UK TV M3 - THE MELTING POT to MISS MORRISON'S GHOST
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MERLIN (2008 BBC Version)
5. LANCELOT
7. EPISODE SEVEN
MERIEL THE GHOST GIRL
METROPOLIS
MIND BEYOND, THE
THE MELTING POT
BBC1 / 1x30m-e / 1975 11 June - Wed 9.25pm
Writers: Spike Milligan, Neil Shand / Producer: Roger Race
Comedy. Two illegal immigrants from Pakistan arrive in England via Amsterdam and move into lodgings run by an Irishman. This controversial show was planned to be a six episode sitcom and six episodes were indeed filmed. The other five have never been shown although the scripts have been published in book form.
With:- SPIKE MILLIGAN as Mr Van Gogh / JOHN BIRD as Mr Rembrandt / FRANK CARSON as Paddy O'Brien / ALEXANDRA DANE as Nefertiti Skupinski / WAYNE BROWN as Luigi O'Reilly / HARRY FOWLER as Eric Lee Fung / JOHN BLUTHAL as Richard Armitage / ROBERT DORNING as Colonel Grope / BILL KERR as Bluey Notts
MEMOIRS OF A CHAISE LONGUE
BBC1 'Comedy Playhouse' / 1x30m-e / 1965 2 July - Friday 8.00pm
Writers: Marty Feldman, Barry Took / Producer: Graeme Muir
Period comedy. Stories of various couples to have 'used' a chaise longue through the years.
With:- ALAN MELVILLE as Voice of Chaise / FENELLA FIELDING / JACK WATLING / BETTY MARSDEN / JOHN LE MESURIER / J.G. DEVLIN / SHAY GORMAN
THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
Granada / 6x50m-e / 1994
Producer: June Wyndham-Davies
Period crime drama series. The final outing for Jeremy Brett as Holmes. Further cases of the Great Victorian detective including tangling with The Wicked Lady and plunging into seedy opium dens.
With:- JEREMY BRETT as Sherlock Holmes / EDWARD HARDWICKE as Watson / ROSALIE WILLIAMS as Mrs Hudson / CHARLES GRAY as Mycroft Holmes
MENACE UNSEEN
Anglia / 3x60m-e / 1988
Writer: Alan Seymour / Producer: John Rosenberg / Director: Paul Annett
Thriller serial. A computer consultant investigates the strange death of a colleague.
With:- IAN OLGILVY / JUDI BOWKER / BRENDA BRUCE / CYRIL CUSACK / ANDREW RAY / JOHN SESSIONS
MEN OF DARKNESS
BBC / 1x90m-e / 1948 21 March black and white
Writer/Producer: Royston Morley / Play: Armand Salacrom
Period drama. Stories of a resistance cell in 1940 France.
With:- ROGER LIVESLY / JOYCE REDMAN / RAYMOND HUNTLEY / GEORGE WOODBRIDGE
MEN OF THE MONTH
BBC2 / 1x70m-e / 1994
Writer: Rona Munro / Producer: Caroline Oulton / Director: Jean Stewart
Drama. The problems of Tracey (a man), an inarticulate and painfully shy, cycle courier for a woman's top shelf magazine.
Tracey................................................. DOUGLAS HODGE
Aidan.................................................. AKIM MOGAJI
Fiona.................................................. CLAIRE HIGGINS
Roisin................................................. BRITTA SMITH
Jane................................................... CLAIRE HACKETT
Meg................................................... SANDY RATCLIFF
MEN
ONLY
C4 / 2x90m-e / 3&4 June 2001 / 10:00pm
Writer: Richard Cottan
A drama about the members of a 5-a-side football team who are thirty-something
football fanatics with diminishing prowess and expanding guts. It explores their
dysfunctional relationships and their efforts to find a substitute for football
through drug taking, clubbing and brothel-going leading to chaos and pain for
all around them.
With:- MARC WARREN as Mack / DANIEL RYAN as Des / MARTIN FREEMAN as Jamie /
STEPHEN MOYER as Jason / RAZAAQ ADOLI as Dwight / ESTHER HALL as Katie / ZOE
TELFORD as Alice
THE MEN'S ROOM
BBC2 / 5x50m-e / 1991
Writer: Laura Lamson / Novel: Ann Oakley / Producer: David Snodin
Drama serial. Married Charity Walton begins a steamy affair with womanising work colleague Mark Carleton.
Charity Walton.................................. HARRIET WALTER
Mark Carleton................................... BILL NIGHY
Jane Carleton................................... MEL MARTIN
Sally............................................... AMANDA REDMAN
James Walton.................................. PATRICK DRURY
Mavis.............................................. CHERYL HALL
Tessa Pascoe.................................. KATE HARDIE
Pascoe ........................................... DAVID RYALL
MENTORS
This is the title of a projected scifi fantasy series that never progressed beyond a five minute show reel. Made by The Family Channel in 1995 a pilot script was written called Awakenings by Austen Atkinson-Broadbelt and Gareth Thomas was to have starred as Edward Greig.
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
BBC / 1947 black and white
Writer: William Shakespeare
Period drama. Early version of Shakespeare's play.
With:- ABRAHAM SOFAER / MARGARETTA SCOTT
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
BBC (Part of the BBC Television Shakespeare) / 1x180m-e / 1980
Writer: William Shakespeare / Music: Carl Davis, Stephen Oliver / Director: Jack Gold
Shakespeare's drama.
With:- JOHN FRANKLYN ROBBINS as Antonio / JOHN RHYS-DAVIES as Salerio / JOHN NETTLES as Bassanio / GEMMA JONES as Portia / KENNETH CRANHAM as Gratiano / ALAN DAVID as Solanio / RICHARD MORANT as Lorenzo / SUSAN JAMESON as Nerissa / WARREN MITCHELL as Shylock / ENN REITEL as Launcelot Gobbo / MARC ZUBER as Prince of Morocco / JOE GLADWIN as Old Gobbo
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
BBC 'BBC Television Shakespeare' / 1x50m-e / 1983 Recorded 1-8 Nov/82
Writer: William Shakespeare / Script Editor: David Snodin / Design: Don Homfrey / Choreographer: Geraldine Stephenson / Music: Dominic Muldowney / Costume: Christine Rawling / Producer: Shaun Sutton / Director: David Jones
Shakespeare's comedy.
Sir John Falstaff................................... RICHARD GRIFFITHS
Shallow............................................... ALAN BENNETT
Ford................................................... BEN KINGSLEY
Page.................................................. BRYAN MARSHALL
Sir Hugh Evans................................... TENNIEL EVANS
Dr Casus............................................ MICHAEL BRYANT
Pistol................................................. NIGEL TERRY
Mistress Ford..................................... JUDY DAVIS
Mistress Page.................................... PRUNELLA SCALES
Mistress Quickley............................... ELIZABETH SPRIGGS
Robin ............................................... LEE WHITLOCK
MESSIAH
BBC1(Northern Ireland)-Paramount International-Messiah Films / 2x75m-e 4x90m-e / 2001 and 2003-2004
Novel: Boris Starling / Costume: Ralph Holes / Design: Claire Kenny / Executive Producers: James Dowalby, Kate Triggs, Robert Cooper
Crime thriller. Detective Red Metcalfe and his hand picked team find themselves up against a serial killer stalking the streets of London, each of the victims is found with a silver spoon in their mouths instead of a tongue, and it looks like the killer is using a "twelve disciples" theme as his raison Detre. MESSIAH 2: Vengeance is Mine was broadcast BBC1 / 2x90m / 11-12 January 2003. MESSIAH 3: The Promise was broadcast BBC1 / 2x90m / 30-31 August 2004 / MESSIAH 4: The Harrowing was broadcast BBC1 / 3x60m / 28-30 August 2005.
With:- KEN STOTT as Red Metcalfe / EDWARD WOODWARD as Reverend Stephen Hedges / MICHELLE FORBES as Susan Metcalfe / FRANCES GREY as Kate Beauchamp / JAMIE DRAVEN as Jez Clifton / NEIL DUDGEON as Duncan Warren / ART MALIK as D.C.S. Emerson / GILLIAN TAYLFORTH as Helen Warren / RON BERGLASS as Lubezski
THE METAL MARTYR
BBC / 1x30m-e / 1967 27 December
Writer: Derrick Sherwin / Producer: George Spenton-Foster / Director: Brian Hulme
Scifi drama. In the future when robots are in control of the world, one robot has a strange thought - he starts to think he is a man.
The Father............................................. ALEX SCOTT
Two...................................................... GEOFFREY MATTHEWS
Master Technician................................. JOHN GABRIEL
Ed....................................................... BARRY JACKSON
Argo.................................................... JOHN ROLLASON
METER MAIDS
BBC1 'Comedy Playhouse' / 1x30m-e / 1970 5 Aug - Wed 7.30pm
Writers: Louis Quinn, Robin Hawdon / Producer: Douglas Argent
Comedy. The exploits of a group of a group of female traffic wardens.
Polly.................................................. BARBARA WINDSOR
Smythe.............................................. JOAN SANDERSON
Crocker.............................................. PAT COOMBS
Supt Craddock................................... MARTIN WYLDECK
Sgt McKenzie.................................... BOB TODD
West................................................. QUEENIE WATTS
Ruxton............................................... HILARY PRITCHARD
METROSEXUALITY
Channel 4-Feelgood Fiction-Vicarious Productions / 6x30m-e / 2001 (First Episode: Wednesday 21 February 11.00pm)
Creator / Director: Rikki Beadle Blair / Producer: Carol Harding / Executive Producers: Laurence Bowen, Philip Clarke
Comedy drama series. Stories of a diverse group of characters living in the Notting Hill area of London.
With:- RIKKI BEADLE-BLAIR as Max / NOEL CLARKE as Kwame / PAUL KEATING as Dean / MAT FRASER as Marlon Gittar / KARL COLLINS as Jordan / PUI FAN LEE as Jaye / SILAS CARSON as Jonno / DAVEY FAIRBANKS as Bambi / REBECCA VARNEY as Asha / MATT HARRIS as Daniel / FRANCES LIMA as Gerri / CARLEEN BEADLE as Cindy
MICAWBER
ITV1 / 4x60m-e / 2001 First Episode: 26 December
Writer: John Sullivan; Producer: Vernon Lawrence
A drama series based on the character from Charles Dicken's David Copperfield
starring David Jason and written by Only Fools and Horses creator John Sullivan.
It is the story of Micawber?s life before he meets Copperfield.
With:- DAVID JASON as Micawber / ANNABELLE APSION as Emma Micawber / MICHAEL
TROUGHTON as Milton
MICHAEL BARRYMORE'S SATURDAY NIGHT OUT
BBC1 / 12x60m-e / 1988-89
Comedy variety series hosted by Barrymore with star guests etc.
MICKY LOVE
Granada 'Rik Mayall Presents' / 1x60m-e / 1993
Writer: Peter Morgan / Producer: Andy Harries / Director: Nick Haman
Comedy drama. Fading TV host Micky Love is determined to make sure his last show is one to remember.
Micky Love....................................... RIK MAYALL
Paddy Logan.................................... NICK HANCOCK
Tamsin............................................ JENNIFER EHLE
Greg Deane..................................... ALAN CUMMING
Adele Franklin................................. ELEANOR BRON
David Critchley................................ PETER CAPALDI
Tony Scott...................................... MICHAEL MALONEY
MICROBES AND MEN
BBC / 6x50m-e / 1974 18 September - 23 October
Writers: Martin Worth, John Wiles, Bruce Norman / Producer: Peter Goodchild
Period drama serial. How various diseases were wiped out and the lives of the scientists involved.
Louis Pasteur.................................... ARTHUR LOWE
Ignaz Semmelweiz............................. ROBERT LANG
Paul Erlich........................................ MILO O'SHEA
MIDDLEMARCH
BBC / 7x50m-e / 1968
Writer: Michael Voysey / Director: Joan Craft
Period drama serial. England 1829, with a new age dawning, in Middlemarch young idealistic doctor Tersius Lydgate and Dorothea Brooke look forward to the great new world, but when Dorothy marries the much older Rev Edward Casaubon she finds herself constricted by her new situation.
With:- MICHELE DOTRICE
MIDDLEMARCH
BBC2/WGBH / 6x50m-e / 1994 12 Jan - 16 Feb
Writer: Andrew Davies / Novel: George Elliot / Producer: Louis Marks / Director: Anthony Page
Period drama serial. England 1829, with a new age dawning, in Middlemarch young idealistic doctor Tersius Lydgate and Dorothea Brooke look forward to the great new world, but when Dorothy marries the much older Rev Edward Casaubon she finds herself constricted by her new situation.
Dorothea Brooke................................ JULIET AUBREY
Dr Tertius Lydgate............................. DOUGLAS HODGE
Rosamund Vincy.............................. TREVYN McDOWELL
Will Ladislaw.................................... RUFUS SEWELL
Arthur Brooke................................... ROBERT HARDY
Peter Featherstone........................... MICHAEL HORDERN
Rev Edward Casaubon...................... PATRICK MALAHIDE
Nicholas Bulstrode........................... PETER JEFFREY
Mary Garth...................................... RACHEL POWER
Mrs Cadwallender............................ ELIZABETH SPRIGGS
Fred Vincy...................................... JONATHAN FIRTH
MIDDLEMEN
BBC2 / 6x50m-e / 1977
Writer: Alan Plater
Comedy drama serial.
With:- FRANK WINDSOR / FRANCIS MATTHEWS
A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM
Associated-Rediffusion / 1x90m-e / 1964 black and white
Producer/Director: Joan Kemp-Welch
Period comedy. Shakespeare's comedy drama set in the Forest of Arden.
With:- BENNY HILL as Bottom / PETER WYNGARDE as Oberon / ALFIE BASS / BERNARD BRESSLAW / JILL BENNETT / PATRICK ALLEN
MIKE AND BERNIE'S SHOW
Thames / 1x60m-e / 1971 9 June - Wednesday 8.00pm
Writers: Vince Powell, Harry Driver / Producer/Director: Alan Tarrant
Comedy. Episodes in the lives of 'popular' comedy duo and real life brothers Mike and Bernie Winters.
With:- MIKE WINTERS as Mike / BERNIE WINTERS as Bernie / PETER JONES as Major Mills / GARFIELD MORGAN as Col Muller / LYNDA BARON as Gloria / PATSY SMART as Mrs Bolton / BILL PERTWEE as Joe Collier
MIKE AND BERNIE'S SHOW:THE REDMAN AND ROSS STORY
Thames / 1x60m-e / 1973 1 January - Monday 10.30pm
Writer: Ronnie Taylor / Producer/Director: Peter Frazer-Jones
Comedy. A comedy duo, who spend their time touring and living in digs can't stand the sight of each other. Apparently this mirrored real life brothers Mike and Bernie's off stage relationship at the time.
With:- MIKE WINTERS as Charlie Ross / BERNIE WINTERS as Joe Redman / PETER NOONE as Willie Topple / SYLVIA SYMS as Pauline Ross / SHEILA WHITE as Jenny Jones / REGINALD MARSH as Barnie Balham / DEREK FRANCIS as Gerard Prince
MIKE BASSETT: MANAGER
ITV1 / 6x30m / started 29 September 2005
Writers: Rob Sprackling, Jrn Smith / Director:
Martin Dennis / Producers: Luc Roeg, Peter La Terriere
Comedy Drama. A sequel to the 2001 movie "Mike Bassett: England
Manager" and with the same stars. After failing in his England job Mike
Bassett is forced to take a managerial job with an unsuccessful team in the
lower leagues with the hope of turning things around. But Wirral County football
team are worse than he could possibly have imagined.
With:- RICKY TOMLINSON as Mike Bassett / AMANDA REDMAN as Karine Bassett /
MICHAEL FENTON STEVENS as Richard Johnson / STEVE EDGE as Doddsy
MILE HIGH
Sky1-Hewland International / 39x60m / 16th
February 2003 - 20th July 2005
Drama series about the cabin crew on budget airline Fresh and living together in
a house in South East London
With:- Stacey Cadman as Poppy Fields / Matthew Chambers as John Bryson / Katy
Edwards as Lorna / Sarah Farooqui as Charlotte Taylor / Emma Ferguson as Emma
Coyle / Jo Anne Knowles as Janis Steele / Sarah Manners as K.C. Gregory / John
Pickard as Jack Fields / Emma-Jane Portch as Rachel Potter / James Redmond as
Jason Murdoch / Luke Roberts as Captain Dan / Naomi Ryan as Lehann Evans / Adam
Sinclair as Will O'Brien / Christopher Villiers as Captain Nigel Croker / Tom
Wisdom as Marco Bailey
C4/Childsplay 'Bunch of Five' / 1x30m-e / 1992 1 July - Wednesday 10.30pm
Writers: Peter Arnott, Peter Mullan / Executive Producer: Esta Charkham / Producer: Peter Tabern / Director: David G. Hillier
Comedy. Scottish Michael Miles and his Gran run a security systems firm.
Michael Miles........................................ ANDY GRAY
Gran..................................................... ANN SCOTT-JONES
Nita...................................................... JENNY McCRINDLE
Linda................................................... ALISON PEEBLES
MILKO
ATV / 1x30m-e / 1975 26 Nov - Wed 8.00pm
Writer: Anthony Marriott, Bob Grant / Producer: John Scholz-Conway
Comedy. Milkman Jim Wilkins faces a hectic round when he accidentally oversleeps.
Jim Wilkins........................................ BOB GRANT
Norman Fish...................................... ALAN CURTIS
Dad................................................... LESLIE DWYER
Rita Wilkins....................................... ANNA KAREN
THE MILL ON THE FLOSS
BBC / 1979
Novel: George Elliot / Producer: Barry Letts
Period drama serial. In the 19th Century Maggie Tulliver faces tragedy when she is torn between two men.
With:- PIPPA GUARD as Maggie Tulliver / CHRISTOPHER BLAKE as Tom Tulliver
THE MILL ON THE FLOSS
BBC2 / 1x105m-e / 1996
Writer: Hugh Stoddart / Novel:George Elliot / Camera: David Johnson / Music: John Scott / Director: Graham Theakston
Period drama. In the 19th Century Maggie Tulliver faces
With:- EMILY WATSON as Maggie Tulliver / CHERYL CAMPBELL as Bessy Tulliver / JAMES FRAIN as Philip Wakem / BERNARD HILL as Edward Tulliver / JOANNA DAVID as Sophy Deane / JESSICA TURNER as Jane Clegg / LUCY WHYBROW as Lucy Deane / IFAN MEREDITH as Tom Tulliver / JAMES WEBER-BROWN as Stephen Guest / NICHOLAS GECKS as Lawyer Wakem
MILNER
BBC1 / 1x90m-e / 1994
Writer: T.R. Bowen / Producer: Colin Ludlow / Director: John Strickland
Drama. Solicitor Stephen Milner investigates when a building owned by one of his clients is destroyed in a gas explosion.
Stephen Milner................................. MEL SMITH
Jocelyn Fry...................................... RONALD PICKUP
Sylvia Milner.................................... DEBORAH FINDLAY
Ron Jesson..................................... KEN HUTCHINSON
Hugh Bonning.................................. JAMES FLEET
Colette Brustein............................... NICOLA WALKER
Dave Stiles...................................... DAVID RYALL
MIND GAMES
ITV Network / 1x120m-e / 2001 (Saturday 6 January 9.10pm)
Writer/Producer: Lynda La Plante / Director: Richard Standeven
Crime thriller. Frances O'Neill, a criminal profiler, investigates the murder of a pair of middle-aged women, then after a further murder O'Neill discovers a sinister plot is under way.
With:- FIONA SHAW as Frances O'Neill / FINBAR LYNCH as DCI Chris Med-Wynter / COLIN SALMON as DI Ricky Glover / SARA KESTELMAN as Dr Davina Ward / CHIWETEL EJIOFOR as Tyler Arnold / GRAHAM TURNER as Martin Savage / CRISPIN BONHAM TURNER as DC Terry Beale / IAN TARGETT as DS Roger Ball / GEOFFREY CHURCH as DC Matt Begg / TANYA RONDER as DC Samantha Western / LISA PALFREY as DC Rebecca Longton / PAUL CHILD as Steven / STEVAN RIMKUS as Gary Little / JUDITH PARIS as Mrs Kaminski
MINDING THE SHOP
BBC2 / 1x30m-e / 1968 19 Aug - Mon 8.00pm#
Writer: Alun Owen / Producer: James Gilbert
Comedy. George, a shoe shop assistant is left in charge when his boss has to go out.
George.............................................. BRIAN COX
American Lady................................... MARGARET TYZACK
Shop Owner....................................... IVOR DEAN
THE MIND OF MR J.G. REEDER
Thames / 16x60m-e / 1969-71
Executive Producer: Lloyd Shirley / Stories: Edgar Wallace / Producers: Kim Mills, Robert Love
Period crime drama series. In the 1920's, J.G. Reeder investigates crimes whilst working for the department of public prosecutions.
J.G. Reeder...................................... HUGH BURDEN
Sir Jason Toovey............................... WILLOUGHBY GODDARD
Miss Belman..................................... GILLIAN LEWIS
Mrs Houchin...................................... MONA BRUCE
THE MIND OF THE ENEMY
BBC / 5x25 minute episodes / 1965 (14 June - 12 July) black and white
Writer: Michael Gilbert / Producer: Alan Bromly / Director: Paddy Russell
Spy drama serial. Agent Brian Calder has to stem the tide of a series of leakages at the Security Excutive and has further problems following a murder.
With:- MIKE PRATT as Brian Calder / ANNA CROPPER as Anthea Fairside / JOHN WELSH as General Fairside / CYRIL LUCKHAM as Sir Henry Blake / NORMAN MITCHELL as Max Underwood / MANNING WILSON as Gerald Gould / BLAKE BUTLER as Mr Wild / MICHAEL BILTON as Truscott
A MIND TO KILL
S4C/ACI / 13x120m-e / 1995
Producer: Peter Edwards
Crime drama series. Cases of tough Welsh detective D.C.I. Bain. The series was seen first in HTV Wales followed by Sky One and then Channel Five. Seven new two hour episodes began showing on HTV Wales on 23 Dec 1999. There were also four more episodes broadcast on Channel Five in August 2002. Producers were Mike Parker, Ed Thomas.
With:- PHILIP MADOC as Det Ch Insp Bain / GILLIAN ELISA as W.D.S. Griffiths / SHARON MORGAN as Margaret Edwards / MEIC POVEY as Supt Bevan / FFION WILKINS as Hannah Bain
MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
BBC1 'Comedy Playhouse' / 1x30m-e / 1970 8 July - Wednesday 7.30pm
Writers: Tony Bilbow, Mike Fentiman / Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
Comedy. The misadventures of a pair of window cleaning cockney brothers, one of whom happens to be black, the other white.
Bill....................................................... TONY SELBY
Ernie.................................................... DEREK GRIFFITHS
Dad...................................................... NORMAN BIRD
Mum.................................................... HILDA FENEMORE
Audrey................................................ CHERYL HALL
Muriel.................................................. ADRIENNE POSTA
MIND YOUR MANNERS
BBC / 7x10m-e / 1951 13 January - 7 April Saturday 5.00pm Shown Fortnightly black and white
Creator: Cecil Madden / Writers: Jill Allgood, Henry Hemsley / Producer: Jill Allgood
Comedy. A couple find themselves getting rebuked by their young daughter whenever they misbehave. The star Harry Hemsley died before the final episode, the series continued with someone else providing an off camera voice for Elsie.
Elsie................................................... HARRY HEMSLEY
Peter................................................... PETER MADDEN
Irene.................................................... IRENE PRADOR
MINE ALL MINE
ITV1 / 5x60m / started 25 November 2004
Writer: Russell T Davies / Director: Sheree
Folkson / Producer: Annie Harrison-Baxter
Max Vivaldi has always claimed that an ancient will gave him ownership rights of
Swansea. But he is treated as an eccentric until a London lawyer manages to
verify his claim and Max becomes ruler of Swansea and takes over control of the
council.
With:- GRIFF RHYSS JONES as Max Vivaldi / RHIAN MORGAN as Val Vivaldi / SIWAN
MORRIS as Maria / JASON HUGHES as Gethin / JOANNA PAGE as Candy / MATTHEW BARRY
as Leo / RUTH MADOC as Myrtle Jones / JO STONE-FEWINGS as Danny Baveystock
MIRANDA
BBC / 1x100m-e / 1949 25 December black and white
Writer: Peter Blackmore / Design: Barry Learoyd / Producer: John Glyn-Jones
Comedy. A young man discovers and falls in love with a mermaid.
Miranda.............................................. PEGGY SIMPSON
MIRACLES TAKE LONGER
Thames / x30m-e / 1984
Daytime soap set in a community advice centre.
Betty Hackforth................................ PATSY BYRNE
Also with:- POLLY HEMINGWAY / LYNETTE DAVIES
MISSING FROM HOME
BBC1 / 6x50m-e / 1984
Writer: Roger Marshall / Producer: Ron Craddock
Drama serial. Middle aged Alison Reynolds has to learn to cope when her husband disappears without warning.
Alison Reynolds.............................. JUDY LOE
Jerry Reynolds................................ GAWN GRAINGER
Tony Walters.................................. JONATHAN NEWTH
MISSING PERSONS
HTV / 1x120m-e / 1990
Writer: David Cook / Director: Derek Bennett
Crime drama. An elderly lady looks for the son of her childhood friend's husband whom, fifty years earlier, he was forced to abandon. This TV Movie later led to the BBC1 series Hetty Wainthropp Investigates.
With:- PATRICIA ROUTLEDGE as Hetty / JEAN HEYWOOD / JIMMY JEWEL / GARY WALDHORN / JEAN KENT
THE MISSING POSTMAN
BBC1 / 1x80m-e 1x75m-e / 1997
Writer: Mark Wallington / Producer: Gareth Neame / Director: Alan Dossor
Comedy drama serial. When he is forced into taking early retirement, Clive peacock decides to deliver his last collection by hand, cycling the length of Britain to deliver his letters, he becomes a folk hero when the press get hold of the story and chase him around the country, closely followed by the police (the post office having accused him of pinching their mail).
Clive Peacock................................ JAMES BOLAM
Christine Peacock.......................... ALISON STEADMAN
Laurence Pitman............................ JIM CARTER
Ralph............................................ STEPHEN MOORE
WPC McMahon............................. GWYNETH STRONG
Peter Robson................................ ROBERT DAWS
Danny........................................... BOBBY KNUTT
Joe............................................... BOB MASON
Linda Taylor................................... BARBARA DICKSON
Trevor Ramsey............................... LARRY LAMB
Ken Thompson .............................. ROGER LLOYD PACK
MISS JULIE
BBC / 1x80m-e / 1987
Writer: Michael Meyer / Play: August Strindberg / Director: Michael Simpson
Period drama. The servant in a wealthy man's house begins an affair with the man's daughter in order to try and improve his lot.
With:- PATRICK MALAHIDE as Jean / JANET McTEER as Miss Julie
MISS MORRISON'S GHOSTS
Anglia / 1x120m-e / 1981
Writer: Ian Curteis / Producer: John Rosenberg / Director: John Bruce
Period spooky drama. In 1901 two female academics think they have seen the ghost of Marie Antoinette.
With:- HANNAH GORDON / WENDY HILLER / BOSCO HOGAN / VIVIEN PICKLES / JOHN FRANKLYN ROBBINS / DAVID LELAND / ANN QUEENSBERRY / NIALL TOBIN
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