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LINKSUK TV - A BIT OF A HOLIDAY to BLOODY SUNDAY
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A BIT OF A HOLIDAY
Yorkshire TV 'The Root of All Evil' / 1x60m-e / 1969 1 Dec
Writer: Charles Wood
Comedy drama. A writer travels to Rome to work on a film script. This play led to the series Don't Forget To Write.
With:- GEORGE COLE as Gordon Maple / GWEN WATFORD as Mabel Maple
A BIT OF A LIFT
Thames / 1x60m-e / 1973
Writer: Donald Churchill / Director: Dennis Vance
Comedy. A hotel's residents include a would be suicide and a would be philanderer.
With:- DONALD CHURCHILL / RONALD FRASER / ANNE BEACH
BLACK AND BLUE
BBC2 / 6x30m-e / 1973
Producer: Mark Shivas
An anthology of comedy dramas which as the title suggests veered towards the black or the blue.The shows were:-1.Secrets, 2.The Middle of the Roadshow For All the Family, 3. High Kampf, 4. Rust, 5.Soap Opera in Stockwell, 6.Glorious Miles, The casts included:- Warren Mitchell, Bill Fraser, John Le Mesurier, Elizabeth Spriggs, Alfie Bass and Peter Vaughan.
BLACK AND BLUE
BBC / 1x80m-e / 1982
Writer: G.F. Newman / Director: David Hayman
Crime drama. A young black copper gets involved in uncovering corruption in the met.
With:- CHRISTOPHER JOHN HALL / LINUS ROACHE / MARTIN SHAW / IAIN GLEN / DON HENDERSON / DAVID MORRISSEY / RAY WINSTONE / ROWENA KING / FRASER JAMES / CLIVE WADDERBURN / ROGER SEWELL / DAVID THEWLISS / MADHAV SHARMA / TERRY SUE PATT
THE BLACK AND BLUE LAMP
BBC / 1x / 1988
Writer: Arthur Ellis / Producer: Brenda Reid
Fantasy crime drama. A petty crook from the 1990's suddenly finds himself being 'interrogated in a 1988 police station.
With:- SEAN CHAPMAN / JOHN WOODVINE / KENNETH CRANHAM
THE BLACK AND WHITE MINSTREL SHOW
BBC / 200+x45m-e / 1958-78
Variety show featuring the Blacked Up Mitchell Minstrels. The shows with breaks from singing for comedy moments were popular in the 1950's and 1960's but over time went on to become obviously unacceptable in today's multi-cultural society. Originated from a one off special called the 1957 Television Minstrels.
THE BLACK ARROW
BBC / 2x40m-e / 1951 20 May - 27 May black and white
Writer: John Blatchley / Novel:R.L. Stevenson / Producer: Naomi Capon
Period drama serial. During the bitter War of the Roses a young man is forced to do battle against his evil uncle.
With:- DENNIS CLINTON / JOHN GARLEY / DENIS QUILLEY / KEITH MICHELL / TARN BASSETT
THE BLACK ARROW
BBC / 20x25m-e / 1972-75
Producer: Peter Croft
Period action adventure series. An extension of the 1951 serial still set during the War of the Roses.
With:- WILLIAM SQUIRE / GLYN OWEN / SIMON CUFF
THE
BLACK BRIGAND
BBC
/ x30 minute episodes / 1956 black and white
Ruritania
style period drama serial about Don Fernando who seeks justice and helps people
in need, much like Robin Hood, and does battle against the evil King Carl.
Don Fernando is determined to see Carl removed from power and see the true Queen
Esmerelda take her place at the head of the country.
With:-
William Devlin as Carl the White King, Laidman Browne as Don Rogano / Anthony
Newlands played Fernando
BLACK CAB
BBC2-World / 10x10m-e / 2000 8-31 May various days/times
Creator: Amelia Bullmore / Camera: Ken Brinsley BSC / Titles: 4:2:2 Bristol / Music: Brendan Croker / Producers: Chris Clough, Jake Lushington
An anthology series of short dramas set in the back of taxi cabs.
THE BLACK CANDLE
Tyne Tees/Worldwide / 2x90m-e / 1991
Writer: Gordon Hann / Novel: Catherine Cookson / Producer: Ray Marshall / Costume: Linda Matlock / Design: Ash Wilkinson / Executive Producer: Michael Chaplin, Ray Marshall / Director: Roy Battersby
Period drama serial. A factory owner falls in love with her foreman but tragedy awaits them when he is accused of murder.
With:- SAMANTHA BOND as Bridget Mordaunt / NATHANIEL PARKER as Lionel Filmore / DENHOLM ELLIOTT as William Filmore / TARA FITZGERALD as Victoria Mordaunt / SIAN PHILLIPS as Daisy Barnett / JAMES GADDAS as Joe Skinner / PRESTON LOCKWOOD as Bright / RONALD HINES as Douglas Filmore / CATHY SANDFORD / BOB SMEATON / BRIAN HOGG / MO HAROLD / ANNE JAMESON / ROGER AVON / PEGGY SHEILDS
BLACK EASTER
BBC2 / 1x90m-e / 1995
Writer: David Pirie / Producer: Peter Goodchild / Director: Ben Bolt
Futuristic thriller. In Germany in the year March 2000 Detective Alex Fischer investigates the murder of a young Danish woman, meanwhile the threat of a mass exodus of refugees caused by civil war in Russia threatens to engulf Europe.
With:- TREVOR EVE as Alex Fischer / SHAUN DINGWALL as Schuster / BRUCE MYERS as Dix / JOHN SHRAPNEL as Heiger / AMANDA OOMS as Anna / PETER JORDAN as Journalist
BLACKEYES
BBC1 / 4x55m-e / 1989 29 November - 20 December
Writer/Director: Dennis Potter / Music: Max Harris / Producer: Rick McCallum
Drama serial. Fantasy and reality mingle when a lecherous old man writes a novel about an ex-model.
With:- CAROL ROYLE as Jessica / MICHAEL GOUGH / GINA BELLMAN as Blackeyes / NIGEL PLANER / GARY LOVE / JOHN SHRAPNEL as Detective Blake
THE BLACKHEATH POISONINGS
Central / 2x120m-e / 1992
Creator: Kenny McBain / Writer: Simon Raven / Novel:Julian Symons / Music: Colin Towns
Period crime drama serial. In Victorian times a wealthy family fall under suspicion when the head of the household is poisoned.
Isabel Collard................................... CHRISTINE KAVANAGH
George Collard................................. IAN McNEICE
Charlotte Collard.............................. ZOE WANAMAKER
Harriet Collard................................. JUDY PARFITT
Robert Dangerfield........................... PATRICK MALAHIDE
Roger Vandervent........................... JAMES FAULKNER
Paul Vandervent............................. CHRISTIAN ANHOLT
Beatrice Vandervent........................ JULIA ST. JOHN
Maid.............................................. LUCY BRIERS
BLACK LIMELIGHT
ITV
Network-ABC (for Armchair Theatre) / 1x60 minute episode / Broadcast Sunday 30
September 1956 @ 9.00pm
Writer: Gordon Sherry / Design: Bertram Tyrer / Producer: Philip Saville
Thriller. Peter Carrington is prime suspect in a triple murder case and is on
the run, police have surrounded his house but his wife is convinced of his
innocence.
cast
David Williams as Coles (from CID) / John Robinson as Peter Charrington /
Rosalie Crutchley as Mary Charrington / Betty Henderson as Jemima (a servant) /
Victor Brooks as Tanner / John Welsh as Lawrence Manfred / Charles Honston as
Roberts (the reporter) / Hilary Paterson as Lily James
BLACKMAIL
A-R / x60m-e / 1965-66
Producer: Stella Richman
An anthology series of dramas on the theme of blackmail.
BLACKPOOL
(Series) BBC1 / 6x60m / started 11 November 2004
Writer: Peter Bowker / Director: Julie Arne / Producer: Kate Lewis
(Special) BBC1 / 1x90m / 10 June 2006 (VIVA BLACKPOOL)
Writer:
Peter Bowker / Director: Coky Giedroyc / Producer: Sally Hoynes
Ripley Holden is the brash entrepreneurial owner of an amusement arcade in
Blackpool who wants to expand his business to include a casino. But financial
difficulties and a murder investigation provide unwelcome obstacles to his
ambitions. The drama is punctuated by musical interludes as the cast break out
into song, miming to hit records.
In 2006 there was one-off sequel called VIVA BLACKPOOL in which Ripley has
become a minister and performs themed marriages in his Chapel of Love in
Blackpool. He gets involved in a scheme to obtain the real stolen original 1966
World Cup trophy that (in this story) was never actually recovered but replaced
by a hasty replica and had been in the possession of a now deceased friend of
his and in which his mother now stores her son's ashes unaware it is the real
thing. Other than the star, the main supporting cast did not return except for
Ripley's daughter Shyanne.
With:- DAVID MORRISSEY as Ripley Holden
AND
(2004 Series Cast) SARAH PARISH as Natalie Holden / DAVID TENNANT as DI Carlisle
/ DAVID BRADLEY as Hallworth / JOHN THOMSON as Terry Corlette / STEVE PEMBERTON
as Adrian Marr / GEORGIA TAYLOR as Shyanne Holden / THOMAS MORRISON as Danny
Holden
(2006 Special Cast) MEGAN DODDS as Kitty De Love / ANNETTE CROSBIE as Mrs Berry
/ MARK WILLIAMS as Tommy Vesty / KEITH ALLEN as Steve Pollard / GEORGIA TAYLOR
as Shyanne Holden
BLACK SILK
BBC2 / 8x50m-e / 1985 7 November - 26 December
Creators: Mustapha Matura, Rudy Narayan
Crime drama series. A black barrister only tackles the cases that his colleagues wont take on.
Larry Scott......................................... RUDOLPH WALKER
Julie Smythe...................................... KIKA MARKHAM
THE BLACK STUFF: See Boys From The Black Stuff
THE BLACK TULIP
BBC1 / 6x30m-e / 1970
Writer: Alexander Baron / Novel:Alexandre Dumas / Producer: John McRae / Director: Derek Martinus
Period drama serial. In 19th century France a pair of crossed lovers come together with the help of a special flower.
Cornelius Van Bearle............................. SIMON WARD
Rosa.................................................... TESSA WYATT
BLACK VELVET BAND
Yorkshire TV / 1x120m-e / 1997
Writer: Johnathon Critchley / Music: Hughes and Murphy / Costume: Darian Hing / Producer: Peter Walker / Director: Robert Knights
Period drama. In Victorian times a gang of petty crooks find themselves sentenced to transportation to Australia, their ship, however, docks in South Africa and the gang manage to make their escape.
Martin Tusco................................... NICK BERRY
Pentecost....................................... TODD CARTY
Shut-Eye........................................ CHRIS McHALLEM
Nudge............................................ STEPHEN MARCUS
Half Pint......................................... AMY MARSTON
Dwyer............................................. IAN ROBERTS
Leach............................................. FRANTZ DUBROWSKY
THE BLACK VELVET GOWN
Tyne Tees / 2x120m-e / 1991
Writer: Gordon Hann / Novel:Catherine Cookson / Producer: Ray Marshall / Director: Norman Stone
Period drama serial. Rural Northumberland 1830:Penniless widow Riah Millican allows her new employer to educate her children but this leads to tragedy.
Percival Miller................................... BOB PECK
Riah Millican.................................... JANET McTEER
Bridget Millican................................ GERALDINE SOMERVILLE
Madame Gullmington........................ JEAN ANDERSON
Lucy Gullmington............................. LOUISE LOMBARD
Paul Gullmington............................. JOHNATHON FIRTH
Dr Pritchard.................................... JAMES GARBUTT
BLAKE'S 7
BBC1 / 52x50m-e / 1978-81
Creator: Terry Nation / Script Editor: Chris Boucher / Music: Dudley Simpson / Producers: David Maloney (Seasons 1-3), Vere Lorrimer (season 4)
Scifi drama series. In the third century of the second calendar a group of rebel outlaws try to keep one step ahead of the seemingly all powerful Federation and its female head Servalan. Roj Blake was the leader of the outlaws, he had been imprisoned on trumped up charges because the Federation considered him a threat, whilst on board a prison ship bound for a convict planet he and a several others managed to escape and take over a super ship (The Liberator) from another galaxy. Other key personnel included the no scruples at all Kerr Avon (who following Blake's departure at the end of seven two would assume the role of leader - however Avon was out for himself), cowardly thief Villa and the two women Jenna and Cally. Also heavily involved was the sinister leader of the Federation Servalan and her number one henchman Travis. In the final episode Blake returned and was killed by Avon who thought Blake had betrayed them, and in the closing moments the whole of the regular crew were killed in a gun battle with federation guards.
With:- GARETH THOMAS as Roj Blake(seasons1-2) / PAUL DARROW as Kerr Avon / MICHAEL KEATING as Vila Restal / SALLY KNYVETTE as Jenna Stannis(seasons 1-2) / JAN CHAPPELL as Cally(seasons 1-3) / PETER TUDDENHAM as Zen(voice only) / DAVID JACKSON as Gan(seasons 1-2) / JACQUELINE PEARCE as Servalan / STEPHEN GRIEF as Travis(season 1) / BRIAN CROUCHER as Travis(season 2) / GLYNIS BARBER as Soolin(season 4) / STEVEN PACEY as Del Tarrant(seasons 3-4) / JOSETTE SIMON as Dayna(seasons 3-4)
BLADE ON THE FEATHER
LWT / 1x90m-e / 1980 19 October
Writer: Dennis Potter / Executive Producer: Tony Wharmby / Producer: Kenith Trodd / Director: Richard Loncraine
Period drama. A retired spy is disturbed when a mysterious visitor pays him and his family a visit.
Hill................................................. DENHOLM ELLIOTT
Linda Cavendish.............................. KIKA MARKHAM
Daniel Young.................................. TOM CONTI
Jason Cavendish............................. DONALD PLEASANCE
Christabel Cavendish....................... PHOEBE NICHOLLS
BLANDINGS CASTLE
BBC1 / 6x30m-e / 1967 24 February - 31 March black and white
Writer: John Chapman / Stories: P.G. Wodehouse / Producer: Michael Mills
Comedy series. Misadventures of the titled Lord Emsworth.
Lord Emsworth................................ RALPH RICHARDSON
Beach............................................ STANLEY HOLLOWAY
Lady Constance.............................. MERIEL FORBES
McAllister....................................... JACK RADCLIFFE
BLEAK HOUSE
BBC / 11x30 minute episodes / Broadcast 16 October - 25 December 1959
Writer: Constance Cox / Novel: Charles Dickens / Editor: Pam Bosworth / Production Design: Stephen Bundy / Costume Supervisor: Sheila Glassford
Period drama serial, an early BBC Classic Serials version. Adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel set in Victorian times. The story centres on two grown-up orphans who are the subject of a contested will and are staying with their ward's guardian at his home - Bleak House - whilst the matter is settled.
cast
DIANA FAIRFAX as Esther Summerson / WILLIAM MERVYN as Mr Kenge / ANDREW
CRUICKSHANK as John Jarndyce / DAVID HORNE as Sir Leicester Dedlock / IRIS
RUSSELL as Lady Honoria Dedlock / JOHN PHILLIPS as Mr Tulkinghorn / EILEEN
DRAYCOTT as Mrs Rouncewell / LESLIE FRENCH as Mr Snagsby / ANNE BLAKE as Mrs
Rachael / TIMOTHY BATESON as Mr Guppy / COLIN JEAVONS as Richard Carstone /
ELIZABETH SHEPHERD as Ada Clare / FREDERICK LEISTER as Lord Chancellor / NORA
NICHOLSON as Miss Flite / WILFRED BRAMBELL as Mr Krook / JEROME WILLIS as Alan
Woodcourt / GERALD CROSS as Mr Vholes / RICHARD PEARSON as Inspector Bucket /
MICHAEL ALDRIDGE as Mr George / GRETCHEN FRANKLIN as Mrs Guppy
BLEAK HOUSE
BBC / 8x50m-e / 1985 10 April - 29 May
Writer: Arthur Hopcraft / Novel:Charles Dickens / Director: Ross Devenish
Period drama serial. A young orphan girl, Esther Summerson, becomes inextricably tied up with a chancery case brought about by Richard Carstone.
With:- DIANA RIGG as Lady Deadlock / SUZANNE BURDEN as Esther Summerson / CHARLIE DRAKE as Grandfather Smallwood / ROBIN BAILEY as Sir Leicester Dedlock / LUCY HORNAK as Ada Clare / PHILIP FRANKS as Richard Carstone / DENHOLM ELLIOTT as John Jardyce / PETER VAUGHAN as Tulkinghorn / T P McKENNA as Harold Skimpole / IAN HOGG as Inspector Bucket
BLEAK HOUSE
BBC1-WGBH Co-Production in association with Deep Indigo / 1x60m, 14x30m / started 27 October 2005
Novel: Charles Dickens / Adaptation: Andrew Davies / Executive Producers: Laura Mackie, Sally Haynes, Rebecca Eaton
Director: Justin Chadwick / Producer: Nigel Stafford-Clark
Adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel set in Victorian times. The story centres on two grown-up orphans who are the subject of a contested will and are staying with their ward's guardian at his home - Bleak House - whilst the matter is settled. Other characters come into play including greedy lawyers and society beauties with long hidden secrets and the story is told in a soap-opera like form in twice-weekly half-hour instalments.
When repackaged for overseas broadcasters (for example the ABC in
Australia) the show was reformatted to 8x50 minute episodes. Stephen
Pile of the Daily Telegraph commented that "This gorgeous and
exhilarating new series was like watching Dickens filmed by the director
of Spooks, with the latest nervy, pacy, zooming camerawork fashionably
on show – this was an impressive and beautiful translation of a
Victorian soap opera into contemporary television terms".
The serial won the following BAFTA awards: Best Actress – Anna Maxwell Martin • Best Drama Serial • Best Costume Design • Best Set Design • Best Editing
With:- GILLIAN ANDERSON as Lady Dedlock / CHARLES DANCE as Mr Tulkington / DENIS LAWSON as John Jarndyce / ANNA MAXWELL MARTIN as Esther Summerson / PATRICK KENNEDY as Richard / CAREY MULLIGAN as Ada
BLIND AMBITION
ITV Network (Tyne Tees-Coastal) / 1x120m-e / 2000 7 September Thursday 9.00pm
Writer: Eric Deacon / Music: Evelyn Glennie, Greg Malcangi, Rick Wentworth / Camera: Mark Partridge / Executive Producers: Sandra Jobling, Carolyn Reynolds / Producer: Peter Norris / Director: Richard Standeven
Drama. When athlete Richard Thomas is involved in a car accident that robs him of his sight he decides he wont let it stand in the way of his Olympic dreams and begins training for the Sydney paralympics.
With:- ROBSON GREEN as Richard Thomas / IMOGEN STUBBS as Annie Thomas / MARK WOMACK as Clive Rouse / JONATHAN FERGUSON as Tim Thomas / KAYE WRAGG as Rona Anderson / ERIC DEACON as Derek Lane / KEN BRADSHAW as Gordon Mace / MARGERY BONE as Debbie / DAVID PROSHO as Mike Waite / MARTIN CROCKER as Eric Byron / ANTHONY SCHAEFFER as Mr Stanley / JANINE BIRKETT as Nursing Sister / ALASTAIR IMRIE as Alan Simms / KIM TSERKEZIE as Paul Simms
THE BLIND DATE
London Weekend Television / 2x90m-e / 2000 / 13 - 20 March / Mondays 9.00pm
Writer: Simon Booker / Novel:Frances Fyfield / Producer: Alison Davis / Costume Design: Jeremy Turner / Music: Hal Lindes / Camera: Sean Van Hales / Script Editor: Angus Towler / Executive Producer: Jo Wright, Laura Mackie / Director: Nigel Douglas.
Thriller. Lucy Kennedy, a one time police detective whose sister was murdered, has her memories of that terrible time (and the trouble she caused by agreeing to 'honey trap' the prime suspect for the murder) revived when a friend of hers goes on a horrific blind date.
With:- Zara Turner as Lucy Kennedy / Ben Miller as Joe Maxwell / Mark Letheren as Jack De Souza / Peter Wight as D. I. Harry Jenkins / Samantha Beckinsale as Patty / Regina Freedman as Angela / Joanna David as Diana Kennedy / Maureen O'Brien as Mrs Smythe / Mark Aiken as Michael / Hazel Ellerby as DCI Anthea Cooper
BLIND LOVE
Granada / 1x60m-e / 1977
Writer: V.S. Pritchett / Director: Waris Hussein
Romantic drama. The life of a blind lawyer undergoes change when he finds himself falling in love with his secretary.
With:- SAM WANAMAKER / MARY PEACH
BLISS
Carlton/Abby Films / 4x90m-e / 1997
Creator: Michael Stewart / Producer: Jacky Stoller
SciFi Drama series. Cases of a research scientist who often finds himself involved in bizarre cases. There was a pilot episode broadcast in 1995 making a total of five episodes.
With:- SIMON SHEPHERD as Dr Sam Bliss / SARAH SMART as Zoe Bliss / JONATHON HYDE as Dr Oliver Pleasance / REECE DINSDALE as Dr Clive Sussman / EVE MARIE BRYER as Serena Snowden / JENNIFER HILARY as Tamara Bancroft / ZOE HART as Louise Bliss
BLISS
BBC2 / 1x105m-e / 1995
Writer/Director: Les Blair / Producer: Lyn Horsford
Comedy drama. Civil servant and extremely shy Leslie Bliss falls in love with Julia but is unsure how to get together with her.
With:- DOUGLAS HODGE as Leslie Bliss / JUDITH SCOTT as Julia / SAIRA TODD as Saffron / GARY McDONALD as Gee
BLITHE SPIRIT
Granada / 1x / 1964 black and white
Writer: Gerald Savoury / Play:Noel Coward
Comedy. The problems of a hen pecked husband.
With:- HELEN CHERRY / JOANNA DUNHAM / HATTIE JACQUES
LWT/English Channel / 2x120m-e / 1999 26 -27 April Mon/Tues 9.00pm 'Digital-Widescreen
Writer: Ted Whitehead / Music: Colin Towns / Design: Roger Cann / Costume: Susannah Buxton / Executive Producers: Laurie Mackie, Jo Wright / Producer: Trevor Hopkins / Director: Robert Bierman
Period drama serial. The glamorous life and times of Diana Dors from her early days in the Rank Charm school to her death from cancer at the age of 52.
With:- KEELEY HAWES as Young Diana / AMANDA REDMAN as Older Diana / RUPERT GRAVES as Dennis Hamilton / SHEILA GISH as Mrs Fluck / BENJAMIN WHITROW as Mr Fluck / LARRY LAMB as Will Humphreys / JOSEPHINE BUTLER as Jill Hartland / GARY WBSTER as Dickie Dawson / BARNABY KAY as Alan Lake / JANE LOWE as Millicent Lake / EAMON BOLAND as Cyril Lake
BLOOD AND PEACHES
BBC2 / 2x75m-e / 1995
Writer: Martin Sadofski / Producer: Peter Waller / Director: Charles Beeson
Drama. Two Bradford teenagers fall in love amid a growing period of racial tension in their community.
With:- JAYNE ASHBOURNE as Sue / STUART LANG as Steve / ROSEMARY LEACH as Nan / JEFF RAWLE as Barry / ROGER LLOYD PACK as Tour Guide
BLOOD AND THUNDER
Granada / 2x80m-e / 1965 4 - 11 January black and white
Writers: Thomas Middleton, Philip Mackie / Producer: Philip Mackie
Period drama's. Two adaptions of Jacobean murder mysteries based on the writings of Thomas Middleton.
1. THE CHANGELING, 2. WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN, The Changeling featured Derek Godfrey & Kika Markham, Women Beware Women featured Diana Rigg and Clifford Evans.
BLOOD AND WATER
BBC1 'Ghosts' / 1x50m-e / 1995
Writer/Director: Terry Johnson / Novel:Ronald Duncan
Spooky drama. 1942:A strange 'menage a toi' develops between a soldier, his sister and one of his fellow officers.
Capt Peter Buckle.......................... PAUL RHYS
Angela McClean............................. MOIRA BROOKER
Capt Alex McClean......................... IAN SHAW
Dr Johnathon Fox............................ NICHOLAS FARRELL
Barbara Pritchard........................... WENDY MORGAN
BLOOD HUNT
BBC / 1x90m-e / 1985
Writer: Neil Gunn, Stewart Conn / Director: Peter Barber-Fleming
Drama. A wanted criminal seeks refuge in the lodge of an elderly Scottish Highlands ex-seaman.
With:- ANDREW KEIR / IAIN GLEN / MICHAEL CARTER / NIGEL STOCK / ARABELLA WEIR
BLOOD LINES
ITV1 / 2x90m / 31 Jan, 1 Feb 2005
Writer: Mike Cullen /
Director: Philip Martin / Producer: Shefali Malhoutra
Thriller. Policewoman Justine Hopkin's father was convicted 14 years ago for a
murder he says he didn't do. Shortly after his release another similar murder
takes place and suspicion again falls on him so Justine must try and discover
the identity of the real murderer before her father is apprehended.
With:- EMMA PIERSON as Justine Hopkin / KEVIN R McNALLY as James Hopkin / MAX
BEASLEY as DC Bannerman / ROBERT PUGH as DCI Jordan / KIERAN O'BRIEN as Mark
Hopkin / JAN FRANCIS as Elaine Hopkin
BLOOD MONEY
BBC / 6x25m-e / 1981
Writer: Arden Winch / Director: Michael E. Briant
Thriller serial. A young boy is kidnapped.
With:- BERNARD HEPTON / MICHAEL DENISON
C4/Diplomat 'Alan Bleasdale Presents' / 1x120m-e / 1994
Writer: Jim Morris / Producer: Alan Bleasdale / Director: Pip Broughton
Drama. Four Merseyside school leavers realise its time to face up to what the big bad world has in store for them.
Joey................................................... STEPHEN WALTERS
Cathy................................................. SUZANNE MADDOCK
Jean................................................... RACHEL CALDWELL
Laura.................................................. AMANDA MEALING
Paul Price........................................... JAKE ABRAHAM
Post Office Man.................................. ANDREW SCHOFIELD
BLOOD RIGHTS
BBC / 3x55m-e / 1990
Director: Lesley Manning
Thriller serial. A journalist investigates the disappearance of the drug addict daughter of a prominent Tory MP.
With:- BRIAN BOVELL / MAGGIE STEED / STRUAN RODGER / HERMOINE NORRIS as Virginia / SAM KELLY / ROBERT GLENISTER
BLOOD STRANGERS
ITV1 / 2x90m-e / 3&4 February 2002
Writer: Gwyneth Hughes; Director: Jon Jones; Producer: Saurabh Kakkar
Drama. Lin is devastated at the death of her young teenage daughter and then
shocked to discover about the girl's secret life of prostitution. Lin befriends
and tries to help Jas, another vulnerable girl in a similar position to her
daughter.
With:- CAROLINE QUENTIN as Lin Beresford / PAUL McGANN as DC David Ingram /
SHERIDAN SMITH as Jas Dyson / DAVID CRELIN as Nick Beresford
BLOODY KIDS
ATV/Black-Lion / 1x90m-e / 1980 23 March
Writer: Stephen Poliakoff / Music: George Fenton / Director: Stephen Frears
Drama. Study of a group of bored teenagers who begin to turn to violence to get their kicks.
With:- GARY HOLTON as Ken / RICHARD THOMAS as Leo / PETER CLARK as Mike / GWYNETH STRONG / NULA CONWELL
BLOODY
SUNDAY
ITV1 / 1x120m-e / 20 January 2002 10:00pm
Writer/Director: Paul Greengrass / Producer: Mark Redhead
A drama-documentary account of the events of 30 January 1972 in Northern Ireland
when 13 civilians demonstrating against interment in a civil rights march were
shot dead by British soldiers. The story is told from the point-of-view of both
the marchers and the soldiers. A cinema version was released following
this TV premiere.
JAMES NESBITT as Ivan Cooper / ALLAN GILDEA as Kevin McCrory / GERARD CROSSAN as
Eamonn McCann / MARY MOULDS as Bernadette Devlin / CARMEL McCALLION as Bridget
Bond / TIM PIGGOT-SMITH as Major General Ford / NICHOLAS FARRELL as Brigadier
MacLellan / CHRIS VILLIERS as Major Steele / JAMES HEWITT as Colonel Tugwell /
DECLAN DUDDY as Gerry Donaghy / JOANNE LINDSAY as Mary Donaghy
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