IMHO

Along with The O'Henry Playhouse, this series was one of the best of it's time, and, despite many in the film industry, including the UK, at that time, acting like the word 'television' was a 'dirty' or a 'swear' word and far too 'beneath them', to even discuss, it was the forerunner of today's soap operas and long term TV series.

Working in the industry, as I did, in the 60s, I was always ashamed and horrified at the then attitudes towards the relatively new innovation 'Television'.

It took more than a decade after the demise of these 2 series for the industry to start to 'wake up' to the opportunities TV offered and, even today, neither programmes have been matched.

In addition, in an industry that almost entirely comprised actors and crews employed on a freelance basis, they gave many a future by offering long term contracts and more secure employment. (If you have ever had to earn a living by having to look for fresh work every 3 months or so you will know what I mean and that was in the years before 'crew members' had agents etc and work was found, mainly, by word of mouth).