlowe, Peter Bathurst and Bernard Davies |||||
| 8 | "Fine Feathers" | Vernon Sewell | Robert Stewart | 18 May 1963 (1963-05-18) |
| Stars Jane Merrow and Philip Gilbert |||||
| 9 | "The Wall" | James Hill | John Kruse | 25 May 1963 (1963-05-25) |
| Stars Jeremy Spenser, Catherine Feller, Blake Butler, Arnold Diamond, Rosamund Greenwood and Hana Maria Pravda |||||
| 10 | "A Woman with Scars" | James Hill | Robert Stewart | 1 June 1963 (1963-06-01) |
| Stars Jeanne Moody, Frank Lawton, John Glyn-Jones, Rosalie Crutchley and Robin Hughes |||||
| 11 | "Time-Check" | Alan Cooke | Lewis Davidson | 8 June 1963 (1963-06-08) |
| Stars Melvyn Hayes, Gerald James, Fabia Drake, Warren Mitchell, John Arnatt, Douglas Blackwell and Mitzi Rogers |||||
| 12 | "The Two Edged Sword" | Vernon Sewell | Bill MacIlwraith | 15 June 1963 (1963-06-15) |
| Stars Susan Burnet, Pauline Yates, Frederick Piper, Beatrice Varley, William Kendall, Roger Delgado and Glynn Edwards |||||
| 13 | "Over and Out" | Vernon Sewell | John Kruse Lewis Davidson (story) | 22 June 1963 (1963-06-22) |
| Stars Ian Bannen, Eddie Byrne, Zena Marshall, June Barry, John Boxer, Simon Lack and Gerald Andersen |||||

### Series two

Air date is for Associated-Rediffusion. ITV regions varied date and order. ABC Weekend Television was broadcast two days later. Order as for the Network DVD release.
| Episode No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
| 1 | "Struggle for a Mind" | Sydney A. Hayers | John Kruse | 18 February 1965 (1965-02-18) |
| Stars Joan Collins, Clifford Evans, Derek Godfrey and Margaret Whiting |||||
| 2 | "Success Machine" | Sydney A. Hayers | John Kruse | 25 February 1965 (1965-02-25) |
| Stars Edward Judd, Sylvia Syms, Harold Goldblatt, Jack Smethurst, Philip Latham, Ruth Trouncer and Wanda Ventham |||||
| 3 | "The 24-Hour Man" | Robert Day | Robert Stewart | 4 March 1965 (1965-03-04) |
| Stars Johnny Sekka, Dolores Mantez, Inigo Jackson, Donald Morley, Frank Coda and Mark Lester |||||
| 4 | "Solo Performance" | Roy Baker | Bill MacIlwraith | 11 March 1965 (1965-03-11) |
| Stars Margaret Lockwood, James Villiers, Rona Anderson, Terence Brook and Malcolm Tierney |||||
| 5 | "Ring of Hate" | Charles Crichton | John Kruse Leo Lieberman (story) | 18 March 1965 (1965-03-18) |
| Stars Dudley Sutton, Bernard Lee, Francis Matthews, Walter Gotell, Jimmy Gardner, Peter Diamond |||||
| 6 | "Conscience on a Rack" | Roy Baker | Bill MacIlwraith | 25 March 1965 (1965-03-25) |
| Stars Flora Robson, Megs Jenkins, Ronald Hines and Adrienne Posta |||||
| 7 | "The Quick and the Dead" | Roy Baker | John Kruse | 1 April 1965 (1965-04-01) |
| Stars Richard Johnson, Robert Beatty, Andrew Keir, David McAlister and Moray Watson |||||
| 8 | "The Man Who Fell Apart" | Roy Baker | John Kruse | 8 April 1965 (1965-04-08) |
| Stars Rita Tushingham, Barbara Shelley, Alan Dobie, Patrick O'Connell, Griffith Davies |||||
| 9 | "Dual Control" | Roy Baker | Anne Francis | 15 April 1965 (1965-04-15) |
| Stars Peggy Cummins, Dennis Price, Annette Andre, Rona Anderson and Yvonne Antrobus |||||
| 10 | "Skeleton in the Cupboard" | Roy Baker | Bill MacIlwraith | 22 April 1965 (1965-04-22) |
| Stars Roger Livesey, Ann Firbank, Allan Cuthbertson, Russell Waters and Donald Pickering |||||
| 11 | "Wild Goose Chase" | Vernon Sewell | Marc Brandel | 29 April 1965 (1965-04-29) |
| Stars Francesca Annis, Vladek Sheybal, Faith Brook, Gary Watson, Aimée Delamain and Tony Steedman |||||
| 12 | "Enemy Outside" | Roy Baker | Bill MacIlwraith | 6 May 1965 (1965-05-06) |
| Guest star Lloyd Reckord, Tony Tanner, Avis Bunnage, Barbara Ferris and Rona Anderson |||||
| 13 | "Heartbeats in a Tin Box" | Roy Baker | Robert Stewart | 13 May 1965 (1965-05-13) |
| Stars Susan George, Gerald Harper, Ray McAnally, John Junkin, Donald Eccles, Tenniel Evans and Arnold Ridley |||||

## DVD

The complete series was released in November 2012 as a 7 DVD (Region 2) boxset with accompanying series guide by Andrew Pixley.