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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

CODENAME

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

Brian Wicklow is a disturbed serial killer serving a life sentence. He has refused to say where the body of his final victim is buried but now 15 years later has decided to talk. But he will only reveal the information cryptically in his own way as he plays a game of cat and mouse with the police.

With:- JEMMA REDGRAVE as Eve Granger / JOHN HANNAH as Jake Osbourne / MATTHEW KELLY as Brian Wicklow / PATRICK DRURY as Tom Welburn

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

COLD FEET

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 - 
Fay Ripley returned for the final episode.

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).
As much screen time was given to the Germans especially the Kommandant played by Bernard Hepton and Major Mohn played by Anthony Valentine. Flying the flag for the allies were Robert Wagner and David McCallum, in charge of the interests of the allies was Lt Col Preston.
Made with heavy US investment in the form of a co-production deal with Universal - hence the appearance of Robert Wagner. The series came to a natural conclusion after two seasons with the inmates being liberated by the advancing allies in 1945.

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

COMEDY FIRSTS

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  

COMEDY PLAYHOUSE

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

COMEDY SPECIAL

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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