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THE FELLOWS

Granada / 13x60m-e / 1967 black and white

Creator: Robin Chapman / Producers: Robin Chapman, Peter Plummer

Crime drama series. Cases of a pair academic crime experts who solve cases from the sanctity of their room in a Cambridge college.

With:- RICHARD VERNON as Oldenshaw / MICHAEL ALDRIDGE as Dimmock / JILL BOOTY as Mr Hollinsczech / JAMES OTTAWAY as Thomas Anthem

FELLOW TOWNSMEN

BBC2 (Wessex Tales) / 1x50 minute episode / 1973 (Wednesday 14 November - 9.00pm )

Writer: Douglas Livingstone / Story: Thomas Hardy / Camera: Peter Bartlett / Design: Barry Newbery / Producer: Irene Shubik / Director: Barry Davis

Period drama. The contrasting fortunes of two men, one unhappily married, the other happily so. Part of the Wessex Tales anthology series that dramatised the works of Thomas Hardy.

With:- KENNETH HAIGH as Barnet / JANE ASHER as Lucy Saville / TERENCE FRISBY as Charles Downe / SUSAN FLEETWOOD as Mrs Barnet / JOHN McKELVEY as Dr Charlson / ANN CURTHOYS as Emily Downe / ROBERT HARTLEY as William / COLIN EDWYN as Fisherman / AMANDA DAVIS as Child / ANTHONY EDWARDS as Boatman / RACHEL DAVIS as Child / KATY BARTLETT as Child

FELLOW TRAVELLER

BBC/BFI/HBO / 1x97m-e / 1989

Writer: Michael Eaton / Director: Philip Saville

Period drama. In the 1950's at the height of the McCarthy witch hunts an American screenwriter arrives in Britain to work on shows such as The Adventures of Robin Hood. He has trouble getting over the suicide of his best friend, a star actor who had also been targeted by the Witch hunts.

With:- RON SILVER / IMOGEN STUBBS / HART BOCHNER / DANIEL J. TRAVANTI / JULIAN FELLOWES / KATHERINE BOROWITZ / JONATHAN HYDE / ALEXANDER HANSON / JOHN LABANOWSKI / BRIONY McROBERTS / PETER COREY / RICHARD WILSON / DOREEN MANTLE / DAVID O'HARA

FEMME FATALE

BBC2 / 1x75m-e / 1992

Writer: Simon Gray / Producer: Kenith Trodd

Comedy drama. The arrival of a beautiful Italian woman has a disturbing effect on the men of a sleepy Devon village.

With:- SOPHIA DIAZ / SIMON CALLOW / COLIN WELLAND / DONALD PLEASANCE

THE FERRYMAN

ITV 'Haunted' / 1x60m-e / 1975

Writer: Julian Bond / Story: Kingsley Amis / Director: John Irwin

Spooky drama. A writer spends a weekend with his wife in a sinister country pub.

With:- JEREMY BRETT as Sheridan Owen / NATASHA PARRY as Alex

FESTIVAL

BBC / 1963-64 black and white

Drama supervisor: Sydney Newman / Producer: Peter Luke

Anthology series of classic plays and literature.

A FEW SHORT JOURNEYS OF THE HEART

BBC2 / 1x60m-e / 1994

Writer: Andrew Davies / Producer: Clive Brill / Director: Paul Tickell

Drama. A middle class writer travelling to London by train allows himself to drift in and out of a fantasy world.

With:- DAVID TROUGHTON as Dore/Cook/Rust / SAIRA TODD as Colette/German Girl/Gisela / BEN CHAPLIN as Tim Bone/Fierce Man / SUSAN FLEETWOOD as Nadia/Marie / SALLY DEXTER as Loretta/Woman/Hairdresser / MICHAEL BYRNE as Old Geezer/German/Blank

FIELDS OF GOLD

BBC1 / 2x90m / 8&9 June 2002 / 9:05pm

Writers: Ronan Bennett, Alan Rusbridger / Director: Bill Anderson / Producer: Liza Marshall

Conspiracy thriller. Lucia, a newspaper photographer, working with Fleet Street hack, Roy Lodge, uncovers a plot involving genetically modified crops while investigating some mysterious deaths at a cottage hospital.

With:- ANNA FRIEL as Lucia Merritt / PHIL DAVIS as Roy Lodge / MAX BEESLEY as Mark Hurst / TONY HAYGARTH as George Hurst / MARK STRONG as Dr Tolkin / RON COOK as Dave McArdle / JAMES FLEET as Alan Buckley / PHYLLIS LOGAN as Rachel Greenlaw / ALPHONSIA EMMANUEL as Karen Delage / JULIE LEGRAND as Deborah Miller

55 DEGREES NORTH

BBC1 / 6x60m / started 6 July 2004

Writer: Timothy Prager / Director: Andy De Emmony / Producer: Jo Wright

DS Nicky Cole is relocated to Newcastle from London and discovers he must prove himself all over again when his superior assigns him to the night shift. NOTE: The title of the series comes from the map reference for Newcastle.

With:- DON GILET as DS Nicky Cole / DERVLA KIRWAN as Claire Maxwell / ANDREW DUNN as Sgt Rick Astel / CHRISTIAN RODSKA as DI Dennis Carter / MARK STOBBART as PC Martin Clark

FILM

BBC1 / x30m-e / 1972-continuing

Long running weekly look at the latest film releases. The title of the show has changed every year starting with Film 72 then Film 73 etc. Irma Kurtz was original host but Barry Norman soon took over and presented until 1998. Jonathan Ross took over from 1999. Barry Norman has also presented the following series on movies and movie stars. 1. THE HOLLYWOOD GREATS (BBC1 / 5x50m-e / 1978 3 - 13 August) / 2. THE BRITISH GREATS (BBC1 / 5x50m-e / 1980 30 July - 31 August) / 3. TALKING PICTURES (BBC1 / 10x50m-e / 1988 25 January - 28 March)

FILM NIGHT

BBC2 / x30m-e / 1969-76

Editor: Rowan Ayers

A look at all aspects of the world of film. The series grew out of Late Night Line Up's film spot - The Film World Past and Present and was presented by Tony Bilbow and Philip Jenkinson.

FINAL DEMAND

BBC1 / 2x90m / 20-21 April 2003

Writer: Deborah Moggach / Director: Tom Vaughan / Producer: Joy Spink

Thriller. Natalie Bingham, a clerk at a large telecommunications company works out a scheme to embezzle cheques sent in by customers paying their bills - but for it to work she must marry a man with a surname starting with the letter T.

With:- TAMZIN OUTHWAITE as Natalie Bingham / LIAM CUNNINGHAM as David Milner / HAZEL ELLERBY as Sandra Milner / DEMELZA RANDALL as Chloe Milner / SIMON PEGG as Colin Taylor / DORIAN HEALY as Philip Tomlinson / MATTHEW CHAMBERS as Kieran Turner

FINGERSMITH

BBC1 / 3x60m / Started 27 March 2005

Book: Sarah Waters / Writer: Peter Ransley / Director: Aisling Walsh / Producer: Georgina Lowe

Period drama set in Victorian times. A crook called Mr Rivers hatches a plan with a young petty criminal (aka a fingersmith) called Sue Trinder. Sue will become the maid of Maud Lilly a woman who lives a sheltered life with her uncle cataloguing old manuscripts and unbeknown to her is heir to a fortune. Sue's task is to help Mr Rivers marry Maud then have her committed to an institution. But as the story progresses it emerges that it is actually Maud and Rivers who are working in partnership to double-cross Sue and in the end it seems everyone has some sort of secret scheme as the layers of the story unfold.

With:- ELAINE CASSIDY as Maud Lilly / SALLY HAWKINS as Sue Trinder / RUPERT EVANS as Rivers / IMELDA STAUNTON as Mrs Sucksby / CHARLES DANCE as Mr Lilly

FIRST COMMUNION DAY

BBC2 / 1x25m / 31 March 2002 / 11:30pm

Writer: Lin Coghlan / Director: John Dower / Producer: Natasha Dack

A drama set in Ireland about a young boy’s relationship with his dying grandmother and feckless mother.

With:- MOYA FARRELLY as Eileen / VAL LILLEY as Granny / BEN HARDING as Brian / PETER HANLY as Priest

THE FIFTEEN STREETS

Tyne Tees-World Wide / 1x120m-e / 1989

Writer: Rob Bettinson / Novel: Catherine Cookson / Costume: Christine Rawlins / Design: Chris Edwards / Music: Colin Towns / Camera: Ken Morgan / Director: David Wheatley

Period drama. In 1910 a docker in the North East of England falls in love with a school teacher whilst his evil brother does his best to ruin his life.

With:- OWEN TEALE as John O'Brien / CLARE HOLMAN as Mary Llewellyn / SEAN BEAN as Dominic O'Brien / IAN BANNEN as Peter Bracken / JANE HORROCKS as Christine Bracken / BILLIE WHITELAW as Beatrice Llewellyn / LESLIE SCHOFIELD as Shane O'Brien / ANNY TOBIN as Mary Ellen O'Brien / BERWICK KALER as Joe Kelly / MARGERY BONE as Nancy Kelly / CHRISTIAN RODSKA as Father Bailey

THE FIGHT AGAINST SLAVERY

BBC / 6x50m-e / 1974

Producer: Christopher Ralling

Period drama serial. Story of how blacks were freed from the tyranny of slavery within the Brfiitsh Empire.

With:- JOHN CASTLE / DINSDALE LANDEN / TERENCE SCULLY / DAVID COLLINGS / RONALD PICKUP / WILLIE JONAH

THE FILE ON JILL HATCH

BBC/Net / 3x60m-e / 1983

Writer: Kenneth Cavander / Director: Alastair Reid

Drama serial. The wartime marriage of a woman to a black G.I. causes problems forty years later.

With:- TIM WOODWARD / PENNY JOHNSON / JOE MORTON / FRANCES TOMELTY

FILIPINA DREAMGIRLS

BBC / 1x100m-e / 1991

Writer: Andrew Davies / Producer: Jacinta Peel / Director: Les Blair

Drama. A Quintet of Welsh men embark on a trip to the Philippines to find themselves mail order brides.

With:- CHARLIE DRAKE as Lionel / BILL MAYNARD as George Trout / DAVID THEWLIS as Tim Shanks / GEOFFREY HUTCHINGS as Carwyn Phillips / LEE CORNES as Preston Scott / ANGIE V. CANTERO as Rosanna / MAJESTY GAERLAN as Arquita

THE FINAL CUT

BBC1 / 4x60m-e / 1995

Writer: Andrew Davies / Producer: Ken Riddington / Director: Mike Vardy

Drama serial. Part 3 of the House of Cards Trilogy, see also House of Cards and To Play the King. Further machinations of devious and sly Prime Minister Francis Urquhart.

With:- IAN RICHARDSON as Francis Urquhart / DIANE FLETCHER as Elizabeth Urquhart / PAUL FREEMAN as Tom Makepeace / ISLA BLAIR as Claire Carlsen / NIKOLAS GRACE as Geoffrey Booza Pitt / DAVID RYALL as Sir Bruce Bullerby / NICK BRIMBLE as Corder / ERIKA HOFFMAN as Princess / SUSANNAH HARKER as Mattie Storin

THE FINAL PASSAGE

C4/Petard/Heartland / 2x90m-e / 1996

Writer: Caryl Phillips / Director: Peter Hall / Music: Mighty Sparrow, Roaring Lion, Lord Kitchener.

Period drama serial. In 1958 a Caribbean couple make the journey to a new life by moving to England.

Michael.............................................. MICHAEL CHERRIE

Leila.................................................. NATASHA ESTELLE WILLIAMS

Milkie................................................ DIANE PARISH

Earl................................................... OSCAR JAMES

Mother.............................................. CARMEN MUNROE

Mary................................................. CAROLYN PICKLES

Vincent............................................. TREVA ETIENNE

THE FINAL QUEST

ITV1 / 1x90m / 27 December 2004

Writer: Douglas Livingstone / Director: David Jason / Producer: David Reynolds

Final part of a trilogy that started with THE QUEST (in 2002), then THE SECOND QUEST (in April 2004). In this instalment the 1960s lads have started a band and meet Annabelle whom they all fancy but she is getting married to a rich and famous pop star.

With:- (Present Day) DAVID JASON as Dave / HYWEL BENNETT as Ronno / ROY HUDD as Charlie / (1960s) GREG FAULKNER as Dave / MAX WROTTESLEY as Ronno / JIM STURGESS as Charlie
And:- RACHAEL STIRLING as Annabelle / STEPHEN MOYER as Danny Duke / JAN HARVEY as present day Annabelle / ANDY MULLIGAN as present day Danny

THE FINAL TEST

BBC / 1x90m-e / 1951 29 July black and white

Writer: Terence Rattigan

Drama. A veteran cricketer faces the prospect of batting in his final test match.

With:- PATRICK BARR / JOHN WITTY / CAMPBELL SINGER / BRIAN JOHNSTON

FINNEY

ITV / 6x60m-e / 1994

Writer: David Kane / Producer: Nigel Stafford Clark

Crime drama series. Finney is the one law abiding member of a criminal family who finds himself having to take the reigns of the family 'business' following the death of his father.

Finney................................................. DAVID MORRISSEY

Tom.................................................... ANDY SERKIS

Lena................................................... MELANIE HILL

Tucker................................................ CLIVE RUSSELL

Carol.................................................. POOKY QUESNAL

Bobo Senior....................................... JOHN WOODVINE

Bobo Junior........................................ CHRIS FAIRBANK

THE FIRECHASERS

ITC / 1x100m-e / 1970

Writer: Philip Levene / Producer: Julian Wintle / Director: Sidney Hayers

Drama. An insurance investigator tries to track down a deadly arsonist.

With:- CHAD EVERETT / KEITH BARRON / RUPERT DAVIES / ROY KINNEAR / JOHN LOADER

THE FIRM

BBC / 1x85m-e / 1989

Director: Alan Clarke

Drama. Estate agent Bex leads a double life as the vicious leader of a gang of football hooligans.

With:- GARY OLDMAN as Bex / LESLEY MANVILLE / PHILIP DAVIS / ANDREW WILDE / CHARLES LAWSON / WILLIAM VANDERPUYE

FIRM FRIENDS

ITV / 10x60m-e / 1993-94

Producer: Deidre Keir

Drama series. Two women, one black the other white, start their own chain of fast food shops.

Rose Gutteridge.............................. BILLIE WHITELAW

Jayshree Kapoor............................. MADHUR JAFFREY

Maggie Coles.................................. MICHELLE HOLMES

John Gutteridge............................... DEREK FOWLDS

Michael Gutteridge.......................... TONY DOYLE

Peter Cresswell.............................. JOHN McARDLE

FIRST AMONG EQUALS

Granada / 13x60m-e / 1986

Novel: Jeffrey Archer / Directors: John Gorrie, Brian Mills, Sarah Harding

Political drama series. The careers of four MP's who all entered Westminster together in 1964.

With:- TOM WILKINSON / DAVID ROBB / JAMES FAULKNER / JEREMY CHILD / DIANA HARDCASTLE / ANITA CAREY / JOANNA DAVID / JANE BOOKER

FIRST AND LAST

BBC / 1x80m-e / 1989

Writer: Michael Frayn / Director: Alan Dosser

Drama. A 64 year old man decides to fulfill a long standing ambition of walking from Land's End to John O'Groats.

With:- JOSS ACKLAND / PAT HEYWOOD / LIONEL JEFFRIES / PATRICIA ROUTLEDGE

FIRST BORN

BBC1 / 3x50m-e / 1988 30 Oct - 13 Nov

Writer: Ted Whitehead / Producer: Sally Head

Fantasy drama serial. Genetic scientist Edward Forester creates a gorilla human hybrid but soon finds events spiraling out of his control.

Edward Forester............................. CHARLES DANCE

Ann Forester.................................. JULIE PEASGOOD

Lancing......................................... PHILIP MADOC

Chris Knott.................................... PETER TILBURY

Nancy Knott.................................. ROSEMARY McHALE

Nell Forrester................................ GABRIELLE ANWAR

Emily Jessop................................ SHARON DUCE

THE FIRST CHURCHILLS

BBC2 / 13x50m-e / 1969

Writer/Producer: Donald Wilson

Period drama serial. Stories of some of the ancestors from Winston Churchill's past.

John Churchill................................... JOHN NEVILLE

Sarah Churchill................................. SUSAN HAMPSHIRE

Sidney Godolphin............................. JOHN STANDING

Charles II......................................... JAMES VILLIERS

Princess Anne................................. MARGARET TYZACK

FIRST KANGAROOS

C4-10 Network-Profile / 1x90m-e / 1987

Writer: Nigel Williams / Director: Frank Cvitanouch / Music: William Motzing / Producer: Moyce Iceton

Period comedy drama. An account of the first Australian rugby tour of England in 1908.

With:- DENNIS WATERMAN / CHRIS HAYWOOD / DOMINIC SWEENEY / PHILLIPA QUAST / TONY MARTIN / NELL SCHOFIELD / CLARISSA KAYE-MASON / KELLY DINGWALL / ANDREW ETTINGSHAUSEN / WAYNE PEARCE

FIRST LADY

BBC / 30x50m-e / 1968-69

Writer: Alan Plater / Producers: David Rose(68), Terence Dudley(69)

Comedy drama series. Stories of no nonsense northern councillor Sarah Danby.

Sarah Danby.................................... THORA HIRD

Will Tarrant...................................... ROBERT KEEGAN

Tom................................................ HENRY KNOWLES

George Kingston.............................. JAMES GROUT

FIRST NIGHT

BBC / 1963-64

An anthology of dramas specially written for television.

FISH

BBC1-Principal Pictures / 6x50m-e / 2000 2 May - 5 June Mostly Tuesdays 9.30pm

Producer: Miriam Segal / Music: Simon Lacey / Design: Andrew Purcell / Script Editor: Jake Ridell / Executive Producers: Mal Young, Sarah Boote / Costume: Lucinda Wright

Drama series. Problems in the life of employment lawyer Jonathan Vishnevski aka 'Fish'.

With:- PAUL McGANN as Jonathan 'Fish' Vishnevski / JEMMA REDGRAVE as Joanna Morgan / MICK FORD as Trevor Morris / JACK STANLEY as Simon Vishnevski / PHILIP VOSS as Ivan Vishnevski / STEPHEN MOORE as Harold Cornice / CAROLINE HARDING as Juliette Vishnevski

THE FISHING PARTY TRILOGY

BBC / 3x75m-e / 1972-74

Writer: Peter Terson / Producer: David Rose

Three comedy dramas about a three Derbyshire miners. 1.THE FISHING PARTY, 2.SHAKESPERE OR BUST, 3.THREE FOR THE FANCY.

FIT FOR HEROES

Granada / 1x30m-e / 1963 13 June - Thursday 7.30pm black and white

Writers: Barry Took, Peter Miller, James Kelly

Comedy. Major Hepplewhite embarks on a battle with the Ministry of Pensions.

With:- DEREK GUYLER as Major Hepplewhite / KENNETH CONNOR as Corporal Rust

500 BUS STOPS

BBC2 / 4x30m-e / 1997 24 June - 15 July Tuesdays 11.15pm

Writer: Graham Fellows / Executive Producer: Peter Symes / Director: Willy Smax

Comedy series. Woeful Casio Keyboard playing 'entertainer' John Shuttleworth embarks on a tour of 'Significant Venues throughout the UK'.

John Shuttleworth............................ GRAHAM FELLOWS

THE FIVE MINUTE FILMS

BBC / 5x5m-e / 1975

Devisor/Director: Mike Leigh / Producer: Tony Garnett

A collection of short five minute playlets which were originally to be shown before the 9 0'Clock News, in the event the quintet were not shown until 1982 as part of a Mike Leigh season. The films were titled 1.The Birth of the 2001 FA Cup Final Goalie, 2.Old Chums, 3.Probation, 4.A Light Snack, 5.Afternoon.The casts included Tim Stern, Richard Griffiths and Rachel Davies.

THE FIVE POUND ORANGE

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

Writer: Donald Churchill / Director: June Howson

Comedy drama. A stamp collector faces a frantic search for a valuable stamp.

With:- PETER BARKWORTH / SARAH BADEL / NATASHA PARRY / BERNARD HORSFALL

FIVE RED HERRINGS

BBC / 4x50m-e / 1976 23 July - 13 August

Writer: Anthony Steven / Producer: Bill Sellars / Director: Robert Tronson

Period crime drama serial. A case for Lord Peter Wimsey.

With:- IAN CARMICHAEL as Lord Peter / GLYN HOUSTON / IAN IRELAND / RUSSELL HUNTER / JOHN JUNKIN

THE FIX

BBC1 / 1x90m-e / 1997

Writer/Director: Paul Greengrass / Producer: Kenith Trodd

Period drama based on a true story. In 1963 muck raking journalist Mike Gabbart joins forces with football reporter to uncover the truth behind allegations of match fixing in English football.

Mike Gabbart................................... STEVE COOGAN

Peter Campling................................ MICHAEL ELPHICK

Tony Kay........................................ JASON ISAACS

Marina Kay..................................... MAGGIE O'NEILL

Gordon........................................... RICKY TOMLINSON

Peter Swann................................... TONY PITTS

Harry Catterick............................... COLIN WELLAND

FLAG FALL

ABC (Armchair Mystery Theatre) / 1x60m-e / 1960 26 June - Sunday 10.00pm black and white

Writer/Director: Royston Morley / Design: Roy Stannard

Thriller. In Sydney Australia a cop investigates a series of murders of taxi drivers. The play was introduced by Donald Pleasance.

With:- PATRICK BARR / MILLICENT MARTIN / MADGE RYAN

FLAMBARDS

Yorkshire / 13x60m-e / 1979

Writer: Alan Plater / Books: K. M. Peyton / Executive Producer: David Cunliffe / Producer:Leonard Lewis

Period drama serial. A young girl is forced to live with her cruel Uncle during World War One.

With:- CHRISTINE McKENNA as Christina Parsons / EDWARD JUDD as Uncle Russell / STEVEN GRIVES as Mark Russell / SEBASTIAN ABINERI as Dick Wright / PETER SETHELEN as Sandy / ALAN PARNABY as William Russell / ROSALIE WILLIAMS as Mary / FRANK MILLS as Fowler / DAVID HUSCROFT as Joe / OLIVE PENDLETON as Aunt Grace / CAROL LEADER as Dorothy

THE FLAME TREES OF THIKA

Thames/Euston / 7x60m-e / 1981 1 September - 13 October

Writer: John Hawkesworth / Novel: Elspeth Huxley

Period drama serial. Young English girl Elspeth adapts to a new way of life in Kenya just before World War One.

With:- HOLLY AIRD as Elspeth / HAYLEY MILLS as Tilly / JOHN NETTLETON as Major Grant / BEN CROSS / SHARON MAUGHAM / DAVID ROBB

FLASHBACK

BBC1 ‘Murder In Mind’ / 1x60m / 23 March 2002 / 9:00pm
Writer: Anthony Horowitz, Stephen Leather / Director: Ferdinand Fairfax / Producer: Paul Knight

Successful barrister, Nicholas Chadwack, plots to kill Angela, his mistress, when she demands money to keep their affair secret. He successfully frames one of his clients with the murder (by planting forensic evidence at the murder scene), whom he then "defends" in court. The story plays out in flashbacks which are presented in reverse chronological order - so we first see the trial, then the method of framing, then the murder, then the development of the motive.

With:- NIGEL HAVERS as Nicholas Chadwick / ART MALIK as Paul Asher / SUSAN GILMORE as Helen Chadwick / PATSY KENSIT as Angela Stephenson

THE FLAXTON BOYS

Yorkshire / 50x30m-e / 1969-72

Producer: Robert D. Cardona

Period drama series. The story of the Flaxton family and Flaxton hall through several generations.

FLESH AND BLOOD

BBC / 10x50m-e / 1980

Writer: John Finch

Drama series. Ups and downs of a powerful north country family.

With:- BILL FRASER / THORA HIRD

FLESH AND BLOOD

BBC2 ‘What’s Your Problem’ / 1x80m / 25 September 2002 / 9:00pm

Writer: Peter Bowker / Director: Julian Farino / Producer: Derek Wax

Joe Broughton who was adopted at birth decides to try and find his natural parents when he himself became a father. He finds his biological parents were mentally disabled and he was conceived in some passionate fumbling and adopted away by a nurse who put herself down as his mother on his birth certificate to keep the matter quiet. Joe meets his parents and tries to incorporate them in his life and have his friends and family accept them. The actors playing Joe’s parents, Harry and Janet, were learning disabled themselves. A drama made as part of a BBC season on disability.

With:- CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON as Joe Broughton / EMMA CUNNIFFE as Cath / BARBARA MARTEN as Barbara / JEAN HEYWOOD as Ethel / STEPHEN GRAHAM as Eddie / PETER KIRBY as Harry / DOROTHY COCKIN as Janet / CONOR RYAN as Phil

FLICKERS

ATV / 6x60m-e / 1981 17 September - 22 October

Writer: Roy Clarke / Producer: Joan Brown / Director: Cyril Coke

Period drama serial. In the early days of the 20th century a group of film pioneers travel the country trying to establish themselves.

With:- BOB HOSKINS as Arnie Cole / FRANCES DE LA TOUR as Maud

FLIGHT

BBC2 / 1x70m-e / 1998

Writer: Tanika Gupta / Producer: Peter Jacques / Director: Alex Pillai

Drama. 17 year old Hindu girl Shika runs away from home after her family discover she has been having an affair with a Muslim boy.

Shikha................................................ MINA ANWAR

Balsa.................................................. ROSHAN SETH

Ma...................................................... SHAHEEN KHAN

Anil..................................................... KULVINDER GHIR

Indrani................................................. MICHELLE KENT

FLIGHT FROM REALITY

ATV / 1x / Monday 13th April 1964

Writer: Leo Lehman / Director: John Hale

Drama.

With:- Leonard Rossiter as Patrick

THE FLIGHT FUND

BBC2 (The Centre Play) / 1x30m-e / 1975 14 July - Monday 9.45pm

Writer: Penelope Gilliatt / Script Editor: Alan Seymour / Design: Jeremy Dear / Producer: Anne Head / Director: Graham Evans

Drama. A married couple, Angie and Tony, visit the husband's Uncle Edward in his Uncle Edwards in his large mansion, called Farnley. Angie soon falls for Uncle Edward and the pair run off together. The title was a literary won by Tony's son Farnley.

With:- JOHN LE MESURIER as Edward / HAROLD BENNETT as Blades / BARBARA FLYNN as Angie / JEREMY CLYDE as Tony / PIERS FLINT-SHIPMAN as Farnley

THE FLIGHT OF THE HERON

ITV / 4x30m-e / 1968 black and white

Director: Alistair Reid

Period drama serial.

With:- JON LAURIMORE / IAN McCULLOCH / DAVID RINTOUL / PATRICK MALAHIDE as Colonel O'Sullivan

THE FLINT STREET NATIVITY

Yorkshire/Antenna / 1x75m-e / 1999 22 December - Wednesday 9.30pm

Writer/Associate Producer: Tim Firth / Music: Debbie Wiseman / Design: Haydn Pearce / Costume: Maxine Brown / Executive Producers: Peter Elias Jones, Paul Spencer / Producer: Peter Elias Jones / Director: Marcus Mortimer

Comedy. A group of seven year olds(all played by adults) rehearse for their school nativity play, soon petty jealousies and power struggles allow matters to get out of hand.

Gabriel............................................... DERVLA KIRWAN

Mary.................................................. JOSIE LAWRENCE

Shepherd........................................... JANE HORROCKS

Herod................................................ FRANK SKINNER

Innkeeper........................................... JOHN THOMSON

Narrator............................................. STEPHEN TOMPKINSON

Wiseman........................................... NEIL MORRISSEY

Wiseman........................................... JULIA SAWALHA

Wiseman........................................... TONY MARSHALL

Ass................................................... MARK ADDY

Angel.................................................MINA ANWAR

Joseph...............................................JASON HUGHES

Mrs Humphries.................................. LYNN HUNTER

Star of Bethlehem.............................. RALF LITTLE

Shepherd.......................................... HYWEL SIMONS

Innkeeper's Wife................................ KERRY JOY STEWART

THE FLIPSIDE OF DOMINICK HYDE

BBC2 / 1x95m-e / 1980 9 December

Writers: Alan Gibson, Jeremy Paul / Costume: Roslaind Ebbutt / Design: Roger Murray Leach / Producer: Chris Cherry / Director: Alan Gibson

Scifi comedy drama. A time traveller from the year 2130 pays a visit to 1980's London and ends up fathering one of his own ancestors. See also Another Flip For Dominick.

With:- PETER FIRTH as Dominick Hyde / CAROLINE LANGRISHE as Jane / PIPPA GUARD as Ava / PATRICK MAGEE as Caleb Line / JEAN TREND as Helda / TIMOTHY DAVIES as Jim / DENIS LAWSON as Felix / KARL HOWMAN as Geoffrey / DAVID GRIFFIN as Carl / TONY MELODY as Harry / MICHAEL CARTER as 1st Youth / PHILIP DAVIS as 2nd Youth / MARK WINGETT as 3rd Youth

FLOATING OFF

BBC1 / 1x65m-e / 1983 (24 August)

Writer: Stephen Davis / Music: Giles Swayne / Camera: Philip Bonham-Carter / Design: Bryan Ellis / Producer: Erika Bond / Director: Nick Renton

Drama. A merchant banker, Jack Humpage, tries to keep a strange deal involving his secretary Janice, from his son.

With:- PETER WOODTHORPE as Jack Humpage / GRAHAM CROWDEN as French / BRENDA BLETHYN as Janice / HUGH DICKSON as Accountant / ROGER DAVIDSON as Randolph / ISABELLE AMYES as Vera / PIERS FLINT-SHIPMAN as Alec / PIP DONAGHY as Eddie / PATSY BYRNE as Lady on Train / LINZI DREW as Dancer / DANNY SCHILLER as Tailor / PETER ALDWYN as Courier / KEN SICKLEN as Taxi Driver

FLOOD Disaster drama Flood looks at what could happen when a massive storm causes major tidal surges and floods London. With millions of lives in the balance marin engineer Rob Morrison, and his father Leonard try to reach Rob ex-wife Sam who also just happens to be a Thames Barrier expert...full story.

FLOODTIDE

Granada / 6x60m-e / 1987

Writer: Roger Marshall / Producer: Steve Hawes / Executive Producer: Richard Everitt

Drama serial. A cocaine run is followed from its inception to its arrival in England.

With:- PHILIP SAYER as Ramsey / GABRIELLE DELLAL

FLOWER OF EVIL

BBC / 6x30minutes / 1961 (11 October - 15 November) black and white

Writer: Ted Willis and Edward J Mason / Producer: Harry Carlisle

Crime thriller serial. Whilst holidaying in Austria with his wife Detective Inspector Mitchell discovers a body in his hotel room and ends up uncovering a plot involving looted treasure stolen by the Nazi's during World War II.

With:- WILLIAM LUCAS as Det Inspector Mitchell / BETTY McDOWELL as Anne Mitchell / ANTHONY NEWLANDS as Doctor Mylanos / AUBREY MORRIS as Otto Schneider / MEREDITH EDWARDS as BEZIRKINSPECTOR WEIDIG / PATRICIA HAINES as Erika / DAVID DAVIES as Chuck Moore / MARSHALL JONES as Voelckers / DAVID JACKSON as Wulf / LANE MEDDICK as Kramer / JAMES BECK as Policeman

FLOWERS OF THE FOREST

BBC2 / 1x90m-e / 1997

Writer: Michael Eaton / Director: Michael Whyte

Drama. A social worker investigates an apparent case of ritual child abuse in a small Scottish Highlands community.

With:- LIA WILLIAMS as Janet Hinton / PAULINE COLLINS as Aileen Matthews / CLIVE RUSSELL as Gordon Weir / GARRICK HAGON as Dr Torrance / MOLLY WEIR as Annie / ANNETTE CROSBIE

FLOYD UNCORKED

Channel Five-Nick Patten Productions / x30m-e / 2003

Producer/Director: Nick Patten

Lifestyle. Keith Floyd and Master of Wine Jonathan Pedley tour France in pursuit of the country’s winning wines.

FLYING IN THE BRANCHES

BBC / 1x80m-e / 1989

Writer: Anna Foderora / Music: Ilona Secakz

Drama. A Czech refugee travels to London to be reunited with her sister.

With:- EDITA BRYCHTA / SUSAN FLEETWOOD / RALPH BATES / MATTHEW MARSH

FLYING LADY

Yorkshire / x50m-e / 1987

Writer: Brian Finch / Music: Peter Skellern

Drama series. After being made redundant a middle aged man uses his pay off to start a limousine hire company.

With:- FRANK WINDSOR / GABRIELLE DAYE / ANNE STALLYBRASS / ANNA LINDUP

THE FLYING SWANN

BBC1 / x45m-e / 1965 black and white

Producer: Harold Clayton

Drama series. Mollie Manning and her daughter run a small hotel by the Thames.

With:- MARGARET LOCKWOOD as Mollie Manning / JULIA LOCKWOOD / WENDY HALL / NERYS HUGHES

FOOD FOR RAVENS

BBC2 / 1x85m-e / 1997

Writer/Director: Trevor Griffiths / Producer: Pedr James, Maggie Russell

Period drama. Aneurin Bevan, one of the key founders of the national health service, looks back over his life.

Nye..................................................... BRIAN COX

Jen..................................................... SINEAD CUSACK

Nehru.................................................. ROSHAN SETH

Jack.................................................... MALCOLM STORRY

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