Theatre Royal, aka Lilli Palmer Theatre is an Anglo-American half-hour television anthology series hosted by Lilli Palmer.[1] It was the first ITV play series; and was first transmitted on 25 September 1955, with the televised Dickens episode, Bardell v Pickwick.[2] Thirty-four episodes aired in the UK on ATV London in 1955–56.[3] Fourteen episodes aired in the US from 1955–56.[citation needed]