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THE LAW

ITV1 / 1x90m / 12 June 2002 / 9pm

Writer: Matthew Hall / Director: Juliet May / Producer: May Gibson

Police drama that follows a case from investigation to arrest and then to the court case and verdict. This may be a pilot to a proposed series although not mentioned as such.

With:- DOUGLAS HODGE as DI Jack Raleigh / JOSEPH MCFADDEN as DC Connor / AMITA DHIRI as Helen Galloway / SHARON DUCE as Linda Farrer QC

BBC2 / 4x75m-e / 1978

Writer: G.F. Newman / Producer: Tony Garnett / Director: Les Blair 

Four linked plays looking at crime and punishment through the eyes of a detective, criminal, lawyer and a prison officer. The casts included Derek Martin, Peter Dean and Ken Campbell. 

THE LAW CENTRE

ATV / x60mins / 1978

Basically an anthology series of plays set in a Law centre.

With:-  Julie Peasgood and James Maxwell.

Granada / 11x60m-e / 1966-67 black and white

Producer: Margaret Morris 

A collection of dramas based on the writings of D. H. Lawrence. Other Lawrence adaptions for British TV have included The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd(1961 Granada & 1995 BBC2), The Silk Stocking(ATV 1955), Sons and Lovers(BBC serial 1981) and Coming Through(Central 1982 - a drama about Lawrence). 

LAWLESS

ITV1 / 2x90m / 8-9 November 2004

Writer: Chris Lang / Director: Roger Gartland / Producer: Tom Grieves

Crime drama. When a man who killed a policeman goes free because of procedural faults police boss Peter Chambers and four colleagues decide to take the law into their own hands and kill the guilty man. All except DI John Paxton who wants nothing to do with it - but later when he finds Chambers himself dead he has to go on the run suspected of the killing and fearful he may be the next target.

With:- TREVOR EVE as John Paxton / ORLA BRADY as Liz Bird / DAVID CALDER as Peter Chambers / RALPH BROWN as Phil Howell / DERMOT CROWLEY as Bob Allard / DARRELL D'SILVA as Mark Easton / TRACEY GILLMAN as Amy Graves / PAUL BRENNAN as Jack Harris

BBC2 / 1973 and 1977 and 1980

Director: Colin Godman, Michael Croucher 

Anthology series of spooky dramas mostly of a supernatural nature. 

LEARNING TO LOVE THE GREY

BBC2 Maverick Television/Open University / 3x30m / 2001

Writer: Jonathan Hall / Director: Nigel Levy / Producer: Jane Thomas

Drama. Sarah Jones is writing a play about the ethics of cloning and seeks the assistance of university lecturer Edward Marsh for her research. An educational drama produced for the Open University.

With:- VIRGINIA CLAY as Sarah / Clive Carter as Edward / TOM WISDOM as Tom / ALICIA EYO as Cally

BBC / 1x75m-e / 1989

Writer: Daniel Boyle / Director: Sandy Johnson 

Period drama. Three fifteen year olds attend a grim Scottish Catholic school in 1960.

With:- KENNETH McFADYEN / GARY GREER / ALAN SUMMERS / ALEX NORTON

THE LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL

ABC-BBC-Roadshow,Coote and Carroll / 21x120m-e / 1992

Writers: John Alsop (part 1), Sue Smnith (part 2) / Camera: Steve Windon / Design: Marcus North / Costume: Annie Marshall / Music: Peter Best / Producer: Steve Knapman / Executive Producers: Penny Chapman, Michael Wearing / Director: Michael Jenkins

Period drama serial. In the 1950's a trio of orphans (along with many others) are sent to Australia in order to start new lives; however hard times await them. A UK-Australia co-production.

With:-  CHRISTINE TREMARCO as Lily / KEVIN JONES as Bert / BILL HUNTER as Brother O'Neill / MARTIN JACOBS as Brother Matthew / FRANK WHITTEN as Brother Jerome / JOHN HARGREAVES as Harry / FRANCES BARBER as Ellen / DAVID KAFF as Wilson / DARREN YAP as David / KERRY WALKER as Mrs Dunne / BOGDAN KOCA as Pavel / PAMELA RABE as Mrs Lang / COLIN MOODY as Mr Symonds / GARY HENSHAW as Alf 

Yorkshire / 5x30m-e / 1972-74

Writers: John Wells, John Bird / Producer: John Duncan 

Five occasional one off comedies that took viewers into the world of TV.John Bird and John Wells starred in each. 1.RETURN TO LEEDS(1 Aug 72) 2.DEADLINE LEEDS(31 Jul 73) 3.THE PLAY'S THE THING(Juvenile Leeds)(28 Aug 73) 4.LEEDS ATHLETIC(16 Jul 74) 5.LE PRIX DE LEEDS(23 Jul 74)

BBC 'Play for Today' / 1x50m-e / 1974 

Writer: Colin Welland

Drama. A group of Leeds clothing workers go on strike for an extra bob an hour.

BBC / 1x90m-e / 1966 black and white

Writers: Rudolph Cartier, Reed de Rouen / Producer/Director: Rudolph Cartier 

Drama. A recreation of the well known events surrounding the Kennedy assassination and its aftermath.

With:- TONY BILL as Lee Harvey Oswald

BBC / 5x25m-e / 1965 19 July -16 August black and white 

Writer: Brian Hayles / Producer: Alan Bomley / Director: Gerald Blake  

Scifi drama. A reworking of the Theseus and the Minotaur legend. Volunteers sent to an atomic planet on the island of Mitremos are not returning, a young man undertakes a trip to the island to try and find out why.

With:- DAVID ANDREAS as Theodore / JOHN PHILLIPS as E.G / SARAH LAWSON as Myra Gargan / VICTOR BROOKS as Tim / JAMES COSSINS as Irwin / CHRIS TRANCHELL as Daniel Spencer / BRIAN CANT as Arnold

BBC1/Time-Life / 8x30m-e / 1979 7 October - 25 November

Writer: Andrew Davies / Producer: Ken Riddington / Director: Rodney Bennett 

Period drama serial. A standard retelling of the story of the Knights of the Round Table.

With:- DAVID ROBB as Lancelot / FELICITY DEAN as Guinevere

BBC / 12x25m-e / 1977 23 November - 28 December

Director: Eric Davidson 

Period drama serial. A realistic approach to the oft told legend/fable of Robin Hood and his band of outlaws in Sherwood Forest.

With:- MARTIN POTTER as Robin / DIANE KEEN as Maid Marion / PAUL DARROW

THE LEGEND OF THE TAMWORTH TWO

BBC1 / 1x60m / 12 April 2004

Writer: Jed Mercurio / Director: Metin Huseyin / Producers: Matthew Bird, Lynn Horsford

Comedy-drama. Two pigs escape from an abattoir and go on the run. The local newspaper dubs them Butch and Sundance. It becomes a national story and a professional pig catcher called Wolf vows to catch them. Based on some real-life events from 1998 (except of course those pigs didn't speak!).

With:- KEVIN WHATELY as Wolf / DARREN BOYD as PC 'Dusty' Springfield / EMMA PIERSON as Jenny West / GERARD HORAN as Ned Watkins / TREVOR PEACOCK as Mr Martin as BRENDA COWLING as Mrs Martin / CHRIS LANGHAM as Jack / NATASHA DAY as Voice of Sundance / JAMES DODD as Voice of Butch 

LEGLESS

C4 / 1x80m / 30 October 2005

Writer/Director: Matt Greenhaigh / Producer: Tom Sherry

Comedy drama. A chief policeman and a local councillor both on opposite sides of the argument when it comes to extending pub opening hours have a night out together to experience first-hand the binge-drink culture amongst Friday night revellers.

With:- ROBERT GLENISTER as Simon Carter / ATTA YAQUB as Mo Azraq / MARIA DOYLE KENNEDY as Jenny / CHRISTOPHER COGHILL as John Connor / NICOLA STEPHENSON as Terri Squire / RUTH MILLAR as Kath / ANGEL COULBY as Marsha

ABC 'Armchair Theatre' / 1x60m-e / 1960 black and white

Writer: Alun Owen / Producer: Sydney Newman / Director: William Kotcheff  

Drama. In Liverpool a young factory girl falls in love with a student.

With:- BILLIE WHITELAW / PETER McENERY 

LENNY BLUE

ITV1 / 2x90m / 1&2 July 2002 / 9:00pm

Writer: Stephen Butchard / Director: Andy Wilson / Producer: David Boulter

A sequel to TOUGH LOVE. DC Lenny Milton, a hard rule-bending officer, investigates murder and turf wars between rival drug gangs.

With:- RAY WINSTONE as DC Lenny Milton / DAVID HEMMINGS as DCI Gillespie / CHARLIE CREED-MILES as Toby Anderson / JAKE WOOD as DS Pete Ainsworth / RALPH BROWN as Barry Hindes / HAZEL ELLERBY as Mags Milton / SAM RILEY as James Milton / MARK LEWIS-JONES as DC Huw Morgan

BBC1 / 6x30m-e / 1986 4 Sep - 9 Oct Thurs 8.30pm

Producer/Director: Geoff Posner 

Six one off comedies that saw Lenny Henry tackling a different role each time.

BBC / 1x90m-e / 1985

Writer: Michael Wilcox / Director: Peter Barber-Fleming 

Period drama. At a prep school in the 1950's a young orphan lad is forced to stay alone with four of the members of staff during the holidays. 

With:- HARRY ANDREWS / CONSTANCE CHAPMAN / FABIA DRAKE / DAVID LANGTON / GRAHAM McGRATH

Central / 7x30m-e / 1988

Script Editor: Diana Culverhouse / Executive Producer: William Smethurst / Producer: Patrick Harbinson 

Comedy drama series. Stories of a group of girls working for a model agency.

Jo-Ann............................................... DEBBY BISHOP

Veronica............................................ RACHEL FIELDING

Susan............................................... JANET McTEER

Amanda............................................ SADIE FROST

Maggie............................................. ANNIE LAMBERT

Polly................................................ ARABELLA WEIR

Reg.................................................. THOMAS WHEATLEY

Conrad............................................. TOM GEORGESON

Mervyn............................................. GERARD HORAN

LESLIE RANDALL ENTERTAINS:See Joan and Leslie

LES LIVES

BBC2 / 8x5m-e / 1993 11 Oct - 13 Dec Mon 6.25pm

Writer: Fred Aylward / Producer: Graham K. Smith / Director: Neil MacKenzie Matthews 

Silent comedy series. Episodes in the life of the highly bizarre Les (the character of tall baldheaded Les had previously been seen in Vic Reeves Big Night Out series).

Les................................................. FRED AYLWARD

Bloody Nora.................................... KAREN BEENY

Thames / 1x90m-e / 1987

Writer/Director: David Hodgson 

Period drama documentary. In January 1941 20 year old Bob Hodgson joins the RAF and sends regular letters home describing his experiences.

Bob Hodgson................................... HUGH LAURIE

Bea Couldrey................................... DENICA FAIRMAN

Dave Keenan................................... KERRY SHALE

Stan Farley..................................... SIMON CRANE

BBC / 1x / 1968  black and white

Writer: David Mercer / Producer: Graeme McDonald / Director: Alan Bridges  

Drama. A young woman wants to end her relationship with her older lover.

With:- GLENDA JACKSON / DENHOLM ELLIOTT

LIAM

BBC2 (BBC Film [2000]) / 1x90m-e / 20 February 2002

Writer: Jimmy McGovern; Director: Stephen Frears

Period drama. Set in the Irish Catholic community of 1930s Liverpool in the midst of the depression.  Tom Sullivan loses his job at the shipyard and joins a fascist movement; his daughter is in service and his young son Liam, who has a speech impediment, is preparing for his first confession.

With:-IAN HART as Dad Tom Sullivan / CLAIRE HACKETT as Mam Sullivan / ANTHONY BORROWS as Liam Sullivan / MEGAN BURNS as Teresa Sullivan / DAVID HART as Con Sullivan / ANNE REID as Mrs Abernathy / RUSSELL DIXON as Father Ryan / JULIA DEAKIN as Auntie Aggie

THE LIARS

Granada / 9x50m-e / 1966 black and white

Writers: Philip Mackie, Hugh Leonard 

Drama series. A group of friends amuse themselves by acting out various tall stories.

With:- WILLIAM MERVYN as Sir Gerald / NYREE DAWN PORTER as Hermoine / ISLA BLAIR as Sarah / IAN OLGILVY as Rupert

BBC 'Play for Today' / 1x / 1978 

Writer: David Hare / Producer: Margaret Matheson 

Period drama. During world war II, a young woman is drafted into a propaganda unit.

With:- KATE NELLIGAN / BILL PATERSON 

LIE WITH ME

ITV1 / 2x90m / 15-16 November 2004

Dramatist: Stephen Butchard / Director: Susanna White / Producer: Lucy Bedford

Thriller. Roselyn Tyler is raped and her flatmate Joanna murdered but she can remember nothing of the night it happened because she had been given a date-rape drug. The police strongly suspect Joanna's boyfriend Gerry is the culprit but their forensic evidence is not strong enough. Roselyn becomes close to Will Tomlinson the investigating officer and together they plan that she will pretend to remember the details of what happened in order to convict Gerry who they "know" must have done it anyway. But once the court case is over and Gerry is locked away, the real killer makes contact with Roselyn and she begins to remember what really happened.

With:- ANDREW LINCOLN as Will Tomlinson / EVE BEST as Roselyn Tyler / PAUL McGANN as Gerry Henson / JOSEPHINE BUTLER as Donna Gregson / AMANDA MEALING as Carolyn Henson / STACEY ROCA as Joanna McCourt / MARK LEWIS JONES as Paul Stebbins / BILL PATTERSON as DCI Collman

LWT/Lawson / 1x75m-e / 1990 30 December - Sunday 8.15pm

Writer: Jonathan Lynn / Producer: Sarah Lawson / Director: Herbert Wise 

Comedy. After being made redundant, 70 year old Eric Burt also finds himself shunted into a retirement home.

Eric Burt............................................. GEORGE COLE

Pat Sweeney....................................... GUDRUN URE

Rosie Treadwell................................... RENEE ASHERSON

Lord Deeds......................................... WILLIAM FOX

Lady Deeds........................................ MARY WIMBUSH

Wng Cmdr Boyle................................. LESLIE PHILLIPS

Dr Trump............................................ JOHN CATER

Freda Neely....................................... GILLIAN RAINE

D.I. Curtin.......................................... JOHN FORTUNE

Alice McCrum.................................... HELEN BURNS

Mrs Nuttall......................................... ELIZABETH BENNETT

BBC2 / 1x90m-e / 1995

Writer: Graham Reid / Director: Tim Fywell 

Drama. An IRA murderer tries to adjust to the real world after being released from prison.

Leo Doyle.......................................... LORCAN CRANITCH

Ronnie Mercer................................... JONATHAN ARUN

Paddy John O'Neill............................. DES McALEER

Roisin Donaghy................................. MICHELLE FAIRLEY

Tony Carlin....................................... GERARD HORAN

C4/Primetime / 3x120m-e 1x180m-e / 1982  7 - 28 November

Writer: David Edgar / Novel: Charles Dickens / Producer: Colin Callander / Director: Jim Goddard 

Period drama serial. A from the stalls rendering of the Royal Shakespere Company's version of Dicken's novel about an idealistic teacher. Most of the cast appeared in more than one role in this mammoth production.

With:- ROGER REES as Nicholas Nickleby / DAVID THRELLFALL as Smike / ALUN ARMSTRONG as Mr Squeers and Mr Wagstaff / CHRISTOPHER BENKAMIN as Mr Vincent Crummles and Walter Bray / SUZANNE BERTISH as Fanny Squeers, Peg Sliderskew and Miss Snevellicci / PATRICK GODFREY as Mr Kenwigs / JOHN McENERY as Mr Matalini and Mr Snevellicci / IAN McNEICE as Wackford Squeers and Scaley / BOB PECK as John Browdie and Sir Mulberry Hawk / EMILY RICHARD as Kate Nickleby and Mrs Curdle / JOHN WOODVINE as Ralph NIckleby / EDWARD PETHERBRIDGE as Newman Noggs and Hawk's Rival

ITV Network / 2x120m-e / 2001 (8-15 April / Sundays 9.00pm)

Writer: Martyn Hesford / Novel: Charles Dickens / Producer: Nicolas Brown / Director: Stephen Whittaker 

Period drama serial. After the death of his father Nicholas Nickleby finds himself in a horrible boarding school after being given over into the care of his none too nice uncle Ralph and as he grows into a man Nicholas joins a group of strolling players (the Crummles troupe) and then becomes a schoolteacher.

With:- JAMES D'ARCY as Nicholas Nickleby / CHARLES DANCE as Ralph Nickleby / LEE INGLEBY as Smike / SOPHIA MYLES as Kate Nickleby / DIANA KENT as Mrs Nickleby / GREGOR FISHER as Mr Squeers / PAM FERRIS as Mrs Squeers / DEBBIE CHAZEN as Fanny Squeers / CHRIS ROEBUCK as Wackford Squeers Jr / GEORGE INNES as Newman Noggs / HANNAH STOREY as Tilda Price / TOM ELLIS as John Browdie / ABIGAIL McKERN as Miss La Creevy / MARIAN McLOUGHLIN as Madame Mantalini

Yorkshire/WGBH Boston / 2x90m-e / 1998

Writer: Glenn Chandler / Music: Chris Gunning / Costume: Brian Castle / Producer: David Reynolds / Director: Alan Dossor

Period drama. In Victorian times outward respectable doctor William Palmer is quite willing to stoop to murder to further his career.

William Palmer................................ KEITH ALLEN

Annie Palmer................................... JAYNE ASHBOURNE

Eliza Tharm..................................... CHLOE NEWSOME

Mrs Palmer..................................... JUDY CORNWELL

Dr Bamford...................................... FREDDIE JONES

John Parsons Cook.......................... RICHARD COYLE

Jim................................................. TIM STERN

Thames / 6x60m-e / 19?

Writer/Producer: Robin Chapman 

Crime drama serial. A pair of C.I.D. Men investigate the murder of a young woman.

D. Ch Supt Lane............................... ANTHONY BROWN

Det Sgt Fishlock.............................. MATTHEW LONG

BBC / 9x60m-e / 1981

Writer: Elaine Morgan / Producer: John Hofin 

Period drama serial. The life of the Welsh elder statesman.

With:- PHILIP MADOC as Lloyd George / LISABETH MILES

Granada / 4x60m-e / 1992

Writer: David Nobbs / Music: Peter Skellern / Director: Adrian Shergold 

Period comedy drama serial. Feeble Yorkshire lad Henry Pratt makes his way through life best by calamity and troubled by his eccentric relationships.

Henry Pratt....................................... JACK DEAM

Ezra................................................ JEFF RAWLE

Auntie Doris..................................... MAGGIE O'NEILL

Uncle Teddy.................................... ALUN ARMSTRONG

Mr Watkins..................................... GLYN OWEN

Miss Candy..................................... JULIE T. WALLACE 

LIFE BEGINS

ITV1 / 18x60m / started 16 February 2004 - 2006

Writer: Mike Bullen / Director: Catherine Morshead / Producer: John Chapman

Comedy drama series. Maggie's husband unexpectedly announces he is leaving her and she finds she must start work again and gets a job in a travel agents.

With:- CAROLINE QUENTIN as Maggie Mee / ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG as Phil Mee / FRANK FINLAY as Eric / ANNE REID as Brenda / CLAIRE SKINNER as Clare / STUART McQUARRIE as Guy / ELLIOT HENDERSON-BOYLE as James / ACE RYAN as Becca 

BBC1/Bloom Street / 9x50m-e / 1994

Creator: Lynda La Plante / Executive Producers: Lynda La Plante, Karl Francis Ruth Caleb / Producer: Ruth Kenley-Letts

Drama series. The off and on shore lives of a volunteer lifeboat crew in Penrhys, Wales.

Leslie Parry...................................... BRENDAN GLEESON

Pete Pugh........................................ NEIL ROYSTON

Rufus Myers Lloyd............................ PETER WINGFIELD

Geraint Gower.................................. NICHOLAS McGAUGHEY

Hughie Jones................................... KARL JONES

Lady Myers Lloyd............................. JUDY PARFITT

Vera Parry....................................... MEG WYNN OWEN

ITV / 1x120m-e / 1998

Writer: Peter Berry / Producer: Malcolm Craddock / Director: Stephen Whittaker 

Period drama. In 1976 23 year old Stefan Kiszko is sentenced to life in prison for the murder of an eleven year old girl, convinced of his innocence his mother Charlotte campaigns ceaselessly for his release.

Charlotte Kiszko.............................. OLYMPIA DUKAKIS

Stefan Kiszko.................................. TONY MAUDSLEY

Peter Taylor QC.............................. SIMON SHEPHERD

D.I. Holland.................................... MALCOLM TIERNEY

David Waddington QC..................... TOM CHADBON

Capmbell Malone........................... TONY PRITCHARD

DS Akeroyd................................... BOB MASON

Granada / 1x90m-e / 1980

Writer: Fay Weldon / Producer/Director: John Goldschmidt 

Drama (based on a true story). A campaigner for children's rights gets involved in the case of a 14 year old girl imprisoned in Holloway Prison.

Colin..................................................... NICHOLAS BALL

Christine............................................... AMANDA YORK 

LIFE LINE

BBC / 2x90 minute episodes / April 2007

Writer: Stephen Gallagher 

Romantic thriller serial. Successful entrepreneur Peter Briscoe leads an affluent, but soulless, life, having broken up with Katy, his one true love, 15 years earlier to pursue his career abroad. Back in London for his brother's wedding, Peter catches a glimpse of Katy leaving an art gallery one evening and, determined to make up for lost time, decides to engineer a "chance" meeting between them. Long since settled with a partner, played by Adrian Rawlins, and with a successful career in the art world, Katy is pleased to see Peter and agrees to meet for dinner. Over their meal, however, Katy reveals her dissatisfaction with her relationship and that, deep down, she still feels exactly the same about Peter – and they embark upon a passionate, but ultimately doomed, love affair. 
However, their love turns to tragedy and, in his torment, Peter begins to doubt his sanity as events take a series of unexpected and incredible turns. Peter discovers a card for a mysterious organisation called Life Line and, initially, he finds that his phone calls to it offer some answers. The arrival of a stranger in the shape of Catt throws Peter's life into confusion – and he realises that nothing, and no-one, are as they seem. 

cast
RAY STEVENSON as Peter / JOANNE WHALLEY as Katy / JEMIMA ROOPER as Catt 

BBC1-Michael Hurll TV / 1x30m-e / 2000 19 March Sunday 10.50pm

Devisors: Michael Hurll, Colin Bostock Smith / Design: Robert Day / Executive Producer: Jon Plowman / Producer: Michael Hurll / Director: Peter Orton

Comedy. Behind the scenes of a sports review show combined with stand up moments with the show's host Jimmy Tarbuck. An obvious take on the Larry Sanders model.

With:- JIMMY TARBUCK/ PETER BRACKLEY / KEVIN DAY / GARY RICHARDSON / JON CULSHAW / TED ROBBINS  

BBC 'Horizon' / 1x100m-e / 1987 

Writer: William Nicholson / Director: Mick Jackson 

Period drama. In the 1950's a pair of Cambridge scientists, Francis Crick and Jim Watson embark on a race to be the first to discover the compound making up D.N.A.

Francis Crick.................................... TIM PIGGOTT-SMITH

Jim Watson...................................... JEFF GOLDBLUM

Rosalind Franklin.............................. JULIET STEVENSON

Max Perutz...................................... CLIVE PANTO

Maurice Wilkins............................... ALAN HOWARD

BBC1 / 6x50m-e / 1999 19 July - 23 August Mondays 9.30pm

Creator: Ashley Pharoah / Script Editor: Jane Ashton, Victoria Evans / Producers: Margaret Enefer, Paddy Higson,  

Medical drama series. Cases of a Scottish medical ethicist helping patients make the right decision at a large Glasgow hospital. 

Katherine Doone............................. AISLING O'SULLIVAN

John Doone.................................... RICHARD WILSON

Kamran Blake................................ ART MALIK

James McConnell........................... GILBERT MARTIN

Alison McIntyre.............................. JULIE GRAHAM

Joan Andrews................................ EDITH MACARTHUR

Dr Tom Scott................................. STEPHEN MOYER

Dr Fiona Drummond....................... ELLIE HADDINGTON 

LIFTING THE BONNET

BBC2 / 6x30m / started 28 February 2002

Producer: Nicole Kleeman / Series Producer: Fiona Campbell

Scams in the car trade are exposed by undercover reporters. Presented by Sangita Myska. Companion series to Wrong Car, Right Car. 

LIKE FATHER LIKE SON

ITV-Ecosse / 2x90 minute episodes / 2005 (24-25 January)

Writer: Shaun McKenna / Producer: Jeremy Gwilt / Director: Nick Laughland 

Thriller serial. Life is going swimmingly for Dee Stanton, a new promotion in her solicitors job and boyfriend, teacher Dominic Milne, wants to marry her, however she does have a troublesome teenage son Jamie to deal and she has forgotten to tell Dominic something important, her ex-husband is a serial killer responsible for the murder of four young girls, however the trouble really starts when one of the girls at Jamie's school is murdered and both Jamie and Dominic are implicated in the crime. Robson Green proves yet again that he is one of the UK's most charismatic actors with his role as teacher Dominic Milne in this gripping psychological thriller from Shaun McKenna which plays out like a vintage episode of Morse or Prime Suspect. Jemma Redgrave takes most of the plaudits though as the stressed out mother of teenage Jamie who may just be following in his serial killer father's footsteps. It's a creepy tale made more so by the appearances of Phil Davis as the killer Paul Barker, Davis is able to do a great line in evil and although his role here is small his performance genuinely sends shivers down the spine.  

With:- JEMMA REDGRAVE as Dee Stanton / ROBSON GREEN as Dominic Milne / PHIL DAVIS as Paul Barker / SOMERSET FREW as Jamie Stanton / TARA FITZGERALD as DI Harkness / KENNETH COLLEY as Rawsthorne / PIPPA HAYWOOD as Mrs Sutton / FRANCESCA FOWLER as Bethan Milne / GEORGIA MOFFETT as Morag Tait

A LIKENESS IN STONE

BBC1 / 2x75m-e / 2000 (11-12 September / Monday 9.30pm Tuesday 9.35pm)

Writer: Michael Crompton / Novel: J. Wallis Martin / Design: Gary Williamson / Music: Orlando Gough / Camera: Rex Maidment / Costume: Amy Roberts / Producer: Jenny Sheridan / Executive Producers: Pippa Harris, Jane Tranter / Director: Charles Beeson

Thriller serial. 10 years after her disappearance the body of a student is discovered, the cop who covered the case at the time, Detective Inspector Bill Armstrong, is determined to uncover the murderer.

With:- LIAM CUNNINGHAM as Detective Inspector Bill Armstrong / JONATHAN FIRTH as Stephen Gilmore / ANDREW LINCOLN as Richard Kirschman / RUTH JONES as Joan Poole / CHERIE LUNGHI as Merle Kirschman / REBECCA PALMER as Helena Warner / NICHOLAS HEWETSON as Detective Inspector Rigby / JUDE AKUWUDIKE as Detective Constable Pryor / SARA GRIFFITHS as Katy Cavanagh / KATE FAHY as Mrs Warner / KATY CAVANAGH as Cathy / ANDREW HILTON as Mr Gilmore / STEPHEN CRITCHLOW as Dr McPherson / GODFREY TALBOT as Dr Thurston  

Thames / 1x60m-e / 1980 1 January - Tuesday 8.00pm

Writer: Eric Sykes / Producer/Director: Paul Stewart Laing 

Comedy. Eric Sykes' planned Broadway musical begins to turn into a disaster. With:- Eric Sykes, Diana Coupland, John Williams, Debbie Arnold, Hugh Burden, David Battley, Diane Holland, John Comer, Ricardo Montez,

HTV / 1x90m-e / 1990

Writer: Shane Connaughton / Novel: Maeve Binchy / Music: Ilona Secakz / Producer: Jonathan Cavendish / Director: Giles Foster

Romantic drama. A bus driver finds himself drawn to one of his regular female passengers, alongside this were stories of the other bus passengers who all travelled together everyday.

Tom..................................................... CON O'NEILL

Dee..................................................... BEATIE EDNEY

Celia.................................................... DERVLA KIRWAN

Judy.................................................... STEPHANIE BEACHAM

Nancy.................................................. RYNAH O'GRADY

Mikey.................................................. BRENDAN CONROY

LWT / 13x60m-e / 1978

Writers: David Butler, John Gorrie / Executive Producer: Tony Wharmby / Producer: Jack Williams 

Period drama serial. The life of actress Lillie Langtry, who had a scandalous affair with Edward, Prince of Wales and associated with the likes of Wilde and Whistler.

Lillie Langtry.................................... FRANCESCA ANNIS

Edward Langtry............................... ANTON RODGERS

Sarah Bernhardt.............................. CHERYL CAMPBELL

Oscar Wilde................................... PETER EGAN

Edward, Prince of Wales................. DENIS LILL

Prince Louis of Battenberg.............. JOHN CASTLE

Frank Miles................................... BRIAN DEACON