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MARRIED SINGLE OTHER
MAY AND JUNE
MAYO AKA THE GIL MAYO MYSTERIES ME AND THE GIRLS
MELISSA(1974 FRANCIS DURBRIDGE PRESENTS VERSION)
MELISSA(1997 ALAN BLEASDALE RE-IMAGINING)
THE MAN WHO MADE HUSBANDS JEALOUS
Anglia / 3x60m-e / 1997
Writers: Andrew Maclear, Harvey Bomberg / Novel: Jilly Cooper / Producer: Irving Teitelbaum / Director: Robert Knights
Drama serial. Lysander Hawkley (in a roundabout sort of way) acts as a kind of marriage guidance service, having affairs with married women in order to bring them closer to their husbands.
With:- STEPHEN BILLINGTON as Lysander Hawkley / GILLY COMAN as Marigold Lockton / RHONA MITRA as Flora Seymour / KIM CRISWELL as Georgie McGuire / HUGH BONNEVILLE as Ferdinand Fitzgerald / NICHOLAS BALL as Larry Lockton
THE MAN WHO WAS HUNTING HIMSELF
BBC / 3x50m-e / 1972
Writer: N.J. Crisp / Producer: Bill Sellars / Director: Terence Williams
Drama serial.
With:- DONALD BURTON / LOIS BAXTER / CAROL AUSTIN / ROBIN HAWDON / GARFIELD MORGAN / DAVID SAVILLE
MAN WITH A MISSION
ATV 'Six of the Best' / 1x30m-e / 1965 8 Sep - Wed 9.10pm black and white
Writers: Richard Harris, Dennis Spooner / Producer: Alan Tarrant / Director: Dicky Leeman
Comedy.
With:- RONALD LACEY as Wilfred Hicks / THORLEY WALTERS as Forbes-Glanville / AVIS BUNNAGE as Mrs Whittaker / DEREK NIMMO as Hope Weston / HARRY LOCKE as Security Guard / DENISE BUCKLEY as Carol
MAN WITHOUT A MORTGAGE
ATV (An edition of Armchair Theatre) / 1x60m-e / 1969
Drama. In his quest to raise a mortgage for a new home Walter Tilley displays unexpected enterprise - especially with a business rival - the attractive and highly paid Irene Mayhew.
With:- DONALD CHURCHILL as Walter Tilley / FABIA DRAKE as Irene Mayhew / SALLY BAZELY / TERENCE ALEXANDER / MARGARET ANDERSON
THE MAN WITH THE CLOAK FULL OF HOLES
BBC / 1x90m-e / 1946 28 August black and white
Writer: W.P. Liscomb / Producer: George More O'Ferrall
Period drama. In 1492, Christopher Columbus gets ready to set out on his voyage of discovery.
Christopher Columbus.................. WYNDHAM GOLDIE
A MANY SPLINTERED THING
BBC1-Lucky Dog-Chrysalis / 7x30m-e / 1998 and 2000 Pilot: 25 Dec Season One: 27 June - 1 August Tuesdays 10.20pm
Writer: Geoff Deane / Script Editor: Philip Palmer / Design: Bill Crutcher / Camera: Simon Kossoff / Executive Producers: John McHugh, Geoff Dean / Producers: Kenton Allen (pilot), Mia Jupp (series) / Directors: Paul Harrison (pilot), Sandy Johnson (series)
Comedy drama series. Married jingle writer Russel Boyd is having an affair with the much younger Elly. There was a pilot in 1998 before the show proper. Kate Isitt played Susanna in the pilot.
With:- ALAN DAVIES as Russel Boyd / SIMONE BENDIX as Susanna Boyd / KATE ASHFIELD as Elly Rawstorne / VICTOR McGUIRE as Luis Banks / PAUL TRUSSELL as Alistair Cranwell
MAPP AND LUCIA
C4/LWT / 10x60m-e / 1985-86
Writer: Gerald Savory / Novels: E.F. Benson / Producer: Michael Dunlop / Director: Donald McWhinnie
Period comedy drama series. The petty rivalries of two friends Emmilie 'Lucia' Lucas and Elizabeth Mapp in a small town during the 1920's.
With:- GERALDINE McEWAN as Emmilie 'Lucia' Lucas / PRUNELLA SCALES as Elizabeth Mapp / NIGEL HAWTHORNE as George Pilson / DENIS LILL
THE
MANY LIVES OF ALBERT WALKER
BBC1 / 1x90m / 25 March 2002 / 8:30pm
Writer: Philip Palmer / Director: Harry Hook / Producer: Sophie Gardner
Detective drama. DC George Meyrick attempts to solve the murder of a man fished
out of the sea by some local fisherman. The trail leads to Canadian Paul
Morrow, living in Britain, who is not what he seems and Meyrick uncovers many
different identities that Morrow, whose real name is Albert Walker, has been
living under. Based on a true story. A British/Canadian
co-production. Note: Albert & Suzanne Walker are credited as Paul &
Helen Morrow in the Radio Times (their first discovered pseudonym) so as not to
give the game away. The end-credits showed them as the Walkers.
With:- ALAN SCARFE as Albert Walker/Paul Morrow / SARAH MANNINEN as Suzanne
Walker/Helen Morrow / JOHN GORDON-SINCLAIR as George Meyrick / LESLEY DUNLOP as
Jean Crowley / GARY POWELL as DI Trevan / JOHN BENFIELD as DCI Dawlish / PAUL
COPLEY as Danny Peck
A MAN YOU DON'T MEET EVERYDAY
C4/Middlemarch 'Without Walls' / 1x70m-e / 1994
Writer: Ronan Bennett / Producer: Belinda Allen / Director: Angela Pope
Drama. Bored, married city woman Charlotte, begins an affair with a suspected IRA terrorist ( she doesn't know about his background).
Charlotte................................................ HARRIET WALTER
Robert................................................... PETER DAVISON
Jim....................................................... RICHARD HAWLEY
Bernie ................................................. COLUM CONVEY
MARCH IN WINDY CITY
Yorkshire / 1x120m-e / 1998
Writer: Thomas Ellice / Producer: Martyn Auty / Director: Graham Theakston
Thriller. Former MI6 agent Steven March is forced out of retirement to investigate a businessman in Chicago who is running for office.
Steven Marsh................................... DAVID JASON
Dan Paterson.................................. DAVID McCALLUM
Sir Henry Bryant............................. JEROME WILLIS
Dr Prudence Cox............................ JILL BAKER
Det Joe Riggs................................. PAUL BATES
Det Wallace................................... KATE GOEHRING
Jennifer......................................... VANESSA EARL
MARCO MILLIONS
BBC / 1x90m-e / 1939 8 January black and white
Producer: Lanham Titchener
Comedy drama. A story of adventurer Marco Polo.
Marco Polo....................................... GRIFFITH JONES
Princess Kukachin............................ CATHERINE LACEY
Kublai Kahn...................................... ROBERT HARRIS
MARGERY AND GLADYS
ITV1 / 1x120m / 21 September 2003
Writer: John Flanagan, Andrew McCulloch /
Director: Geoffrey Sax / Producer: Philip Shelley
Comedy drama. Margery Heywood hits an intruder in her home with a vase to
protect her cleaner, Gladys. Believing the intruder dead the two ladies go on
the run.
With:- PENELOPE KEITH as Margery Heywood / JUNE BROWN as Gladys Gladwell / ALAN
DAVID as Gordon Thompson / MARCIA WARREN as Jean Thompson / MATTHEW LOCKWOOD as
Scott Wilkins.
MARGIE AND ME
Yorkshire / 1x30m-e / 1978 6 July - Thursday 7.15pm
Writer: John Graham / Producer/Director: Stuart Allen
Comedy. Widower Arthur and his new girlfriend Margie look for a council home.
With:- ARTHUR MULLARD as Arthur / BETTY MARSDEN as Margie / VANESSA FORD as Lilian / NIGEL LAMBERT as Dennis / NORMAN BIRD as Cheeseman
MARIE CURIE
BBC/Time-Life / 5x50m-e / 1977 16 Aug - 13 Sep
Writer: Elaine Morgan / Book: Robert Reid / Producer: Peter Goodchild / Director: John Glenister
Period drama serial. The life and times of Marie Curie who twice won a Nobel prize and also discovered radium.
With:- JANE LAPOTAIRE as Marie Curie / NIGEL HAWTHORNE as Pierre / PENELOPE LEE / WILLIAM SLEIGH
MARIGOLD
BBC / 1x25m-e / 1936 6 November - Friday 3.35pm black and white
Writer: L. Allen Harker / Producer: George More O'Ferrall
This production came direct from the stage of The London Theatre with the camera simply placed amongst the seats in the audience and filming the action on the stage. It billed itself as a Scottish comedy (although it was merely an excerpt from the stage performance). The first play to be shown on the proper television service.
With:- SOPHIE STEWART as Marigold / JEAN CLYDE as Mrs Peingle / JOHN BAILEY as Forsyth
MARION AND GEOFF
BBC2 / 10x10m-e 1x45m-e 6x30m-e / 2000-2003 (Tuesdays 9.50pm / 26 September - 28 November)
Writers: Rob Brydon, Hugo Blick / Associate Producers: Steve Coogan, Henry Normal / Producer/Director: Hugo Blick
Comedy monlogues. Cab driver Keith Barrett has a video camera fitted into his cab into which he gives forth about the fact that his wife Marion has run off with a bloke called Geoff. On 29 January 2003 a new run of 6 30 minute episodes started with Keith now a chauffeur to a lonely heiress.
With:- ROB BRYDON as Keith Barrett
MARKED PERSONAL
ITV (Thames) / 126x30 minute episodes / 30 October 1973 - 1 October 1976
Creator: Charles Dennis / Script Editor: Tony Holland / Producer: John Russell
This twice weekly afternoon drama series concerned itself with the human resource department of large organisation BYA, shown in the lunchtime slot at around 2:00pm (later it switched to 1:30pm). A typecast Christopher Biggins appeared in the first episode as "Podge" Riley.
With:- STEPHANIE BEACHAM as Georgina Layton (- 14
Aug 74) / HEATHER CHASEN as Isabel Neal / MAGGIE WELLS as Maggie / QUEENIE WATTS
as Doris / KARL HOWMAN as Gordon Smales / GLYN OWEN as Nolan / FREDERIC HALL as
Harry Jordan / MALCOLM REYNOLDS as Steve / JOHN PAUL as Gerald Painter / JOHN
LEE as Richard Mason / STELLA TANNER as Brenda Spurlin / TONY BRITTON as Charles
Maxwell-Brody / AVRIL ELGAR as Helen / KATHLEEN BYRON as Janice Maxwell-Brody /
CARL RIGG as Gordon Marsh / FRANKIE JORDAN as Mary / JULIET ACKROYD as Maria
Santos / TONY ANHOLT as Dennis Rudd
MARKET IN HONEY LANE
ATV / approx 220x60/30m-e / 1967-69 black and white
Creator: Louis Marks / Producer: John Cooper
Drama series. Stories of a group of stall holders on a small market. The series was later called just Honey Lane(68-69) and episodes went to twice weekly and thirty minutes duration.
Billy Bush.......................................... JOHN BENNETT
Sam English...................................... MICHAEL GOLDEN
Dave Sampson................................... RAY LONNEN
Jacko Bennett.................................... PETER BIRREL
Jimmy Bentall.................................... JACK BLIGH
Polly Jessel....................................... PAT NYE
Danny Jessel..................................... BRIAN RAWLINSON
MARK SABER
A-R-Danziger / 65x30m-e / 1957-59 black and white
Producers: E.J. and H.L. Danziger
Crime drama series. Cases of one armed detective Mark Saber. There were 155 episodes of Mark Saber/Saber of London in total. See also Saber of London. Donald Gray's biographer Trevor Jordan supplied the following additional information:-
Mark Saber was the original 65 episodes broadcast on Associated Redifusion between Thursday June 20th 1957 and Friday February 6th 1959. It started with File It Under Murder when Mark Saber got a new Secretary Stevie Ames played by singer Diane Decker. She was replaced in episode 41 The Big Snatch by Secretary Judy (Theresa Thorne) and Saber got himself an assistant called Barney O'Keefe (Michael Balfour). The First 65 episodes went out under the title Mark Saber (US The Vise) but had started earlier in 1955 in the US. The public took to the gallant Saber who always got his man and when the series finished the public clamoured for more. Danziger who were the fifties experts at producing cheap films could make two episodes a week. Saber of London was the follow up series (US Detectives Diary) starting at episode 66 The Captain and his Killers but Judy had gone and Michael Balfour was replaced by Canadian Neil McCallum as Pete Paulson . This started on ITV on Monday Nov 16th 1959 and ended with episode 90 The Visitor on Monday May 16th 1960. In episode 91 Neil McCallum was replaced with assistant Larry Nelson played by Gordon Tanner but he only lasted to episode 104 Field Goal broadcast on Monday June 20th 1960. Robert Arden took over as Bob Page in episode 105 A Toast To Death and stayed with the series until episode 142 A Date with Trouble (never shown on ITV London). Sabers last assistant was Eddy Welles played by Gary Thorne for episodes 143 to 150 ending with The Scream in the Night with Anto Rodgers on Monday April 23rd 1962. The last six episodes from Lost and Found until Sweetheart Beware Saber had no assistant. The series ended abruptly on April 30th 1962 but was confusing as ITV showed it out of sequence with Pete Paulson as Sabers assistant one week and Rober Arden the next. The series was shown for the last time on ITV in 1969 on Granada as 30 minute theatre and Sweetheart Beware shown for first time on June 13th 1969. Danziger ceased production in 1961 but poor Donald Gray was badly typecast as Mark Saber.
With:- DONALD GRAY as Mark Saber / MICHAEL BALFOUR as Barney O'Keefe / TERESA THORNE as Judy / DIANA DECKER as Stephanie Ames / PATRICK HOLT as Insp Brady / COLIN TAPLEY as Insp Chester
MARKHEIM
Three versions so far have been made of R.L. Stevenson's hop set sinister short story.
1. BBC 1952 1x30m-e 28 Dec Writer: Winston Clews
Markheim........................................... DOUGLAS WILMER
The Dealer.......................................... ERIK CHITTY
2.STV 1974 24 Dec Director: Tim Wakerell
Markheim........................................... DEREK JACOBI
3. BBC2 /1990/ 1x10m-e 3 Jan / Director: Derek Dodd
Markheim.......................................... JAMES VAUGHAN
MARKS
BBC 'Objects of Affection' / 1x50m-e / 1982
Writer: Alan Bennett / Producer: Innes Lloyd / Director: Piers Haggard
Comedy drama.
With:- MARJORIE YATES / DANDY NICHOLS / IAN TARGETT
THE MARKSMAN
BBC2 / 3x55m-e / 1988
Thriller serial. A secret service agent is drawn into a complex murder plot.
With:- DAVID THRELLFALL / LESLIE ASH
MARLOWE - PRIVATE EYE
LWT/David Wickes Prod. / 5x60m-e / 1984 (27 April - 25 May)
Stories: Raymond Chandler / Music: John Cameron / Producer: David Wickes / Title Sequence: Maurice Binder
Period crime drama series. Cases of hard boiled detective Philip Marlowe. A fully fledged British show set in America but made in the UK.
With:- POWERS BOOTHE as Philip Marlowe / WILLIAM KERNS as Lt Magee
MARRIAGE AND HENRY SUNDAY
ATV (Armchair Theatre Presentation) / 1x60m-e / 1969
Writer: Emanuel Litvinoff
Comedy drama. Shy bachelor Henry Sunday (who owns his own small factory making handbags) feels life is passing him by and yearns to find himself a wife, Henry, who lodges with attractive Bertha Morris and her daughter Julie decides to go to a computer marriage bureau to get the wife he needs.
With:- WARREN MITCHELL as Henry Sunday / MICHELLE SER / GWEN WATFORD
A MARRIAGE OF INCONVENIENCE
TVS / 2x60m-e / 1990
Writer/Narrator: Michael Duffield / Producer: George Gray / Director: Michael Duffield
Period drama (with documentary trimmings). In 1945 a young white woman causes shock and outrage when she marries a black African.
With:- NIAMH CUSACK as Ruth / RAYMOND JOHNSON as Seretse / JABU MBALO as Tshekedi
A MARRIED MAN
C4/LWT / 4x60m-e / 1983
Writer: Derek Marlowe / Novel: Piers Paul Read / Director: Charles Jarrott
Drama serial. A middle aged man begins a traumatic affair.
With:- ANTHONY HOPKINS / CIARAN MADDEN / LISE HILBOLDT / TRACEY CHILDS / CLIVE FRANCIS / JOHN LE MESURIER
MARRY THE GIRLS
BBC1 / 1x30m-e / 1973 1 Feb - Thurs 8.00pm
Writer: Godfrey Harrison / Producer: Graeme Muir
Comedy. To ease the burden on his wallet, Luke Elms decides to marry off his daughters.
Luke Elms......................................... JOHN LE MESURIER
Lottie Elms........................................ BARBARA STEPHENS
Miranda Elms.................................... SALLY THOMSETT
Sarah Elms....................................... SALLY STEPHENS
Julie Elms......................................... BRIONY McROBERTS
Emma Elms ..................................... YVETTE VANSON
Kate Elms......................................... HEATHER BELL
MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
BBC / x25m-e / 1964 black and white
Writer: Constance Cox / Novel: Charles Dickens / Director: Joan Craft
Period drama serial. Young Martin Chuzzlewit tries to make his way in the world during the 19th century.
Old Martin........................................ BARRY JONES
Young Martin.................................... GARY RAYMOND
Mary Graham................................... IIONA RODGERS
MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
BBC2/WGBH / 1x80m-e 5x60m-e / 1994 7 November - 12 December
Writer: David Lodge / Director: Pedr James
Period drama serial. Young Martin Chuzzlewit tries to make his way in the world during the 19th century.
Old Martin.......................................... PAUL SCOFIELD
Young Martin..................................... BEN WALDEN
Tigg Montague................................... PETE POSTLETHWAITE
Seth Pecksniff................................... TOM WILKINSON
Jonas Chuzzlewit............................... KEITH ALLEN
Tom Pinch........................................ PHILIP FRANKS
Mercy Pecksniff................................ JULIA SAWALHA
Mrs Lupin......................................... LYNDA BELLINGHAM
Mrs Todgers..................................... MAGGIE STEED
Mary Graham................................... PAULINE TURNER
Charity Pecksniff.............................. EMMA CHAMBERS
John Westlock................................. PETER WINGFIELD
Nadget............................................ GRAHAM STARK
MARTIN KANE, PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
ABC/TOL / 39x30m-e / 1957-58
Producer: Harry Alan Towers
Crime drama series. Cases of an American private detective living in London.
Martin Kane....................................... WILLIAM GARGAN
Superintendent Page........................... BRIAN REECE
A MARTYR TO THE SYSTEM
BBC (Playhouse) / 1x50 minute episode / Broadcast 2 April 1976
Writer: Andrew Davies / Director: Peter Smith
Drama. Student teacher Redfearn is disillusioned with the educational system.
with:- MIKE GRADY / MARGERY MASON / ANNE CARROLL / DAVID HILL
MARY MARY
ATV / 1x60m-e / 1974
Writer: Susan Pleat / Producer: Nicholas Palmer / Director: John Nelson Burton
Drama. After losing her baby and being deserted by her boyfriend, a young woman winds up in court accused of babysnatching.
Mary.................................................. LYNNE MILLER
BBC 'Comedy Playhouse' / 1x25m-e / bw 1964 / 24 Jan - Fri 7.35pm
Writers: Vince Powell, Frank Roscoe / Producer: John Ammonds
Comedy. Mad keen football fan Arnold Birtwhistle is mascot of Northtown Football Club but new chairman Mr Gibson wants to change the club's image.
Mr Gibson......................................... DUDLEY FOSTER
Billy Carter........................................ ROBERT DORNING
Arnold Birtwhistle.............................. JOE GLADWIN
Doris Birtwhistle............................... CLARE KELLY
MASCHENKA
C4 / 1x120m-e / 1991
Writer: John Mortimer / Novel: Nabakov / Director: John Goldschmidt
Period drama set in a shabby Berlin boarding house in the 1920's.
Ganin................................................... CARY ELWES
Maschenka........................................... IRINA BROOK
Podtyagin............................................. FREDDIE JONES
Ganion's Father.................................... MICHAEL GOUGH
THE MASK OF JANUS
BBC / 1965 black and white
Spy drama series. A vice consul gets involved with spies.
With:- DINSDALE LANDEN
MASSAGE
BBC1 'Ghosts' / 1x50m-e / 1995
Writer: Stephen Volk / Director: Lesley Manning
Spooky drama. Extremely stressed out Craig Byatt meets Judith Septon, a woman with a miraculous talent.
Craig Byatt........................................ KEVIN McNALLY
Wendy Byatt..................................... TERESA BANHAM
Judith Septon.................................... PATRICIA KERRIGAN
Mike Durant...................................... EAMON BOLAND
MASSIVE LANDMARKS OF THE 20th CENTURY
C4/Company TV/National Theatre of Brent / 6x30m-e / 1999 21 - 26 December Monday - Sunday 7.30pm
Producer: Jane Fallen / Costume: Linda Alderson / Executive Producers: Patrick Barlow, Charles Pattinson, George Faber, Suzan Harrison
Comedy series. The duo, National Theatre of Brent aka Dingle and Box aka Patrick Barlow and John Ramm, take a wry look at key events of the 20th century. 1.DEATH OF A QUEEN (The death of Queen Victoria), 2.THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION 1917 and the rise of Lenin. 3.THE EDWARD AND MRS SIMPSON STORY 4.THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS The power struggles of Kennedy and Khrushchev. 5.MAN ON THE MOON Apollo XI crew prepare for take off. 6.IMPEACHMENT OF A PRESIDENT Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky.
Desmond Olivier Dingle..................... PATRICK BARLOW
Raymond Box................................. JOHN RAMM
THE MASTER
TVS / 6x25m-e / 1966 11 Jan - 15 Feb black and white
Writer: Rosemary Hill / Novel: T.H. White / Producer: John Braybon
Scifi drama serial. Two children get marooned on an island that has fallen under the tyrannical rule of a sinister 150 years old leader called The Master.
The Master........................................... OLAF POOLEY
Chinaman............................................. TERENCE SOALL
Nicky................................................... PAUL GUESS
Judy.................................................... ADRIENNE POSTA
Frinton................................................. GEORGE BAKER
McTurk................................................ JOHN LAURIE
Father................................................. RICHARD VERNON
Jo....................................................... MORRIS PERRY
Himself .............................................. PATRICK MOORE
THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE
BBC / 6x50m-e / 1971
Writer: Martin Worth / Novel: R.L. Stevenson / Producer: Martin Lisemore / Director: Fiona Cumming
Period drama serial. In 1745 two Scots brothers, James and Henry, toss a coin to decide who will join Bonnie Prince Charlie's army. When Henry is mistakenly believed to have been killed in battle , James takes over as Master of Ballantrae, while Henry embarks on a series of adventures.
With:- JULIAN GLOVER as The Master
THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE
HTV / 6x60m-e / 1986
Writer: William Bast / Music: Bruce Broughton / Producer: Peter Graham Scott / Director: Douglas Hickox
Period action adventure serial. In 1745 two Scots brothers, James and Henry, toss a coin to decide who will join Bonnie Prince Charlie's army. When Henry is mistakenly believed to have been killed in battle , James takes over as Master of Ballantrae, while Henry embarks on a series of adventures.
James................................................. RICHARD THOMAS
Henry.................................................. MICHAEL YORK
Lord Durrisdear.................................... JOHN GIELGUD
Burke................................................. TIMOTHY DALTON
Mackellar............................................ IAN RICHARDSON
Alison................................................. FINOLA HUGHES
Captain Teach..................................... BRIAN BLESSED
A MASTER OF MARIONETTES
BBC / 1x60m-e / 1989
Writer: Guy Hibbert / Director: Pedr James
Drama. An alarm salesman finds himself the chief suspect in a street stabbing.
With:- KENNETH CRANHAM / KENNETH COLLEY / CAROL DRINKWATER / JOHN DUTTINE
MASTER OF THE MOOR
ITV Network - Meridian - Blue Heaven 'for Ruth Rendell Mysteries' / 3x60m-e / 1994
Writer: Trevor Preston / Music: Brian Bennett / Production Design: Christine Ruscoe / Director of Photography: Ken Brinsley / Executive Producers: Graham Benson, Colin Rogers / Director: Marc Evans / Story: Ruth Rendell
Thriller serial. When a serial killer appears to be loose on Dartmoor carpenter Stephen Whalby, who spends more time on the moor that at home (and has an uncommuated marriage to prove it) is prime suspect.
This was an entertaining enough entry in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries that at times was on the verge of being spoiled by some over acting by George Costigan who played Detective Inspector Manciple with slicked back hair and long black overcoat so he came across more like Herr Flick from Allo Allo than a copper.
Stephen Whalby............................. COLIN FIRTH
Dadda Whalby................................ ROBERT URQUHART
Det Insp Manciple........................... GEORGE COSTIGAN
Lynn Whalby.................................. EMMA CROFT
Nick.............................................. JOHN MICHIE
Reporter........................................ INGRID LACEY
BBC 'Comedy Playhouse' / 1x25m-e / 1964 3 Jan - Fri 7.35pm black and white
Writer: Gerry Jones / Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
Comedy. Exploits of marriage bureau owner John Cook.
John Cook........................................ LANCE PERCIVAL
Ann................................................. FRANCESCA ANNIS
Mr Steel........................................... RICHARD CALDICOTT
Jean................................................ DILYS LAYE
Mrs Steel......................................... BETTY HUNTLEY-WRIGHT
THE MATING MACHINE
LWT / 7x30m-e / 1970 9 Oct - 20 Nov Fri 8.30pm
Producer: Bill Turner / Director: Howard Ross
An anthology of comedies themed around a computer dating agency. The writers included John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke. Actors included Pauline Collins, Martin Shaw, Miriam Karlin and Sheila Hancock.
A MATTER OF DEGREE
BBC / 4x30m-e / 1960 16 May - 20 June black and white
Writer: Elaine Morgan
Drama serial. When the daughter of a Welsh miner wins a place at Oxford it causes tensions within her family.
With:- ANITA MORGAN / HUGH DAVID / MEREDITH EDWARDS / JESSIE EDWARDS
MAUPASSANT
Granada / 13x60m-e / 1960 black and white
Creator: Philip Mackie
An anthology of dramas based on the short stories Guy de Maupassant, there were usually 2 or 3 stories to each show.
MAYBE
BABY
BBC2 'Summer Season' / 1x60m-e / 18 July 1985
Writer: Jack Klaff; Director: Roger Graef; Producer: Brenda Reid
A comic exploration of the pros and cons of bringing a baby into the modern
world. Seen from the point of view of the couple having the baby, their parents
and their grandparents - all of whom were played by the same two actors.
With:- JACK KLAFF / HELEN BOURNE
MAX HEADROOM
C4/Chrysalis / 1x70m-e / 1985 4 April
Writer: Steve Roberts / Music: Midge Ure, Chriss Cross / Executive Producer: Terry Ellis
Scifi drama. A TV journalist learns that TV 'blipverts' (condensed commercials' are causing viewers to explode, later he is killed, but with his memory kept alive and turned into a computer personality he becomes a big TV star known as Max Headroom. See also the USA spin off series of the same name.
Max Headroom.................................. MATT FREWER
Grossman......................................... NICKOLAS GRACE
Dominique........................................ HILARY TINDALL
Black Reg........................................ MORGAN SHEPHERD
Theora Jones.................................... AMANDA PAYS
Bruce Lynch..................................... PAUL SPURRIER
Eyewitness....................................... VAL McLANE
MAYBURY
BBC / 20x50m-e / 1981/83 Season 1: 12 May - 4 Aug 81 / Season 2:24 Jun - 5 Aug 83
Producer: Ruth Boswell
Drama series. The problems of a doctor working in a psychiatric hospital.
Dr Roebuck....................................... PATRICK STEWART
THE MAYOR OF CASTORBRIDGE
BBC / 7x50m-e / 1978 22 Jan - 5 Mar
Writer: Dennis Potter / Novel: Thomas Hardy / Producer: Jonathan Powell / Director: David Giles
Period drama serial. A drunk Michael Henchard sells his wife to a sailor, many years later when he made a big success of his life, he finds the events of his past returning to haunt him.
Michael Henchard.................................. ALAN BATES
Susan ................................................. ANNE STALLYBRASS
Lucetta................................................ ANNA MASSEY
Also with:- JACK GALLOWAY / AVIS BUNNAGE / JANET MAW
THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE
ITV1 / 2x120m / 28,29 December 2003
Novel: Thomas Hardy / Adaption: Ted Whitehead /
Director: David Thacker / Producer: Georgina Lowe
Period drama. While drunk one day, farm labourer Michael Henchard sells his wife
and baby at an auction to a sailor and subsequently loses contact with her.
Following the death of the sailor 18 years later, his wife, Susan, comes looking
for Michael and finds he has done well for himself in the town of Casterbridge
where he is currently the mayor. But as the story moves on his fortunes wane as
his past catches up with him. NOTE: This was made some three years before it was
transmitted but had remained on the shelf at ITV due to budget constraints. It
had reportedly cost ?4m to make but apparently the station's accounting
practices are that funds used to pay for programmes are not deemed to have been
spent until a programme is actually broadcast.
With:- CIARAN HINDS as Michael Henchard / JULIET AUBREY as Susan Henchard /
JODHI MAY as Elizabeth Jane / JAMES PUREFOY as Donald Farfrae / POLLY WALKER as
Lucetta
MAY 33RD
BBC1 / 1x90m / 21 April 2004
Writer: Guy Hibbert / Director: David Attwood /
Producer: Hilary Bevan Jones
Drama. Ella Wilson suffers from multiple personality disorder following years of
systematic abuse as a child. An osteopath who is treating her on other matters
tries to help her with her problems. The programme title comes from Ella's state
of mind being like living in a day that doesn't exist for anyone else.
With:- LIA WILLIAMS as Ella Wilson / SOREN BYDER as Edward Sorenson / MALI
HARRIES as Sarah Sorenson
McCALLUM
ScottishTV / 1x90m-e 6x60m-e 1x120m-e / 1995-98
Producer: Murray Ferguson
Medical crime drama series. The cases of Police pathologist Dr Ian McCallum. For the final two hour episode (which John Hannah declined to make) a new lead character was brought in the shape of Dr Don Gallagher.
Dr Ian McCallum................................. JOHN HANNAH
D.I. Bracken....................................... GERARD MURPHY
Dr Angela Maloney............................. SUZANNA HAMILTON
1998 Cast
Dr Dan Gallagher................................ NATHANIAL PARKER
Dr Charley Fielding............................. EVA POPE
Catrin............................................... ARKIE WHITELY
THE McGUFFIN
BBC2 / 1x105m-e / 1985
Director: Colin Bucksey
Thriller. A film critic gets caught up in murder and blackmail. The McGuffin of the title is the word coined by Alfred Hitchcock for the vital plot twists in the his films.
With:- CHARLES DANCE / BRIAN GLOVER / FRANCIS MATTHEWS / PHYLLIS LOGAN / JERRY STILLER
ME AND MY BIG MOUTH
ATV 'Six of the Best' / 1x30m-e / 1965 18 Aug - Wed 9.10pm black and white
Writer: Fred Robinson / Producer: Alan Tarrant / Director: Shaun O'Riordan
Comedy.
Alfie Smith.......................................... ALFIE BASS
Tom Brown......................................... PETER BOWLES
MEANTIME
C4/Central / 1x90m-e / 1983
Devisor/Director: Mike Leigh / Music: Andrew Dickson / Design: Diana Charnley / Costume: Linda Hemming / Producer: Graham Benson
Drama. Problems in the lives of a group of unemployed teenagers.
Barbara............................................... MARION BAILEY
Mark................................................... PHIL DANIELS
Colin................................................... TIM ROTH
Mavis.................................................. PAM FERRIS
Frank................................................. JEFF ROBERT
John................................................... ALFRED MOLINA
Coxy.................................................. GARY OLDMAN
Hayley................................................ TILLY VOSBURGH
BBC 'BBC Television Shakespere' / 1x145m-e / 1979
Writer: William Shakespere / Director: Desmond Davis / Music: James Tyler, William Walton / Producer: Cedric Messina
Period drama. There is corruption in high places when a pure young girl is asked to give up her honour to save the life of her brother.
With:- KATE NELLIGAN as Isabella / TIM PIGGOTT-SMITH as Angelo /KENNETH COLLEY as Duke / CHRISTOPHER STRAULI as Claudio / JOHN McENERY as Lucio / JACQUELINE PEARCE as Mariana / FRANK MIDDLEMASS as Pompey / ADRIENNE CORRI as Mistress Overdone / ALUN ARMSTRONG as Provost
MEASURE FOR MEASURE
BBC2 'Performance' / 1x120m-e / 1994
Writer/Director: David Thacker / Play: William Shakespeare / Producer: Peter Cregeen
There is corruption in high places when a pure young girl is asked to give up her honour to save the life of her brother.
Duke................................................. TOM WILKINSON
Angelo.............................................. CORIN REDGRAVE
Isabella............................................. JULIET AUBREY
Mistress Overdone............................. SUE JOHNSTON
Provost............................................. IAN BANNEN
Mariana............................................ MARGOT LEICESTER
MEDICS
Granada / x60m-e / 1991-95
Executive Producer: Sally Head
Medical drama series. Stories of the hard working doctors and staff of busy Henry Park General Hospital.
Prof Geoffrey Hoyt............................... TOM BAKER
Ruth Parry.......................................... SUE JOHNSTON
Dr Gail Benson................................... EMMA CUNNINGHAM
Dr Robert Nevin.................................. JAMES GADDAS
Dr Claire Armstrong............................ FRANCESCA RYAN
Dr Sarah Kemp.................................. PATRICIA KERRIGAN
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