UK TV - FRENCHMAN'S CREEK TO FUTURE CAST
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FRENCHMAN'S CREEK
ITV / 1x120m-e / 1998 28 December
Writer: Patrick Harbinson / Novel: Daphne Du Maurier / Producer: Hilary Heath / Director: Ferdinand Fairfax
Period drama. 17th century noblewoman Lady Dona St Columbo returns home to Cornwall from London society and becomes involved with dashing French mercenary Jean Aubrey.
With:- TARA FITZGERALD as Lady Dona St Columbo / ANTHONY DELON as Jean Aubrey / TIM DUTTON as Lord Rockingham / JAMES FLEET as Sir Henry / RUPERT VANSITTART as Lord Godolphin / DANNY WEBB as William / RICHARD BONEHILL as Guillaime / JEREMY CHILD as Lord Feversham / EMMA NIVEN as Lucy
FRIEDA
BBC / 1x90m-e / 1946 7 July black and white
Writer: Ronald Miller / Producer: Harold Clayton
Drama. An RAF officer shocks his family by returning home from the war with a German wife.
Frieda.............................................. VALERIE WHITE
Robert Dawson................................. JACK ALLEN
Mrs Dawson..................................... BARBARA EVEREST
FRIEDA
BBC / 1948 24 October black and white
Producer: Harold Clayton
Drama. RAF officer Robert Dawson shocks his family by returning from the war with a German wife.
Frieda............................................ MOIRA LISTER
Robert Dawson............................... DEREK BOND
Richard Mansfield........................... ALBERT LIEVEN
THE FRIENDLY PERSUADERS
ATV / 1x90m-e / 1969 23 June black and white
Writer: Paul Wheelers / Design: Michael Bailey / Executive Producer: Cecil Clarke / Director: John Sichel
Scifi drama. An alien race arrive on Earth painting an idyllic picture of their world but one Whitehall sceptic is not so convinced.
With:- EDWARD JUDD as Steven Leach / GRANT TAYLOR as Sir Terence Norrington / JOE MELIA as Michael Donnell / JULIAN CURRY as Adrian Collingwood / LIBBY GLEN as Sue Long / JONATHON NEWTH as Bernard Webb / STELLA TANNER as Madame Alex / MILTON JOHNS as John Frisby
FRIENDS IN SPACE
ATV 'ITV Playhouse' / 1x60m-e / 1980 5 March
Writers: Ray Hassett, John Ratzenberger / Design: Stanley Mills / Producer: June Roberts / Director: Robert Chetwin
Scifi comedy. A group of UFO freaks attend a special meeting at the top secret hideaway of Professor Rex Thornton.
Reg G.X. Thornton.............................. ROBERT STEPHENS
Don Saddler...................................... NEVILLE SMITH
Tom Phillips...................................... JOHN RATZENBERGER
Susan.............................................. ELEANOR BRON
Mr Babcock..................................... TERENCE RIGBY
Esther Babcock ............................... PAT HEYWOOD
FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS
BBC / 6x30m-e / 1954 27 January - 7 April Wednesdays 8.15pm Shown Fortnightly
Writers: Sid Colin, Talbot Rothwell / Producer: Bill Ward
Sitcom. Stories of two married couples living next door to each other in a converted Victorian house.
George Bird...................................... PETER BUTTERWORTH
Constance Bird................................ JANET BROWN
Arthur Honeybee.............................. BENNY LEE
Maisie Honeybee............................. AVRIL ANGERS
FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES
LWT 'Galton & Simpson Comedy' / 1x30m-e / 1969 26 April - Saturday 7.30pm
Writers: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson / Producer/Director: David Askey
Comedy. A middle aged balding fat man is granted a wish to be young again.
George Gosling................................... BOB MONKHOUSE
Joyce................................................. PATRICIA HAYES
Ist Angel............................................ FRANK WILLIAMS
2nd Angel.......................................... ARTHUR ENGLISH
3rd Angel........................................... RICHARD O'SULLIVAN
THE FRIGHTENERS
LWT / 13x30m-e / 1972-73
Producer: Paul Knight
Anthology series of half hour suspense stories about ordinary people threatened by situations out of their control.
THE FROBISHER GAME
Thames (Armchair Theatre) / 1969 6 January - MOnday 8.30pm
Writer: David Perry / Design: Eddie Wolfran / Director: Patrick Dromgoole
Drama. With their masters away the servants of a large country house decide to play.
With:- BILL FRASER / PETER GRAVES / AVICE LANDON / VANESSA LEE / DANDY NICHOLS / RICHARD PEARSON
FRONTEIR
Thames / 8x60m-e / 1968
Executive Producer: Lloyd Shirley / Producer: Michael Chapman
Period drama series. Stories of a group of soldiers stationed in India in the 1880's.
With:- GARY BOND as Lt Russell / PAUL EDDINGTON as Hamilton Lovelace / JULIAN HERRINGTON as Captain Sinclair / MARK ELWES as Lt Anderson / PAUL DARROW as Captain Hume / FULTON MACKAY as Adjutant / ROGER MUTTON as Lt Judd / JOHN PHILLIPS as Lt Col Whitley / PATRICK O'CONNELL as Colour Sgt O'Brien / JAMES MAXWELL as Capt Stoughton / LEWIS FIANDER as Lt The Viscount Corbridge / THOMAS HEATHCOTE as Colour Sgt Donaldson / WILF CARR as Private Higgs / MICHAEL HARBOUR as Private Foley / CLIFFORD COX as Corporal / ROGER ROWLAND as Sgt Peters / MATTHEW ROBERTSON as Private Thomson / GARETH HUNT as Private Kitson
FRONTIERS
ITV / 1x90m-e 5x60m-e / 1996
Creators: Stephen Poliakoff, Sandy Welch / Producer: Therese Pickard
Crime drama series. Two special crime squads find themselves at odds when they are forced to work together.
Supt Jarratt....................................... PETER HOWITT
Supt Kirsten..................................... KEVIN McNALLY
D.S. Eddie Spader............................ HYWEL BENNETT
D.S. Danny Curtis............................. PHILIP GLENISTER
D.I. Louise Raynor............................ CLARE HOLMAN
D.C.I. Adrian Jackson....................... SIMON KUNZ
FRONT PAGE STORY
ATV / x60m-e / 1965
Producer: Rex Firkin
Drama series. Stories of the reporters on national newspaper The Daily Globe.
With:- RODDY McMILLAN as Alec Ritchie / JOHN BENNETT as Ray Bascombe / DEREK GODFREY / PATRICK MOWER / DEREK NEWARK / HARRY TOWB
THE FRONT PAGE
BBC / 1x90m-e / 1948 15 August black and white
Writers: Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur / Producer: Joel O'Brien
Comedy. A pair of wisecracking journalists decide to shelter an on the run murderer because they believe he is innocent.
Hildy Johnson.................................. SID JAMES
Walter Burns................................... HENRY GILBERT
Diamond Louie................................ IVAN LANDER
Molly Molloy................................... MARJORIE GORDON
Woodenshoes Eich-horn.................. MICHAEL BALFOUR
FRONT SEAT
ITV 'Ruth Rendell Mysteries' / 1x60m-e / 1997
Producer: Neil Zeiger
Thriller. Returning to their hometown an elderly couple find themselves involved in solving a murder.
Cecily Branksome.............................. JANET SUZMAN
Hugh Branksome............................... EDWARD HARDWICKE
Arnold Cottle..................................... RICHARD JOHNSON
Mrs Jones......................................... JOYCE REDMAN
FROST IN MAY
BBC / 2x90m-e / 1982
Writer: Gerald Seymour / Novel: Antonia White / Producer: Anne Head / Director: Ronald Wilson
Period drama. A young girl grows up during the second world war.
With:- PATSY KENSIT / ELIZABETH SPRIGGS / DANIEL DAY LEWIS / CHARLES DANCE
THE FRUIT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BOWL
ITV (ATV) / 1x60m-e / Thursday 8th August 1963
Writer: Ilona Ference / Story: Ray Bradbury / Director: John Hale
Thriller about a ruthless murderer.
With:- LEONARD ROSSITER as William Acton
FULL THROTTLE
BBC1 'Heroes and Villains' / 1x50m-e / 1995
Writer: Kit Hesketh-Harvey / Director: Mark Chapman
Period drama. The true story of 1920's motor racing ace Sir Henry 'Tim' Burkin.
Tim................................................... ROWAN ATKINSON
Sir Stanley Birkin............................... GEOFFREY PALMER
W.O. Bentley.................................... GAVIN RICHARDS
Michael Burn..................................... CRISPIN BONHAM CARTER
Billy Rockall...................................... KEN KITSON
FUNERAL GAMES
Yorkshire (A Playhouse presentation) / 1x60m-e / 1968 (26 August - Monday 9.00pm) black and white
Writer: Joe Orton / Design: Mary Pea / Executive Producer: Peter Willies / Director: James Ormerod
Comedy drama. Religious cult leader Pringle (head of the Brotherhood) calls in a private investigator after receiving letters saying his wife has been having an affair but the Private Detective, Caulfield, learns his wife has more than love on her mind...
With:- MICHAEL DENISON as Pringle / IAN McSHANE as Caulfield / BILL FRASER as McCorquodale / VIVIEN MERCHANT as Tessa / RICHARD McNESS as Ist Man
FUNLAND
BBC2 / 1x60m, 10x30m / started 14 May 2006 (previously shown on BBC3)
Writers: Simon Ashdown, Jeremy Dyson / Director: Dearbhla Walsh / Producer: Sanne Wohlenberg
Thriller serial with very black comedy overtones. Set in Blackpool and centred around a family whose matriarchal figure Mercy Woolf runs a lap-dancing club. Shirley Woolf is the son who hates his mother's interfering ways and wants to branch off on his own. Carter Krantz is a young man who arrives in town looking for the truth about his mother. Dudley and Lola Sutton are a married couple on holiday who get embroiled in the family's affairs when Lola has to perform in the club to pay off her husband's gambling debts.
cast
DANNY MAYS as Carter Krantz / JUDY PARFITT as Mercy Woolf / IAN PULESTON-DAVIES as Shirley Woolf / FRANCES BARBER as Connie Woolf / EMILY ASTON as Ruby Woolf / KRIS MARSHALL as Dudley Sutton / SARAH SMART as Lola Sutton / BETH CORDINGLY as Vienna Keen
FUNNY MAN
Thames / 13x60m-e / 1980
Creators: Jimmy Jewell, Brian Thompson / Producer: Peter Duguid
Period drama series. Stories of a music hall family during the 1920's and 1930's.
With:- JIMMY JEWEL / BARRIE INGHAM / BOB TODD
FUNNY NOISES WITH THEIR MOUTHS
BBC 'First Night' / October 1963 / black and white
By: Alan Sharp
Drama. A man just out of the army has a relationship with a love-lorn teacher.
With:- MICHAEL CAINE as Johnny Bradley / IAN McSHANE as Max / CAROLINE MORTIMER
as Ruth
THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF OLIVER TWIST
ATV / 13x30m-e / 1980
Writer: David Butler / Executive Producer: David Reid / Producer: Ian Fordyce
Period drama serial. A sequel to the Charles Dickens novel telling what became of Fagin and the rest.
Oliver Twist........................................ DANIEL MURRAY
Fagin................................................ DAVID SWIFT
Dodger.............................................. JOHN FOWLER
THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF THE MUSKETEERS
BBC / 16x25m-e / 1967 black and white
Writer: Alexander Baron / Producer: William Sterling / Directors: Hugh David and Chris Barry. Peter Diamond handled the swordfights.
Period drama serial. A sequel to The Three Musketeers. More derring do with the Musketeers in 17th Century France.
With:- JOSS ACKLAND as D'Artagnan / JOHN WOODVINE as Aramis / BRIAN BLESSED as Porthos / JEREMY YOUNG as Athos / LOUIS SELWIN as Louis XIV
Channel Four - Stone City / 3x60m-e / 2000 / 20 - 30 April
Producers: Bryn Higgins, Hal Vogel
A trilogy of scifi dramas set in the year 2012 all dealing with interactive television and the consequences their in. 1.KIDNAP, 2. THE KING OF CHAOS, 3.NEWBORN. The King of Chaos was actually a repeat of a drama previously seen in the Equinox science strand, follow the link for details of that transmission.
