Memorable TV

UK TV F-3 FOOLING HITLER to FREUD

FOOLING HITLER

ITV1 / 1x90m / 24 October 2004

Writer/Director: Philip Smith / Executive Producer: Charles Brand

Drama documentary showing the story of an unorthodox unit put together during Word War II whose task it was to provide deceptions and hoaxes to disguise the real intentions and strengths of the allied forces in Britain. They built fake aeroplanes and decoy tanks to fool German air reconnaissance; had double-agents feeding back false information; and their coup-de-grâce:- making Hitler believe that the real D-day landings were in fact a diversion to the "real" attack that would come much further along the French coast - thus saving those D-Day troops from the onslaught of Hitler's mighty tank regiment which was waiting to be used. Narrated in-character by Jason Durr.

With:- JASON DURR as Lt Col Strangeways / HOWARD ATTFIELD as Col Turner / ROGER BARCLAY as TA Robertson / RICHARD LINTERN as Bevan / DORIAN HEALY as Barkas / PETER PACEY as Dennis Wheatley / CORAL BEED as Lady Clemens / RICHARD WILLS-COTTON as Douglas Fairbanks Jr

FOOLS GOLD: The Story of the Brinks-Mat Robbery

ITV / 1x120m-e / 1989

Writers: Jeff Pope, Terry Winsor / Producer: Jeff Pope / Director: Terry Winsor 

Thriller crime drama. South London crook Micky McAvoy plans a daring raid on the Brinks-Mat gold bullion warehouse at Heathrow Airport.

With:- SEAN BEAN as Micky McAvoy / TREVOR BYFIELD as Kimpton / LARRY LAMB as Noye / SHARON MAIDEN as Jackie / EVE BLAND as Kathy / BRIAN CROUCHER as Robinson / ROB SPENDLOVE as Coles / JEREMY CHILD as Worth

FOOLS RUSH IN

BBC 'Comedy Playhouse' / 1x30m-e / 1963 12 Oct - Sat 9.30pm

Writers: Vince Powell, Frank Roscoe / Producer: John Ammonds 

Comedy. A retired Major tries to adjust to civilian life. 

Major Humphrey Carlton....................... DERYCK GUYLER

Wilfred................................................ GORDON ROLLINGS

Barney................................................ PATRICK NEWELL

FOOTBALLERS’ WIVES

ITV1 (Shed Productions) / 1x90m-e 24x60m-e / 2002-2004 (First Episode:  8 January 2002 9:00pm)

Producers: Brian Park/Paul Marquess 

Drama about the private lives of professional footballers and their wives. The story concentrates on three main couples and deals mainly with off-the-field activities. One wife is a famous topless model whose career is cut short when she is burnt in an accident; another has caused the club chairman to be in a coma and is hoping he’ll die rather than recover and implicate her; another is looking for her lost son whom she gave away for adoption when she was younger. Following the end of the 3rd series, Tanya Turner, crossed over into the prison drama BAD GIRLS for a three episode stint as an inmate.

With:- NATHAN CONSTANCE as Ian Walmsley / KATHERINE MONAGHAN as Donna Walmsley / CHRISTIAN SOLIMENO as Jason Turner / ZOE LUCKER as Tanya Turner / SUSIE AMY as Chardonnay Lane/Pascoe / GARY LUCY as Kyle Pascoe / GILLIAN TAYLFORTH as Jackie Pascoe / DANIEL SCHUTZMANN as Salvatore Biagi / PHILIP BRETHERTON as Stefan Hauser / MICAIAH DRING as Marie Minshull (season 1) / From season three the cast also included BEN PRICE as Conrad Gates / LAILA ROUASS as Amber Gates / JESSE BIRDSALL as Roger Webb / JAMIE DAVIS as Harley Lawson / SARAH BARRAND as Shannon Donnelly 

FOOTBALLERS' WIVES: EXTRA TIME

ITV3 / 12x30m / Started 26 May 2005

Spin-off series picking up the cliff-hanger endings to the 2005 series of FOOTBALLERS' WIVES and featuring many of the same characters as well as introducing some new ones.

With:- 
GEORGINA MELLOR as Anika Beevor / HELEN LATHAM as Lucy Milligan / TOM SWIRE as Seb Webb / SARAH MATRAVERS as Joly Salter / SARAH BARRAND as Shannon Lawson / FRANCES DE COSTAS as Yasmin Salter / ELAINE GLOVER as Katie Jones / LAILA ROUASS as Amber Gates / TRAVIS OLIVER as Oliver Ryan / NICHOLAS BALL as Garry Ryan / JAMIE DAVIS as Harley Lawson / MASON PHILLIPS as Giles Arrowsmith / BEN RICHARDS as Bruno Milligan 

FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW

ITV1 / 1x120m / 11 September 2005

Writer: Nigel Williams / Director: Richard Spence / Producer: Mark Bentley

True story based on the book by Julie Hill. Julie is a wife and mother who has a terrible car crash and loses the use of her legs. She has to come to terms with her disability and a husband that she fears won't want to stay with her anymore. Then new hope arises when she is chosen to trial a computer based medical procedure that might give her back control of her legs.

With:- CAROLINE QUENTIN as Julie Hill / KEVIN WHATLEY as Kevin Hill / ANNETTE CROSBIE as Julie's mum / BERNARD GALLAGHER as Julie's dad / KERRY FOX as Claire the nurse / ABBY FORD as Becky / AIDAN McARDLE as Seamus

FORCE OF DUTY

BBC (Northern Ireland) / 1992

Director: Pat O' Connor

Tense one off crime drama.

With:- DONAL McCANN / PATRICK MALAHIDE as Chief Inspector Miller Smith

FOR 4 TONIGHT

C4/LWT / 6x30m-e / 1983 1 October - 5 November Saturdays 11.00pm

Writer: Ruby Wax / Producer/Director: Michael Dolenz 

Comedy series. A spoof of a chat show made to look authentic. An uncredited copy of an American show called Fernwood 2 Night.

Tony Royale...................................... GEORGE IRVING

Avril Petrie......................................... RACHEL BELL

FOREIGN EXCHANGE

Cohen-Sangster / 1x75m-e / 1969

Writer: Jimmy Sangster / Director: Roy Baker 

Spy drama. A private detective finds himself drafted into the Secret Service.

With:- ROBERT HORTON / SEBASTIAN CABOT / JILL ST. JOHN / DUDLEY FOSTER

A FOREIGN FIELD

BBC1 / 1x90m-e / 1993

Writer: Roy Clarke / Producers: Martyn Auty, Steve Lanning / Director: Charles Sturridge 

Comedy drama. Two old British ex-servicemen,Amos and Cyril,  pay an emotional visit to France to look at the grave of one of their wartime pals.

Amos................................................... ALEC GUINESS

Cyril..................................................... LEO McKERN

Lisa..................................................... LAUREN BACALL

Angelique............................................ JEANNE MOREAU

Beverly............................................... GERALDINE CHAPLIN

Waldo................................................ JOHN RANDOLPH

Ralph................................................. EDWARD HERRMAN

FOREVER GREEN

LWT/Picture Partnership / 18x60m-e / 1989-92

Producer: Brian Eastman / Executive Producer: Nick Elliot 

Drama series. The Boults decide to move to the country in order to help their daughter Freddy who suffers from a number of urban allergies.

Jack Boult......................................... JOHN ALDERTON

Harriet Boult...................................... PAULINE COLLINS

Freddy Boult..................................... DAISY BATES

Lady Patricia Broughall...................... PAOLA DIONISOTTI

Hilly................................................. WENDY VAN DER PLANK

Tom Boult........................................ NIMER RASHED

FORGIVE AND FORGET

Scottish TV / 1x115m-e / 2000  3 January - Monday 9.00pm

Writer: Mark Burt / Costume: Lucinda Wright / Music: Hal Lindes / Design: Andrew Purcell / Producer: Simon Passmore / Director: Aisling Walsh

Drama. Plasterer David O'Neil(a semi closet homosexual) has to come to terms with his true feelings when his best friend Theo moves in with his new girlfriend Hannah.

David O'Neil........................................ STEVE JOHN SHEPHERD

Theo.................................................. JOHN SIMM

Hannah.............................................. LAURA FRASER

Michael O'Neil.................................... MAURICE ROEVES

Ruth O'Neil........................................ GER RYAN

Judith Adams.................................... MEERA SYAL

Emma.............................................. NIKKI AMUKA-BIRD

Michelle........................................... ANNETTE BENTLEY

Gabby.............................................. ISABELLA MARSH

Carlton............................................. ROGER GRIFFITHS

John................................................ STEPHEN GRAHAM

Paul................................................ HUGGY LEAVER

Alex................................................ CHARLIE DE'ATH

Carol............................................... JUNE PAGE

FORGOTTEN

LWT / 3x60m-e / 1999 15 February - 1 March  Mondays 9.00pm

Writer: Caleb Ranson / Producer: Cameron McAllister / Music: Rob Lane / Design: Anthony Ainsworth / Costume: Sue Thompson / Producer: Cameron McAllister / Director: Ben Bolt

Thriller serial. When a young girl is murdered in an idyllic English village, bookseller Ben Turner, a man with a troubled past, finds himself being set up for the crime by the enigmatic newcomer to the village Rachel Monroe.

Rachel Monroe.................................. AMANDA BURTON

Ben Turner........................................ PAUL McGANN

Natalie Turner................................... ZARA TURNER

Emmy Turner................................... KARIS COPP

Stella Cannon.................................. GERALDINE ALEXANDER

Andrew Cannon............................... CHRISTOPHER VILLIERS

Dexter Alan..................................... IAN HOGG

Oliver Fraser.................................... ADRIAN RAWLINS

Denise Longden.............................. GWYNETH STRONG

THE FORGOTTEN STORY

ITV (HTV) / 6x30m-e / 1983 (9 Jan - 13 Feb | Sundays @ 5.30pm)

Writer: Arden Winch / Executive Producer: Patrick Dromgoole / Novel: Winston Graham / Producer: Martin Schute / Director: John Jacobs 

Period mystery drama serial. In Falmouth during the 1890's 11 year old Anthony is sent from America to live with his Uncle Joe following the death of his gold hunting father, Uncle Joe keeps a seaman's restaurant and Anthony is soon caught up in the lives of the characters who frequent the place.  

With:- John Stratton as Joe Veal / Lila Kaye as Madge / Van Johnson as Perry / George Camiller as Ned / Angharad Rees as Patricia / Alexis Woutas as Anthony / Sarah Jane Bickerton as Fanny

FOR MADDIE WITH LOVE

ATV / x30m-e / 1980-81

Drama series. Afternoon soap opera about a woman with a few months to live.

With:- NYREE DAWN PORTER / IAN HENDRY

FOR PETE'S SAKE 

UK / ITV (Associated-Rediffusion / 15 episodes (first 8 at 15 minutes, final 7 at 20 minutes) / Wed 9 Oct 1957 - Tues 25 Nov 1958

Writers: Dick Vosburgh, Brad Ashton / Directors: Christopher Hudson, Ian Fordyce, John Oxley, Bill Turner

One of the infamous admags that were popular on the ITV Network during its earliest days; The shows were strung around a loose scenario and mainly consisted of product placement ads for various, usually, household products. This one starred husband and wife team Peter Butterworth and Janet Brown as a couple opening their own shop but more often than not parodying other styles such as the wildlife films of Armand and Michaela Denis and gangster movies. Legendary comedy writer Dick Vosburgh was involved in the scripts so there were some funny moments. Usually shown on a fortnightly basis. For more details see the episode guide here. 

FOR RICHER...FOR POORER

BBC1 / 1x30m-e / 1975 25 June - Wednesday 9.25pm

Writer: Johnny Speight / Producer: Dennis Main Wilson 

Comedy. A highly left wing union shop steward dreams of becoming a major politician.

Bert................................................... HARRY H. CORBETT

The Boss........................................... ERIC POHLMANN

Nigel 'The Idle'.................................... DAVID BATTLEY

The Mediator..................................... DON HENDERSON

FOR RICHER FOR POORER

ATV 'Comedy Premiere' / 1x30m-e / 1975  14 August - Thursday 7.00pm

Writer: Jon Watkins / Producer/Director: John Scholz-Conway 

Comedy. Exploits of two young suburban couples neither of whom are particularly well off.

Richard Bunting................................ GEORGE LAYTON

Fiona Bunting................................... SUSAN DRURY

Nigel Benson.................................... IAN OLGILVY

Penelope Benson............................. JANE HOW

FOR SERVICES TO MYSELF

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

Writer: C.P. Taylor / Director: Gordon Flemyng 

Drama. A man looks back over his life as he travels to London to receive an OBE from the Queen.

With:- ALAN DOBIE / JAMES HAZLEDINE

THE FORSYTE SAGA

BBC2 / 26x50m-e / 1967 7 January - 1 July

Creator/Producer: Donald Wilson / Novels: John Galsworthy 

Period drama series. The lives and loves of the Forsyte family between the years 1879 and 1926. A massive success at the time and a clear forerunner of the saga type of shows (Upstairs Downstairs, The Pallisers etc). The Forsyte Saga was also the first serial sold by the BBC to the Soviet Union. ITV (Granada) broadcast a new adaption from April 2002 (see below for details). 

UK Format Video Box Set Available: Forsyte Saga (Video) - Box set

With- KENNETH MORE as Joylon 'Jo' Forsyte / ERIC PORTER as Soames Forsyte / NYREE DAWN PORTER as Irene Forsyte / MARGARET TYZACK as Winifred Forsyte / FAY COMPTON as Ann Forsyte / TERENCE ALEXANDER as Montague Dartie / SUSAN HAMPSHIRE as Fleur Forsyte / URSULA HOWELLS as Frances Forsyte / MARTIN JARVIS as Joylon 'Jon' Forsyte / MICHAEL YORK as Joylon 'Jolly' Forsyte / JOSEPH O'CONOR as Old Joylon

THE FORSYTE SAGA

ITV1 (Granada) / 10x90m / 2002-2003 / 9:00pm

Books: John Galsworthy
Series 1: Dramatised by: Stephen Mallatratt / Director: Christopher Menaul / Producer: Sita Williams
Series 2: Dramatised by: Kate Brooke, Phil Woods / Director: Andy Wilson / Producer: David Boulter

A new dramatisation of John Galsworthy's trilogy of books about the Forsyte family. The first series of 6 episodes in 2002 dramatised the first two books with the events of the final book being told in the 4-part 2003 series. 

With:- IOAN GRUFFUDD as Bosinney / RUPERT GRAVES as Young Jolyon / DAMIEN LEWIS as Soames / GINA MCKEE as Irene / AMANDA OOMS as Helene / SARAH WINMAN as Frances / CORIN REDGRAVE as old Jolyon / ROBERT LANG as Swithin / ALISTAIR PETRIE as George / BEN MILES as Dartie / AMANDA ROOT as Winifred / WENDY CRAIG as Aunt Juley / BARBARA FLYNN as Emily / Emma Griffiths Malin as Fleur (series 2) / LEE WILLIAMS as Jon (series 2)

FOR TEA ON SUNDAY

Twice done David Mercer play. Both versions directed by Don Taylor.

1963:with Keith Baxter, 1978:With Jonathan Pryce

FORTUNES OF WAR

BBC1 / 7x60m-e / 1987 11 October - 22 November

Writer: Alan Plater / Books: Olivia Manning / Producer: Betty Wittingale 

Period drama serial. An academic couple, Guy and Harriet Pringle, spend time in various countries just before and during World War II, including Romania, Egypt and the German front.

Guy Pringle....................................... KENNETH BRANAGH

Harriet Pringle................................... EMMA THOMPSON

Prince Yakimov................................. RONALD PICKUP

Dobson............................................ CHARLES KAY

Edwina............................................ DIANA HARDCASTLE

Simon.............................................. ROBERT GRAVES 

40

C4 / 3x60m / 8-10 April 2003 / 10pm

Writer: Bryan Elsey / Director: David Moore / Producers: Stewart Barlow, Emma Burge

Drama serial. The lives of seven schoolmates, now 40 year olds, are explored in the events leading up to a school reunion organised by one of them.

With:- EDDIE IZZARD as Ralph / HUGO SPEER as Robert / KERRY FOX as Maggie / JOANNE WHALLEY as Jess / VINCENT REGAN as Ken / MARK BENTON as Gregory / NIMMY MARCH as Anita / YASMIN KERR as Amy / AMIRA CASAR as Kristina / CAROLINE CHIKEZIE as Denise / ADIE ALLEN as Joanne

FORTYSOMETHING

ITV1 / 6x60m / started 29 June 2003

Writer: Nigel Williams / Directors: Hugh Laurie, Nic Phillips / Producer: Jo Willett

Comic drama about the fortysomething life of GP Paul Slippery living with wife Estelle, his three sons and two of their girlfriends who are sisters. Hugh Laurie directed some of the episodes himself. Unfortunately it proved a ratings flop and ITV pulled the show from its 9pm Sunday slot after just two episodes and showed the rest of the series at 11pm on Saturdays.

With:- HUGH LAURIE as Dr Paul Slippery / ANNA CHANCELLOR as Estelle Slippery / PETER CAPALDI as Ronnie Pilfrey / BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH as Rory Slippery / NEIL HENRY as Dan Slippery / JOE VAN MOYLAND as Edwin Slippery / SHEILA HANCOCK as Gwendolen / EMMA FERGUSON as Laura Proek / SIOBHAN HEWLETT as Lucy Proek / LOLITA CHAKABARTI as Surinder

FOR WHOM THE BELLS TOLL

BBC2 / 4x45m-e /  1965 2  - 23 October black and white

Writer: Giles Cooper / Novel: Ernest Hemingway / Director: Rex Tucker  

Period drama serial. Idealistic American Robert Jordan takes part in fighting during the Spanish Civil War.

Robert Jordan....................................... JOHN RONANE

Maria................................................... ANN BELL

Pilar.................................................... JOAN MILLER

FORTY WEEKS

Thames / 1x60m-e / 1978

Writer: Stephen Fagan / Director: Waris Hussein 

Drama. A husband is shocked to learn that the baby his wife is expecting is not his.

With:- PAMELA MILES / BARRY JACKSON

THE FOUNDATION

ATV / x60m-e / 1977-79

Producer: John Cooper 

Drama series. After being made a widow Davinia Prince is determined to carry on her tycoon husband's business interests herself.

Davinia Prince...................................... LYNETTE DAVIES

Paul.................................................... ANDREW DOVE

Emma................................................. PATSY KENSIT

Eddie Prince........................................ BERNARD LEE

FOUR DAYS IN JULY

BBC / 1x96m-e / 1985

Devisor/Director: Mike Leigh / Music: Rachel Portman / Costume: Maggie Donnelly / Design: Jim Clay / Producer: Kenith Trodd

Drama. Four days in troubles hit Belfast culminating in the birth of two babies in neighbouring hospital beds - one to a Catholic couple from the falls road, the other to the wife of a soldier in the Ulster Defence Regiment.

Collette............................................. BRID BRENNAN

Eugene............................................. DES McALEER

Lorraine............................................. PAULA HAMILTON

Billy.................................................. CHARLES LAWSON

Big Billy............................................ BRIAN HOGG

Little Billy......................................... ADRIAN GORDON

Dixie................................................ STEPHEN REA

FOUR FATHERS

ITV/Sally Head / 2x60m-e 1x120m-e / 1999 9 - 21 December Thursdays 9.00pm

Writer: Bill Gallagher / Producers: Martyn Auty, Carol Wilks / Music: Alan Clark / Costume: Eileen Hubbell / Design: Peter Wenham / Executive Producer: Sally Head / Director: Dermot Boyd

Drama serial. A quartet of four very different fathers living in a northern town all have life changing experiences in store. The third and final episode was a double length one.

Harry Clancy...................................... TONY DOYLE

Frank Yallop...................................... TOM BELL

Vince Yallop...................................... NEIL DUDGEON

Spud Starkie..................................... STUART McQUARRIE

Nicola Yallop..................................... RUTH GEMMELL

Kathy Starkie.................................... EVA POPE

Linda Clancy..................................... JACQUETTA MAY

Dawn Starkie.................................... KATE LONERGAN

Justine Clancy.................................. EMMA WILLIAMS

Christy Bannan................................. LORRAINE PILKINGTON

Colin Yallop...................................... PETER RYALLS

Danielle Yallop................................. AMY DEMPSEY

Janice Yallop................................... BARBARA YOUNG

THE FOUR FEATHERS

NBC/Trident / 1x96m-e / 1976 

Writer: Gerald DiPego / Novel: A.E.W. Mason / Director: Don Sharp 

Period drama. During the 1880's, after being accused of cowardice, a Briitsh officer goes undercover to prove his true worth.

With:- BEAU BRIDGES / ROBERT POWELL / JANE SEYMOUR / SIMON WARD / HARRY ANDREWS / RICHARD JOHNSON

THE FOUR MINUTE MILE

BBC-ABC-Oliver and Sullivan / 2x90m-e / 1988

Writer: David Williamson / Camera: Ian Warburton, Colin Munn, John Deeble / Design: Tracy Watt, Don Taylor / Music: Richard Hartley / Producers: Pom Oliver, Errol Sullivan / Executive Producers: Ross Dimsey, Graham Massey / Director: Jim Goddard

Period drama serial. The fascinating race during the 1950's between five athletes, Roger Bannister and Chris Chataway (from the UK), Finland's Denis Johansson, the USA's Wes Santee and John Landry from Australia all striving to become the first man to run a mile in under four minutes, with Roger bannister, of course, becoming the first to do so.

With:- RICHARD HUW as Roger Bannister / NIQUE NEEDLES as John Landry / ADRIAN RAWLINGS as Chris Chataway / JOHN PHILBIN as Wes Santee / LEWIS FITZGERALD as Denis Johansson / MICHAEL YORK as Franz Stampfl / TRACY MANN as Jill Webster / GENEVIEVE PICOT as Marjorie Jackson / CHARLES 'BUD' TINGWELL as Sandy Duncan / ADRIAN DUNBAR as Norris McWhirter / RICHARD WILSON as Harold Abrahams / ROBERT BURBAGE as Christopher Brasher / MARK PARNELL as Don MacMillan    

FOUR OF HEARTS

Associated-Rediffusion / 4x60m-e / 1965 black and white

Executive Producer: Anthony Kearey

Four unlinked plays about relationships with Patrick Wymark starring in each. 

THE FOURTH ARM

BBC / 12x50m-e / 1983

Creator: John Fraser, Gerard Glaister / Producer: Gerard Glaister 

Wartime drama series. Exploits of a group of undercover operatives during the Second World War.

With:- PAUL SHELLEY / PHILIP LATHAM 

THE FOUR JUST MEN

Sapphire/ATV / 39x30m-e / 1959-60 black and white

Executive Producer: Hannah Weinstein / Characters: Edgar Wallace / Producers: Sidney Cole, Jud Kinberg  

Crime drama series. Years later a group of wartime colleagues get together to form a crime busting syndicate. The stars rotated the leads and normally appeared on their own.

With:- JACK HAWKINS as Ben Manfred MP / DAN DAILEY as Tim Collier / RICHARD CONTE as Jeff Ryder / VITTORIO DE SICA as Ricco Poccari / HONOR BLACKMAN as Nicole / JUNE THORBURN as Vicky / LISA GASTONI as Giulka

THE FOUR SEASONS OF ROSIE CARR

BBC / 4x60m-e / 1964 4 - 25 July black and white

Writer: Ted Willis 

Quartet of dramas. The various stages of one woman's life from Edwardian times to the 1950's.

Rosie Carr(1)........................................ JUNE BARRY

Rosie Carr(2-4)..................................... JANE HYLTON

Frank.................................................. JAMES BOLAM

Tommo ............................................... KENNETH J. WARREN

THE FOURTH ARM

BBC1 / 12x50 minute episodes / 1983 (7 Jan - 25 March)

Producer: Gerard Glaister

Wartime drama series set in 1944 and following one set of soldiers as they train to destroy a Nazi V1 bomb zone. 

With:- PAUL SHELLEY as Major Gallagher / PHILIP LATHAM as Colonel Gwillim / NEIL STACEY as Lt-Colonel Squires / ROY BOYD as Lamboit "Ferdy" / ANGELA CHEYNE as Birkett "Hirondelle"

THE FOURTH FLOOR

Thames-Euston / 3x60m-e / 1986 (14 - 16 April)

Writer: Ian Kennedy Martin / Script Executive: Linda Agran / Producer: Ian Toynton / Executive Producer: Johnny Goodman, Lloyd Shirley

Crime drama serial. A pair of detectives set out to bring down an accountant who is heavily involved with the bad guys.

With:- CHRISTOPHER FULFORD as Detective John Miller / RICHARD GRAHAM as Detective Jim Collis / KENNETH HAIG as Payne / BRIAN COX as Detective Chief Superintendent Haldane / DERRICK O'CONNOR as Hanley / GEOFFREY WHITEHEAD as Monroe   

FOX

Thames/Euston / 13x60m-e / 1980

Writer: Trevor Preston / Executive Producer: Verity Lambert / Producer: Graham Benson 

Drama series. Fox is about the ageing Billy Fox and the powerful grip he holds over his large family of five sons and their associated offspring, an example of the Thames/Euston location filmed drama at it's best. At it's heart Fox is concerned with The Family and has a great soundtrack with "cockney geezer" songs (with lyrics by series creator Trevor Preston) that help drive home certain points about the characters. Available on DVD read the review here. 

Billy Fox............................................ PETER VAUGHAN

Connie Fox........................................ ELIZABETH SPRIGGS

Kenny Fox......................................... RAY WINSTONE

Vin Fox............................................. BERNARD HILL

Joey Fox........................................... LARRY LAMB

Ray Fox............................................ DERRICK O'CONNOR

Phil Fox............................................ EAMON BOLAND

Renie Fox......................................... ROSEMARY MARTIN 

FOYLE’S WAR

ITV1 / 12x120m / 2002-2004 started 27 October 2002

Writer/Creator: Anthony Horowitz / Producer: Jill Green

Period crime drama series. Set in 1940 in the Hastings area during the Second World War, DCS Christopher Foyle investigates crimes. He is aided by Paul Milner, invalided out of the services, and his female army driver Samantha Stewart. Available on DVD read the review here. 

With:- MICHAEL KITCHEN as Christopher Foyle / ANTHONY HOWELL as Paul Milner / HONEYSUCKLE WEEKS as Samantha Stewart

THE FRAGILE HEART

C4 / 3x60m-e / 1996

Writer: Paula Milne / Producer: Brian Eastman / Director: Patrick Lau 

Drama serial. Heart Surgeon Edgar Pascoe is asked to travel to China in order to perform a secret operation on a high ranking government official there.

Edgar Pascoe................................... NIGEL HAWTHORNE

Lileth............................................... DEARBHLA MOLLOY

Nicola Pascoe.................................. HELEN McCRORY

Wan Pu........................................... PAO HAN LIN

FRAMED

ITV / 4x60m-e / 1992

Writer: Lynda La Plante / Producer: Guy Slater / Director: Geoffrey Sax 

Crime drama serial. Whilst on holiday in Spain Cop Lawrence Jackson sees on the run supergrass Eddie Myers and determines to bring him to justice.

With:- TIMOTHY DALTON as Eddie Myers / DAVID MORRISSEY as DS Lawrence Jackson / TIMOTHY WEST as DCI Jimmy   McKinnes / ANNABELLE APSION as Susan Jackson / ROWENA KING as Charlotte Lampton 

FRANCES TUESDAY

ITV1 / 2x90m / 4-5 October 2004

Writer: Nick Collins / Director: Jon Sen / Producer: Malcolm Craddock

Crime drama. Frances West works as a company accountant for her boyfriend Lucas Pilgrim. She discovers he is secretly a vicious criminal who murders people who get in his way. She testifies against him and in return the police fake her death and give her a new identity. She even undergoes plastic surgery to alter her very appearance and has to give up for adoption the young daughter she shares with Lucas. But when Lucas is released early for turning informant he seeks custody of the daughter and she has to come out of hiding.

With:- TAMZIN OUTHWAITE s Frances West / DOUGLAS HENSHALL as Lucas Pilgrim / LENNIE JAMES as Trent / BETH GODDARD as Bishop / FRASER AYERS as Terry Birch

THE FRANCHISE AFFAIR

BBC1 / 6x30m-e / 1988

Writer: James Andrew Hall / Novel: Josephine Tey / Director: Leonard Lewis

Period drama serial. In the 1950's a young teenage girl accuses a woman and her elderly mother of kidnapping her and keeping her as a skivvy, solicitor Robert Blair helps to prove their innocence.

With:- PATRICK MALAHIDE as Robert Blair / ROSALIE CRUTCHLEY / JOANNA McCALLUM / ALEX JENNINGS 

FRANCIS STORM INVESTIGATES

ITV Network (ATV) / 5x30m-e / 1960 (broadcast: 8 March - 5 April) black and white

Creator: Peter Elliott Hayes / Director: Grahame Turner

Crime drama series about the exploits of private detective Francis Storm.

With:- BRIAN WORTH as Francis Storm / WILLIAM SIMONS as Robin / ROBIN WENTWORTH as Sgt Pilcher

FRANKENSTEIN:THE TRUE STORY

Universal / 1x200m-e / 1973

Writers: Christopher Isherwood, Don Bachardy / Director: Jack Smight 

Period horror. Overlong version of Mary Shelley's simple tale of a mad scientist attempting to unravel the secret of re-animation.

With:- JAMES MASON / LEONARD WHITING / DAVID McCALLUM / JANE SEYMOUR / NICOLA PAGETT / TOM BAKER / RALPH RICHARDSON / JOHN GIELGUD

FRANKENSTEIN

Yorkshire / 1x120m-e / 1984

Writer/Director: Victor Gialanella / Novel: Mary Shelley 

Horror drama. A none too faithful adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel of the mad professor and the creature he makes.

With:- DAVID WARNER as The Monster / ROBERT POWELL as Victor Frankenstein / CARRIE FISHER as Elisabeth / JOHN GIELGUD as De Lacey / SUSAN WOOLDRIDGE / EDWARD JUDD

FRANKENSTEIN'S BABY

BBC / 1x75m-e / 1990

Writer: Emma Tennant / Producer: Ruth Baumgarten / Director: Robert Bierman 

Comedy fantasy drama. A husband visits the fertility clinic of Dr Eva Frankenstein with his wife and later is shocked to discover himself pregnant.

With:- NIGEL PLANER as Paul Hocking / KATE BUFFREY as Jane Bligh / YVONNE BRYCELAND as Dr Frankenstein / SIAN THOMAS as Judith Cole / GILLIAN RAINE as Mrs Bligh / WILLIAM ARMSTRONG as Rick Cole

FRANKIE HOWERD

BBC1 / 12x30m-e / 1965-66 black and white 

Writers: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson / Producer: Duncan Wood 

Comedy series. A mixture of stand up comedy and sitcom as Frankie Howerd related to his audience his latest calamity etc. The show then cut to a sitcom telling of Frankie's story.

With:- FRANKIE HOWERD as Himself

FRANKIE HOWERD IN...

BBC / 2x30m-e / 1958-59

Producer: Eric Miller 

Two one off comedies featuring Frankie Howerd, see separate entries for more details.

1.PITY POOR FRANCIS / 2.SHAKESPEARE WITHOUT TEARS

FRANKIE'S HOUSE

ABC-Anglia-Roadshow Coote and Carroll / 2x120m-e / 1992

Writer: Andy Armitage / Book: Page after Page by Tim Page / Camera: Ross Berryman / Design: Murray Picknett / Costume: David Rowe / Music: Jeff Beck, Jeff Leiber / Producers: Matt Carroll, Eric Fellner / Director: Peter Fisk

Period drama serial. Tim Page and Sean Flynn (son of Errol) work as photographers during the Vietnam War and their pictures prove to be a shock for the people at home.

With:- IAIN GLEN as Tim Page / KEVIN DILLON as Sean Flynn / STEVE VIDLER as Steve Cutler / STEPHEN DILLANE as Anthony Strickland / ALAN DAVID LEE as Martin Stuart-Fox / ALEXANDRA FOWLER as Kate Richards / CAROLINE CARR as Danielle Charasse / TOD BOYCE as John Steinbeck / NICHOLAS HAMMOND as Major Frey / MARILYN ALLEN as Mrs Page / STEVE BASTONI as G I Jarvis / DONALD BATTEE as Chu Lai Marine Sergeant / BETTY BOBBIT as Surgeon

FRANKLY HOWERD

BBC / 6x30m-e / 1959 1 May - 5 June Fridays 7.30pm

Writers: Reuben Ship and an uncredited  Phil Sharp / Producer: Harry Carlisle 

Comedy series. Episodes in the life of Frankie Howerd 'ala' Tony Hancock. The series stemmed from a previous collaboration between Howerd, Ship and Sharp called Frankie Howerd In Shakespeare Without Tears.

Frankie.............................................. FRANKIE HOWERD

Fred Thompson................................. SIDNEY VIVIAN

Gladys Thompson............................. HELEN JESSOP

FRANKLYN AND JOHNNIE

BBC1 'Comedy Playhouse' / 1x30m-e / 1974 23 April - Tuesday 8.30pm

Writer: Richard Waring / Producer: Graeme Muir 

Comedy. Two old rivals decide to make up at the funeral of a friend.

Franklyn Sims.................................. GEOFFREY BAYLDON

Johnnie Wetherby............................. RONNIE BARKER

Mr Mawson...................................... RICHARD HURNDALL

Dora Phillips.................................... JOYCE HERON

Bernard Watson............................... SYDNEY BROMLEY

FRANK STUBBS PROMOTES

Carlton / 16x60m-e / 1993-94

Creator: Simon Nye / Theme Music: Bryan May / Titles: Bob Cosford / Producer: Hilary Bevan Jones / Executive Producers: Charles Armitage, Robert Banks Stewart

Drama series. Ticket tout Frank Stubbs is determined to go 'legit' as a proper promoter. Season two called Frank Stubbs.

Frank Stubbs..................................... TIMOTHY SPALL

Petra Dillon........................................ LESLEY SHARP

Dawn Dillon....................................... DANIELLA WESTBROOK

Archie Nash...................................... TREVOR COOPER

Dave Giddings................................... NICK REDING

Diane Stubbs.................................... HAZEL ELLERBY

Blick(93)........................................... ROY MARSDEN

FRAUD SQUAD

ATV / 26x60m-e / 1969-70 (Season One: 20 May - 12 August 69 / Season 2: 19 September - 12 December 70)

Creator: Ivor Jay / Producers: Robert D. Cardona, Nicholas Palmer 

Crime drama series. Cases of Detective Inspector Gamble and Detective Sergeant Vicky Hicks working for Scotland Yard's Fraud Squad.

D.I. Gamble....................................... PATRICK O'CONNELL

D.S. Vicky Hicks.............................. JOANNA VAN GYSEGHEM

Supt Proud........................................ RALPH NOSSEK

FREDERICK FORSYTH PRESENTS

FFS/LWT / x120m-e / 1989-90

Creator: Frederick Forsyth / Writer: Murray Smith 

Anthology series of spy dramas concerning the exploits of MI6. The lead roles were mainly taken by American stars, the likes of Beau Bridges etc.

THE FREE FRENCHMAN

Central / 6x60m-e / 1989

Writer: Ted Whitehead / Music: Richard Hartley / Costume: Barbara Kidd / Producer: Chris Burt / Director: Jim Goddard

Wartime drama serial. During World War II Frenchman Bertrand de Rouay gets involved with the résistance.

Bertrand de Rouay............................. DEREK DE LINT

Madelaine Bonnet.............................. CORRINNE DACLA

Major Trent........................................ BARRY FOSTER

Jenny Trent....................................... BEATIE EDNEY

A FREE WEEKEND

ATV / 1x60m-e / Broadcast Friday 26 October 1962 @ 9.45pm

Writer: Anne Piper / Director: John Hale 

Drama. Laura's plans for a romantic weekend in Paris with her husband do not turn out quite as anticipated.

With:- MOYRA FRASER as Laura / JOHN STRATTON as Harry / FRANCESCA ANNIS / GEORGINA COOKSON / RICHARD VERNON

FREEZING 

BBC Four and BBC Two - 39 Steps Ltd / 3x30 minutes / 2007 - 2008

Writer: James Wood / Opening Theme: Chant It Like A Mantra by The Man / Costume Design: Jackie Vernon / Production Design: Sam Clark-Hall / Director: Simon Curtis 

First seen as a 30 minute pilot on BBC Four in 2007 as part of their Tight Spot season, Freezing then became a three part series the following year with the first episode being a re-run of the pilot. Matt is a forty-something publisher who has just been re-trenched whilst his wife is American actress Elizabeth whose career is no longer on the rise. 

Incredibly funny (Tom Hollander's agent Leon is a brilliant, already legendary character)  with some superb casting that included guest appearances from the likes of Joely Richardson, Ruth Wilson, Tim McInnerny, Anthony Head, Stephen Frears, James Fox, Alex Kingston and Lindsay Posner.

cast
HUGH BONNEVILLE as Matt / ELIZABETH McGOVERN as Elizabeth / TOM HOLLANDER as Leon / RUTH WILSON as Alison / BEN MILES as Stephen 

FREUD

BBC2 / 6x60m-e / 1984  14 September - 19 October

Writer: Carey Harrison / Producer: John Purdie / Director: Moira Armstrong 

Drama. The philosophical life and times of psychoanalyst Dr Sigmund Freud.

With:- DAVID SUCHET as Sigmund Freud / ALISON KEY as Anna Freud / SUZANNE BERTISH as Minna / MICHAEL PENNINGTON as Jung / MICHAEL KITCHEN as Ernst Von Fleischel-Marxow

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