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GADZOOKS! IT'S ALL HAPPENING

BBC2 / x30m-e / 1965 black and white

A sequel to Beat Room and offering the same kind of fare, top pop acts as well as dance troupe The Beat Girls. Presenters were Alan David and Christine Holmes. The title changed to Gadzooks! It's the In Crowd and later it shortened to just Gadzooks!

THE GALACTIC GARDEN

BBC1 / 1x60m-e / 1985 2 January

Writers: Andrew Sachs, John Downer / Producer/Director: John Downer

Scifi drama documentary. Three quarters of inch high alien Vektor lands on Earth in search of data and soon finds himself being menaced by a variety of common garden creatures.

With:- ANDREW SACHS as Vektor / SARAH NEVILLE as Plasmid / MONA BRUCE as Chimaera / CHRISTIAN RODSKA as Father

GALLOWGLASS

BBC1 / 3x60m-e / 1993

Writer: Jacqueline Holborough / Novel: Barbara Vine / Producer: Phillipa Giles / Director: Tim Fywell

Thriller serial. When Sandor saves the life of Joe it sets in motion a chain of events that leads to the abduction of the beautiful and wealthy Nina.

With:- MICHAEL SHEEN as Joe / PAUL RHYS as Sandor / ARKIE WHITELY as Nina / JOHN McARDLE as Paul Garnet / GARY WALDHORN as Ralph Apsoland / CLAIRE HACKETT as Tilly / NERYS HUGHES as Joe's Mum

THE GALTON AND SIMPSON COMEDY

LWT / 6x30m-e / 1969 19 April - 24 May black and white

Producer: David Askey

An anthology series of one off comedies written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. 1.THE SUIT, 2.FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES, 3.NEVER TALK TO STRANGERS, 4.DON'T DILLY DALLY ON THE WAY, 5.PITY POOR EDIE....MARRIED TO HIM, 6.AN EXTRA BUNCH OF DAFFODILS (see their individual entries for more details.)

THE GALTON AND SIMPSON PLAYHOUSE

Yorkshire / 7x30m-e / 1977

Executive Producer: Duncan Wood

Anthology of one off comedies written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. 1.CAR ALONG THE PASS, 2.SWAP YOU ONE OF THESE FOR ONE OF THOSE, 3.CHEERS, 4.NAUGHT FOR THY COMFORT, 5.VARIATIONS ON A THEME, 6.BIG DEAL AT YORK CITY, 7.I TELL YOU IT'S BURT REYNOLDS, (see their individual entries for more details).

THE GAMBLER

BBC2 / 2x60m-e / 1968

Writer: John Hopkins / Novel: Dostoyevsky / Producer: David Conroy / Director: Michael Ferguson

Period drama serial. A gambling addict quickly ruins himself at the gaming tables.

With:- EDITH EVANS as Grandmamma / PHILIP MADOC / CORIN REDGRAVE / MAURICE ROEVES / John Phillips
Georgina Ward

THE GAMBLERS

Associated-Rediffusion / x50m-e / 1968

Creator: Richard Harris / Executive Producer: Stella Richman

Drama series.

Gertie.................................................. BRENDA BRUCE

Gerald................................................. GEORGE SEWELL

Elsie.................................................... PAULINE JAMESON

THE GAMBLING MAN

Tyne Tees / 3x60m-e / 1994

Writer: Ray Marshall / Novel: Catherine Cookson / Director: Norman Stone

Period drama serial. Rent collector Rory Connor sees a way out of the slums of South Shields in the 1870's by making his fortune on the gaming tables but tragedy awaits him.

Rory Connor..................................... ROBSON GREEN

Charlotte Kean................................. SYLVESTRA LA TOUZEL

Frank Nickle.................................... BERNARD HILL

Victor Pittle..................................... SAMMY JOHNSON

McLean.......................................... RON DONACHIE

Septimus Kean............................... FRANK MILLS

THE GAMEKEEPER

ATV / 1x / 1980

Writer: Barry Hines / Producer: Tony Garnett / Director: Ken Loach

Period drama. Portrait of a gamekeeper.

GAMES

Yorkshire (A Play For Love) / 1x60m-e / 1978 2 April - Sunday 9.30pm

Writer: John Bowen / Design: Roger Andrews / Executive Producer: Peter Willes / Director: John Glenister

Drama. 17 year old Jamie learns a few uncomfortable facts about his parents Donald and Sheila.

With: IAN SHARROCK as Jamie / GEOFFREY PALMER as Donald / BARBARA LEIGH-HUNT as Sheila

GAME SET AND MATCH

Granada / 1x120m-e 12x60m-e / 1988 3 October - 19 December

Writer: John Howlett / Novels: Len Deighton / Producer: Brian Armstrong

Spy drama series. Semi retired secret agent Bernard Samson finds himself back on active service.

Bernard Samson............................... IAN HOLM

Fiona Samson.................................. MEL MARTIN

Gloria Kent....................................... AMANDA DONAHOE

Dicky Cruyes................................... MICHAEL CULVER

David Kimber-Hutchinson.................. PETER VAUGHAN

Henry Tiptree................................... JEREMY CHILD

Silas Gaunt..................................... MICHAEL ALDRIDGE

GANGSTERS

BBC / 1x110m-e 12x50m-e / 1975-78

Writer: Philip Martin / Music: Dave Greenslade / Theme sung by Chris Farlowe / Producer: David Rose

Crime drama series. Former SAS man John Kline is released from prison and soon becomes mixed up in the murky and dangerous underworld of gangland Birmingham. The 110 minute episode was a 1975 Play for Today and the series followed a year later.

With:- MAURICE COLBOURNE as John Kline / AHMED KHALLI as Khan / SAEED JAFFREY as Rafiq / PHILIP MARTIN as Rawlinson / ALIBE PARSONS as Sarah Grant / PAUL BARBER as Malleson / ROBERT LEE as Mr Tang

THE GANGSTER SHOW

BBC2 / 1x105m-e / 1972 7 November

Writer: George Tabori / Play: Bertold Bracht / Music: Carl Davis / Producer: Tony Garnett

Period drama. In mobster ruled Chicago, Arturo Ui (an Hitler lookalike and act alike) rises to prominence.

With:- NICOL WILLIAMSON as Arturo Ui / JILL TOWNSEND / FRANK MIDDLEMASS / SAM WANAMAKER / AL MANCINI

GARDENER'S WORLD

BBC2-Catalyst / x30m-e / 1968-continuing

Weekly gardening series, offering tips and the like, which grew out of a show called Gardening Club. Percy Thrower was host for a long time and then Geoff Hamilton, current host is Alan Titchmarsh. Most years since 1993 there are also weeklong Gardener's World Live broadcast, usually from the Birmingham NEC.

GARRY HALLIDAY

BBC / x30m-e / 1959-62 black and white

Producer: Richard West

Action adventure series. Stories of commercial pilot Garry Halliday and the scrapes he found himself in.

With:- TERENCE LONGDEN as Garry Halliday / TERENCE ALEXANDER / ANN GUDRUN

GAS AND CANDLES

BBC / 1x60m-e / 1991

Writer: Jimmy McGovern / Director: Alvin Rakoff

Drama. A pair of pensioners allow the police to think that an Arab gunman is holding them hostage.

With:- EDNA DORE / MARK LEWIS JONES / LESLIE SANDS / SIMON OATES

GASKIN

1x90m-e / 1983

Director: Alan J.W. Bell

Drama. Graham Gaskin fights to be allowed access to his social services file. Based on a true story.

Graham Gaskin............................... PAUL McGANN

GASLIGHT

BBC / 1x95m-e / 1939 19 May black and white

Writer: Patrick Hamilton / Producer: Lanham Titchener

Period thriller. In Victorian times a husband plots to send his wife insane.

With:- GWEN FRANGCON-DAVIES / MILTON ROSMER / DENNIS ARUNDELL

GASLIGHT

BBC / 1x100m-e / 1947 24 July black and white

Writer: Patrick Hamilton / Producer: Stephen Harrison

Period thriller. A Victorian husband plots to send his wife insane. Previously staged 19 Mar 1939.

With:- CATHERINE LACEY / ANTHONY IRELAND / JENNIFER GRAY / MILTON ROSMER

THE GATE OF EDEN

Yorkshire / 3x60m-e / 1980

Writer: William Corlett

Drama serial. A young boy gradually befriends a grumpy elderly recluse.

With:- MAURICE DENHAM / RICHARD GIBSON

THE GATHERING SEED

BBC / 6x45m-e / 1983

Writer: Jim Allen / Producer: Colin Tucker

Period drama serial. One family's story from the 1920's to the 1950's.

With:- JAMES ELLIS / PAUL COPLEY / CHRISTINE HARGREAVES / DAVID THRELLFALL

THE GATHERING STORM

BBC2 / BBC Films & HBO / 1x90m / 12 July 2002 / 9:00pm

Writer: Hugh Whitemore / Director: Richard Loncraine / Producers: Frank Doelger, David M Thompson

Period drama. The story of the five-year period of Winston Churchill’s life leading up to the second world war when, as an out-of-favour and out-of-power politician, he was a voice alone warning the British people of the dangers of German rearmament.

With:- ALBERT FINNEY as Winston Churchill / VANESSA REDGRAVE as Clementine Churchill / JIM BROADBENT as Desmond Morton / RONNIE BARKER as David Inches / LINUS ROACHE as Ralph Wigram / LENA HEADEY as Ava Wigram / TOM WILKINSON as Sir Robert Vansittart / ANTHONY BROPHY as Brendan Bracken / TOM HIDDLESTON as Randolph Churchill / DEREK JACOBI as Stanley Baldwin / CELIA IMRIE as Mrs P(Violet Pearman) / EDWARD HARDWICKE as Mr Wood

THE GAY CAVALIER

Associated-Rediffusion / 39x30m-e / 1953 black and white

Producer: George King

Period action adventure series. Exploits of dashing cavalier Capt Claude Duval in 17th Century France.

Capt Claude Duval......................... CHRISTIAN MARQUAND

GAZETTE

Yorkshire / 12x60m-e / 1968 (Generally seen Fridays @ 9.00pm)

Creator: Robert Barr / Producer: Terence Williams

Drama series. Stories of the owner of a small Yorkshire newspaper, the character of Hadleigh later garnered his own long running series also called Hadleigh. The paper was actually owned by Hadleigh's father.

With:- GERALD HARPER as James Hadleigh / JON LAURIEMORE as Walters / GILLIAN WRAY as Sue Jackson / MICHAEL BLACKHAM as Bill Spence

GBH

C4-GBH / 7x60m-e / 1991

Writer: Alan Bleasdale / Executive Producer: Verity Lambert / Producers: Alan Bleasdale, David Jones / Design: Martyn Herbert / Costume: Mike O'Neill / Music: Richard Harvey, Elvis Costello

Drama serial. Placid schoolteacher Jim Nelson tangles with the power mad and increasingly deranged council leader Michael Murray when Nelson refuses to bring his staff out on strike. The title actually stands for Great British Holiday of which there are two in the serial. Palin was originally down for the role of Michael Murray.

With:- ROBERT LINDSAY as Michael Murray / MICHAEL PALIN as Jim Nelson / JULIE WALTERS as Mrs Murray / LINDSAY DUNCAN as Barbara Douglas / MICHAEL ANGELIS as Martin Niarchos / TOM GEORGESON as Lou Barnes / DAVID ROSS as Mr Weller / ANDREW SCHOFIELD as Peter / ANNA FREIL as Susan Nelson / WILLIAM GAUNT as Hunningdon / JOHN SHRAPNEL as Dr Jacobs / GARY MAVERS as Billy Thug / ALAN IGBON as Teddy / DEARBHLA MOLLOY as Laura Nelson / EDWARD MALLON as Mark Nelson / HAYLEY FAIRLONG as Jessica Nelson / COLIN DOUGLAS as Frank Twist / PETER ARMITAGE as Mr Burns / JANE DAWSON (aka DANSON) as Eileen Critchley / PHILIP WHITCHURCH as Franky Murray

GEMS

Thames / 100+x30m-e / 1985-88

Creator: Tessa Diamond / Producer: Brenda Ennis

Daytime drama series. Stories of a group of fashion designers based around the Covent Garden area of London.

Alan Stone....................................... CORNELIUS GARRETT

Charles Banks................................. DAVID SAVILLE

Christina Scott................................. ANJELA BELLI

GENERAL HOSPITAL

ATV / 110x30m-e 54x60m-e / 1972-79

Producers: Ian Fordyce, Royston Morley / Theme Music: Derek Scott

Medical drama series. Stories of the staff of a large Midlands hospital. Originally a half hour afternoon show after three years(1975) it was promoted to an evening slot and extended its length to hour long shows. The show reached its 250th episode on 21st March, 1975 and switched to the hour long format on 18 July 1975 (normally seen at 7.30pm).

Cast members included:-

DAVID GARTH as Dr Matthew Armstrong / JAMES KERRY as Dr Martin Baxter / LEWIS JONES as Dr William Parker-Brown / MONICA GREY as Sister Edwards / RONALD LEIGH-HUNT as Dr Robert Thorne / TONY ADAMS as Dr Neville Bywater / LYNDA BELLINGHAM as Nurse Hilda Price / JUDY BUXTON as Nurse Katy Shaw / PEGGY SINCLAIR as Sister Helen Chapman / CARMEN MUNROE as Sister Washington / IAN WHITE as Dr Peter Ridge

THE GENERAL'S DAY

BBC / 1x60m-e / 1973

Writer: William Trevor / Producer: Irene Shubik / Director: John Gorrie

Drama. An elderly General woos a shy school teacher.

With:- ALASTAIR SIM / ANNETTE CROSBIE / DANDY NICHOLS

GENERAL STRIKE REPORT

(ITV) Yorkshire / 10x5m-e / 1976

News. An attempt to put the General Strike in the context of todays news with bulletins etc as if the strike was then currently happening.

THE GENERATIONS

BBC / 1962-63 black and white

Writer: David Mercer / Director: Don Taylor

A trilogy of Mercer plays comprising Where The Difference Begins(1962), A Climate of Fear(1963), and A Private Man(1963). The plays dealt with a young man growing up and coming to terms with life. The character is called Richard Waring in the first play and Colin Waring in the final two plays. the casts included Nigel Stock, Leslie Sands, Barry Foster and Hylda Baker.

GENGHIS COHN

BBC2 / 1x80m-e / 1994

Writer: Stanley Price / Novel: Romain Gary / Producer: Ruth Caleb / Director: Elijah Moshinsky

Period drama. In Post War Germany ex -SS officer Otto Schatz thinks he is going mad when he is haunted by the ghost of Genghis Cohn, a comedian whose death he ordered.

Otto Schatz........................................ ROBERT LINDSAY

Genghis Cohn..................................... ANTONY SHER

Frieda Von Stangel............................. DIANA RIGG

Himself.............................................. JOHN WELLS

Dr Helga Feuchtwanger....................... FRANCES DE LA TOUR

Police Chief....................................... ROBERT LANG

THE GENIUS OF MOZART

BBC2 / 3x60m / started 19 March 2004

Director: James Kent / Executive Producer: Sue Judd

Dramatised scenes tell the story of composer Mozart's life from his earliest years as a travelling child prodigy to his later years to his death at the age of 35. Presented by Charles Hazlewood

With:- JACK TARLTON as Mozart / KENNETH CRANHAM as Mozart's father / CLAIRE SKINNER as Nanneri, Mozart's sister / EMMA CUNNIFFE as Constanze, Mozart's wife

GENTLE FOLK

BBC / 1x90m-e / 1980

Writer: Alexander Baron / Director: Rodney Bennett

Period drama. Just prior to World War One a group of people meet up at a country house.

With:- DENHOLM ELLIOTT / CHRISTOPHER STRAULI

GENTLEMAN JIM

ABC / 1x30m-e / 1967 19 February

Writer: Jimmy Grafton, David Climie / Producer: Peter Dulay

Comedy. Exploits of Squire Jim of Rookham Hall.

With:- JIMMY EDWARDS as Squire Jim / CLIVE DUNN as Jim Bules / ALISON FRAZER / MARION WILSON / EDDIE MALIN / BOB TODD

GENTLEMEN'S RELISH

BBC1-Stock Prod.-Principal Pictures / 1x90m-e / 2001 (Monday 1 January 9.20pm)

Writer: David Nobbs / Novel: Kingdom Swann by Miles Gibson / Producer: Martyn Auty, Sarah Boote / Photography Consultant: Mark Dorman / Costume: James Keast / Music: Julian Nott / Design: Malcolm Thornton / Camera: Gavin Finney / Executive Producers: Geoffrey Perkins, Mike Slee, Jim Reeve / Director: Douglas Mackinnon

Period comedy dram. In Edwardian London, photographer Kingdom Swann begins a series of tastefully nude tableaux scenes, he doesn't know however that his right hand man Cromwell Marsh is selling the pictures as pornography.

With:- BILLY CONNOLLY as Kingdom Swann / SARAH LANCASHIRE as Violet Askey / DOUGLAS HENSHALL as Cromwell Marsh / KATIE BLAKE as Charlotte Crisp / LIZ EWING as Alice Hancock / EMILY HILLIER as Ethel Spooner / NICK STRINGER as Edward Stelbourne / TERESA BANHAM as Jane Davidson / JOHN WARNABY as Gordon Simms/ SIMON CHANDLER as Mr Prestwick / JAMIE BRADLEY as Stanley Gaunt / DOMINIC MAFHAM as Lord Thornycroft / REBECCA JOHNSON as Elder Rosetti / EMMA STANSFIELD as Younger Rossetti / SEANA MONTAGUE as Cleopatra

GENTLEMAN THIEF

BBC1 / 1x60m-e / 24 June 2001 / 9:00pm

EW Hournungs celebrated gentleman thief becomes embroiled in a murder after he steals a giant ruby. Pilot for a proposed series. (Not a faithful literary adaption of the books - it is set in a later time period and there was no sign of Bunny his sidekick - instead a character called Ellis Bride fulfilled this role)

With: NIGEL HAVERS as AJ Raffles / MICHAEL FRENCH as Ellis Bride / MADELEINE WORRALL as Mags

THE GENTLE PEOPLE

BBC / 1949 black and white

Design: James Bould / Producer: Eric Fawcett

Drama set mostly at sea aboard a rickety dinghy.

With:- ABRAHAM SOFAER / ERNEST JAY

THE GENTLE TOUCH

LWT / 56x60m-e / 1980-84

Creator: Terence Feely / Executive Producers: Tony Wharmby, Nick Elliott / Series Advisor: Edwin T. Roach / Theme Music: Roger Webb

Crime drama series. Cases of female Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes, Maggie initially faced hostility from her male counterparts but soon won them over. The character of Maggie Forbes later went on to the series C.A.T.S. EYES.

With:- JILL GASCOINE as D.I. Maggie Forbes / WILLIAM MARLOWE as D.C.I. Russell / PAUL MORIARTY as D.S. Jake Barratt / DEREK THOMPSON as D.S. Jimmy Fenton / BRIAN GWASPARI as D.I. Bob Fenton / NIGEL RATHBONE as Steve Forbes / BERNARD HOLLEY as D.I. Mike Turnbull / MICHAEL GRAHAM COX as D.I. Jack Slater

GERMINAL

BBC / 5x50m-e / 1970 (January to February)

Period drama serial based on the novel by Emile Zola.

With:- ROSEMARY LEACH

GET LOST

ITV Network - Yorkshire / 4x60m-e / 1981

Writer: Alan Plater / Costume Design: Brian Castle / Make Up: Marlene Quinlan / Music: Frank Ricotti / Production Design: Vic Symonds / Executive Producer: David Cunliffe / Producer: Michael Glynn / Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark

Comedy drama serial. A pair of northern schoolteachers, Neville Keaton and Judy Threadgold, get involved in a search for Judy's missing husband. The serial carries clear echoes of Plater's later classic comedy drama series The Beiderbecke Affair.

With:- ALUN ARMSTRONG as Neville Keaton / BRIDGET TURNER as Judy Threadgold / DAVID CALDER as D. S. Tomlin / MICHAEL GOLDIE as Meagan / SHEILA REID as Miss Langley / BRIAN SOUTHWOOD as Jim Threadgold / GWYN GRAY as Mrs Burt

GETTING HURT

BBC2 'Obsessions' / 1x105m-e / 1998

Writer: Andrew Davies / Producer: Gareth Neame / Director: Ben Bolt

Drama. Successful lawyer Charlie Cross begins an intense affair with Viola who just happens to be married to one of his clients.

Charlie Cross................................... CIARAN HINDS

Viola............................................... AMANDA OOMS

Corvin............................................. DAVID HAYMAN

Edgar Bosco................................... NICHOLAS HOPE

Helen Cross.................................... INGRID LACEY

Twine............................................. JOHN HIGGINS

Clare Cross.................................... VICTORIA SHALET

George Saddle............................... JEREMY CHILD

THE GHOSTBUSTERS OF EAST FINCHLEY

BBC2 / 6x30m-e / 1996

Writer: Tony Grounds / Producer: Andre Nolyneaux / Director: Jim Gillespie

Comedy drama series. Kevin and Jackie, a pair of in love teenagers, begin working for the government on tax fraud cases.

Kevin................................................... PAUL REYNOLDS

Jackie................................................. CATHERINE HOLMAN

Grace................................................. JAN FRANCIS

Mr Small............................................. BILL PATERSON

Thane................................................. RAY WINSTONE

Terry................................................... ANTHONY HEAD

Frankie............................................... CHRISTOPHER FULFORD

Howard Heights................................... BRIAN PETTIFER

Stan................................................... JOE MELIA

GHOSTS

Yorkshire / 1x /1977

Period drama based on the play by Henrik Ibsen.

Mrs Alvins............................................ DOROTHY TUTIN

Oswald................................................ BRIAN DEACON

GHOSTS

BBC1 / 6x50m-e / 1995

Producers: Ruth Baumgarten, Andre Molyneaux

An anthology of ghost stories. 1.I'LL BE WAITING, 2.BLOOD AND WATER, 3.MASSAGE, 4.SHADOWY THIRD, 5.THREE MILES UP, 6.THE CHEMISTRY LESSON. See individual entries for more details.

THE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS

Thames / 1x30m-e / 1969

Writer: Talbot Rothwell / Executive Producer: Peter Rogers

Comedy. A Carry on Christmas Special sending up the story of Scrooge.

With:- SID JAMES / HATTIE JACQUES / CHARLES HAWTREY / BERNARD BRESSLAW / FRANKIE HOWERD

GHOST SQUAD

ATV/Rank / 52x60m-e / 1961-64 black and white

Producers: Connery Chappell, Anthony Kearey, Dennis Vance

Crime drama series. The cases of a group of undercover cops who specialised in infiltrating various nefarious gangs in order to bring them to justice. The title was later shortened to GS5.

With:- MICHAEL QUINN as Nick Craig / DONALD WOLFIT as Sir Andrew Wilson / ANGELA BROWNE as Helen Winters / NEIL HALLETT as Tony Miller / CLAIRE NEILSON as Jean Carter / ANTHONY MARLOWE as Geoffrey Stock / RAY BARRETT as Peter Clarke

THE GHOST SQUAD

C4 / 6x60minute episode 1x120minute episode/ started 15 November 2005

Writer: Tom Grieves / Director: Richard Laxton / Producer: Chris Clough

Crime drama series. Amy Harris works is a secret police unit thought by many to have been disbanded years ago. Her job is to go undercover as a regular policewoman rooting out corruption and prejudice amongst the police. This was billed as an 8-part series but in the end the final 2-parts were shown as a combined double length episode.

With:- ELAINE CASSIDY as Amy Harris / EMMA FIELDING as Carole McKay / JONAS ARMSTRONG as Pete Maitland

A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS

BBC / 1971-77

Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark

An anthology series of once yearly Christmas ghost stories.

1.THE STALLS OF BARCHESTER, 2.A WARNING TO THE CURIOUS, 3.LOST HEARTS, 4.THE TREASURE OF ABBOT THOMAS, 5,THE ASH TREE, 6.THE SIGNALMAN, 7.STIGMA, 8.THE ICE HOUSE.

THE GHOST TRAIN

BBC / 1x40m-e / 1937 20 December black and white

Writer: Arnold Ridley / Producer: Jan Bussell

Crime comedy drama. Crooks use a deserted railway station as a cover for their smuggling activities.

With:- JOHN COUNSELL / JOAN LAWSON / DON GEMMELL / LAURA SMITHSON /ARTHUR YOUNG / DAPHNE RIGGS

GHOSTWATCH

BBC1 / 1x95m-e / 1992

Writer: Stephen Volk / Director: Lesley Manning / Producer: Ruth Baumgarten

Spoof drama that purported to be a live broadcast from a supposedly poltergeist stricken council house in Manchester.With(all playing themselves) Michael Parkinson, Craig Charles, Sarah Greene and Mike Smith. The show provoked a flood of complaints with many people thinking the production was real. Also with Colin Stinton, Roger Tebb, Derek Smee, Katherine Stark, Linda Broughton, Mark Lewis and Gillian Bevan

GIDEON'S WAY

ATV / 26x60m-e / 1965 - 66 18 March 1965 - 10 March - 10 May 1966 black and white

Producers: Robert S. Baker, Monty Berman / Music: Edwin Astley / Novels: J.J. Marric (really John Creasey) / Script Supervisor: Harry H. Junkin

Crime drama series. Cases of Scotland Yard Commander George Gideon. For a 1960's British series there was an impressive amount of location filming.

With:- JOHN GREGSON as Cmdr George Gideon / ALEXANDER DAVION as Ch Insp David Keen / DAPHNE ANDERSON as Kate Gideon / IAN ROSSITER as D.C.S. Bell

THE GIFT

BBC1 / 1x90m-e / 1998

Writer: Lucy Gannon / Producer: Alan Horrox / Director: Danny Hiller

Drama. Housewife Lynn discovers she doesn't have long to live and determines to make things as easy for her young daughter as possible.

Lynn................................................... AMANDA BURTON

David.................................................. NEIL DUDGEON

Trevor................................................. TREVOR PEACOCK

Dr Hill................................................ CRISPIN BONHAM-CARTER

Dr Evans............................................ PHILIP WHITCHURCH

Jo..................................................... MONICA DOLAN

GIFTED

ITV1 / 1x120m / 29 October 2003

Writer: Kay Mellor / Director: Douglas MacKinnon / Producer: Pippa Cross

Drama. Sharon meets a star footballer and goes home with him but wakes up the next morning in bed with him with no memory of what happened. She suspects him of drugging and raping her but nothing can be proven because she left it too late for a positive blood test. Sharon's friend Maxine then sets herself up for the same treatment with the footballer in order to get proof of his crimes.

With:- CLAIRE GOOSE as Maxine Norris / CHRISTINE TREMARCO as Sharon Harrison / KENNY DOUGHTY as Jamie Gilliam / KAY MELLOR as Linda Norris / DAVID HAYMAN as Michael Sanderson / JOHN MCARDLE as Steve Moran

A GIFT FROM NEXUS

BBC1 / 1980

Writers: William Mcllvaney, Bill Craig

Drama. When a married man decides to end the affair he has been having , the young girl involved takes it badly and contemplates suicide.

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