The Liver Birds sequence for series one also exists but in poor quality. The first series was stopped after four episodes because Polly James' hectic schedule—working every evening on "Anne of Green Gables" in the West End, then rehearsing all day for the TV show—was proving too much. By the time James was available again, Pauline Collins had moved to LWT's "Upstairs, Downstairs". The producer Sydney Lotterby remembered having worked with Nerys Hughes on "The Likely Lads" and, wrongly believing the Welsh actress was from Liverpool, asked her to read for a part in "The Liver Birds". (Neither actress really had a Liverpool
Doctor Who: The First Doctor Adventures These three actors also appeared alongside Bradley in the aforementioned BBC bio-drama. James Dreyfus joins the cast as an earlier incarnation of The Master prior to Roger Delgado. Announced in September 2017, The first pair of stories released on 25 December 2017, with a second pair due in July 2018. Confirmed in July 2018, a third duo will be released for January 2019. <section begin=series1 /><section end=series1 /> <section begin=series2 /><section end=series2 /> <section begin=series3 /><section end=series3 /> Doctor Who: The First Doctor Adventures The First Doctor Adventures is a Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the British