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BAAL

BBC1 / 1x /  2 March 1982

Play: Bertolt Brecht / Directed by Alan Clarke

Sinister drama about Baal a ruthlessly immoral singer in Germany before the Second World War.

With:- David Bowie as Baal / Robert Austin as The Coal Merchant / Russell Wooton as Piller / Julian Wadham as Johannes / Juliet Hill-Hammond as Emilie / Wally Thomas as First Cab Driver / Roy Evans as Second Cab Driver / Michael Miller as Horgauer / Sylvia Brayshay as Louise / Tracey Childs as Johanna / Paola Dionisotti as Porter's Wife / Zoë Wanamaker as Sophie / Polly James as Soubrette 

Granada Men and Motors (Pay TV) / 7x30minute episodes 1x60 minute episode / 1999 (Final episode: Wednesday 15 December - 11.30pm )

Music: Rob and Alan Fennah / Producer: Ninushka Oller Stracey

Entertainment. A late night show presented by George Wright, Dillon Hopkins and Karen White from various regions around the UK in which various contenders tried to win through to become Granada’s babe of the Millenium. Winner was Marina Hinchcliff.

BABY FATHER

BBC2 / 12x40m / 2001,2002  

Producer: Anne Edyvean

Drama about four black male friends and the women in their lives.  
Based on a novel by Patrick Augustus

With:- DON GILET as Johnny / DAVID HAREWOOD as Gus / FRASER JAMES as Linvall / WIL JOHNSON as Beres / ANGELA GRIFFIN as Chantelle / DIANE PARISH as Lesley

BBC (Comedy Playhouse) / 1x25m-e / 1963 26 Oct - Sat 9.45pm

Writer: John Freeman  / Producer: Douglas Moodie 

Comedy. Two young girls about town share a flat.

With:- TRACY REED as Sally / ANNA PALK as Joan / EDWARD FOX as Peter

One off light entertainment special starring hip composer Burt Bacharach, recorded at Granada's own Chelsea Palace studio, Bacharach's guests were Dusty Springfield, Dionne Warwick, The Searchers, The Merseybeats and Chuck Jackson.

ITV Network-TVS-Citadel / 1x105m-e / 1989

Writer: David Attwood / Novel: Michelle Magorian / Music: Ilona Sekacz / Design: Tim Hutchinson / Costume Design: Jenny Beavan / Executive Producers: Graham Benson, David R. Ginsburg, Maureen Harter / Producer: J. Nigel Pickard / Director: Piers Haggard 

Period drama. At the end of world war II, a young girl returns to England after five years in America as an Evacuee and has trouble adjusting to her new way of life. In 2001 ITV remade the production, see below.  

With:- Hayley Mills as Mrs. Peggy Dickinson / Hayley Carr as Virginia "Rusty" Dickinson / Adam Stevenson as Charles "Charlie" Dickinson / Brenda Bruce as The Honourable Lady  Beatrice "Beattie" Langley / Jean Anderson as Grandmother Dickinson / Rupert Frazer as Mr. Roger Dickinson / Josh Drobnyk as Skeet / Michael Clark as Uncle Bruno / Mary Ellen Ray as Aunt Hannah / Christine Moore as Ambulance Driver / Juliette Fleming as Beth / Vaughan Sivell as Harry / Sarah Wynter as Mrs. Hatherley / Joan Byett as School Prefect / Carol Gillies as Headmistress 

BACK HOME

BACK UP

BBC1 /  1x75m-e 11x50m-e / 1995/97 

Creator: Roy Mitchell, Nigel McCrery  / Producer: Hilary Salmon / Costume: Sally Pearson  / Titles: Lynda Sherwood-Page / Script Editors: Clare Elliott(season 1), Andrew Clifford(season 2)/ Police Consultant: Philip Fenerty / Music: John Lunn / Executive Producers: Chris Parr, Caroline Oulton(season 1), Tony Virgo, Julian Murphy(Season 2)

Crime drama series. Cases of a group of coppers working in an Operational Support Unit. 

With:- MARTIN TROAKES as Sgt Bill Parkin(Sarge) / JAMES GADDAS as PC Jim Reaper(season 2) / KATRINA LEVON as PC Gill Copson(Dippy) / NICK MILES as PC John Barrett(Thug) / WILLIAM  TAPLEY as PC Lionel Adams(Oz) / CHRISTOPHER JOHN HALL as PC Eric Warren(Token) / ALEX NORTON as PC Ian Macrae(Jock) / CULUM MacPHERSON as PC Roger Tennant(Flub) / COLETTE KOO as PC Susan Li(Bruce) / OLIVER MILBURN as PC Wayne Cheetham(Bog) / WAYNE MORRIS as Insp Harlow(Jean) / PETER SULLIVAN as D.I. Overton / SAM COX as Supt Hallsworth / SUZAN CROWLEY as D.C.I. Chivers / CHRISTOPHER QUINN as PC Goole 

BAD BOY BLUES

BBC2 / 1x60m-e / 1990 

Writer: Biyu Bandele-Thomas  / Producer: Gub Neal  / Director: Andy Wilson 

Thriller. Paul, an underworld hitman, recruits his childhood friend AD on his latest job, but the hit goes wrong.

CLIVE OWEN as Paul / MAYNARD ELIASHI as AD / CHRISTOPHER FULFORD as George / EVE BLAND as Jane / BURT CAESAR as Easy Mojo

BAD BOYS

BBC1 / 6x30m-e / 1996 29 May - 15 July

Creator: Ian Pattison / Producer: Colin Gilbert, Tom Kinnimont 

Comedy drama series. The adventures of a cockney wideboy stranded in Glasgow's gangland. There was a pilot broadcast 10 Jan 1995(1x50m-e).

With:- KARL HOWMAN as Wayne Todd / FREDDIE BOARDLEY as Fraser Hood / ALEX NORTON as Malky 'Tissue' Mulhernen / ASHLEY JENSON as Morag Hood / ALINE MOWAT as Betty Hood / SALLY HOWITT as Maureen 

BAD COMPANY

BBC2 / 2x90m-e / 1993

Writer: Don Shaw  / Director: David Drury 

Drama serial. A dramatisation of the Carl Bridgewater case of the late 1970's, and the appeals and rooftop protests etc of the following years.

With:- SUSAN WOOLDRIDGE as Ann Whelan / JONNY LEE MILLER as Michael Hickey / KEN STOTT as Joe Hickey / MARK DREWRY as Vincent Hickey / ANGUS DEAYTON as Paul Foot / GEORGE IRVING as James Robinson 

BADGER'S SET

Yorkshire TV / 1x30m-e / 1974

Design: Colin Pigott / Director: Paddy Russell 

Comedy. A ballet critic hits trouble over one of his reviews.

Eric Badger/Dr Badger................. JULIAN ORCHARD

Natasha Karavanovna.................. GWEN TAYLOR

Mrs Badger................................. BERYL COOKE

BAD GIRL

BBC / 1x75m-e / 1992

Writer: Guy Hibbert 

Drama. A young single parent faces a desperate battle to prove to the authorities that she is a fit parent.

With:- JANE HORROCKS / LESLEY MANVILLE / TOM BEARD / NICHOLAS WOODESON

BAG OF YEAST

Granada 'Red Letter Day' / 1x60m-e / 1976 

Writer: Neville Smith / Producer: Michael Dunlop 

Drama. A young Catholic prepares for his ordination as a priest.

BAKER'S HALF DOZEN

ATV / 6x25m-e / 1967*   22 September - 25 October  Wednesdays 9.00pm

Writer: David Cumming / Producer: Alan Tarrant 

Six single comedies with a resident cast who were:- Joe Baker, Brian Murphy, Toni Palmer, John Carlin, Mollie Peters, and Charles Lloyd Pack. *The final episode was shown after a gap of nine years on 28 Sep 1976.

THE BALLROOM OF ROMANCE

BBC-RTE / 1x60m-e / 1982

Writer: William Trevor / Director: Kenith Trodd 

Drama. An ageing couple pay a visit to the rural dance hall where they first met.

cast
Brenda Fricker as Bridie / John Kavanagh as Bowser Egan / Mick Lally as Dano Ryan / Brid Brennan as Patty Byrne / Ingrid Craigie as Eenie Mackie / Niall Toibin as Eyes Horgan / Joe Pilkington as Tim Daly / Cyril Cusack as Mr. Dwyer / Pat Leavy as Madge Dowding / Robert Carrickford as Fogarty / May Ollis as Mrs. Dwyer / Anita Reeves as Cat Bolger / Brendan Conroy as Dan / Sonny McNulty as Bridie's father / Patrick Gallagher as Man with long arms 

BAMBINO MIO

BBC1 / 1x90m-e / 1994

Writer: Colin Welland / Music: Stephen Warbeck / Design: Roger Cann / Producer: Kenith Trodd /Director: Edward Bennett 

Drama. A woman battles to adopt a child from the third world when she learns she is unable to have children of her own.

cast
Julie Walters as Alice / Georges Corraface as Jean-Paul / John McArdle as Harry / Orlando Urdaneta as Luis / Sophia Diaz as Pilar / Sophie De La Rochefoucauld as Nicole / Mirlady Valcillo as Chico (Venezuela) / Jacob Scipio as Chico (Europe) / Philippe Gonzales as Chico (Europe) / Roger Bret as Priest / Marcelle Ranson-Hervé as Stepmother / Colette Charbonneau as Veronique / Marianne Borgo as Banker / Don Crann as Psychologist / Joy Richardson as Angela 

BANK HOLIDAY

BBC2 'Scene' / 1x30m-e / 1972 

Writer: Colin Welland / Director: Ronald Smedley 

Drama. Two hells angels go to the coast on bank holiday intent on causing trouble. Scene was actually a very long running Children's Schools TV anthology series that tried to feature dramas relevant to teenagers, occasionally high profile ones would get a repeat prime time showing. 

With:- TONY TAYLOR / MYLES REITHERMAN / BILL DEAN

BARBARA

ITV Network-Carlton(for Comedy Firsts) / 1x30m-e / 1995

Director: Les Chatfield / Executive Producer: Paul Spencer  / Producer: Mark Bussell 

Comedy. Misadventures of a middle aged busybody. A pilot that eventually became a series four years later.

GWEN TAYLOR as Barbara Liversage / SAM KELLY as Ted Liversage / SHIRLEY ANNE FIELD as Jean / CAROLINE MILMOE as Linda Benson / GLEN DAVIES as Martin Benson

THE BARE NECESSITIES

ITV Network-Yorkshire TV / 1x60m-e / 1996

Writer: Ken Blakeson  / Producer: Mark Redhead  / Director: Paul Unwin 

Comedy drama. Five ex-Yorkshire pitmen fallen on hard times become male strippers. Shown before the Full Monty hit the cinemas.

cast
Eamon Boland as Ralph / Joe Duttine as Steven / John Michie as Barry / Paul Rider as Spuggy / William Ash as Tony / Barry Stanton as Wilf / Polly Hemingway as Cynthia / Olga Grahame as Mavis / Sandra Voe as Beryl / John Forgeham as Big Vinnie / Caroline Loncq as Sonia / Lucy Pargeter as Dawn / Bobby Knutt as Drag Queen / Kathryn Allerston as Caroline / Jade Lindley as Mary / Kay Berriman as Donna 

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