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COAST TO COAST BBC / 1x105m-e / 1986 Director: Sandy Johnson Comedy drama. A pair of chancers, one of whom is American, team up to run a mobile disco. With:- LENNY HENRY / JOHN SHEA / CHERIE LUNGHI / PETE POSTLETHWAITE / GEORGE BAKER
THE COBBLERS OF UMBRIDGE BBC2 / 1x25m-e / 1983 17 May - Tues 7.30pm Writers: John Fortune, John Wells / Producers: Ned Sherrin, Terry Glinwood / Directors: Ned Sherrin, Ian Wilson Comedy. A blatant spoof of the radio show The Archers. with:- JOHN FORTUNE / JOHN WELLS / ROY KINNEAR / LANCE PERCIVAL / WILLIAM RUSHTON / JOAN SIMS / DEREK GRIFFITHS
COCK, HEN AND COURTING PIT BBC / 1x75m-e / 1966 black and white Writer: David Halliwell Drama. A couple meet again after a ten year absence.
COCKLES BBC1 / 6x55m-e / 1984 4 Jan - 8 Feb Wed 8.05pm Writer: Douglas Livingstone / Producer: Ruth Boswell / Director: Barry Davis Comedy drama series. Arthur Dumpton returns to his favourite seaside holiday resort (where he spent many happy times when he was growing up) determined to return it to his former glory. With:- JAMES GROUT as Arthur Dumpton / NORMAN RODWAY as Jacques Du Bois / JOAN SIMS as Gloria Du Bois / ELIZABETH EDMONDS as Emma / FANNY CARBY as Madame Rosa / JANE LOWE as Mabel Gutteridge
BBC2 / 13x50m-e / 1970 (7 April to 30 June) Creator: David Sullivan Proudfoot / Producer: Gerard Glaister / Music: John Baker Thriller series. Cases of a government department known as MI7. The group had as their cover a section of Cambridge College at St Martyr's Hall and head of the unit was master and former cabinet Minister Sir Iain Carfax. The series grew out of a Drama Playhouse entry broadcast Thursday 07 August1969. That edition was known as Codename: Portcullis and was about a new member joining the organisation. With:- CLIFFORD EVANS as Sir Iain Carfax / ALEXANDRA BASTEDO / ANTHONY VALENTINE / JENNIFER DANIEL as Diana Carfax / PETER JEFFREY as Philip Skelton / JOHN TURNER as Roger Cooper
COLD BLOOD ITV1 / 1x90m / 19 October 2005 Writer: Tom Needham
/ Director: Stuart Orme / Producer: Ian White
COLD COMFORT FARM BBC / 3x50m-e / 1968 black and white Writer: David Turner / Novel: Stella Gibbons / Director: Peter Tucker Period drama serial. Teenaged Flora Poste goes to stay with her extremely eccentric relatives in the country. With:- ALASTAIR SIM as Amos Starkadder/ FAY COMPTON as Ada Doom / SARAH BADEL as Flora Poste / ROSALIE CRUTCHLEY as Judith Starkadder / BRIAN BLESSED as Reuben / BILLY RUSSELL as Adam Lambsbreath / PETER EGAN as Seth COLD COMFORT FARM BBC1 / 1x90m-e / 1994 Writer: Malcolm Bradbury /Novel: Stella Gibbons / Director: John Schlesinger Lavish adaptation of Stella Gibbons novel about Flora Poste staying with her eccentric relatives the Starkadders in the country. Previously made in 1968(See above). With:- KATE BECKINSALE as Flora Poste / EILEEN ATKINS as Judith Starkadder / RUFUS SEWELL as Seth Starkadder / STEPHEN FRY as Mybug / IAN McKELLEN as Amos Starkadder / JOANNA LUMLEY as Mrs Smiling
COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW BBC1 / 1x90m-e / 1997 Writer: Jack Rosenthal / Producer: Ann Scott / Director: Piers Haggard Comedy drama. A sequel to Eskimo Day. A group of parents have to cope with their children leaving for university. Shani................................................... MAUREEN LIPMAN Bevis................................................... DAVID ROSS Hugh................................................... TOM WILKINSON Harriet................................................. ANNA CARTERET Pippa.................................................. LAURA HOWARD Neil.................................................... BENEDICT SANDIFORD Mr Pickles.......................................... EAMON BOLAND
COLD FEET LWT / 1x60m-e / 1981 Writer: Anita Bronson Drama. A middle aged couple fall in love. With:- BARBARA LEIGH-HUNT / DANIEL MASSEY
Granada / 24x60m-e 1x120m-e 4x90m-e/ 1998-2003 Creator: Mike Bullen / Producer: Christine Langan Comedy drama series. Problems of a group
of thirty some things as they struggle with commitment, love and babies. There
was a one hour pilot broadcast in 1997. Season three opened with a two hour
special. Currently one of the UK's coolest TV shows. Fay Ripley was seen in only
the opening episodes of season four. The final episode of season four took
place in Australia as Pete prepared to marry his new Australian love Jo. There
was a major shock at the end of the fifth and final season - In the penultimate
episode Rachel dies in a car accident and the final episode dealt with her
funeral and the grief of her husband and friends - With:- HELEN BAXENDALE as Rachel Bradley / JAMES NESBITT as Adam Williams / JOHN THOMSON as Pete Gifford / FAY RIPLEY as Jenny Gifford / ROBERT BATHURST as David Marsden / HERMOINE NORRIS as Karen Marsden / KIMBERLEY JOSEPH as Jo Ellison
COLD GAME PIE Thames / 1x60m-e / 1968 Writer: James Brabazon / Director: Bill Bain Drama. A successful architect arrives home one evening to find his wife has left him. With:- GEORGE COLE / ROSEMARY FRANKAU
COLDITZ BBC1 / 28x50m-e / 1972-74 Season One: 19 Oct 72 - 25 Jan 1973 / Season Two: 7 Jan - 1 April 1974 Creator: Brian Degas, Gerard Glaister / Producer: Gerard Glaister Atmospheric and tense stories based on
the true exploits of P.R. Reid and his colleagues who were imprisoned as
P.O.W.'s by the Germans during WWII in the sinister and supposedly inescapable
Colditz Castle (officially known as Oflag IVC). With:- JACK HEDLEY as Lt Col John Preston / EDWARD HARDWICKE as Capt Pat Grant / ROBERT WAGNER as Phil Carrington / DAVID McCALLUM as Flt Lt Simon Carter / BERNARD HEPTON as Kommandant / CHRISTOPHER NEAME as Lt Dick Player / RICHARD HEFFER as Capt Tim Downing / ANTHONY VALENTINE as Maj Horst Mohn
COLD LAZARUS C4/BBC/Whistling Gypsy / 4x75m-e / 1996 26 May - 16 June Writer: Dennis Potter / Producers: Kenith Trodd, Rosemarie Whitman / Director: Renny Rye Scifi drama serial. The second part of the last Dennis Potter work, see Karaoke for more details. A group of scientists in the future working on a top secret project are using the disembodied head of 20th Century writer Daniel Feeld to try and sample memories of that time. Daniel Feeld................................... ALBERT FINNEY Emma Porlock............................... FRANCES DE LA TOUR Fyoder.......................................... CIARAN HINDS David Siltz..................................... HENRY GOODMAN Sandra Sollars............................... SAFFRON BURROWS Mrs Haynes................................... ALISON STEADMAN Arthur 'Pig' Malion.......................... HYWEL BENNETT Nick Belcher................................. RICHARD E. GRANT Ben Baglin.................................... ROY HUDD Martina Masdon............................ DIANE LADD
THE COLD LIGHT BBC 'Sunday Night Theatre' / 1x90m-e / 1956 Writer: Judith Kerr / Story: Carl Zurkmeyer / Producer: Rudolph Cartier Drama. With:- MARIUS GORING
COLD WARRIOR BBC / 6x50m-e / 1984 Creator: Arden Winch / Producer: Gerard Glaister Spy thriller serial. Spymaster Captain Percival faces an intriguing case. The same character also appeared in the serials Blood Money and Skorpion. With:- MICHAEL DENISON as Percival /
LUCY FLEMING as Jo / DAVID SWIFT as Sir William Logie / NEIL STACY / DEAN HARRIS
as Danny
THE COLLECTION BBC / 1x50m-e / 1961 black and white Writer: Harold Pinter / Producer: Peter Willes / Director: Joan Kemp-Welch Drama. An ageing dress designer starts to think his young protégé is having an affair with a pretty boutique owner. With:- JOHN RONANE / VIVIEN MERCHANT
THE COLLECTORS BBC / 6x50m-e / 1985 Creator: Ewart Alexander / Producer: Geraint Morris / Directors: Marc Millar, Keith Washington Crime drama series. Cases of a tough district head Customs and Excise officer. Harry Caines..................................... PETER McENERY
COLONEL MARCH OF SCOTLAND YARD ITV/Sapphire / 26x30m-e / 1956-57 black and white Producer: Hannah Weinstein Crime drama series. Cases of the one eyed Colonel March who worked in the Department of Queer Complaints tackling apparently unsolvable cases. With:- BORIS KARLOFF as Colonel Percival March / EWAN ROBERTS as Inspector March / ERIC POHLMANN as Inspector Gordon
COLOUR BLIND Yorkshire/Tyne Tees/ Festival / 3x60m-e / 1998 December Writer: Gordon Hann / Novel: Catherine Cookson / Producer: Ray Marshall / Music: Alan Parker / Director: Alan Grint Period drama serial. On post world war one Tyneside Irish Catholic Bridget McQueen causes scandal by marrying a black merchant seaman, later their daughter has trouble fitting into society. With:- NIAMH CUSACK as Bridget Peterson / TONY ARMATRADING as Jimmy Paterson / DEARBHLA MOLLOY as Kathie McQueen / WALTER McMONAGLE as Cavan McQueen / IAN EMBLETON as Matt McQueen / JOE CAFFREY as Tony / JOY HARRISON as Eva McQueen / TONY ROHR as Father O'Malley / DAVID TELFER as Dr Davidson
COLOUR ME POP BBC2 / 1967-68 Music. A showcase for big name rock bands of the time including the Hollies, Jethro Tull, Alan Price and The Nice.
THE COLOUR OF JUSTICE BBC2 / 1x120m-e / 1999 21 February Writer/Director: Nicholas Kent / Producer: Simon Curtis Drama. A dramatisation of the inquiry into the death of Stephen Lawrence, based on the actual transcripts and London's Tricycle Theatre's stage production. With:- MICHAEL CULVER as Edmund Lawson QC / JENNY JULES as Margo Boye Anawoma / JEREMY CLYDE as Michael Mansfield QC / MICHAEL STROUD as Jeremy Gompertz QC / TIM WOODWARD as Conor Taafe/Ian Johnston / JAN CHAPPELL as DC Holden / TYRONE DE RIZZIO as Neville Lawrence / YVONNE PASCAL as Doreen Lawrence / JAMES WOOLLEY as Edmund Lawson QC
COME DANCING BBC / 1949-95 Creator: Eric Morley Very long running dance extravaganza in which variously outrageously dressed amateur contestants competed in ballroom dancing events. Presenters have included Brian Johnston, Terry Wogan, Peter Dimmock, Angela Rippon and Rosemarie Ford.
COMEDIANS BBC / 1x95m-e / 1979 Writer: Trevor Griffiths / Director: Richard Eyre Comedy drama. A retired comedian holds a night class for young hopefuls. With:- BILL FRASER / JONATHAN PRYCE
ITV / 6x30m-e / 1995 10 July - 14 Aug Six individual comedy pilots.*=became a series. 1.BARBARA*, 2.SOMETIME NEVER*,3. SARDINES, 4.WAITING, 5.THE SMITHS, 6. NOW WHAT(Sketch show)
COMEDY FOUR Granada / 4x30m-e / 1963 6 June - 27 June Writers: Peter Miller, Barry Took, James Kelly / Producer: Peter Eton / Director: Graeme McDonald Four one off comedies by the same writers but utilising a different cast for each show.1.Tea at the Ritz, 2.Fit For Heroes. 3.Scoop, 4.Home From Home THE COMEDY OF ERRORS BBC / 1967 1 January Writer: William Shakespeare / Producer: Peter Luke / Director: Peter Duguid Shakespeare's comedy. With:- DIANA RIGG as Adriana / DONALD SINDEN as Solinus / JOHN WELSH as Aegeon / IAN RICHARDSON as Antipholos of Epheseus / ALEC McCOWEN as Antipholos of Syracus / CLIFFORD ROSE as Dromio of Syracus / BARRY McGREGOR as Dromio of Syracus / MADOLINE THOMAS as Amelia / JANET SUZMAN as Luciana
BBC / 120x30m-e / 1961-71 Creator: Tom Sloan An umbrella title for a long running series of one off comedies. The shows for 1961 & 1962 were all written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. 28 of the shows actually graduated to full series. *= became a series. All are featured individually. 1961:Cliquot Et Fils/ Lunch in the Park/The Private Lives of Edward Whiteley, 1962:The Offer*(as Steptoe and Son)/The Reunion / The Telephone Call/The Status Symbol/Visiting Day/Sealed With a Loving Kiss/The Channel Swimmer 1963:On the Knocker/Underworld Knights/Fools Rush In/ Shamrot/The Bachelor Girls/The Plan/ A Picture of Innocence/Nicked at the Bottle/The Chars/Comrades In Arms/The Walrus and the Carpenter*/The Bed*(as Meet the Wife) / Have You Read This Notice 1964:The Mate Market/The Hen House/The Siege of Sydney's Street/The Mascot/Good Luck Sir, You've Got a Lucky Face 1965:Barnaby Spoot and the Exploding Whoopee Cushion/ Mother Came Too/Here I Come Whoever I Am/Happy Family/Memoirs of a Chaise Longue/Murray and Me/ Hudd*/Till Death Us Do Part*/The Time and Motion Man/ Sam the Samiraritan/The Vital Spark*(as Para Handy)/ Betsy Mae 1966:The Bishop Rides Again*(as All Gas and Gaiters)/Beggar My Neighbour*/A Little Learning/Judgement Day for Elijah Jones/Room at the Bottom*/The End of the Tunnel/ Seven Year Hitch/The Mallard Imaginaire*(as The Whitehall Worrier)/The Reluctant Romeo* 1967:Hughie/House in a Tree*(as Not in Front of the Children)/ Spanner in the Works/Heirs On A Shoestring/Uncle Fred Flits By/Loitering With Intent/To Lucifer - A Son/ The Old Campaigner* 1968:State of the Union/View By Appointment*(as Wink To Me Only)/The Family of Fred/Stiff Upper Lip/Wild Wild Women*/Thank You Sir, Thank You Madam/ B-and-B*/Me Mammy*/The Gold Watch Club 1969:The Liver Birds*/The Valley Express/Tooth and Claw/ As Good Cooks Go*/The Loves of Larch Hill/The Making of Peregrine/Joint Account 1970:The Jugg Brothers/An Officer and a Gentleman/Who's Your Friend?/Keep 'Em Rolling/Better Than a Man/ Last Tribute*(as Thats Your Funeral)/Haven of Rest/ Mind Your Own Business/The Old Contemptible/Don't Ring Us...We'll Ring You/Meter Maids 1971:Under and Over*/Just Harry and Me(as Now Take My Wife)/Uncle Tulip/It's Awfully Bad For Your Eyes Darling*/The Rough With The Smooth/Equal Partners/The Importance of Being Hairy 1972:Idle at Work/And Whose Side Are You?/Born Every Minute/The Dirtiest Soldier in the World/Weren't You Marcia Honeywell/Are You Being Served* 1973:Last of the Summer Wine*/The Rescue/Elementary My Dear Watson/The Birthday/Marry the Girls/Home From Home 1974:No Strings*/Franklyn and Johnnie/Howerd's History of England/Happy Ever After*/The Dobson Doughnut/ The Big Job*(as Mr Big)/It's Only Me Whoever I Am/ The Last Man On Earth/Sitting Pretty/Pygmalion Smith/ A Girl's Best Friend / The Reverent Wooing Of Archibald
COMEDY PLAYHOUSE ITV / 8x30m-e / 1993 23 Feb - 20 Apr Series of comedy pilots, two of which , The 10%ers and Brighton Belles became series. 1.The 10%ers, 2.Wild Oats, 3.Brighton Belles 4.Stuck on You, 5.Once in a Lifetime, 6.Cut and Run. 7.The Complete Guide to Relationships 8.Sailortown.
COMEDY PREMIERE ATV / 6x30m-e / 1975 7 Aug - 26 Nov Six one off comedies, the fifth was a special episode (the last in fact) of children's series The Kids From 47A. 1.What a Turn Up, 2.For Richer For Poorer 3.Honey, 4.The Truth About Vanity, 5.Home Sweet Home, 6.Milk-O
COMEDY SHOWCASE LWT / 3x30m-e / 1976 13 Aug - 27 Aug Three comedies, the second of which was a special edition of impression based sketch show Who Do You Do. 1.Poppy and Her (became a series as Maggie and Her), 2.Now Who Do You Do? 3.Just Like Me
BBC / 6x30m-e / 1972/77 1972:30 August 1977:5 April - 3 May Six single comedies, 2 of which graduated to full series, these were A Roof Over My Head and Citizen Smith. Michael Bentine's Square World was sketch based.1.No Peace on the Western Front(72), 2.A Roof Over My Head, 3. Citizen Smith, 4.Michael Bentine's Square World, 5.The Boys and Mrs B. 6.Maggie - It's Me.
COME HOME CHARLIE AND FACE THEM London Weekend Television / 3x60m-e / 1990 Writer: Alun Owen / Novel: R.F. Delderfield / Producer: Sue Whatmough / Director: Roger Bamford Period crime drama serial.In a small North Wales town during the 1930's bored bank clerk Charlie Pritchard begins an affair with glamorous Delphine who persuades him to rob his own bank. With:- TOM RADCLIFFE as Charlie Pritchard / JENNIFER CALVERT as Delphine / MOSSIE SMITH as Ida / PETER SALLIS as Ida's Father / SYLVIA KAY as Ida's Mother
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