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An indepth guide to pretty much every UK show ever seen on TV, all entries include cast and crew details as well as running times, plot details, when it was on, what it was about and more besides. Simply click on the links below to access the information, UK sitcoms and UK Comedy are treated separately in their own sections. 

G2 - THE GINGER TREE to A GOOD THIEF  
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THE GINGER TREE

BBC2-NHK Japan-WGBH Boston  / 4x60m-e / 1989  26 November - 17 December

Writer: Christopher Hampton / Novel: Oswald Wynd / Music: Dominic Muldowney / Producer: Tim Ironside Wood / Executive Producers: Alan Shallcross(BBC),  Naonori Kawamura (NHK)  Directors: Anthony Garner (BBC), Morimasa Matsumoto (NHK)   

Period drama serial. Mary Mckenzie moves to Manchuria at the turn of the 20th Century and has trouble adjusting to her new way of life, she later causes scandal by having an affair with Japanese soldier Count Kurihama 

With:- SAMANTHA BOND as Mary McKenzie / DAISUKE RYU as Count Kentaro Kurihama / JOANNA McCALLUM / CECILE PAOLI / NICHOLAS FARRELL / FUMI DAN

 

THE GIRL

Tyne Tees / 3x60m-e / 1996

Writer: Gordon Hann / Novel: Catherine Cookson / Producer: Ray Marshall / Director: David Wheatley 

Period drama serial. In the 1860's wealthy Matthew Thornton courts scandal by taking in his illegitimate daughter to raise with his other children.

With:- SIOBHAN FLYNN as Hannah Boyle / MALCOLM STODDARD as Matthew Thornton / JONATHAN CAKE as Ned Ridley / JILL BAKER as Anne Thornton / SUSAN JAMESON as Mrs Loam 

 

GIRL IN A BLACK BIKINI

UK / ITV / 5x30 minute episodes / 1970

Thriller serial about the complications that arise when Peter Jarrett implicates his girlfriend Kathy Sheridan, a barristers daughter, in a drug scandal and murder. For more details see the Episode Guide.

With: - ANGELA SCOULAR as Kathy Sheridan / JOHN BARRON as Franci Haeger / JEAN HARVEY as Grace Haeger / JOHN CARSON as Robert Sheridan / GLYN HOUSTON / JOHN CATER 

 

THE GIRL IN THE CAFÉ

BBC1 / 1x90m / 25 June 2005

Writer: Richard Curtis / Director: David Yates / Producer: Hilary Bevan Jones

Romantic comedy drama. Lawrence is a mild-mannered hard-working civil servant working as an aide to the chancellor in the run-up to an important G8 summit meeting. In a rare lunch break he shares a table in a café with a girl and they get talking and on an impulse he invites her to go with him to Reykjavik for the summit. But as his guest she proves to be quietly outspoken and makes things uncomfortable for the powerful men at the summit by asking some awkward questions.

With:- BILL NIGHY as Lawrence / KELLY MACDONALD as Gina / KEN STOTT as Chancellor / CORIN REDGRAVE as Prime Minister

 

THE GIRL OF SLENDER MEANS

BBC2 / 3x50m-e / 1975

Writer: Ken Taylor / Director: Moira Armstrong 

Period drama serial. In 1945 a chubby girl staying at a boarding house finds herself missing out in the love stakes.

With:- MIRIAM MARGOYLES

 

THE GIRL ON THE M1

Thames (Armchair Theatre) / 1971 21 September - Tuesday 9.00pm

Writer: Katy Gardiner / Design: Stan Woodward / Director: Peter Duguid

Drama. A 'lorry driver groupie' decides to start a new life.

With:- SHARON DUCE as Veronica / RODDY McMILLAN / TERENCE RIGBY 

 

A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND

BBC1 (Comedy Playhouse) / 1x30m-e / 1974    3 July  - Wednesday 9.55pm

Writer: Donald Churchill / Producer: John Howard Davies

Comedy. Divorcee Audrey Dalton learns she is going out with the same man as her daughter.

With:- ZENA WALKER as Audrey Dalton / CAROLYN COURAGE as Lynn Dalton/ REGINALD MARSH as Arnold  / DAVID KNIGHT as Jack Shepherd

 

GIRLS NIGHT

Granada / 1x120m-e / 1999 14 April - Wednesday 9.00pm

Writer: Kay Mellor / Director: Nick Hurram 

Drama. When factory worker Jackie wins a fortune at Bingo she takes her cancer stricken friend Dawn on a trip to Las Vegas. Originally made for TV in 1997 but then given a cinema release in 1999 before receiving it's TV premiere 1999.

With:- BRENDA BLETHYN as Dawn Wilkinson / JULIE WALTERS as Jackie Simpson / KRIS KRISTOFFERSON as Cody / GEORGE COSTIGAN as Steve Wilkinson / JAMES GADDAS as Paul / PHILIP JACKSON as Dave Simpson / SUE CLEAVER as Rita / MEERA SYAL as Carmen

 

THE GIRL WHO LOVED ROBOTS

BBC 'The Wednesday Play' / 1x75m-e / 1965 20 October  black and white 

Writer: Peter Everitt / Producer: James MacTaggart / Director: Brian Parker 

Scifi drama. In the future a detective investigates the brutal murder of a nightclub hostess.

With:- ISOBEL BLACK as  Victory / NORMAN RODWAY as Cage / DUDLEY FOSTER as Antrobus / MICHAEL GOUGH as Doctor / GEORGE BETTON as Toms / GEOFF HINSLIFF as Gogel

 

GIVE AND TAKE

Associated-Rediffusion / 1x60m-e / 1968  black and whites 

Writer: Julia Jones / Producer: Tim Aspinall / Director: Marc Miller  

Drama. A wealthy woman embarks on a search for love.

With:- BRENDA BRUCE / GEORGE SEWELL / PAULINE JAMESON / SUSAN JAMESON

 

GIVE US A BREAK

BBC / 1x90m-e  x50m-e / 1983

Writer: Geoff McQueen / Producer: Terence Williams 

Comedy drama series. Eastend wideboy Mickey Noades discovers snooker sensation Mo and sees him as his ticket to the big time.

Micky Noades....................................... ROBERT LINDSAY

Mo........................................................ PAUL McGANN

Tina...................................................... SHIRIN TAYLOR

 

GIVE US A KISS CHRISTABEL

BBC2 / 1x / 1977

Writer: Alan Plater / Director: Peter Farrell 

Romantic comedy about a pair of would be young lovers.

With:- JAN FRANCIS / DENNIS WATERMAN

 

GIVING TONGUE

BBC2 / 1x90m-e / 1997

Writer: Emma Fortune / Producer: Colin Ludlow / Director: Stefan Schwartz 

Drama. Promising Labour MP Jessie Fielding finds events from her past threatening to ruin her career.

Jessie Fielding.................................... CLARE HOLMAN

Barb Gale........................................... CHARLOTTE COLMAN

Will Shaker......................................... MICHAEL ANGELIS

Pollin.................................................. WARREN CLARKE

Lord Jessop........................................ JOHN BIRD

Hilda Jacobs....................................... JANE LAPOTAIRE

Duncan............................................... PETER CAPALDI

Chief Executive................................... JOHN FORTUNE

Lord Chancellor .................................. JOHN ABINERI

 

GLASGOW KISS

BBC1-Wall to Wall / 6x50m-e / 2000 Tuesdays 9.30pm 25 July - 29 August

Producer: Jane Featherstone / Costume: Rhona Russell / Music: Adrian Johnston / Design: Jacqueline Smith / Camera: Walter McGill / Executive producers: Jane Harris, Gina Cronk

Romantic drama serial. In Glasgow thjirty something sports journalist Stuart begins a relationship with management consultant Cara.

With:- IAIN GLEN as Stuart Morrison / SHARON SMALL as Cara Rossi / ROBERT GREENHALGH as Denis Morrison / RUTH MILLAR as Jess Rossi / GORDON KENNEDY as Ewan Somerville / CAROLINE GUTHRI as Kirsty McNeil / JAMES LARKIN as Nick Simpson / GABRIEL QUIGLEY as Mel McGrath / NEIL McKINVEN as Dominic Demarco

 

THE GLASS

ITV / 6x60m-e / First Episode: 27 May 2001
Writer: Chris Lang

A family saga of two generations of double-glazing salesmen. 

With:- JOHN THAW as Jim Procter / JOE McFADDEN / SARAH LANCASHIRE
 

 

THE GLASS VIRGIN

Tyne Tees / 3x60m-e / 1994

Writer: Alan Seymour / Novel: Catherine Cookson / Director: Sarah Hellings 

Period drama serial. In the latter part of the 19th Century, Annabella discovers her mother used to be a prostitute.

Annabella.......................................... EMILY MORTIMER

Edmund La Grange............................ NIGEL HAVERS

Manuel Mendoza............................... BRENDAN COYLE

Rosina ............................................ CHRISTINE KAVANAGH

 

GLENCANNON

Gross-Krasne/Silleman/ NTA / 39x30m-e / 14 Sep 1960 - 6 July 1961 black and white

Writers: Basil Dawson, John Toureen, Ian Dallas. / Stories: Guy Fitzpatrick / Executive Producer: Donald Hyde / Director: John Knight

Comedy series. The exploits of a chief engineer working on a tramp steamer. An English-American co-production.

Glencannon....................................... THOMAS MITCHELL

Bosun Hughes................................... PATRICK ALLEN

Captain Ball...................................... CHARLES CARSON

Cookie ............................................ GEORGIE WOOD

Sparks............................................. PETER COLLINGWOOD

Mr Montgomery................................. BARRY KEEGAN

Mr Macintosh.................................... KERRY JORDAN

John Castle...................................... JOHN BARRON





 

THE GLITTERING PRIZES

BBC2 / 6x75m-e / 1976 21 January - 25 February

Writer: Frederic Raphael / Producer: Mark Shivas / Directors: Waris Hussein, Robert Knights 

Period drama serial. The lives of a group of Cambridge graduates from the fifties to the present day(1976 as was).

With:- TOM CONTI as Adam Morris / BARBARA KELLERMAN as Barbara Morris / LEONARD SACHS as Lionel Morris / MALCOLM STODDARD as Dan Bradley / ANNA CARTERET as Barbara Ransome / MARK WING-DAVEY as Mike Clode / DINSDALE LANDEN as Gavin Pope / ERIC PORTER as Stephen Taylor / CLIVE MERRISON as Bill Bourne

 

THE GLORY BOYS

Yorkshire / 3x60m-e / 1984 1-3 October

Writer: Gerald Seymour / Producer: Michael Gwynn / Director: Michael Ferguson / Executive Producer: David Cunliffe

Thriller serial. An IRA thug and an Arab terrorist combine to try an assassinate an Israeli scientist who is visiting London.

With:- ROD STEIGER as Sokorev / ANTHONY PERKINS as Jimmy / ALFRED BURKE as Jones / JOANNA LUMLEY as Helen / SHEILA ALLEN as Mrs Sokarev / ROBERT LANG as Fairclough / GARY BROWN as Famy / AARON HARRIS as McCoy / ANTHONY STEEL as Director General / IAIN CUTHBERTSON as Minister / ALAN MacNAUGHTON

 

GMTV

ITV / x205m-e / 199? (Daily from 6am)

ITV's breakfast television show broadcast daily with the usual mixture of news and features. Took over the slot when TV-AM lost its franchise. Presenters have included Eamonn Holmes, Fiona Phillips, Penny Smith, Ross Kelly, Anthea Turner and Lorraine Kelly.

 

GOBBLE

BBC1/Hatrick / 1x90m-e / 1996

Writers: Ian Hislop, Nick Newman / Director: Jimmy Mulville 

Comedy. Right before Christmas Britain finds itself with an outbreak of Mad Turkey Disease on it's hands. Originally scheduled for Christmas 1996 the show was eventually shown in June 1997.

Colin Worsfold.................................. KEVIN WHATELY

Waterboard Chairman....................... WARREN CLARKE

Claire Worsfold................................. PIPPA GUARD

Treasury Boss.................................. SELINA CADELL

Fat Bloke......................................... HOWARD LEW LEWIS

 

GOD ROT TUNBRIDGE WELLS

C4/Ladbroke / 1x120m-e / 1985

Writer: John Osborne / Producer/Director: Tony Palmer 

Period drama. The life of composer George Frederic Handel.

Handel............................................... TREVOR HOWARD

 

GOGGLE EYES

BBC/Friday / 4x50m-e / 1993

Writer: Deborah Moggach / Director: Carol Wiseman 

Drama serial. A pair of young daughters take against the new man in their divorcee Mum's life.

With:- LESLEY MANVILLE / ALUN ARMSTRONG / HONEYSUCKLE WEEKS / THORA HIRD

 

GOING GENTLY

 

GOING, GOING, GONE...FREE?

BBC1 / 1x30m-e / 1975 9 July - Wednesday 9.25pm

Writer: Carla Lane / Producer: Gareth Gwenlan 

Comedy. A divorcee looks forward to being single again.

Jen...................................................... PAULINE YATES

Molly................................................... BERYL COOKE

Mark.................................................... PETER DUNCAN

Mrs Dean............................................. MADGE RYAN

Ralph................................................... GEOFFREY PALMER

 

GOING OUT

C4/Southern / 6x30m-e / 1982

Writer: Phil Redmond / Producer/Director: Colin Nutley 

Drama serial. Stories of a group of school leavers as they struggle to find their way in the world.

Sammy.............................................. PERRY BENSON

Roger................................................. ANDREW PAUL

Sean.................................................. MARCUS FRANCIS

Gerry.................................................. LINDA ROBSON

Cathy................................................. MICHELLE WINSTANLEY

Dikey.................................................. PETER HUGO-DALEY

Arty Jackson....................................... GERARD KELLY

 

GOING WRONG

ITYV-Meridian-United-Blue Heaven / 3x60m-e / 1998

Writer: Julian Bond / Story: Ruth Rendell / Music: Brian Bennett / Costume Design: Rita Angell / Production Design: Christine Ruscoe / Producer: Neil Zeiger / Director: Matthew Evans 

Thriller serial. When Guy and Leonora's relationship comes to an end it threatens to boil over into tragedy. Guy and Leonara had met at school and whilst Leonara was from a wealthy background for a time she found herself drifting into a life of crime with Guy, later as adults Guy is unable to let go and events come to a head when Leonara reveals she is going to get married.  

An entry in the Ruth Rendell Mysteries series, this was quite a strong thriller that at times was spoiled by some risible flashbacks to the leads as teenagers. 

cast 
JAMES CALLIS as Guy Curran / JOSEPHINE BUTLER as Leonora Chisholm / INDAY BA as Celeste Seton / RICK WARDEN as William Newton / DANIEL CALTAGIRONE as Danny Danilo / SARA KESTELMAN as Tessa Mandeville

 

THE GOLDEN BOWL

BBC / 6x45m-e / 1972

Writer: Jack Pulman / Novel: Henry James / Producer: Martin Lisemore / Director: James Cellan Jones 

Period drama serial. The much younger wife of an American millionaire art collector falls in love with his daughter's husband.

DANIEL MASSEY as Prince Amerigo / CYRIL CUSACK as Bob Assingham / GAYLE HUNNICUT as Charlotte / BARRY MORSE as Adam Verver / JILL TOWNSEND as Maggie / KATHLEEN BYRON as Fanny / HENRY GOODMAN as Secretary / DONALD GRAY as Sir John Brinder  

 

THE GOLDEN HOUR

ITV1 / 4x90m / started 14 September 2005

Writer: Andrew Rattenbury / Director: Tim Leandro / Producer: Jonathan Young

Drama series. Tales of a Helicopter Emergency Medical Team. The Golden Hour is that first critical hour after a person sustains an injury in which their life is more likely to be saved. Regular on-screen clocks remind the viewer how much time has passed and flashback sequences show us the events that led up to the incident of the story and the personal lives of the four-person team.

With:- RICHARD ARMITAGE as Dr Alec Track / NAVIN CHOWDHRY as Dr Naz Osbourne / ZOE TELFORD as Dr Jane Cameron / CIARÁN McMENAMIN as Dr Paul Keane / CHLOE HOWMAN as PC Rowena Banks

 

THE GOLDEN YEAR

BBC / 1x / 1951 black and white

Writers: Jack Hulbert, Barry Baker 

Musical comedy.

 

GOLDENEYE

Anglia / 1x100m-e / 1989

Writer: Reg Gadney / Music: Michael Berkeley / Director: Don Boyd 

Period spy drama. Early days of James Bond creator Ian Fleming especially his intelligence work during the 1940's and fifties.

With:- CHARLES DANCE as Ian Fleming /  PHYLLIS LOGAN / PATRICK RYECART / RICHARD GRIFFITHS / LYNSEY BAXTER / MARSHA FITZALAN

 

THE GOLDEN VISION

BBC / 1x75m-e / 1968 black and white

Writer: Neville Smith, Gordon Honeycombe / Producer: Tony Garnett / Director: Ken Loach  

Drama. Story concerning a group of football fans. 

With:- KEN JONES

 

THE GOLD ROBBERS

LWT / 13x50m-e / 1969

Creator/Producer: John Hawkesworth 

Crime drama series. Detective Chief Superintendant Craddock leads the hunt when five and a half million pounds in gold bullion is stolen.

Craddock.......................................... PETER VAUGHAN

Insp Tomkins.................................... MICHAEL WYNNE

Det Sgt Toms.................................... ARTRO MORRIS

 

THE GOLD WATCH CLUB

BBC1 'Comedy Playhouse' / 1x30m-e / 1968 28 June - Friday 8.20pm

Writer: Richard Waring / Producer: Graeme Muir 

Comedy. Edward Wilkins is looking forward to his retirement but things don't turn out as planned.

Edward Wilkins................................. DENNIS PRICE

Sarah Wilkins................................... AVICE LANDON

Brown.............................................. PETER BAYLISS

Poulson........................................... DEREK WARING

Cartwright........................................ BOB TODD

 

GONE TO THE DOGS

Central /  6x60m-e / 1991

Writer: Tony Grounds / Idea: James Warrior, Bob Hescott / Music: The Gutter Bros. / Script Editor: Tim Whitby / Costume: Sue Yelland / Design: Rod Strutfield

Comedy drama series. Working class Jim Morley is determined to train a champion greyhound and beat his great rival Larry.

Jim Morley........................................... JIM BROADBENT

Larry.................................................... WARREN CLARKE

Little Jim.............................................. HARRY ENFIELD

Lauren Patterson.................................. ALISON STEADMAN

Pilbeam............................................... MARTIN CLUNES

Stanley............................................... CLIFF PARESI

 

GONE TO SEED

Central / 6x60m-e / 1992 13 November - 18 December

Writer: Tony Grounds 

Comedy drama serial. Not a sequel to Gone to the Dogs but featuring the same people involved in an equally daft market garden based plot.

With:- WARREN CLARKE / JIM BROADBENT / ALISON STEADMAN / SHEILA HANCOCK / PETER COOK

 

GO NOW

BBC2 / 1x80m-e / 1995

Writers: Paul Henry Powell, Jimmy McGovern / Producer: Andrew Eaton / Director: Michael Winterbottom

Drama. Nick Cameron's world falls apart when he learns he is suffering from multiple sclerosis.

Nick Cameron....................................... ROBERT CARLYLE

Karen................................................... JULIET AUBREY

Tony.................................................... JAMES NESBITT

Paula................................................... SOPHIE OKONEDO

Sammy................................................ BERWICK KALER

Bridget................................................. SARA STOCKBRIDGE

 

THE GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT

BBC / 1x / 1967 black and white

Writer: Joe Orton 

Drama. A commissionaire learns a few home truths at his retirement party.

Buchanan.......................................... DONALD PLEASANCE

 

GOOD BEHAVIOR

BBC / 3x60m-e / 1983

Writer: Hugh Leonard / Novel: Molly Keane / Director: Bill Hays 

Period drama serial. Life in Ireland before and during World War One.

 

GOODBYE AND I HOPE WE MEET AGAIN

C4/Meadow / 1x65m-e / 1992

Writer: David Cregan / Director: Gareth Davies 

Drama. An architect falls in love whilst he is restoring a derelict Lancashire Mill.

With:- ANTON RODGERS / HOLLY DE JONG / TIM WYLTON

 

GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD

BBC / 1992

Writer: Tony Marchant

A happily married woman contracts motor neuron disease.

With:- SUE JOHNSTON as Barbara Grade

 

GOODBYE DARLING

BBC / 8x50m-e / 1980

Writer: James Mitchell 

Eight linked plays all set in the same English village.

With:- RENEE ASHERSON / NIGEL DAVENPORT / MOIRA REDMOND

 

GOODBYE MR CHIPS

BBC / 6x30m-e / 1984 29 January - 4 March 

Writer: Alexander Baron / Novel: James Hilton / Producer: Barry Letts / Director: Gareth Davies 

Period drama serial. A master at a public school who is much loved by the pupils decides to retire.

With:- ROY MARSDEN as Chips / ANNE KRISTEN as Mrs Wickett / JILL MEAGHER as Katherine / George Baker as Moldrum / John Harding as Kemp / Stephen Jenn as Staefel / Davyd Harries as Mr. Farrell / Matthew Solon as Marlow / Daniel Flynn as Terris 

 

GOODBYE MR CHIPS

ITV1 / 1x120m / 26 December 2002 / 8:30pm

Novel: James Hilton / Adaption: Frank Delaney / Director: Stuart Orme / Producer: Margeret Mitchell

Drama following teacher Mr Chipping’s career at a public school for boys in the early 1900’s from his early disastrous days as the new Latin master to becoming a much loved schoolteacher in the period leading up to the first world war.

With:- MARTIN CLUNES as Mr Chipping / VICTORIA HAMILTON as Kathie / CONLETHT HILL as Max Staefel / JOHN WOOD as Wetherby / PATRICK MALAHIDE as Ralston / DAVID HOROVITCH as Burnley / CHRISTOPHER FULFORD as Metcalf / JOHN HARDING as Sir John Rivers

 

GOODBYE MR STEADMAN

ITV / 1x?? (Probably 90 or 120) / 30 September 2001

A teacher goes on a hiking holiday.  Unknowingly he had upset a computer whiz-kid pupil before leaving and when he returns he finds his entire life has been electronically erased and everyone thinks he died in a terrible accident while away.  With his house sold and nowhere to live, a fellow teacher (QUENTIN), who is also by chance the whiz-kid’s mother, gives the teacher a place to stay and a relationship blossoms.

With:-  CAROLINE QUENTIN    

 

GOODBYE MY LOVE

ITV / 1x120m-e / 1996

Writer: Peter Berry / Producer: Sita Williams / Director: Richard Signy 

Drama. When American Ann Wickett-Humphrey is told she has a short time to live, she and her English husband Derek Humphrey become fervent Euthanasia campaigners.

Derek Humphrey................................... ROBERT LINDSAY

Ann Wickett-Humphrey......................... GWEN HUMBLE

Arthur.................................................. E.G. MARSHALL

Ruth.................................................... JUDY PARFITT

Rita..................................................... AMANDA BOXER

 

THE GOOD COMPANIONS

Yorkshire / 9x60m-e / 1980

Writer: Alan Plater / Novel:J.B. Priestley / Producers: David Cunliffe, Leonard Lewis / Director: Billy Hays

Period drama serial. 1930's touring concert party The Dinky Doos has an uplift in its fortunes following three new arrivals.

With:- JUDY CORNWELL as Miss Trant / JEREMY NICHOLAS as Inigo Jollifant / JAN FRANCIS / SIMON GREEN / FRANK MILLS / JOHN STRATTON as Jess Oakroyd

 

THE GOOD DR BODKIN ADAMS

BBC / 1x75m-e / 1986 

Writer: Richard Gordon / Producer: Innes Lloyd / Director:Richard Stroud 

Period thriller. A 1950's seemingly respectable doctor is accused of murdering several of his elderly patients.

With:- TIMOTHY WEST / NIGEL DAVENPORT / JAMES VILLIERS / JEAN ANDERSON

 

GOOD GIRL

Yorkshire / 6x60m-e / 1974 27 July - 31 August Saturdays 9.15pm

Writer: Philip Mackie / Producer: Peter Willes 

Comedy drama serial. Young Angie Botley begins a romance with the middle aged Eustace Morrow.

Angie Botley..................................... JULIA FOSTER

Eustace Morrow................................ PETER BARKWORTH

Mrs Morrow...................................... JOAN HICKSON

Colin Peale....................................... PETER BOWLES

Henry Nutting.................................... BRIAN DEACON

Cyril Botley....................................... PETER HUGHES

Gwen Botley..................................... BRENDA COWLING

 

THE GOOD GUYS

LWT/Haverhall / 20x60m-e / 1992-93

Executive Producer: Nick Elliott / Music: Debbie Wiseman 

Drama series. A pair of unsuccessful pair of middle aged men, both named Guy, team up to provide a service helping people in need.

Guy McFadyean............................... NIGEL HAVERS

Guy Lofthouse.................................. KEITH BARRON

 

A GOOD HUMAN STORY

Granada / 1x60m-e  / 1977

Writer: David Nathan / Producer: Julian Aymes / Director: Gordon Flemyng 

Crime drama. A trio of journalists look into a murder in a seaside town.

With:- WARREN CLARKE / MICHAEL ELPHICK / KENNETH HAIGH

 

GOOD LUCK SIR, YOU'VE GOT A LUCKY FACE

BBC 'Comedy Playhouse' / 1x25m-e / 1964 / 31 January - Friday 7.35pm

Writer: Marty Feldman / Producer: Dennis Main Wilson 

Comedy. Match seller Gomorrah Weevil tangles with slum landlord Harold Harbinger.

Gomorrah Weevil................................ GRAHAM STARK

Harold Harbinger................................. DEREK FRANCIS

Jessop............................................... FRANK THORNTON

Mrs Harbinger.................................... THELMA RUBY

Lord Fenwick..................................... GEOFFREY DUNN

 

GOODNIGHT MR TOM

Yorkshire / 1x120m-e / 1998  25 October

Writer: Brian Finch / Novel: Michelle Magorian / Producer: Chris Burt / Director: Jack Gold 

Period drama. When world war two breaks out young Willie Beech is evacuated from London to the village of Little Weirwold where he is billeted with the initially reluctant widower Tom Oakley.

Tom Oakley.................................... JOHN THAW

Willie Beech.................................... NICK ROBINSON

Mrs Beech...................................... ANABELLE APSION

Ralph Briggs................................... GEOFFREY HUTCHINGS

Mr Greenaway................................. CHARLES KAY

Annie Hartridge................................ PAULINE TURNER

Mrs Ford......................................... AVRIL ELGAR

Mrs Little........................................ DENYSE ALEXANDER

Gladys Rigby.................................. MARY HEALEY

Nurse Green................................... CAROLINE LINTOTT

Mr Peters....................................... GEOFFREY BEEVERS

Mrs Holland.................................... MERELINA KENDALL

Mrs Fletcher................................... MOSSIE SMITH

 

GOODNIGHT MRS DILL

ATV / 1x60m-e / 1967 black and white

Writer: Fay Weldon / Producer: Anthony Firth / Director: June Howson  

Drama. A happily married couple find their marriage coming under strain when they take in a lodger.

Daisy.................................................. FRANCES CUKA

Stephen.............................................. ANDREW RAY

Dr Matilda Dove................................... PETRA DAVIES

Ivy Searle........................................... RENEE HOUSTON

 

THE GOOD OLD DAYS

BBC / 1953-83

Producer: Barry Colehan

Long running variety series from the Leeds City Varieties Theatre, done in the style of old time music hall with acts and audience dressed accordingly in vintage costume. Hosted by Don Gummell and then Leonard Sachs. Each episode closed with the song "Down at the Old Bull and Bush".

 

GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME

BBC / 1x50m-e / 1966 black and white

Director: Wallace Douglas 

Drama. Two couples spend time together during a bank holiday at the Bella Vista hotel.

Henry Pepper.................................. BRIAN RIX

Daphne Pepper............................... JOAN SIMS

Wilf Pearson................................... LEO FRANKLYN

Ethel Pearson................................. SHEILA MERCIER

Mrs Austin...................................... JOAN ANDERSON

 

THE GOOD SHOEMAKER AND THE POOR FISH PEDDLAR

BBC 'The Wednesday Play' / 1x / 1965 black and white

Writer: John Benedettit / Director: John Gorrie 

Drama. A pair of alleged anarchists are put on trial in Italy.

Sacco.................................................. BILL NAGY

Vanzetti............................................... JOHN BAILEY

 

THE GOOD SOLDIER

D:Kevin Billington Granada

Novel:Ford Madox Ford 1x120m-e / 1981

Period drama. Two upper class couples visit a German health spa at the turn of the 20th Century.

With:- ROBIN ELLIS / SUSAN FLEETWOOD / JEREMY BRETT /VICKERY TURNER 

 

A GOOD THIEF

ITV1 / 1x120m / 22 July 2002 / 9:00pm

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

Thriller. Rita witnesses the murder of a man and agrees to testify. With the villains out to get her she is forced to go on the run with her daughter and elderly friend. Penniless, but staying in an expensive hotel, she is forced to pit her wits against a local department store - finding ways to make money by exploiting their returns policy with goods she has not actually bought. 

With:- KAY MELLOR as Rita / LIZ SMITH as Lizzie / ANGEL COULBY as Leah / DENISE BLACK as Mrs Lavery / RICHARD HEAP as Jez / MARTIN REEVE as Ray / ADRIAN KENNEDY as Rob / VINCENT DAVIS as Micky / NAOMI RADCLIFFE as Joanne

 

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