UK TV - THE CASES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES to CHARLIE MUFFIN
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CASTLE HAVEN
CATWALK DOGS
CAUGHT IN A TRAP
CAUSE CELEBRE
CHAMPIONS, THE
THE CASES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
BBC1 / 15x50m-e / 1968
Producer: William Sterling
Period crime drama series. Cases of the great Victorian Detective.
With:- PETER CUSHING as Sherlock Holmes / NIGEL STOCK as Dr Watson / WILLIAM LUCAS as Mrs Hudson / GRACE ARNOLD as Inspector Lestrade / RONALD ADAM as Mycroft Holmes
CASTLES
BBC1 / 24x30m-e / 1995 31 May - 20 August
Producers: David Hanson, Alison Gee
Drama series. (shown twice weekly). Life for the middle class Castle family.
With:- LESLEY DUFF as Linda Castle / MICHAEL SIMKINS as Philip Castle / HARRIET OWEN as Clare Castle / TONY DOYLE as James Castle / ANNA CROPPER as Margaret Castle / JOHN BOWLER as Tony Castle / LESLEY NICOL as Gillian / LYNN FARLIEGH as Christine Henshaw
CASUALTY
BBC1 / 250+x50m-e / 1986-continuing
Creators: Jeremy Unwin, Paul Brock / Music: Ken Freeman
Medical drama series. Stories of the patients and the hard working stressed out staff of Holby General's hectic casualty unit. See also spin off Holby City. Casualty has now notched up almost 20 seasons. Derek Thompson is pretty much the only original cast member left. On 21 June 2003, the 400th episode was broadcast (which also ended the current season).
Important cast members include:-
DEREK THOMPSON as Charlie Fairhead / CATHY SHIPTON as Lisa 'Duffy' Duffin (-
12/04/2003) / BRENDA FRICKER as Megan Roach / JULIA WATSON as 'Baz' / ROBSON
GREEN as Jimmy Powell / CLIVE MANTLE as Dr Mike Barratt / NIGEL LE VAILLANT as
Dr Julian Chapman / SORCHA CUSACK as Kate Wilson / SIMON MacCORKINDALE as Harry
Harper (from season 17)
CASUALTY @ HOLBY CITY
BBC1 / 2x55m / 26,28 December 2004
Director:
Michael Offer / Producer: Belinda Campbell
The cast of Holby City and Casualty come together in a calamitous 2-part
crossover when a petrol tanker crashes into the hospital. Featuring the current
casts of both series fitting into both their current continuities and ending
with the death of a regular Casualty character. Although both series are
supposedly set in the same hospital there is normally no crossover of cast
between them because the series' are actually filmed in different cities.
CASUALTY 1906
BBC1 / 1x60m / 3 December 2006
Writers: Colin Heber-Percy, Lyall B Watson / Director/Producer: Bryn Higgins
Drama showing what life would have been like for the staff and patients of a busy London hospital in the year 1906.
With:- SARAH SMART as Ada Russell / CHERIE LUNGHI as Eva Luckes / TOM RILEY Dr James Walton / JASON WATKINS as Enest Wilson / NICHOLAS FARRELL as Sydney Holland / DAVID TROUGHTON as Hurry Fenwick
CATCH HAND
BBC / 6x50m-e / 1964 black and white
Producer: Terence Williams
Drama series. Drifter Johnny Rich keeps one eye open for the main chance.
With:- MARK EDEN as Johnny Rich / ANTHONY BOOTH as Finn Brodie
CATHOLICS:A FABLE FOR THE FUTURE
HTV / 1x75m-e / 1974 14 April
Writer: Brian Moore / Music: Carl Davis / Director: Jack Gold
Drama. A young priest, sometime in the near future, is sent to a remote abbey to deal with a group of set in their ways monks.
With:- TREVOR HOWARD / MARTIN SHEEN / CYRIL CUSACK / ANDREW KEIR / MICHAEL GAMBON
BBC / 1x95m-e / 1966 black and white
Writer: Jeremy Sandford / Producer: Tony Garnett
Drama. When Cathy and Reg Ward are made homeless it tears apart their family. One of the all time great productions of the sixties, helped to bring a new social realism into TV, brought to public notice the problems of homelessness and also helped to bring about the organisation for homelessness Shelter.
With:- CAROL WHITE as Cathy Ward / RAY BROOKS as Reg Ward / WINIFRED DENNIS as Mrs Ward
C.A.T.S EYES
TVS / 30x60m-e / 1985-87
Creator: Terence Feely / Executive Producer: Rex Firkin
Crime drama series. The cases of a trio of deadly female secret service agents. Lead character Maggie Forbes had previously appeared in The Gentle Touch.
Maggie Forbes................................ JILL GASCOINE
Pru Standfast.................................. ROSALYN LANDOR
Fred Smith..................................... LESLIE ASH
Nigel Beaumont.............................. DON WARRINGTON
Tessa Robinson.............................. TRACEY LOUISE-WARD
THE CATER STREET HANGMAN:The Inspector Pitt Mysteries
ITV/Ardent / 1x120m-e / 1998 23 September
Writer: T.R. Bowen / Story: Anne Perry / Producer: June Wyndham / Director: Sarah Hellings
Period mystery. In Victorian London, Inspector Pitt searches for the brutal killer who is preying on well to do young women.
Inspector Pitt.................................... EOIN McCARTHY
Charlotte Ellison............................... KEELEY HAWES
Edward Ellison................................. PETER EGAN
Reverand Prebble............................. JOHN CASTLE
Dominic Corde................................. RICHARD LINTERN
Maddock......................................... DAVID ROPER
Dr Hope.......................................... ROBERT REYNOLDS
Grandmamma................................. JUDY CAMPBELL
Emily Ellison................................... KATIE RYDER RICHARDSON
Mrs Dunphy.................................... PATSY ROWLANDS
Alice Barker................................... JESSICA TURNER
Renshaw........................................ DAVID FLEESHMAN
CAUGHT IN A FREE STATE
C4/RTE / 4x60m-e / 1984
Writer: Bryan Lynch / Producer/Director: Peter Ormrod
Period drama serial. A group of German agents try to set up an cell in Ireland during World War II.
With:- BARRY McGOVERN as Eamon de Velera / PETER JANKOWSKY / JOAN O'HARA
CAUGHT ON A TRAIN
BBC / 1x80m / 1980
By:
Stephen Poliakoff
An elderly Austrian lady has a nightmarish journey while travelling across
Europe on a train.
With:- PEGGY ASHCROFT
THE CAVES OF STEEL
BBC2 / 1x75m-e / 1964 5 June black and white
Writer: Terry Nation / Story: Isaac Asimov / Script Editor: Irene Shubik / Producer: Eric Taylor / Director: Peter Sasdy
Scifi drama. In a New York 200 years in the future, a cop teams up with a robot detective from Spacetown to solve a murder.
With:- PETER CUSHING as Elijah Bailey / JOHN CARSON as R. Daniel / STANLEY WALSH as Simpson / IAN TRIGGER as R. Sammy / RICHARD BEALE as Controller
THE CEDAR TREE
ATV / 107x30 minute -episodes 13x60 minute episodes / 20 September 1976 - 24 September 1978
Creator: Alfred Shaughnessy / Producer: Ian Fordyce
Period afternoon drama series. The convoluted lives of uppercrust family The Bournes during the 1930's and 40's. Mostly shown twice weekly at lunchtimes (1.30pm) on various week days. From episode 108 (broadcast 2 July 1978) the episodes switched to 60 minutes and were shown only once a week.
Arthur Bourne................................... PHILIP LATHAM
Lady Bourne.................................... JOYCE CAREY
Charles Ashley................................ CYRIL LUCKHAM
Elizabeth......................................... SALLY OSBORN
Victoria........................................... SUSAN SKIPPER
Phyllis Bourne................................. KATE COLERIDGE
Nanny ........................................... JEAN TAYLOR SMITH
CELEBRATION
BBC (Thursday Theatre) / 1x / Thursday 4th March 1965
Writers: Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall / Director: Mary Ridge / Producer: Bernard Hepton
Comedy drama. The stories of two family get togethers, one for a wedding then again six months later for a funeral. Tapes of the broadcast no longer in existence.
With:-
Leonard Rossiter as Frank Broadbent.
CELEBRITY PLAYHOUSE
Yorkshire / 2x50m-e 1x78m-e / 1981
Producer: David Cunliffe
Three classic plays given a prestigious treatment.
1.THE POTTING SHED / Writer: Graham Greene / Director: David Cunliffe / with Celia Johnson, Paul Scofield
2.EDEN END / Writer: J.B. Priestley / Director: Donald MacWhinnie / with Eileen Atkins, Georgina Hale, Frank Middlemass, Robert Stephens
3.PYGMALION / Writer: George Bernard Shaw / Director: John Glenister / with Twiggy, Robert Powell,
THE CENSORED VIDEO SHOW
Sky One (Pay TV) /1x60 minute episode / Sunday 30 April 2000 @ 11.00pm
Entertainment. Paula Yates introduces dodgy or overly sex filled videos that couldn't be seen before the 9.00pm watershed (the self imposed time that the TV stations mostly adhere too in regard to content suitable only for the adult audience). Clips included Justify My Love by Madonna; Tourniquet by Marilyn Manson; Outside by George Michael; Karmacoma by Massive Attack plus insight from Marc Almond and rapper Mr C.
CENTURY
BBC2 / 1x90m-e / 1993
Writer: Stephen Poliakoff
Period drama. At the end of the 19th century, idealistic doctor Paul Reisner tries to make a mark on his profession.
Paul Reisner.................................... CLIVE OWEN
Professor Maudry............................. CHARLES DANCE
Clara............................................... MIRANDA RICHARDSON
Mr Reisner....................................... ROBERT STEPHENS
Mrs Whiteweather............................ JOAN HICKSON
Katie............................................... LIZA WALKER
Miriam............................................. LENA HEADEY
Felix............................................... NEIL STUKE
CHAIN
BBC / 4x50m-e / 1990
Writer: Desmond Lowden / Director: Don Leaver
Thriller. A crown prosecutor finds himself investigating a trio of horrific murders.
With:- PETER CAPALDI / JULIA HILLS / MICHAEL TROUGHTON / HOLLY AIRD
CHALKFACE
BBC / 10x50 minute episodes / 1991 (6 May - 25 June)
Music: David Ferguson / Creator: John Godber
Drama series. Life inside a secondary modern school.
With:- TONY ARMATRADING / ROSEMARY MARTIN / NIAMH CUSACK as Melanie / Russell Richardson / TERRY MALLOY / JOHN ROWE
THE CHALLENGERS
Yorkshire / 6x60m-e / 1972
Writer: Edmund Ward / Producer: Peter Willes / Director: Marc Miller
Drama series. The problems faced by a pair of MP's.
With:- COLIN BLAKELY / MICHAEL GAMBON
THE CHAMBER
BBC1 / 1x30m-e / 1995 11 September - Monday 8.30pm
Writer: John Bird / Producer/Director: Richard Boden
Comedy. A comedy of errors breaks out when the local councillors of Dunsall try to elect a new leader.
Percy Lygoe.................................... JOHN BIRD
Graham Tombs............................... JOHN WELLS
Evelyn Tombs................................. DIANE FLETCHER
Beebie Singleton............................. LESLEY VICKERAGE
Neville Transom.............................. JOHN BARRON
Les Driffield.................................... MILTON JOHNS
CHAMPION HOUSE
BBC / x50m-e / First Episode: 28 May 1967
Creators: HAZEL ADAIR and PETER LING
Drama series set in the textile industry and concerning a domineering mill owner and his family.
With:- EDWARD CHAPMAN as Joe Champion / JAMES KERRY / NICOLE MAUREY / MAURIE KAUFMANN / VIRGINIA STRIDE
A CHANCE IN LIFE
ATV 'Drama 62' / 1x60m-e / 1962 black and white
Writer: Bill Naughton / Design: Anthony Waller / Producer: Cliff Owen
Drama. A family wins the pools and finds it changes his life.
With:- MAURICE DENHAM / HILDA FENEMORE / DUDLEY FOSTER / ARTHUR MULLARD / ANDREW RAY
CHANCE OF A LIFETIME
BBC / 1x50m-e / 1980
Writer: Robert Holman / Director: Giles Foster
Drama. A school leaver makes up his mind to join the army.
With:- DAVID DAKER
A CHANCE OF THUNDER
BBC / 6x50m-e / 1961 black and white
Writer: John Hopkins
Thriller serial. A police inspector gets himself involved in
With:- PETER VAUGHAN
CHANCER
Central / 20x60m-e / 1990-91
Producer: Sarah D. Wilson / Music: Jan Hammer / Executive Producer: Ted Childs
Drama series. Charismatic Stephen Crane will nothing or no one stand in his way as he tries to reach the top.
Stephen Crane................................. CLIVE OWEN
Victoria Douglas............................... LYNSEY BAXTER
Marcus Worton................................ STEPHEN TOMPKINSON
James Blake................................... LESLIE PHILLIPS
Piers Garfield-Ward......................... SIMON SHEPHERD
Penny Nichols................................ CAROLINE LANGRISHE
Jo Franklyn.................................... SUSANNAH HARKER
CHANDLER AND CO.
BBC1/Skreba / 12x50m-e / 1994-95 / Season One: 12 July - 16 August 1994 Season Two: 28 July - 1 September 1995
Creator: Paula Milne / Producer: Ann Skinner
Crime drama series. Two women set up their own private detective agency specialising in infidelity cases.
Dee(94)............................................... BARBARA FLYNN
Elly.................................................... CATHERINE RUSSELL
Kate Phillips(95).................................. SUSAN FLEETWOOD
Larry.................................................. PETER CAPALDI
David(94)............................................ STRUAN RODGER
THE CHANGELING
BBC2 'Performance' / 1x90m-e / 1994
Writer: Thomas Middleton / Producer: Simon Curtis / Camera: Richard K. Butland / Music: Stephen Warbeck
Period drama. A group of people get involved in skullduggery, adultery and even murder during the 16th Century.
De Flores.......................................... BOB HOSKINS
Beatrice Joanna................................ ELIZABETH McGOVERN
Alsemero.......................................... HUGH GRANT
Vermandero...................................... LESLIE PHILLIPS
Tomazo............................................ SEAN PERTWEE
Diaphanta......................................... ADIE ALLEN
There were also versions in 1965 with Derek Godfrey and Kika Markham and 1974 with Helen Mirren
CHANGING ROOMS
BBC-Basal-Endemol / 100+x30m-e / Ocotber 1996-2004
Popular house makeover show hosted by Carol Smillie in which two couples swap houses for two days to make over a room in each others house with the help of "top" interior designers, amongst them the likes of Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen, Anna Ryder-Richardson and Graham Wynn. The couples (who had a five hundred pound budget to work with) generally liked their new rooms although sometimes there were tears when the room was not how they thought it would be. The show has spawned versions in Australia, New Zealand, Holland and other countries besides. In 2000 a fifty minute documentary about the show was broadcast. The 2002 season commenced on 25 February (6x30m-e). For season 9 it was announced that key designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen had replaced Carol Smillie as host. Smillie had decided it was time to step down. The tenth and FINAL series of Changing Rooms began on 20 September 2004
CHANGING STEP
BBC Scotland / 1x90m-e / 1990
Writer: Antony Sher / Director: Richard Wilson
Period drama. During World War One an amputee convalescing at a British home falls in love with a nurse.
With:- JAMES CONVEY / SUSAN WOOLDRIDGE / ANTONY SHER
BBC 'Comedy Playhouse' / 1x30m-e / 1962 16 Feb - Fri 8.45pm
Writers: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson / Producer: Barry Lupino
Comedy. A man determines to swim the channel.
Lionel................................................... SYDNEY TAFLER
Austin.................................................. WARREN MITCHELL
Clive.................................................... MICHAEL BRENNAN
Official................................................. FRANK THORNTON
Boat Pilot............................................ BOB TODD
CHARLES ENDELL ESQUIRE
Scottish TV / 6x60m-e / 1979
Creator: Robert Banks Stewart / Producer: Rex Firkin / Executive Producer: Bryan Izzard
Comedy crime drama series. A sequel to Budgie. After seven years in jail Charlie Endell heads home to Scotland but finds things have changed.
Charlie Endell................................. IAIN CUTHBERTSON
Dixie............................................. ANNIE ROSS
Alastair Vint.................................. RIKKI FULTON
Hamish MacIntyre Jr...................... TONY OSOBA
D.S. Dixon.................................... PHIL McCAUL
Janet........................................... ANN FULLARTON
CHARLES II - THE POWER AND THE PASSION
BBC1 / 4x60m / started 16 November 2003
Writer:
Adrian Hodges / Director: Joe Wright / Producer: Kate Harwood
Period drama telling the story of Charles II after he returned to England to
re-claim his crown following the death of Oliver Cromwell.
With:- RUFUS SEWELL as Charles II / RUPERT GRAVES as Lord Buckingham / HELEN
MCCRORY as Barbara Palmer / DIANA RIGG as Henrietta Maria / SHIRLEY HENDERSON as
Catherine / MARTIN FREEMAN as Shaftesbury /Alice Patten as Lady Francis / EMMA
PIERSON as Nell Gwynne / MELANIE THIERRY as Louise / ANNE-MARIE DUFF as Minette
CHARLEY'S AUNT
BBC 'Play of the Month' / 1x90m-e / 1969 20 November
Director: John Gorrie
Comedy. A student wreaks havoc when he poses as his own rich aunt from Brazil.
With:- DANNY LA RUE / DINSDALE LANDEN / CORAL BROWNE / JOHN STANDING
CHARLEY'S AUNT
ITV (Yorkshire) / 1x75m-e / 1977 29 December
Writer: Eric Sykes / Play: Brandon Thomas / Producer/Director: Graeme Muir
Comedy. A student wreaks havoc when he poses as his own rich aunt from Brazil in order to escort two girls to lunch.
With:- ERIC SYKES as Brassett / JIMMY EDWARDS as Mr Spettigue / BARBARA MURRAY as Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez / GERALD FLOOD as Sir Francis Chesney / OSMUND BULLOCK as Jack Chesney / ALUN LEWIS as Charley Wykeham / GRAHAM FAULKNER as Lord Fancourt Babberley / LOUISE HALL TAYLOR as Kitty Verdun / JUDI MAYNARD as Amy Spettigue / YVONNE NICHOLSON as Ela Delaha
CHARLIE
Central / 4x60m-e / 1984
Writer: Nigel Williams / Director: Martin Campbell
Thriller serial. A private detective gets caught up in sinister trade union machinations.
With:- DAVID WARNER / MICHAEL ALDRIDGE / MAGGIE STEED
CHARLIE AND JULIE
Yorkshire / 2x60m-e / 1978
Writer: Charles Humphrey / Producer: Marc Miller
Romantic drama serial. A young couple, Charlie and Julie, fall in love.
Charlie................................................. NICHOLAS CLAY
Julie..................................................... TINA MARIAN
CHARLIE MUFFIN
Thames/Euston / 1x120m-e / 1983 / 31 August
Writer: Keith Waterhouse / Director: Jack Gold
Thriller. A secret agent down on his luck is told to coax out information from a Soviet agent.
With:- DAVID HEMMINGS / SAM WANAMAKER / JENNIE LINDEN / IAN RICHARDSON / RALPH RICHARDSON
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