National Velvet (TV series)


National Velvet is an American drama series that originally aired from 1960 to 1962 on NBC. Based on the 1935 novel and 1944 film of the same name, the series ran for a total of fifty-eight episodes.

Synopsis

National Velvet stars Lori Martin as Velvet Brown, a girl who lives on a dairy farm with her parents, Martha and Herbert Brown, an ex-jockey Mi Taylor, played by Scottish actor James McCallion, her brother, Donald, and sister, Edwina. Velvet owned a thoroughbred stallion named King which she hoped would one day run in the Grand National Steeplechase.

Guest stars

First aired at 8 p.m. Eastern on Sunday preceding The Tab Hunter Show and opposite CBS's The Ed Sullivan Show. National Velvet was switched for its second season to 8 p.m. Monday opposite CBS's sitcom Pete and Gladys, starring Harry Morgan and Cara Williams, and the last half of ABC's Cheyenne western series starring Clint Walker.