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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

 

THE MASCOT

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

 

THE MATE MARKET

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

 

MEASURE FOR MEASURE

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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