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MAC

BBC2/Stoneybridge 'Comic Asides' / 1x30m-e / 1995 1 September - Fridays 9.30pm

Writer: Jack Docherty / Producers: Caroline Roberts, Jack Roberts / Executive Producer: Colin Gilbert / Director: Caroline Roberts

Comedy. Fervent Scottish nationalist Mac is somewhat put out when his brother Findlay decides to hire an Englishman to take over the running of the family business.

Mac..................................................... JACK DOCHERTY

Findlay................................................ GORDON KENNEDY

Van Webster........................................ NICK HANCOCK

Aileen.................................................. ELAINE COLLINS

Mrs Hunter........................................... PRIMROSE MILLIGAN

MACBETH

Thames / 1x145m-e / 1979

Writer: William Shakespeare / Music: Guy Wolfenden / Design: Mike Hall / Producer/Director: Trevor Nunn

Shakespeare's tragedy.

With:- IAN McKELLEN as Macbeth / JUDI DENCH as Lady Macbeth / JOHN WOODVINE as Banquo / BOB PECK as MacDuff / ROGER REES as Malcolm / DUNCAN PRESTON as Angus / MARIE KEAN as 1st Witch / JUDITH HATE as 2nd Witch / SUSAN DRURY as 3rd Witch

MACBETH

BBC (Part of the BBC Television Shakespeare) / 1983

Writer: William Shakespeare / Music: Carl Davis / Producer: Shaun Sutton / Director: Jack Gold

Shakespeare's tragedy mounted as part of the BBC's attempt to perform every one of his plays.

With:- NICOL WILLIAMSON as Macbeth / IAN HOGG as Banquo / GAWN GRAINGER as Ross / MARK DIGNAM as Duncan / JAMES HAZLEDINE as Malcolm / JON ROWE as Lennox / BRENDA BRUCE as First Witch / JAMES BOLAM as Porter / JILL BAKER as Lady Macduff / EILEEN WAY as 2nd Witch / ANNE DYSON as 3rd Witch / CHRISTOPHER ELLISON as Captain

MACBETH

C4 / 1x105m-e / 19?

Producer: Sue Pritchard / Director: Michael Bogdanov

Period drama. Shakespeare's tragedy first shown in a serial format on Channel Four schools, shown feature length on 2 Jan 1999.

Macbeth.............................................. SEAN PERTWEE

Lady Macbeth...................................... GRETA SCACCHI

Duncan................................................ PHILIP MADOC

Banquo................................................ MICHAEL MALONEY

Malcolm.............................................. JACK DAVENPORT

Ross.................................................... DORIAN THOMAS

Lennox................................................ STEVE TOUSSAINT

Macduff............................................... LORCAN CRANITCH

Lady Macduff....................................... RUTH GEMMELL

Seyton................................................ DORIAN LOUGH

Porter.................................................. SHANE RICHIE

Witch 1................................................ LESLEY JOSEPH

Witch 2................................................ LORREN BENT

Witch 3 ............................................... DENISE BLACK

MACBETH

Channel 4 / 1x140m-e / 2001 (Monday 1 January 6.05pm)

Writer: William Shakespeare / Producer: John Wyver / Director: Gregory Doran

The Royal Shakespeare company tackle the Scottish play from the stalls of the Swan Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon.

With:- ANTONY SHER as Macbeth / HARRIET WALTER as Lady Macbeth / JOSEPH O'CONNOR as King Duncan / NIGEL COOKE as Macduff / KEN BONES as Banquo / JOHN DOUGALL as Malcolm / PAUL WEBSTER as Ross / TREVOR MARTIN as Old Man-Doctor / STEPHEN NOONAN as Porter-Seyton / GUY MOORE as Lennox / RICHARD ARMITAGE as Angus

Other prominent versions of the play have been:- 1. BBC 1938 Producer: George More O'Ferrall / 2. BBC 1970 with John Thaw and Michael Jayston

MACBETH ON THE ESTATE

C4 / 1997

Director: Penny Woolcock

A modern version of Macbeth set on a Birmingham housing estate.

Cast included: DAVID HAREWOOD / JO DOW

McCREADY AND DAUGHTER

BBC1 (Northern Ireland)-Ecosse / 7x50m-e / 2000-2001

Writer: Robert Jones / Producer: Louise Berridge / Creators: Ming Ho, Robert Jones / Script Editor: Ming Ho / Costume: Phoebe De Gaye / Music: Michael Storey / Design: Chris Robilliard / Camera: Seamus Deasy / Director: A.J. Quinn

Crime drama series. . In the Kilburn area of London McCready, an ex-cop turned private detective teams up with his estranged daughter to crack his cases. Actor Tony Doyle was down to play McCready but died suddenly just as rehearsals were in full swing and the show is dedicated to his memory. A Pilot was Broadcast Thursday 15 June/ 8.10pm 2000. This is reflected in the episodes total above. "Despite generating some critical acclaim - The Guardian recently described the show as 'an entertaining slice of mainstream drama that suggests Palmer is doing fine post-EastEnders' - producers pulled the plug on a second series after ratings failed to live up to expectations, The show opened its inaugural run with 5.2m viewers and never really threatened to add any more, averaging only a 24 per cent share. The penultimate episode, which went out Thursday 12 July, pulled in 5.04m viewers, a 23.82% share. The last episode was shown on Friday 20 July." - Quote from Broadcast magazine.

With:- LORCAN CRANITCH as Michael MCCready / PATSY PALMER as Claire Cooper / BRENDAN COYLE as Donal McCready / MICHELLE FAIRLEY as Bernadette / DARAGH O'MALLEY as Gerry Geraghty / KIM THOMSON as Laura / BRIAN BOVELL as Carl Glenn / PETER HANLY as Father Tom / DAVID WESTHEAD as D.C.I. Kendal / PAOLA DIONISOTTI as Giovanna / MARK LETHEREN as Morgan / ALICE REDMOND as Etta

MACHINE GUNNER

HTV / 1x75m-e / 1976

Writers: Bob Baker, Dave Martin / Producer/Director: Patrick Dromgoole

Thriller. A Bristol debt collector finds himself mixed up with crooks.

With:- LEONARD ROSSITER / NINA BADEN-SEMPER / KATE O'MARA / COLIN WELLAND

MACKENZIE

BBC / 10x50m-e / 1980

Writer: Andrea Newman / Producer: George Gallacio

Period drama serial. In the 1950's Scottish building contractor Mackenzie moves to London determined to succeed, whatever the cost to his family and relationships.

With:- JACK GALLOWAY as Mackenzie / KARA WILSON / LINDA BELLINGHAM / TOBY SALAMAN / TRACEY ULLMAN / RICHARD MARNER

MacNEIL/CORNEILIUS/EMLYN

ATV / 3x30m-e / 1969

Writer: Alun Owen

Three star packed half hour dramas introduced by Laurence Olivier. When shown overseas the three plays were put together but were shown

With:- MICHAEL CAINE / SEAN CONNERY / PAUL SCOFIELD

MADAME BOVARY

BBC / 1964 black and white

Novel: Gustave Flaubert

Period drama serial. In rural France a bored wife married to a dull doctor is determined to get a little more out of life.

With:- GLYNN EDWARDS as Charles Bovary / NYREE DAWN PORTER as Emma Bovary

MADAME BOVARY

BBC / 8x50m-e / 1975

Novel: Gustave Flaubert

Period drama serial. In rural France a bored wife married to a dull doctor is determined to get a little more out of life.

Emma................................................. FRANCESCA ANNIS

Charles............................................... TOM CONTI

Randolphe........................................... DENIS LILL

M. Rouault.......................................... RICHARD BEALE

Leon Dupuis........................................ BRIAN STIRNIER

MADAME BOVARY

BBC2-WGBH Boston-BBC Worldwide / 2x80m-e / 2000 10-11 April Mon-Tues 9.00pm

Writer: Heidi Thomas / Novel: Gustave Flaubert / Music: John Lunn / Design: John Paul Kelly / Camera: Chris Jaeger / Producers: Tony Redston, Bernard Krichefski / Director: Tim Fywell

Period drama serial. In 19th century France innocent Emma Rouault marries Dr Charles Bovary, she is soon bored and finds her head being turned by the handsome Rodolphe.

With:- FRANCES O'CONNOR as Emma Bovary / HUGH BONNEVILLE as Charles Bovary / GREG WISE as Rodolphe / EILEEN ATKINS as Marie Louise / KEITH BARRON as Lheureux / HUGH DANCY as Leon / TREVOR PEACOCK as Rouault / DAVID TROUGHTON as Homais / JOE McGANN as Paul / BARBARA JEFFORD as Marquise / CLAIRE HACKETT as Madame Homais / STANLEY LEBOR as Briet

MADAME SIN

ITC / 1x75m-e / 1971

Writers: Barry Oringer, David Green / Music: Michael Gibbs / Director: David Green

Thriller. A deadly femme fatale runs a spy network based in a Scottish Castle.

With:- BETTE DAVIS / ROBERT WAGNER / DENHOLM ELLIOTT / GORDON JACKSON / DUDLEY SUTTON / CATHERINE SCHELL

THE MAD DEATH

BBC Scotland / 3x50m-e / 1983

Writer: Sean Hignett /Novel: Nigel Slater / Producer: Bob McIntosh / Director: Robert Young / Music: Philip Sawyer

Drama Serial. An epidemic of rabies breaks out across the UK when a rabid cat is smuggled into the country.

With:- RICHARD HEFFER as Michael Hilliard / BARBARA KELLERMAN as Dr. Ann Maitland /RICHARD MORANT as Johnny Dalry / ED BISHOP as Tom Siegler / VALERIE HOLLIMAN as Norma Siegler /DEBBI BLYTHE as Jane Stoddard / VIVIENNE DIXON as Siegler's secretary

THE MADHOUSE ON CASTLE STREET

BBC / 1x / 13 January 1963

BBC Play. Featuring singer Bob Dylan in an acting role. The play no longer exists in the archives and is on the BFI/BBC's most wanted list.

MADE IN HEAVEN

Granada / 6x60m-e / 1990

Script Editor: Gub Neal / Executive Producer: Sally Head

Drama series. A couple decide to set up in business as wedding organisers.

With:- LOUISA RIX / TIMOTHY BENTINCK / MOIRA BROOKER / KEITH BARRON / JOHN PAUL

MAD JACK

BBC 'The Wednesday Play' / 1x70m-e / 1970

Writer: Tom Clarke / Director: Jack Gold

Period drama. Poet Seigfried Sassoon finds himself caught up in the carnage of World War One.

Sassoon............................................ MICHAEL JAYSTON

THE MAD LOMANSEYS

Granada (The Sinners) / 1x60m-e / 1972

Drama. A young woman leaves Ireland for England and becomes involved with a man contemplating entering the priesthood.

With:- BRIGIT FORSYTH as Rita / DONAL McCANN as Mr Lowery

MADLY IN LOVE

Anglia / 1x60m-e / 1972

Writer: Paul Ableman / Producer: John Jacobs

Romantic drama. Shy young poet Angus attempts to woo a girl called Mary.

Angus................................................. RICHARD BECKINSALE

Mary.................................................... MADELINE SMITH

MADSON

BBC / 6x50m-e / 1996

Creator: Ian McShane / Writer: Ian Kennedy Martin / Producer: Colin Shindler

Crime drama serial. Lawyer John Madson, comes out of prison, after serving time for a time he didn't commit, determined to get justice.

John Madson................................... IAN McSHANE

Sarah Madson................................. JAYNE ASHBOURNE

Magda Ostrowska........................... JOANNA KANSKA

D.I. Rourke..................................... MATTHEW MARSH

Sir Ranald Hearley.......................... CHARLES GRAY

Elaine Dews................................... SHIRLEY ANNE FIELD

Ch Supt Walton.............................. ANDREW BURT

Supt Burridge................................. FRANK JARVIS

Nigel Alwyn ................................... RONALD HINES

MAELSTROM

BBC / 6x50m-e / 1985

Writer: Michael J. Bird / Producer: Vere Lorrimer / Director: David Maloney

Thriller serial. After inheriting property there, Catherine Durrell travels to Norway where she gets caught up in a 'maelstrom' of murder and terror.

With:- TUSSE SILBERG as Catherine Durrell / DAVID BEAMES as Anders Bjornson / ANN TODD / SUSAN GILMORE / CHRISTOPHER SCOULAR

MAGGIE - IT'S ME

BBC1 'Comedy Special' / 1x30m-e / 1977 3 May - Tues 7.40pm

Writer: Bernard Taylor / Producer: Graeme Muir

Comedy. Allie walks out on her boyfriend and seeks refuge with her best friend Maggie.

With:- FRANCES DE LA TOUR as Maggie / ROSEMARY MARTIN as Allie

MAGIC MOMENTS

Yorkshire/Arena / 1x120m-e / 1990

Writers: Terence Brady, Charlotte Bingham / Directors: Lawrence Gordon Clark

Romantic drama. A TV producer falls in love with a magician.

With:- JOHN SHEA / JENNY SEAGROVE / PAUL FREEMAN

THE MAGNIFICENT ONE

C4/Rocking Horse / 1x45m-e / 1982 6 Nov - Sat 9.15pm

Writer/Director: Sandy Johnson / Producer: Michael Hamlyn

Comedy. Problems arise for Larry when he tangles with a Samurai.

Larry.................................................... ADRIAN EDMONDSON

Mr Ho.................................................. BURT KWOUK

The Samurai........................................ SIMON DEERLING

MAGNIFICENT 7

BBC2 / 1x85m / 13 December 2005

Writer: Sandy Welch / Director: Kenny Glenaan / Producer: Deborah Jones

Drama. Maggi Jackson is a caring single mum with seven children. Four of them (the boys) are autistic and she has to work hard to cope with the various unique problems this brings to her household as we see them over the course of a year. Based on a true story.

With:- HELENA BONHAM CARTER as Maggi Jackson / BRUNO LASTRA as Dmitri
Jackson Children:- CHRISTOPHER PARKINSON as Christpher / THOMAS REDFORD as Curtis / JOSHUA THURSTON as Davey / HOLLY GRAINGER as Louise / ANNA SAINSBURY as Elizabeth / POLLY THOMPSON as Rebekah / DUANE LOMAX as Richard

MAIGRET

BBC/Winwell / 52x50m-e / 1960-63 black and white

Creator: Georges Simenon / Theme Music: Ron Grainer / Executive Producer: Andrew Osborn

Crime drama series. Cases of enigmatic French detective Chief Inspector Maigret. Between 1992-93 Granada revived the series with Michael Gambon as Maigret. Rupert Davies also played Maigret as host of the series Detective and also in 1969 starred as Maigret in a Play of the Month production.

Ch Insp Maigret................................ RUPERT DAVIES

Lucas.............................................. EWAN SOLON

Madame Maigret.............................. HELEN SHINGLER

THE MAIN CHANCE

Yorkshire / 45x60m-e / 1969-75 Four seasons

Creator: Edmund Ward / Producers: Peter Willes, David Cunliffe, John Frankau, Derek Bennett

Crime drama series. Cases of tough solicitor David Main.

David Main.......................................... JOHN STRIDE

Julia Main........................................... KATE O'MARA

Sarah Courtenay/Lady Radchester....... ANNA PALK

MAISIE RAINE

BBC1/Fair Game / 12x50m-e / 1998-99

Script Editor: Jeremy Page / Producer: Irving Teitelbaum

Crime drama series. Stories of Detective Inspector Maisie Raine, who as well as trying to catch the crooks was also responsible for training up and coming detectives.

D.I. Maisie Raine............................. PAULINE QUIRKE

Ch Supt Jack Freeman.................... IAN McELHINNEY

D.C.I. Susan Askey(98).................. ANNA PATRICK

George Kyprianou.......................... STEVE JOHN SHEPHERD

Kelvin Raine(98)............................. PAUL REYNOLDS

D.C. Stephen Holmes.................... BRIAN BOVELL

D.C. Helen Tomlin......................... RAKIE AYOLA

D.S. Micky Farrell ........................ RICHARD GRAHAM

THE MAITLANDS

BBC2 'Performance' / 1x90m-e / 1993

Writer: Ronald Mackenzie / Producer: Simon Curtis

Period drama. In the early 1930's seaside village of Betworthy the once well off Maitland family have fallen on hard times.

Mrs Maitland..................................... EILEEN ATKINS

Phyllis Maitland................................ JENNIFER EHLE

John Clareville.................................. EMMA FIELDING

Major Luddington.............................. EDWARD FOX

Roger Maitland................................. BILL NIGHY

Dorothy Maitland.............................. HARRIET WALTER

Jack Maitland ................................. SAMUEL WEST

MAKING FACES

BBC / 6x30m-e / 1975

Writer: Michael Frayn / Producer: Robert Chetwyn / Director: Gareth Gwenlan

Six linked drama plays about the life of a young Jewish girl.

Zoya Hirst.......................................... ELEANOR BRON

Stuart................................................ TIM PREECE

THE MAKING OF PEREGRINE

BBC1 'Comedy Playhouse' / 1x30m-e / 1969 19 May - Monday 7.30pm

Writer: Marty Feldman, Barry Took / Producer: Barry Lupino

Comedy. Stanley mold is determined to make a man out of his son Peregrine.

Stanley Mold.................................... DICK EMERY

Peregrine Mold................................ ANDREW ARY

Minerva Mold................................... PAT COOMBS

Rory............................................... SAM KYDD

MAKING OUT

BBC1 / 24x50m-e / 1989-91

Creator: Frank Roddam / Writer: Debbie Horsfield / Producers: John Chapman, Carol Wilks

Comedy drama series. The lives of a group of strong women working in an electronics factory in Manchester.

Queenie.............................................. MARGI CLARKE

Rex.................................................... KEITH ALLEN

Pauline............................................... RACHEL DAVIES

Chunky............................................... BRIAN HIBBARD

Carol May........................................... SHIRLEY STELFOX

Norma................................................ TRACIE BENNETT

Jill...................................................... MELANIE KILBURN

Frankie.............................................. JOHN FORGEHAM

Rosie................................................ JANE HAZLEGROVE

Mr Beachcroft.................................... DON HENDERSON

Kip....................................................TONY HAYGARTH

MAKING WAVES

ITV1 / 6x60m / started 7 July 2004

Writer: Terry Cafola / Director: Matthew Evans / Executive Producer: Ted Childs

Drama set on board the Royal Navy frigate HMS Suffolk. Commander Martin Brooke takes on the command of the Suffolk for its sea-trials. NOTE: The drama performed badly in the ratings and was pulled from the schedules after only 3 episodes had been shown.

With:- ALEX FERNS as Cdr Martin Brooke EMILY HAMILTON as LtCmr Jenny Howard / IAN BARTHOLOMEW as LtCmr William Lewis / STEVE SPIERS as CCMEA Andy Fellows / PAUL CHEQUER as LMEA Dave Finnan / JOANNA PAGE as ON Rosie Bowen / LEE TURNBALL as ON Mickey Sobanski / ANGEL COULBY as LMA Anita Cook

THE MALADJUSTED BUSKER

BBC1 / 1x30m-e / 1966 3 Mar - Thurs 9.00pm

Writer: John Law / Producer: Dick Clement / Director: John Duncan

Comedy. A busker is separated from the rest of his group on the streets of London and tries to make his way back to them.

Busker................................................ ROY HUDD

MALICE AFORETHOUGHT

BBC / 4x50m-e / 1979 (15 March - 5 April)

Writer: Philip Mackie / Novel: Francis Illes / Producer: Richard Beynon / Director: Cyril Coke

Period crime drama serial. In the 1930's a small town doctor poisons his bullying wife when she learns he is having an affair, however events begin to spiral out of control when his conquest Madeleine Cranmere marries someone else and Bickleigh decides to bump off her husband too.

With:- Hywel Bennett as Doctor Bickleigh / Judy Parfitt as Julia / Cheryl Campbell as Madeleine Cranmere / Harold Innocent as The Reverend Hessary Torr / Briony McRoberts as Quarnian Torr / Christopher Bramwell as Harford Ridgeway / Rohan McCulloch as Gwynfryd Rattery / Christopher Guard as Denny Bourne / Belinda Carroll as Ivy Ridgeway / Elizabeth Stewart as Mrs Torr / Mary Laine as Miss Wapsworthy / Shirley Cain as Miss Peavy / David Ashford as William Chatford / Vivienne Moore as The Maid / Susan Porrett as Florence / John Harvey as Sir Tamerton Foliott / Michael Lees as Victor / Kristine Howarth as Mrs Holne / James Grout as Chief Inspector Russell / John Woodnutt as Doctor Lydston / Antony Brown as Superintendent Allhayes / Lionel Taylor as Detective Sergeant Tanner / Anthony Woodruff as Mr Gunhill / Thorley Walters as Sir Francis Lee-Bannerton / Michael Aldridge as Sir Bernard Deverell

MALICE AFORETHOUGHT

ITV1 / 2x90m / 10, 11 April 2005

Novel: Francis Iles / Adaptation: Andrew Payne / Director: David Blair / Producer: Keith Thompson

Period drama set in the 1930s. A long-suffering village doctor decides to do away with his domineering wife making it appear to be suicide so that he can marry an eligible newcomer to the village.

With:- BEN MILLER as Dr Edmund Bickleigh / BARBARA FLYNN as Julia Bickleigh / MEGAN DODDS as Madeleine Cranmere / LUCY BROWN as Ivy Ridgeway

THE MALLENS

Granada / 13x60m-e / 1979-80

Writer: Jack Russell / Novels: Catherine Cookson / Producer: Roy Roberts / Directors: Ronald Wilson, Mary McMurray

Period drama series. In Victorian times a ruthless squire fathers several illegitimate children, recognised by the distinctive white flash running through their hair (known as 'The Mallen Streak') the same as their father.

Thomas Allen................................... JOHN HALLAM

Donald Radlett................................. JOHN DUTTINE

Dick................................................ DAVID RINTOUL

Barbara Farrington........................... PIPPA GUARD

Constance Farrington(79)................. JULIA CHAMBERS

Constance Farrington(80)................. JUNE RITCHIE

Anna Brigmore................................ CAROLINE BLAKISTON

Matthew Radlett.............................. IAN SAYNOR

Barbara Mallen............................... JULIET STEVENSON

Michael Radlett.............................. GERRY SUNDQUIST

MAMA'S BACK

BBC1 / 1x30m-e / 1993 6 December - Monday 8.30pm

Writer: Ruby Wax / Producer: Justin Judd / Director: Ed Bye

Comedy. When temperamental Hollywood TV star Tamara Hamilton is sacked from her show she faces the prospect of returning to her family and friends back in England.

Tamara Hamilton............................... JOAN COLLINS

Ian Hamilton..................................... MICHAEL GAMBON

Sharon Emmanuel............................ SAMANTHA JANUS

Stephen........................................... RUPERT EVERETT

Himself ........................................... CLIVE JAMES

THE MAN

BBC1/Crucial / 1x80m-e / 1999 5 April - Monday 8.30pm

Writer: Jon Canter / Music: Mike Moran / Design: Mark Stevenson / Costume: Pam Downe / Executive Producers: Polly McDonald, Jane Tranter / Producer: Colin Ludlow / Director: Betsan-Morris Evans

Comedy drama. Travel agent Dennis Jackson is determined to hit the big time as a singer no matter what the cost to his personal life.

Dennis Jackson................................... LENNY HENRY

Michelle............................................. MARIANNE JEAN-BAPTISTE

Alex................................................... ADRIAN EDMONDSON

Kenneth............................................. PATRICK ROBINSON

Geoffrey............................................. JULIAN WADHAM

Pam.................................................. MORWENNA BANKS

Happy................................................ BOB MASON

Jerry Barnes ..................................... JOHN SESSIONS

THE MANAGERESS

C4/Witzend / 12x60m-e / 1989-91

Creator: Stan Hey / Producers: Glenn Wilhide, Sophie Balhetchet

Drama series. Gabriella Benson creates controversy when she becomes the world's first female football manager.

With:- CHERIE LUNGHI as Gabriella Benson / TOM GEORGESON as Eddie Johnson / MARK McGANN as Gary Halliwell / STEPHEN TOMPKINSON as Jina Wilson / WARREN CLARKE / SERGIO FANTONI

MAN AND BOY

BBC1 / 1x105m / 30 March 2002 / 9:00pm

Novel: Tony Parsons / Dramatist: Kevin Hood / Director: Simon Curtis / Producer: Kate Harwood

Harry Silver has to bring up his young son alone when his wife leaves him following a brief fling he has with a work colleague. He then meets Cyd, an American woman working in Britain as a waitress and a new relationship blossoms. NOTE: Was rescheduled to 9:30 due to coverage of the Queen Mother?s death

With:- Ioan GRUFFUDD as Harry Silver / NATASHA LITTLE as Gina Silver / ELIZABETH MITCHELL as Cyd Mason / IAN MCSHANE as Marty Mann / PAULINE COLLINS as Betty Silver / JACK SHEPERD as Paddy Silver / DOMINIC HOWELL as Pat Silver

MAN AT THE TOP

Thames / 23x60m-e / 1970-72

Creator: John Braine / Producers: George Markstein, Jaqueline Davis, Lloyd Shirley

Drama series. A sequel to the films Room at the Top and Life at the Top. Working class Joe Lampton is working as a management consultant and is determined to get ahead.

Joe Lampton.................................... KENNETH HAIGH

Susan Lampton............................... ZENA WALKER

Margaret Brown............................... AVICE LANDON

A MAN CALLED HARRY BRENT

BBC2 'Francis Durbridge Presents' / 6x25m-e / 1965/ 22 March - 26 April black and white

Writer: Francis Durbridge / Producer/Director: Alan Bromly

Thriller serial. A travel agent gets embroiled in a complex murder plot.

With:- EDWARD BRAYSHAW as Harry Brent / GERALD HARPER / BRIAN WILDE / JENNIFER DANIEL

MANCHILD

BBC2 / 15x30m-e / 2002-2003 (First Episode: 19 February 2002)

Writers: Nick Fisher / Producers: Sophie Clarke-Jenvoise, Pete Thornton / Director: David Evans

Comedy drama about four middle-aged male friends enjoying a sexually active life with much younger women.

With:- NIGEL HAVERS as Terry / ANTHONY HEAD as James / DON WARRINGTON as Patrick / RAY BURDIS as Gary

MANDELA

1x135m-e / 1987

Writer: Ronald Harwood / Director: Philip Saville

Drama telling the life and hard times of Nelson Mandela who spent over twenty years in prison in South Africa after fighting for the end of apartheid.

With:- DANNY GLOVER as Nelson Mandela / ALFRE WOODWARD as Winnie Mandela / WARREN CLARKE / ALLAN CORDUNER / JULIAN GLOVER / JOHN MATSHIKIZA

A MAN FOR LOVING

Yorkshire / 1x60m-e / 1970

Writer: Jeremy Paul / Director: James Ormerod

Drama. Problems of a middle aged advertising executive.

James Beal........................................... RICHARD GREENE

Ann...................................................... HELEN CHRISTIE

Bill....................................................... WILLIAM FOX

Isobel................................................... LYNN FARLEIGH

MAN FRIDAY

BBC 'Play for Today' / 1x75m-e / 1972

Writer: Adrian Mitchell / Producer: Graeme McDonald / Director: James MacTaggart

Period drama. Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe story but seen from the point of view of Man Friday.

THE MAN FROM HAVEN

ATV / 6x60m-e / 1972

Creator: Wilfred Greatorex / Design: Stanley Mills / Producer: Richard Bates

Drama series. A shady businessman learns the identity of a number of Swiss bank account holders and embarks on a course of blackmail.

Jack Byron Lever................................ IAN HOLM

Mary Balfour...................................... BRENDA BRUCE

Ken Durban....................................... JOHN STRATTON

THE MAN FROM INTERPOL

Danziger / 39x30m-e / 1960 black and white

Producers: Edward J. Danziger, Harry Lee Danziger

Crime drama series. The cases of an Interpol agent.

Cmdr Anthony Smith........................... RICHARD WYLER

Supt Mercer....................................... JOHN LONGDEN

THE MAN FROM THE PRU

BBC / 1x90m-e / 1990

Writer: Robert Smith / Director: Rob Ruhrer

Crime drama. In 1931 a salesman for the Prudential Insurance Company is accused of murdering his wife.

With:- JONATHAN PRYCE / ANNA MASSEY / SUSANNAH YORK / RICHARD PASCO / TOM GEORGESON / GEOFFREY HUGHES

MANHUNT

LWT / 26x60m-e / 1970

Creator/Executive Producer: Rex Firkin / Producer: Andrew Brown

Wartime drama series. Stories of French r鳩stance fighters during world war II.

Sq Ldr Jimmy Porter.............................. ALFRED LYNCH

Vincent................................................ PETER BARKWORTH

Nina.................................................... CYD HAYMAN

Adelaide.............................................. MAGGIE FITZGIBBON

Abwehr Sgt Gratz................................. ROBERT HARDY

Lutzly.................................................. PHILIP MADOC

MAN IN A MOON

ABC / 1x60m-e / 1957 black and white

Writer: Michael Pertwee / Producer: Stuart Latham / Director: Stephen Clarkson

Scifi Drama. In a Middle Eastern country plans are afoot to send a man to the moon.

With:- DONALD PLEASANCE / HILTON EDWARDS / DEREK OLDHAM / BASIL DIGNAM / HILDA FENEMORE

MAN IN A SUITCASE

ITC/ATV / 30x60m-e / 1968

Creator: Richard Harris / Theme Music: Ron Grainer / Stunt Arranger: Roy Vincente / Executive story consultant: Stanley R. Greenberg / Producer: Sidney Cole

Crime drama series. Cases of tough, loner, Europe based, American ex-CIA man turned private eye, McGill. This show has one of the all time great theme tunes.

With:- RICHARD BRADFORD as McGill

THE MAN IN ROOM 17

Granada / 26x60m-e / 1965-66 black and white

Creator: Robin Chapman / Producer: Richard Everitt

Crime drama series. See also The Fellows. two criminologists, Oldenshaw and Dimmock, solve baffling crimes from the sanctity of their office in the Department of Social Research.

With:- RICHARD VERNON as Oldenshaw / MICHAEL ALDRIDGE as Dimmock / DENHOLM ELLIOTT as Imlac Defraits / WILLOUGHBY GODDARD as Sir Geoffrey Norton

THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK

BBC / 9x25m-e / 1968 black and white

Writer: Anthony Steven / Novel: Alexandre Dumas / Producer: Campbell Logan / Director: Hugh David

Period drama serial. D'Artagnan and his fellow Musketeers try to rescue the brother of Loius XIV from the bastille.

D'Artagnan........................................... EDWIN RICHFIELD

Porthos............................................... ROGER LIVESLY

Aramis................................................ NOEL WILLMAN

Athos.................................................. JACK GUILLAM

THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK

ITC / 1x96m-e / 1977

Writer: William Bast / Music: Alleyn Ferguson / Director: Mike Newell

Period drama. D'Artagnan sets out to rescue Louis XIV's half brother who has been imprisoned for years in the Bastille.

With:- RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN / PATRICK McGOOHAN / JENNY AGUTTER / IAN HOLM / RALPH RICHARDSON / BRENDA BRUCE

THE MAN IN THE WOOD

Anglia / 1x60m-e / 1973

Director: Alan Gibson

Drama. In the New Forest a girl begs a lift from a US businessman an act that leads to murder.

With:- ISOBEL DEAN / MARK DIGNAM / DAVID HEDISON / JENNIFER HILARY

MAN OF LETTERS

BBC2 / 1x95m-e / 23 March 1984 10:00pm

Writer: Gillian Hawser/John Graham; Director: David Spenser; Producer: Terry Coles

Drama. Set in 1928 - With his best friend ill, Twelve-year old Kenton is forced to spend the summer holidays with his father whose interests are directed mainly towards his hobbies. The boy ventures to write a novel and becomes smitten with a young waitress when he decides that love is vital to the intellectual development of a future Man of Letters.

With:- MICHAEL JAYSTON as Colonel Sheldrake / STACY DORNING as The Waitress / ALAN COX as Kenton

A MAN OF OUR TIMES

LWT / 13x60m-e / 1968 black and white

Writer: Julian Bond

Drama series. The work and home life of middle aged business executive Max Osborne.

With:- GEORGE COLE as Max Osborne / JEAN HARVEY / CHARLES TINGWELL / JENNIFER WILSON

MAN OF THE WORLD

ATV / 20x60m-e / 1962-63 black and white

Producer: Harry Fine

Action adventure series. Cases of globe trotting photographer turned troubleshooter Mike Strait.

Mike Strait......................................... CRAIG STEVENS

Maggie............................................... TRACEY REED

Hank.................................................. GRAHAM STARK

THE MAN OUTSIDE

BBC / x50m-e / 1972

Drama series. An outsider gets involved in mysteries.

With:- RUPERT DAVIES

THE MAN OUTSIDE

BBC1 / 1x60m-e / 1972 2 June

Writer: Peter Draper

Comedy drama. Stories of the residents of the Welsh village of Pswallab. The play was the inspiration for the series The Peril's of Pendragon and the play was indeed remade as an episode of that show called A Persistent Coffin.

Isaac................................................... KENNETH GRIFFITH

Rosko................................................. JOHN CLIVE

THE MAN SHAKESPEARE

BBC2 / 1x50m-e / 1964 black and white

Writer: Ivor Brown / Producer: Hal Burton

Drama documentary. A look at the life of Shakespeare, the play was produced to mark the quarter centenary of his birth.

William Shakespeare...................... ROGER CROUCHER

THE MAN OUT THERE

ABC / 1x65m-e / 1961 12 March black and white

Writer: Donal Gittinan / Producer: Sydney Newman / Director: Charles Jarrott

Scifi drama. A Russian astronaut trapped in space with only a few hours to live, makes radio contact with the wife of a trapper stranded in a remote part of Canada. The woman has an ill child but the Russian is able to use his medical knowledge to make her better.

Nicholai Soloviov.................................. PATRICK McGOOHAN

Marie.................................................. KATHARINE BLAKE

The General........................................ CLIFFORD EVANS

Colonel............................................... JACK WATSON

Deputy Cmdr...................................... MARNE MAITLAND

MANSFIELD PARK

BBC / 6x60m-e / 1986

Writer: Ken Taylor / Novel: Jane Austen / Music: Derek Bourgeois / Director: David Giles

Period drama serial. Fanny Price is brought up be her wealthy uncle at his country estate Mansfield Park, only her cousin Edmund has any time for her.

With:- Sylvestra La Touzel as Fanny Price / ANNA MASSEY as Mrs Norris / ANGELA PLEASANCE as Lady Bertram / SAMANTHA BOND as Maria / BERNARD HEPTON as Sir Thomas Bertram / KATY DURHAM-MATTHEWS as Young Fanny / NICHOLAS FARRELL as Edmund / ALEX LOWE as Young Edmund / CHRISTOPHER VILLIERS as Tom / LIZ CROWTHER as Julia / GORDEN KAYE as Dr Grant / SUSAN EDMONSTONE as Mrs Grant / JACKIE SMITH WOOD as Mary Crawford / ROBERT BURBAGE as Henry Crawford / GILLIAN MOSTELL as Mrs Rushworth

MANTRAP

Associated-Rediffusion / 7x30m-e / 1956 black and white

Writer: Jan Murray / Executive Producer: Caryl Doncaster

Wartime spy drama series. Exploits of spies during the Second World War.

THE MAN WHO BROKE BRITAIN

BBC2 / 1x90m / 9 December 2004

Writers: Simon Finch, Gabriel Range / Director: Gabriel Range / Producer: Simon Finch

A fictional drama told in retrospective documentary style, "Re-telling" the events of January 2005 (then in the future) about a London city trader whose risky trading in the derivatives market caused a stock market crash following a terrorist attack on an oil refinery in Saudi Arabia. Told with interviews and "faked" news reports.

With:- MANSOUR ABOU CHAHINE as Samir Badr / KATHERINE IGOE as Patricia Badr / MARK HYDE as Gordon Marnham / GEORGE POTTS as Darren Wearing / WILL ASHCROFT as Philip Crighton / KIRTY DILLON as Kirsty Rogers

THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER

BBC / 1x90m-e / 1947 23 March black and white

Writers: Moss Hart, Geoge F. Kaufman / Producer: Joel O'Brien

Comedy. Wheelchair bound Sheridan Whiteside sets about creating havoc when he goes to stay with friends.

Dr Bradley........................................ MACDONALD PARKER

Miss Preen....................................... JEAN ST. CLAIR

Sheridan Whiteside........................... FRANK PETTINGELL

Banjo............................................... ALAN KEITH

June Stanley.................................... HELEN MILLER

Mr Stanley....................................... HAL THOMPSON

THE MAN WHO CRIED

Tyne Tees/World / 3x60m-e / 1996

Writer: Stan Barstow / Novel: Catherine Cookson / Music: Richard Hartley / Script Editor: Nicole Cauverien / Design: Ash Wilkinson / Producer: Ray Marshall / Director: Michael Whyte

Period drama serial. In the 1930's, when Abel Mason's wife exposes his affair with a married woman, the revelation has tragic consequences.

With:- CIARAN HINDS as Abel Mason / KATE BUFFREY as Florrie / DANIEL MASSEY as Peter Maxwell / GEMMA CRAVEN as June / ANGELA WALSH as Lena Mason / BOBBY PATTINSON as Fred Donnelly / JAMES TOMLINSON as Dick Mason / SHEBA RONAY as Daphne / ELSPETH CHARLTON as Mrs Burrows / COLIN BROWN as Benny Layton

THE MAN WHO DIDN'T BELIEVE IN GHOSTS

ITV 'Chiller' / 1x60m-e / 1995

Writer: Anthony Horowitz / Director: Bob Mahoney

Thriller. Writer Richard Cramer (a cynical non believer in the supernatural) moves into a supposedly haunted house, he intends to prove that ghosts do not exist but then srange things start to happen.

Richard Cramer................................ PETER EGAN

Sophie Cramer................................ MEL MARTIN

Peter Walker................................... MILES ANDERSON

Matthew Cramer.............................. TOBIAS SAUNDERS

TV Presenter.................................. ANGELA RIPPON

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