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An indepth guide to pretty much every UK show ever seen on TV, all entries include cast and crew details as well as running times, plot details, when it was on, what it was about and more besides. Simply click on the links below to access the information, UK sitcoms and UK Comedy are treated separately in their own sections. 

P4 - PRIDE OF OUR ALLEY to PYGMALION SMITH       
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PRIDE OF OUR ALLEY

Yorkshire / 1x75m-e / 1984

Writer: Alan Plater / Producer/Director: Michael Ferguson 

Period drama. The life story of Lancashire film star and singer of the thirties and forties, Gracie Fields.

With:- POLLY HEMINGWAY as Gracie / BARRY JACKSON / MICHAEL ANGELIS / GEORGE PRAYDEN

 

PRIEST

BBC2 / 1x90m-e / 1995

Writer: Jimmy McGovern / Director: Antonia Bird 

Drama. Tortured Catholic priest Father Greg Pilkington struggles with his sexuality.

With:- LINUS ROACHE as Father Greg Pilkington / TOM WILKINSON as Father Matthew Thomas / ROBERT CARLYLE as Graham / CATHY TYSON / JAMES ELLIS / ROBERT PUGH / CHRISTINE TREMARCO / PAUL BARBER / RIO FANNING / JIMMY COLEMAN / BILL DEAN / GILLY COMAN / FRED PEARSON / JIMMY GALLAGHER / TONY BOOTH

 

THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE

Scottish TV / 7x60m-e / 1978

Writer: Jay Presson Allen / Music: Marvin Hamlisch / Producer: Richard Bates 

Period drama serial. Lonely Jean Brodie teaches at a Scottish school in the 1930's.

With:- GERALDINE McEWAN as Jean Brodie / LUCINDA BATESON / ANN MITCHELL / MAXINE GORDON

 

PRIME SUSPECT

Granada / Variable length / 1991-97 and 2003 

Creator: Lynda La Plante / Producers: Don Leaver, Paul Marcus, Brian Park 

Crime drama series. Cases of a tough no-nonsense female detective Inspector. Originally conceived as a one off there was a further serial in 1992, another in 1993 and three single episodes in 1995 and another story in 1997. In 2003 after a 7-year gap, a sixth story was made comprising 2x120m and titled "The Last Witness" - Helen Mirren once again starred although most of the supporting cast were new.

With:- HELEN MIRREN as Jane Tennison / TOM BELL as Det Sgt Bill Otley / JOHN BENFIELD as Det Ch Supt Mike Kernan / JACK ELLIS as Det Insp Muddiman

 

PRINCE

BBC1 / 1x90m-e / 1991 

Writer: Julie Birchill / Costume: Rita Reekie / Music: Bill Connor / Design: Paul Joel / Producer: Ruth Baumgarten / Director: David Wheatley

Period comedy drama. In the early 1960's a young man cares more for his Alsatian dog more than he does his family.

With:- SEAN BEAN as Jack / CELIA MONTAGUE as Marie / JANET McTEER as Adult Claudie / JACKIE McGUIRE as Young Claudie / ROSS SOLO as Prince / WILLIAM ARMSTRONG as Tom / MARIE CLIFFORD as Jeannie

 

THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER

BBC1 / 6x30m-e / 1996

Writer/Producer: Julian Fellowes / Novel: Mark Twain / Director: Andrew Morgan 

Period drama serial. An urchin swaps places with a prince who just happens to be his exact double - the prince then finds himself on the run with a man wanted for murder. There was a previous BBC serial version in 1975 with Nicholas Lyndhurst as Tom & Edward.

With:- PHILIP SARSON as Tom/Edward / JENNY McCRACKEN as Mother Canty / JOHN JUDD as John Canty / LUCY SPEED as Nan Canty / JAMES PUREFOY as Miles Hendon / PETER JEFFREY as Duke of Norfolk / KEITH MICHELL as King Henry VIII / JOHN BOWE as Earl of Hertford / RICHENDA CAREY as Lady Milford

 

PRINCE REGENT

BBC / 8x50m-e / 1979

Producer: Colin Tucker 

Period drama serial. The life of George, Prince of Wales, later George VI.

George, Prince of Wales................... PETER EGAN

King George III................................. NIGEL DAVENPORT

Maria Fitzherbert.............................. SUSANNAH YORK

Princess Charlotte............................ CHERIE LUNGHI

 

THE PRIOR COMMITMENT

BBC / 6x50m-e / 1969

Writer: Bill Craig 

Thriller serial. A TV reporter investigates his wife's death on a small island in the firth of Clyde.

Eddie Pryor......................................... WILLIAM LUCAS

Spinner............................................... AUBREY MORRIS

Liz Elliot.............................................. CLAIRE NEILSON

 

THE PRISON

Thames-Euston / 1x90m-e / 1974 28 May - Tuesday 8.30pm

Writer/Producer: Geoffrey Gilbert / Novel: Georges Simenon / Director: David Wickes 

Drama. The owner of a French 'art' magazine has a complicated love life which threatens to backfire on him.

With:- JAMES LAURENSON as Alain Poitaud / ANN CURTHOYS / JAMES MAXWELL / KENNETH GRIFFITH / ANDRE MORRELL / PHILIP MADOC / GEORGE MURCELL / DIANE KEEN

 

THE PRISONER

ATV / 17x60m-e / 1967-68 29 Sep 67 - 2 Feb 68

Creator/Executive Producer: Patrick McGoohan / Music: Ron Grainer / Script Editor: George Markstein / Producer: David Tomblin 

Cult TV drama series. A one time secret agent is kidnapped and kept in confinement in an idyllic village from which there is no escape. The series was set in Portmerion and was highly strange. McGoohan also wrote and directed several of the episodes.

Number Six....................................... PATRICK McGOOHAN

Butler............................................... ANGELO MUSCAT

Supervisor........................................ PETER SWANWICK

Voice of Village Announcer................ FENELLA FIELDING

 

THE PRISONER OF ZENDA

BBC1 / 6x30m-e / 1984 (First Episode: Sunday 15 November 6.00pm)

Writer: James Andrew Hall / Script Editor: Terrance Dicks / Design: Paul Joel / Producer: Barry Letts / Director: Leonard Lewis

Period drama serial. Whilst in Ruritania, Rudolf Rassendyll is discovered to be the exact double of the King (also called Rudolf), thanks to a villainous plot that could spell trouble for the King, Rudolf ends up changing places with him.

With:- MALCOLM SINCLAIR as Rudolf Rassendyll and King Rudolph / JOHN WOODVINE as Colonel Sapt / GEORGE IRVING as 'Black' Michael / JONATHAN MORRIS as Rupert Of Hentzau / NICHOLAS GECKS as Fritz Von Tarlenheim / PAULINE MORAN as Antoinette de Mauban / VICTORIA WICKS as Princess Flavia / PEGGY SHEILDS as Servant / JOHN MOORE as Josef / PETER COPLEY as Marshall Strakencz / GEORGE WARING as Prefect / GABRIEL WOOLF as Cardinal Archbishop / CLYDE GABELL as Krafstein / BEN FEITELSON as De Gautet 

 

PRISONERS IN TIME

BBC 'Everyman' / 1x65m-e / 1997 black and white and colour

Writers: Ariel Dorfman, Rodrigo Dorfman / Book: Eric Lomax / Director: Stephen Walker  

Drama. Eric Lomax who was a prisoner of war in a Japanese undertakes a quest to find one of his torturers.

Eric Lomax........................................ JOHN HURT

Patti Lomax....................................... ROWENA COOPER

Nagase Takashi................................. RANDALL DUK KIM

Yoshiko............................................ AKO

Padre Babb...................................... MAURICE DENHAM

Helen Bamber.................................. ANNA CROPPER

 

PRISON WITHOUT BARS

BBC / 1x85m-e / 1939 29 July black and white

Writer: Peggy Barwell / Play: Gina Kaus, Edgar Eis / Producer: Moultrie R. Kelsall

Drama. A young girl stuck in a reform school falls for the prison doctor.

With:- NOVA PILBEAM / SEBASTIAN SHAW / JILL ESMOND

 

PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR

BBC / 9x30m-e / 1958-59 black and white

Creator/Producer: Arthur Swinson 

Crime drama series. Scottish private detective John Unthank undertakes two cases, the first saw him involved a currency fraud the other saw him working for the National Canine Defence League.

John Unthank................................... CAMPBELL SINGER

James Wilson.................................. ALLAN McCLELLAND

Peter Clarke..................................... IAN WHITE

Bill Jessel........................................ DOUGLAS MUIR

Mrs Layton...................................... URSULA CAMM

 

A PRIVATE LIFE

BBC / 1x90m-e / 1991

Writer: Andrew Davies / Executive Producer: Innes Lloyd / Producer/Director: Frances Gerard 

Drama. A South couple spend thirty years living in defiance of the colour segregation laws.

Jack.................................................... BILL FLYNN

Stella.................................................. JANA CILLIERS

Older Paul........................................... KEVIN SMITH

Older Karen......................................... EMBETH DAVIDTZ

Young Paul......................................... JUSTIN JOHN

Young Karen....................................... TALIA LEIBMAN

Andrea............................................... JOANNA WINBERG 

 

THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SAMUEL PEPYS

BBC2 / 1x60m / 16 December 2003

Writer: Guy Jenkin / Director: Oliver Parker / Producer: Ben McPherson

Drama. A portrayal of the life and loves of the famous 17th Century diarist as he is tried on charges of treason.

With:- STEVE COOGAN as Samuel Pepys / LOU DOILLON as Elizabeth de St Michel / TIM PIGGOTT-SMITH as Lord Shaftesbury / NATHANIEL PARKER as Charles II / DANNY WEBB as Lord Montagu / CIARAN McMenamin as Will Hewer / ZOE TAPPER as Jane / SALLY ROGERS as Betty Bagwell / ALEX HASSELL as Batty / MIRANDA RAISON as Deb Willett

 

PRIVATE LILYWHITE'S DEAD

BBC / 1x60m-e / 1970 black and white

Period drama. During an army exercise on Salisbury Plain in 1951 a corporal and his section lose their way and take shelter in an old house, lived in by an elderly woman, but things take a tragic turn when one of the soldiers plays a practical joke.

With:- DOROTHY REYNOLDS as Mrs Ransom / PETER WINTER as Private Lillywhite / ROY HOLDER as Church / TONY CAUNTER as Corporal Mills

 

PRIVATE LIVES

BBC / 1x75m-e / 1939 12 August black and white

Writer: Noel Coward / Design: Malcolm Baker Smith / Producer: Reginald Smith 

Comedy. A divorced couple contemplate giving their relationship another chance.

With:- DIANA CHURCHILL / GUY VERNEY / DENIS WEBB / MOLLY RANKIN

 

THE PRIVATE LIVES OF EDWARD WHITELY

BBC 'Comedy Playhouse' / 1x30m-e / 1961 29 December - Friday 8.45pm  black and white

Writers: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson / Producer: Duncan Wood 

Comedy. Misadventures of bigamist Edward Whitely.

Edward Whitely............................... TONY BRITTON

Hargreaves...................................... RAYMOND HUNTLEY

 

PRIVATE SCHULTZ

BBC2 / 6x50m-e / 1981 6 May - 10 June

Writer: Jack Pulman / Producer: Philip Hinchcliffe / Director: Robert Chetwyn 

Wartime comedy drama serial. During the second world war cowardly German soldier Private Schultz gets caught up in a plot to ruin Britain's economy by flooding it with fake five pound notes.

Private Schultz................................. MICHAEL ELPHICK

Major Neuheim................................. IAN RICHARDSON

Solly............................................... CYRIL SHAPS

Bertha Freyer.................................. BILLIE WHITELAW

Professor Bodelschiengh.................. DAVID SWIFT

 

PROBATION OFFICER

ATV / x60m-e / 1959-62 black and white

Creator: Julian Bond / Producers: Anthony Kearey, Rex Firkin 

Drama series. Episodes in the lives of a group of probation officers.

Philip Main......................................... JOHN PAUL

Iris Cope............................................ HONOR BLACKMAN

Jim Blake........................................... DAVID DAVIES

 

PROFESSIONAL FOUL

BBC / 1x80m-e / 1977 (September)

Writer: Tom Stoppard / Script Editor: Richard Broke / Design: Don Taylor /  Producer: Mark Shivas / Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg 

Drama.Lecturer Professor Anderson whilst attending a conference in Prague in order to give a lecture is asked by a former student to smuggle out a manuscript of a contentious (in the eyes of the Czechoslovakian government at least) thesis.

With:- PETER BARKWORTH as Anderson / JOHN SHRAPNEL as McKendrick / RICHARD O'CALLAGHAN as Chetwyn / STEPHEN REA as Hollar / BERNARD HILL as Broadbent / BILLY HAMON as Crisp / SHANE RIMMER as Stone /  DAVID DE KEYSER as Captain / SAM KELLY as Grayson / SUSAN STRAWSON as Mrs Hollar / IVAN JELINEK as Chairman  

 

THE PROFESSIONALS

LWT-AMI / 53x60m-e / 1977-83

Creator: Brian Clemens / Music: Laurie Johnson / Producers: Sidney Hayers, Raymond Menmuir / Stunt arranger: Frank Henson

Crime drama series. The usually violent exploits of two members of CI5, (The CI 5 initials stood for Criminal Intelligence Five), a special government agency set up to combat crime at the highest level. See also the sequel CI5:The New Professionals.

William Bodie.................................. LEWIS COLLINS

Ray Doyle....................................... MARTIN SHAW

George Cowley................................ GORDON JACKSON 

 

THE PROJECT

BBC1 / 1x105m, 1x115m / 10&11 November 2002

Writer: Leigh Jackson / Director: Peter Kosminsky / Producer: Matthew Bird

Political drama about the rise of New Labour. Starting in 1992 when Labour lost the General Election and charting the progress of three flatmates and their dedication in bringing Labour to power in 1997 and exposing some of the dirty tricks used to help bring that about. Paul works in Labour central office, Maggie becomes an MP, and Irene works as a BBC radio producer.

With:- MATTHEW MACFADYEN as Paul Tibbenham / NAOMIE HARRIS as Maggie Dunn / PALOMA BAEZA as Irene Lloyd / SHAUN EVANS as Andy Clark / KAYE WRAGG as Lindsey / JAMES FRAIN as Harvey / ANTON LESSER as Stanley Hall / BEN MILES as Jeremy

 

PROM AT THE PALACE

BBC1 / 1 June 2002

Live concert. The first of two live concerts direct from the grounds of Buckingham Palace in celebration of the Queen?s golden jubilee - produced by the BBC as part of BBC Music Live. This concert featured classical performers including:- Kiri Te Kanawa, Julia Bliss, Thomas Allen, Mstislav Rostropovich, Angela Gheorghiu, Roberta Alagna, members of the Royal Ballet and the London Adventist Choir. With the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Davis. Presented by Michael Parkinson. The other concert was a pop concert titled Party At The Palace. 

 

PROMOTED TO GLORY

ITV1 / 1x120m / 21 December 2003

Writer: Rob Heyland / Director: Richard Spence / Producer: Kenith Trodd

Comedy drama. A homeless drunk called Mike gets knocked down by a bus while listening to some Salvation Army singers. He is not badly hurt and he joins the army's detoxification centre to dry out his drinking problem. He falls for Captain Annie Walsh who helps run the centre and eventually becomes a Salvation Army member himself. But did he really survive the bus accident or is the whole experience a product of his imagination as he lays dying. The clue is in the title which in Salvation Army parlance refers to death.

With:- KEN STOTT as Mike / LESLEY MANVILLE as Capt Annie Walsh / KEVIN WHATLEY as Major Nigel Hurst / ADRIAN SCARBOROUGH as Arnold / SALLY HAWKINS as Lisa / JOE RENTON as Colin / TANYA MOODIE as Clem

 

PROMENADE

Granada / 1x60m-e / 1959

Writer: Peter Nichols 

Drama about a young adolescent.

 

THE PROMISED YEARS

BBC / 3x85m-e 1x100m-e / 1954 black and white

Writer: Iain MacCormick / Producers: Julian Aymes, Alvin Rakoff 

A quartet of dramas about a group of Allied soldiers in an Italian town at the close of the second world war. 1.The Liberators, 2. The Good Soldiers, 3.The Small Victory, 4. Return to the River.

With:- OWEN HOLDER / PAUL ACRPENTER / PATRICK ALLEN

 

PROPHECY

ITV 'Chiller' / 1x60m-e / 1995  

Writer: Stephen Gallagher / Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark

Spooky drama. Five years after they took part in a sce, strange things begin happening to a group of friends.

Oliver Halkin..................................... NIGEL HAVERS

Francesca Monsanto........................ SOPHIE WARD

Father Benedict Spode..................... TONY HAYGARTH

Meredith Minns................................ KATE ISIT

Phoebe Hawkins.............................. VICTORIA ALCOCK

Sebastian Holland............................ ADAM LEVY

 

PROSPECTS

Channel 4-Thames-Euston / 12x60m-e / 1987

Writer: Alan James / Executive Producers: Linda Agran, Johnny Goodman / Producer: Greg Smith 

Comedy drama series. A pair of youths, Pincy and Billy, set themselves up as entrepreneurs in London's Isle of Dogs enterprise zone.

Pincy................................................ GARY OLSEN

Billy.................................................. BRIAN BOVELL

Mick................................................. PETER LOVSTROM

 

THE PROTECTORS

ABC / 14x60m-e /  1964 black and white

Producer: Michael Chapman 

Crime drama series. Cases of a trio of security specialists, experts in crime prevention.

Ian Souter......................................... ANDREW FAULDS

Heather Keys.................................... ANN MORRISH

Robert Shoesmith............................. MICHAEL ATKINSON

 

THE PROTECTORS

ITC-Group 3 / 52x30m-e / 1972-73 Two seasons

Creators/Producers: Gerry Anderson, Reg Hill / Theme Music: Tony Christie  

Action adventure series. The exploits of three international crime fighters led by tough Harry Rule. The show features one of the all time great theme tunes Avenues and Alleyways by Tony Christie.

With:- ROBERT VAUGHAN as Harry Rule / TONY ANHOLT as Paul Buchet / NYREE DAWN PORTER as Contessa di Contini / YASUKO NAGAZAMI as Sku (Season 2) / ANTHONY CHINN as Chino (Season 2)

 

THE PROTEST

Granada / 1x90m-e / 1960 black and white

Writer: Rhys Adrian / Producer: Philip Mackie / Director: Silvio Narizzano  

Comedy drama.

With:- TENNIEL EVANS / JACK HEDLEY

 

PSYCHOS

Channel 4-Kudos / 6x60m-e / 1999 6 May - 10 June Thursdays 10.00pm

Writer: David Wolstencroft / Titles: Kemistry / Theme Music: Underworld / Script Editor: Howard Burch / Executive Producers: Stephen Garret, Sally Woodward Gentle / Producer: Chrissy Skinns

Drama series. The sometimes traumatic life inside the psychiatric ward of a Glasgow hospital.

Dr Daniel Nash................................... DOUGLAS HENSHALL

Dr Kate Millar.................................... NEVE McINTOSH

Dr Karen Smith.................................. LYNSEY BAXTER

Dr Angus Harvey................................ NICHOLAS CLAY

Dr 'Shug' Nevin................................... ALASTAIR MACKENZIE

Dr Martine Nicol................................. INDIRA VARMA

Mariko Harris..................................... NAOKO MORI

Jim Reid............................................ IAIN FRASER

 

PSY WARRIORS

BBC 'Play for Today' / 1x80m-e / 1981 

Writer: David Leland / Director: Alan Clarke 

Psychological drama. A group of terrorists are interrogated by the army, but are things as they really seem and the terrorists may in fact be soldiers on an exercise. 

With:- JOHN DUTTINE / DERRICK O' CONNOR / ROSALIND AYRES

 

P'TANG YANG KIPPERBANG

C4-Goldcrest / 1x80m-e / 1982 (3 November)

Writer: Jack Rosenthal / Producer: Chris Griffith / Director: Michael Apted 

Period comedy drama. In 1950's London a cricket mad schoolboy has a crush on one of the girls in his class, Inspired use of a John Arlott cricket commentary over some of the action. The title came from the coded phrase the boys would use when greeting or saying goodbye to each other. Shown on Channel 4 second night of broadcasting. Also known as First Love - P'Tang Yang Kipperbang. 

With:- With:- JOHN ALBASINY as Alan / ABIGAIL CRUTTENDEN as Ann / ALISON STEADMAN as Miss Land / GARRY COOPER as Tommy / MAURICE DEE as Geoffrey / MARK BRELSFORD as Abbo / CHRIS CABALLIS as Shaz / FRANCES RAPHAEL as Eunice / ROBERT URQUHART as Headmaster / MAURICE O'CONNELL as Gym Teacher / TIM SEELEY as French Master / RICHENDA CAREY as Botany Teacher / PETER DEAN as Policeman / NICOLA PRINCE as Maureen

 

THE PUB FIGHTER

Associated-Rediffusion 'Half Hour Story' / 1x30m-e / 1968

Writer: Jim Allen / Producer: Stella Richman / Director: Marc Miller 

Drama. A bare knuckle fight takes place in a Midlands pub.

With:- JOHN COLLIN / PETER REYNOLDS

 

PUBLIC EYE

ABC then Thames /  87x60m-e / 1965-75

Creator: Roger Marshall / Executive Producers: Lloyd Shirley, Robert Love

Crime drama series. The cases of down market private detective Frank Marker, started on ABC picked up by Thames following the 1968 franchise changeover. 

With:- ALFRED BURKE as Frank Marker / PAULINE DELANEY as Mrs Helen Mortimer / RAY SMITH as D.I. Firbank / PETER CHILDS as Ron Gash

 

PUDDING LANE

BBC1 / 5x5m-e / 1999 Fri 26 November

Writer: Tony Jordan 

Period Comedy. An Eastenders special that formed part of Children In Need for 1999(with the five episodes performed live and scattered across the evening) about life in the Walford arms in London around about the time of the Great Fire of London(1666), the regular cast appeared as 17th century caricatures of their normal roles.

Cockney Carol...................................... LINDSAY COULSON

Sonia................................................... NATALIE CASSIDY

Irene.................................................... ROBERTA TAYLOR

Janine................................................. CHARLIE BROOKS

Blind Jim............................................. JOHN BARDON

Onion Mark.......................................... TODD CARTY

Teresa Di Marconi................................. LEILA BIRCH

Sticky Ricky........................................ SID OWEN

Matthew.............................................. JOE ABSOLOM

Inspector............................................. MARTIN KEMP

 

PULASKI

BBC1 / 8x50m-e / 1987 2 October - 20 November

Writer: Roy Clarke / Producer: Paul Knight 

Crime drama series. Actor Larry Summers, playing a cop in a popular TV series, finds himself getting involved with real life crimes.

Larry Summers................................. DAVID ANDREWS

Kate Summers................................. CAROLINE LANGRISHE

 

PULP

UK / Channel 4-Fulcrum / x20 minute episodes / 1998-?

Producers have included Tracey Gardiner

Offbeat book review show seen late night and presented by Syd Moore.

 

THE PUPPET MAN

Channel 4-D-F / 6x40m-e / 1985

Writer/Producer/Director: David Furnham 

Period drama serial. In the 1920's a puppeteer goes on a tour of the West Country.

With:- ROY HUDD 

 

PURE WICKEDNESS

BBC1 / 4x50m-e / 1999 14 September - 5 October Tuesdays 9.30pm

Writer: Lucy Gannon / Titles: TSI Design / Music: John Keane / Design: Rob Harris / Costume: Dany Everett / Producer: Joy Spink / Director: Harry Hook

Drama serial. Seemingly happily married doctors wife Jenny Meadows begins a traumatic affair with window cleaner Frank Healy.

Jenny Meadows.................................. ORLA BRADY

Geoff Meadows................................... KEVIN WHATELY

Frank Healy....................................... DAVID MORRISSEY

Mo Healy........................................... LESLEY DUNLOP

Eileen Meadows................................. DANIELLE McCORMACK

Dr Andrew Ward................................. ANTON LESSER

Dr Phil Gold....................................... PIP TORRENS

Dr Anna Faulkner............................... LINDA SPURRIER

Dr Mary Carson.................................. KATE FAHY

 

THE PURSUERS

ABC-Crestview / 39x30m-e / 1961-62 black and white

Executive Producer: Donald Hyde / Producer: Jack Gross 

Crime drama series. Cases of a pair of detectives and their loyal German Shepherd Police dog Ivan.

Det Insp John Bollinger..................... LOUIS HAYWARD

Det Sgt Steve Wall.......................... GAYLORD CAVALLARO

 

PURSUIT

HTV / 4x60m-e / 1990

Executive Producers: Henry Plitt, Larry White / Director: Ian Sharp 

Drama serial. A one time officer in the SS is forced to change his identity and go on the run.

With:- BEN CROSS / JOHN GLOVER / BRUCE GREENWOOD / LARRY LAMB / VERONICA HAMEL / SARAH JESSICA PARKER

 

PUTTING ON THE DONEGAN

UK / ATV / x30m-e / 1961-64

Producers: Rita Gillespie (61), Albert Locke (62-63), Francis Essex

Light entertainment music show starring "Skiffle king" Lonnie Donegan (who notched up 26 top 20 singles during his career),
The 1963 season was based on Donegan's Blackpool summer season and included actual excerpts from that production 
whilst the 1964 run was set in a fictional cabaret club called "Donegan's".

 

PYGMALION

BBC / 1x150m-e / 1948 8 February

Design: Barry Learoyd / Producer: Royston Morley 

Drama. The first TV production of George Bernard Shaw's play. Professor Higgins (because of a bet)  tries to turn common flower seller Eliza Doolittle into a lady.

Eliza Doolittle................................... MARAGRET LOCKWOOD

Alfred Doolittle.................................. GORDON HARKER

Professor Higgins.............................. RALPH MICHAEL

Colonel Pickering.............................. ARTHUR WONTNER

 

PYGMALION SMITH

BBC1(Comedy Playhouse) / 1x30m-e / 1974  25 June - Tuesday 8.30pm

Writer: Roy Clarke / Producer: Roger Race 

Comedy. Pygmalion 'Smithy' Smith, a less than glamorous photographer is an out of work holiday resort tries to make a young girl into a star.

With:- LEONARD ROSSITER as Pygmalion Smith / T.P. McKENNA as Brewster / BARBARA COURTNEY as Auriol Pratt / MARGARET BURTON as Mrs Kintoul

 

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