UK TV S6 SPEECH DAY TO THE STRETCH
SPOOKS- SPOOKS - SEASON FIVE EPISODES 1 AND 2
SPOOKS - SEASON FIVE EPISODE 5
SPOOKS SEASON FIVE EPISODES 6 AND 7
SPEECH DAY
BBC1 (A Play for Today) / 1x60m-e / 1975
Writer: Barry Hines / Script Editor: Ann Scott / Producer: Graeme McDonald / Director: John Goldschmidt
Comedy drama. At a school speech day a trio of under achieving soon to be school leavers try not to take the day too seriously.
With:- JOHN FORBES-ROBERTSON as Headmaster / GEOFF TOMLINSON as Deputy Headmaster / BILL DEAN as George / BRIAN GLOVER as Mr Warboys / KEVIN JENKINSON as Wally / GLEN DALBY as Robson / ANDREW BEAUMONT as Danny Warboys / ELIZABETH DAWN as Mrs Warboys / MICHAEL ATHA as Grandfather / JOHN ROLLS as Douglas / LEONARD FENTON as Maths Master / BERNARD WRIGLEY as Art Master / PETER WALLIS as Sanderson / PAUL COPLEY as Woodwork Master / DENISE MOCKLER as Miss Bedford / WILFRED HARRISON as Professor Jesop
SPINE CHILLERS
BBC3 / 3x30m / 2002
An anthology series of spooky tales each with different casts.
1. THE LOVEGODS /
BBC3 'Spine Chillers' / 1x30m / 2002 (shown on BBC1 - 11 August 2003)
Writer: Sarah Phelps / Director: David Garfath / Producer: Arabella McGuigan
Two young men have a scam to take advantage of rich older women. But when they
try their scam on Alison they get their comeuppance as she turns out to be a
2000 year-old cannibal. With:- JULIE T WALLACE as Alison / STEVE JOHN SHEPHERD
as Stevie / CRAIG KELLY as Jack
2.GOTHS
BBC3 'Spine Chillers' / 1x30m / 2002 (shown on BBC1 - 18 August 2003)
Writer: David Cummings / Director: Philip John / Producer: Rosemary McGowan
Grish and Tim are Goths who rent a room from Balfos, another Goth who they think
is weird even by their standards. They (wrongly) begin to suspect Balfos has
done away with the previous tenant and hidden him under the floorboards and take
drastic measures to prevent the same fate happening to them. With:- MACKENZIE
CROOK as Grishnack / TIM PLESTER as Tim / MARK HEAP as Balfos
3.FAIRY
GODFATHER
BBC3 'Spine Chillers' / 1x30 / 2002 (shown on BBC1 - 25 August 2003)
Writer: Steve Punt / Director: David Garfath / Producer: Arabella McGuigan Alan
saves a woman from a mugger and the next day he is visited by a mobster who
wants to grant him three wishes (favours) for saving his boss's daughter. But it
turns out Alan was mortally wounded in his fight with the mugger and the mobster
is an angel who is testing whether Alan should go Up or Down based on what he
wishes for.
With:- DARREN BOYD as Alan / COLIN STINTON as Mick (Mobster) / KATE BROWN as
Sarah / SASKIA THOMAS as Melissa / MARK HOMER as Ashley / SARA STEPHENS as Laura
SPORT RELIEF
BBC1 / 2002 / 7pm-12:30am
A marathon charity event (like Comic Relief and Children In Need) to help
disadvantaged children in Britain and around the world supported by sportsmen
and sportswomen. Hosted by Ulrika Jonsson and Gary Linneker, then Jamie
Theakston and Clare Balding the 2002 edition was broadcast 13 July 2002, the
2006 edition was hosted by Gary Lineker, Chris Evans and Davina Macall.
Some events were:-
They Think It?s A Question of Sport - a
mixture of the two sports quiz formats (They Think It's All Over/A Question Of
Sport) with Stephen Fry asking the questions.
Sport In The Square - Eastenders and Casualty/Holby
City actors competed in fun sport events
Superstars - a revival of the 1970s sports
show - with Steve Redgrave, Dwight York, Gianluca Vialli, Austin Healey and
Steph Cook competing
Runaround - a revival of the children's TV
show, presented here by Johnny Vegas with adult celebrity
contestants.
SPROUT
Thames / 1x30m-e / 1974 1 July - Mondays 8.00pm
Writers: Anthony Matheson, Peter Tilbury / Producer: Anthony Parker
Comedy. Exploits of young unemployed Darwin Sprout.
With:- JOHN ALDERTON as Darwin / JULIAN HOLLOWAY as John Russell / GEOFFREY CHATER as Mr Barker
SPYCATCHER
BBC / 19x30m-e / 1959-61 black and white
Writer: Robert Barr / Producer: Terence Cook
Wartime spy drama series. During World War II, Lt-Colonel Pinto prevents enemy agents worming their way into Britain.
With:- BERNARD ARCHARD as Lt-Colonel Pinto
SPYDER'S WEB
ATV / 13x60m-e / 1972 22 February - 14 April
Creator: Richard Harris / Producer: Dennis Vance
Spy drama series. Cases of three agents working undercover for a specialist government agency called The Web.
With:- PATRICIA CUTTS as Lottie Dean / VERONICA CARLSON as Wallis Ackroyd / ANTHONY AINLEY as Clive Hawksworth / ROGER LLOYD PACK as Albert Mason
SPYDER'S WEB
BBC2 / 1x90m-e / 1982
Producer: Cedric Messina / Play: Agatha Christie / Director: Basil Coleman
Period crime drama. A woman with a highly vivid imagination finds herself embroiled in a murder.
With:- PENELOPE KEITH as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown / ROBERT FLEMYNG as Sir Rowland / THORLEY WALTERS as Hugo Birch / DAVID YELLAND as Jeremy Warrender / ELIZABETH SPRIGGS as Mildred Peake / JOHN BARCROFT as Inspector Lord
THE SPY KILLER
Cohen-Sangster / 1x90m-e / 1969
Writer: Jimmy Sangster / Director: Roy Baker
Thriler. A sequel to Foreign Exchange. An ex-secret agent gets caught up in a blackmail plot.
With:- ROBERT HORTON / SEBASTIAN CABOT / JILL ST JOHN / ELEANOR SUMMERFIELD / BARBARA SHELLEY
SPYSHIP
BBC / 6x55m-e / 1983
Writer: James Mitchell / Producer: Colin Rogers
Thriller serial. Strange events occur in northern waters after a British ship goes missing.
With:- TOM WILKINSON / LESLEY NIGHTINGALE / MICHAEL ALDRIDGE / PETER EYRE
SPYTRAP
BBC / 20x25m-e / 1972
Creator: Robert Barr / Script Editor: Simon Masters / Producer: Morris Barry
Wartime spy drama series. Stories of espionage agents during World War Two.
With:- PAUL DANEMAN as Cmdr Ryan RN / TOM ADAMS as Major Sullivan / PRENTIS HANCOCK as Lt Saunders / RICHARD HAMPTON as Gordon Trask
SQUADRON
BBC / 10x50m-e / 1982
Creators: Alistair Balfour, Peter May / Producer: Joe Waters
Drama. Exploits of a 'rapid deployment' RAF Squadron.
Grp Capt James Christie................. MICHAEL CULVERS
Wg Cmdr Peter Tyson.................... MALCOLM STODDARD
Sq Ldr Mike Fairchild...................... ALUN HUNTER
Sq Ldr Dave Gregson..................... DEREK ANDERS
Gp Capt Harry Hall......................... RICHARD SIMPSON
Flt Lt Dr Susan Young.................... CATRIONA MACCOLL
SQUARE MILE OF MURDER
BBC / 4x50m-e / 1980
Producer: Bob MacIntosh
Reconstructions of four true life murders that all took place in the same part of Glasgow.
SPRINGHILL
Channel 4-Sky 1-Granada / 26x30m-e / 1997
Script Editor: Phil Collinson / Music: Patrick Dineen / Executive Producer: Carolyn Reynolds
Spooky drama series. Strange events seem to beset an unassuming Liverpool family.
John Paul Freeman........................... PAUL CULSHAW
Anita Cartledge................................ CRISSY ROCK
Marian............................................. JUDY HOLT
Carol Lombard................................. SHERRIE PARSONS
Eva Morrigan................................... KATHERINE ROGERS
S-S-S-H! THE WIFE
BBC / 1x10m-e / 1938 6 April - Wednesday 3.00pm
Writer: Richard Haerne
Comedy. A drunken husband tries to not wake up his wife.
The Husband.................................. RICHARD HEARNE
The Wife........................................ LILY PALMER
The Friend..................................... GEORGE NELSON
STAGES
BBC2 / 6x50m-e / 1994
Producer: Simon Curtis
An anthology of studio based dramas, the writers included Tony Marchant and Andrew Davies.
STATION
JIM
BBC1 / 1x90m-e / 30 December
2001 6:30pm
Writer: Mark Wallington; Director: John Roberts; Producers: Judith Hunt and Ann
Scott
A one-off drama set in the 1980s that charts the effect a performing dog
(Station Jim) has on the lives of a village's inhabitants following his adoption
by Bob, a lovelorn railway porter. Story involves an attempt to close down a
local orphanage and Bob?s attempt to raise money to save it; it also involves
Queen Victoria and an assassination plot.
GEORGE COLE as Stationmaster Pope / CHARLIE CREED-MILES as Bob / FRANK FINLAY as
Riorden Snr / LAURA FRASER as Harriet / DAVID HAIG as Riorden Jnr / CELIA IMRIE
as Miss Frazier / HARRY PEACOCK as George / DAVID ROSS as Chambers / MARTIN
SAVAGE as Stanley / NADIA SAWALHA as Rosa / PRUNELLA SCALES as Queen Victoria /
JOHN THOMSON as Harold / STANLEY TOWNSEND as Mataplan / TIMOTHY WEST as Sir
Christopher Ellis / DAVID BRADLEY as Elliot / THOMAS SANGSTER as Henry / GRAHAM
SEED as Queen?s Secretary / JAMES WARD as Charlie / MILLIE FINDLAY as Alice /
ERIC BYRNE as Tommy / FRANSESCA MARTIN as Polly
STALAG LUFT
Yorkshire TV / 1x120m-e / 1993 27 October
Writer: David Nobbs
Wartime comedy. During World war II a group of British P.O.W's are left to run their camp alone when all the German's run away.
With:- STEPHEN FRY / NICHOLAS LYNDHURST / GEOFFREY PALMER / SAM KELLY / DAVID BAMBER
THE STALKER'S APPRENTICE
ITV / 1x90m-e / 1998
Writer: Gordon Hann / Novel: M.S. Power / Producer: Robert Love / Director: Marcus F.D. White
Psychological thriller. Marcus Walwyn becomes obsessed with a girl he meets on a train and after reading a book about a notorious serial killer embarks on a career in murder. A controversial film that played briefly in the cinemas and also recieved a showing on the satellite channel Bravo before its ITV premiere.
With:- GIDEON TURNER as Marcus Walwyn / PETER DAVISON as Det Insp Maurice Birt / JAMES BOLAM as Helmut Kranze / PAULA WILCOX as Mrs Walwyn / MICHAEL McKENZIE as Harry Rutherford
STALINGRAD
BBC (Festival) / 1x / 1963
Writer / Producer / Director: Rudolph Cartier /
Play: Claus Hubalek
Drama about a German who joins the Russian army and becomes a field marshal.
STAND AND DELIVER
BBC2 'Obsessions' / 1x100m-e / 1998 March 15
Writer/Director: Les Blair / Producer: Sally Hibbin
Drama. Alun Leach, a cockney comedian, spends an exhausting weekend in Glasgow.
Alun Leach........................................ PHIL DANIELS
Christina........................................... HELEN McCRORY
Eva................................................... FIONA BELL
Max T............................................... MARK ROBB
Sandy............................................... GILBERT MARTIN
THE STANDARD
BBC (Scotland) / 13x50m-e / 1982
Director: Paddy Russell
Drama series.
With:- PATRICK MALAHIDE as Colin Anderson / COLETTE O'NEILL / TOM WATSON / NEIL STACY
STANLEY
BBC / 1x95m-e / 1987
Writer: Elaine Morgan / Producer: Ruth Caleb / Director: Anna Benson Gyles
Drama. The life story of eccentric English artist Stanley Spencer.
With:- ANTON LESSER as Stanley / JULIET STEVENSON as Hilda Spencer / SARAH BERGER / CHRISTOPHER BAINES / VALERIE LUSH / LESLEY DUNLOP
STANLEY AND THE WOMEN
ITV Network (Central TV) / 4x60m-e / 1991
Writer: Nigel Kneale / Novel: Kingsley Amis / Producer: Chris Burt / Director: David Tucker
Drama serial. Middle aged advertising executive Stanley has trouble with his past and present wives.
With:- JOHN THAW as Stanley Duke / SHEILA GISH / PENNY DOWNIE / GERALDINE JAMES / MICHAEL ELPHICK as Bert Huchinson / SAMUEL WEST as Stephen Duke / DAVID LYON as Dr Cliff Wainwright / MICHAEL ALDRIDGE / DONALD CHURCHILL / SIAN THOMAS / ALUN ARMSTRONG / DOREEN MANTLE / DAFFYD HYWEL / JOANNA MAYS / RONAN VIBERT
STAND UP NIGEL BARTON
BBC 'The Wednesday Play' / 1x / 1965 black and white
Writer: Dennis Potter / Producer: James McTaggart / Director: Gareth Davies
Drama. Young working class Nigel Barton goes to university and comes to resent his poor background. The play had one of Potter's unusual features of having schoolchildren played by adults in one of the scenes. A follow up Vote Vote Vote for Nigel Barton was broadcast the following week.
With:- KEITH BARRON as Nigel Barton
STAN THE MAN
ITV1 / 6x60m / started 4 November 2002 / 9:00pm
Writer: Bob Mills, Jeff Pope / Director: Nigel
Douglas / Producer: Saurabh Kakkar
Comedy drama about a petty criminal who tries in his own deluded way to be an
entrepreneur - without much success. The series had an interrupted run with
its final two episodes appearing over the Christmas period 2002.
With:- JOHN THOMSON as Stan Tully / GAYNOR FAYE as Julie / JOE ABSOLOM as Depp /
GEORGE COSTIGAN as Deakin / KAY MELLOR as Margaret
STAR COPS
BBC2 / 9x50m-e / 1987 6 July - 31 August
Creator: Chris Boucher / Script Editor: Joanna Willit / Theme Music: Justin Hayward / Video Effects: Robin Lobb / Design: Dick Coles, Malcolm Thornton / Producer: Evgeny Gridneff
Scifi drama series. In 2027, Nathan Spring, working for the International Space Police Force tries to keep law and order on the moon.
Nathan Spring................................. DAVID CALDER
David Theroux................................. ERICK RAY EVANS
Pal Kenzy...................................... LINDA NEWTON
Colin Devis..................................... TREVOR COOPER
Anna.............................................. SAYO INABO
Alexander...................................... JONATHAN ADAMS
STARGAZY ON ZUMMERDOWN
BBC2 'Play of the Week' / 1x80m-e / 1978 15 March
Writer: John Fletcher / Music: David Fanshawe / Producer: David Rose / Director: Michael Ferguson
Scifi drama. In the 23rd century, half of England (now called Albion) is given over to rural communities the other half to regions of high technology. Once a year the two halfs meet up for an annual festival.
Father John Cuchlain........................ STEPHEN MURRAY
Israel Tonge..................................... ROY DOTRICE
Opionated Alice................................ PEGGY MOUNT
Sidney............................................. ROY MARSDEN
Toonie Curser................................... RON PEMBER
Contrary Harry................................. JOHN HARTLEY
STARK
BBC2-ABC-Cascade / 3x55m-e / 1993 8 - 22 December
Writer: Ben Elton / Music: Colin Towns / Titles: Bob Cosford / Design: Laurence Eastwood / Costume: Kerri Barnett / Producers: David Parker, Michael Wearing, Timothy White / Director: Nadia Tess
Scifi drama serial. In the near future when the Earth is on its last legs after being choked by industrial pollution. In Australia English 'writer' Colin 'CD' Dobson gets involved with Rachel, whom he lusts after, and a pair of old hippies to try and delay the coming of Armageddon.
C.D.................................................... BEN ELTON
Sly Morgan......................................... COLIN FRIELS
Rachel............................................... JACQUELINE McKENZIE
Zimmerman........................................ DERRICK O'CONNOR
Walter............................................... BILL WALLIS
Chrissie............................................. DEBORA LEE-FURNESS
Karen................................................ FIONA PRESS
THE STARLIGHT BALLROOM
Granada / 1x60m-e / 1983
Writers: Oliver Free, Peter Robinson / Choreographer: Tudor Davies / Producer: Simon Albury / Director: Bryan Izzard
Period drama. The antics of 1940's dance band leader Umberto Rossi causes problems with his wife as well as his fellow band members.
Umberto Rossi................................ ALVIN STARDUST
Carol.............................................. LYNSEY DE PAUL
STAR MAIDENS
Graefin- Portman / 13x30m-e / 1975 1 September - 1 December
Creator: Graf Von Hardenberg, Von Hardenberg / Producer: James Gatward
Scifi comedy drama serial. A co-production between the UK and Germany. Two men, Adam and Shem, escape to Earth from the female ruled planet Mendusa, the supreme councillor of Mendusa orders them to be caught and returned home.
Adam............................................... PIERRE BRICE
Shem............................................... GARETH THOMAS
Fulvia............................................... JUDY GEESON
The President.................................... DAWN ADDAMS
Octavia............................................. CHRISTINE KRUGER
Liz.................................................... LISA HARROW
STARR AND COMPANY
BBC / 77x25m-e / 1958 black and white
Creator: Donald Bull / Producers: Barbara Burnham, Gerard Glaister
Twice weekly live drama series. A small family firm, making bouys, operate out of the town of Sullbridge, fifty miles South of London.
Joseph Starr.................................... PHILIP RAY
Edith............................................... NANCY NEVINSON
Julia................................................ PATRICIA MORT
Robin.............................................. BRIAN McDERMOTT
THE STARS LOOK DOWN
Granada / 13x60m-e / 1975 4 September - 27 November
Writer: Alan Plater / Novel: A.J. Cronin / Producer: Howard Baker
Period drama serial. Life for a group of fishermen and miners in the pre World One North East.
David................................................. IAN HASTINGS
Joe.................................................... ALUN ARMSTRONG
Jenny................................................ SUSAN TARCY
Richard Barras................................... BASIL DIGNAM
STARS OF THE ROLLER SKATE DISCO
BBC / 1x75m-e / 1981
Writer: Michael Hastings / Director: Alan Clarke
Scifi drama. In an Orwellian near future groups of unemployed youths use their local skating rink as a meeting place.
With:- PERRY BENSON / CATHY MURPHY
A STATEMENT OF AFFAIRS
Carlton / 3x60m-e / 1993
Thriller serial. Affairs and lies among a group of close friends lead to murder.
With:- FRANCES BARBER / DAVID THRELLFALL / ADRIAN DUNBAR
STATE OF MIND
ITV1 / 2x90m / 26,27 January 2003 / 9:00pm
Writer: Paula Milne / Director: Christopher
Menaul / Producer: Dave Edwards
Forensic psychologist Grace Hazlett is asked to help the police with the case of
a man who killed his wife in a seeming accident when his car accelerates into
her in their driveway, although he claims to have no memory of the incident. She
discovers he suffers from epileptic fits, but did such a fit cause the accident
or is he faking the seizures?
With:- NIAMH CUSACK as Grace Hazlett / ROWENA COOPER as Isabel Hazlett / ANDREW
LINCOLN as Julian Latimer / DEBORAH FINDLAY as DCI Stella Munroe / DORAIN HEALY
as Martin Callum
STATE OF PLAY
BBC1 / 5x60m-e / 2003Creator/
Writer: Paul Abbott / Producer: Hilary Bevan JonesConspiracy thriller serial set against the background of Whitehall and Fleet Street. Stephen Collins (Morrissey) is a high-flying, ambitious member of parliament and Chairman of the Government?s Energy Select Committee. Cal McCaffrey (Simm) is a well-respected investigative journalist and Stephen?s ex-campaign manager. When Stephen?s young research assistant, Sonia, falls to her death on the London Underground, it?s not long before revelations of their affair hit the headlines. Meanwhile a suspected teenage drug dealer named Kelvin Stagg is found shot dead.The discovery that Kelvin and Sonia shared a two-minute phone call on the morning of their deaths draws Cal into an investigation that?s always one step ahead of the police. But friendships are tested and lives are put on the line as an intricate web of lies unfolds. FOR THE EPISODE GUIDE CLICK HERE.
With:-
John Simm as Cal McCaffrey / David Morrissey as Stephen Collins / Kelly Macdonald as Della / Bill Nighy as Cameron Foster / Polly Walker as Anne Collins
STATE OF THE UNION
BBC1 'Comedy Playhouse' / 1x30m-e / 1968 26 April - Fridays 8.20pm
Writer: Ronnie Taylor / Producer: John Ammonds
Comedy. Exploits of a trade union secretary. Les Dawson's first acting role.
Les..................................................... LES DAWSON
Gladys................................................ PATSY ROWLANDS
Ernie.................................................. MICHAEL ROBBINS
Russell............................................... MELVYN HAYES
BBC 'Comedy Playhouse' / 1x35m-e / 1962 26 January - Friday 8.40pm
Writers: Ray Galton,Alan Simpson / Producer: Graeme Muir
Comedy. Garage owner Cyril Bradley doesn't want to give Wilfred Swann his Rolls Royce back because he likes the way it looks on his forecourt.
Wilfred Swann................................... ALFRED MARKS
Cyril Bradley..................................... GRAHAM STARK
STAY LUCKY
Yorkshire TV / x60m-e / 1989-93
Creator: Geoff McQueen / Theme sung by Dennis Waterman / Music: Ray Russell / Titles: Paul Peppiate / Executive Producer: David Reynolds / Producers: David Reynolds, Andrew Benson, Matthew Bird
Comedy drama series. Cockney drifter Thomas Gynn, after tangling with crooks ends up in Yorkshire where he teams up with narrowboat owning Sally Hardcastle in a series of adventures.Later (the 1993 season following Jan Francis's departure) Thomas ends up helping museum curator Samantha and also teams up with dancer Jo.
With:- DENNIS WATERMAN as Thomas Gynn / JAN FRANCIS as Sally Hardcastle / EMMA WRAY as Pippa / NIALL TOBIN as Lively / CHRIS JURY as Kevin(89) / IAN McNEICE as Franklyn Bysouth / SUSAN GEORGE as Samantha(93) / LESLIE ASH as Jo(93)
STAYING ALIVE
ITV / 12x60m-e / 1996-97
Producer: Louise Berridge
Drama series. The complicated lives of a group of student nurses in a London hospital. Season two added a thriller element with a stalker plaguing the nurses.
Kelly Booth....................................... SOPHIE OKONEDO
Mick Lennox..................................... SUSANNAH WISE
Alan McPherson............................... PAUL HIGGINS
Sister Fran Coulson.......................... LIZ KETTLE
Cassandra Naylor............................. JENNY BOLT
Sgt Gordon Naylor............................ SEAN BLOWERS
STAYING ON
Granada / 1x120m-e / 1980 28 December
Writer: Julian Mitchell / Music: Carl Davis / Producer: Irene Shubik / Director: Silvio Narizzano
Drama. Problems of an elderly couple living out their lives in India.
Tusker Smalley................................ TREVOR HOWARD
Lucy Smalley................................... CELIA JOHNSON
STAY WITH ME TILL MORNING
Yorkshire TV / 3x60m-e / 1981
Writer: John Braine / Producer: Michael Glynn / Director: David Reynolds
Drama serial. The marriage of Yorkshire couple, Clive and Robin Lendrick, is on the rocks.
Clive Lendrick................................... PAUL DANEMAN
Robin Lendrick................................. NANETTE NEWMAN
Stephen Belgard............................... KEITH BARRON
STEALING LIVES
C4 / 1x60m / 19 October 2004
Writers: Ariyon Bakare, Bryn Higgins / Director:
Bryn Higgins / Producers: Bryn Higgins, Hal Vogel
Drama based on real events. A highly organised gang of criminals are engaging in
identity theft - opening bank and credit card accounts using someone else's name
with forged documents and then stealing money and making expensive purchases
under the assumed name. A police team investigates but despite knowing who is
behind it find it frustratingly hard to gather sufficient unequivocal evidence
to pursue a successful prosecution.
With:- ARIYON BAKARE as Eze Achinewu / AMANDA RYAN as DC Karen Hearst / DANNY
WEBB as DC Alan Morgan / REBECCA PALMER as Lisa Jones / DARREN TIGHE as DC Steve
Channon / KOLADE AGBOKE as "K"
STEEL RIVER BLUES
ITV1 / 1x90m, 6x60m / started 1 September 2004
Writer: Charlie Fletcher / Director: Tim Dowd /
Producer: Ken Horn
Drama set in Middlesbrough Fire station. Bill McGlinchy arrives from Ireland to
take his first station commander post in charge of Blue Watch and has to rely on
the experience and local knowledge of the established team some of whom think
the top job should have gone to one of them.
With:- DANIEL CASEY as Tony Barnes / CHARLES DALE as George Barnes / STUART
GRAHAM as Bill McGlinchy / KELLY WENHAM as Julie Priestley / CLAIRE BUCKFIELD as
Katy Bell / DANIEL AINSLEIGH as Jeremy Lloyd / SATNAM BHOGAL as Sunil Gupta /
JOHN BOWLER as Mick Hammond / VICTORIA HAWKINS as Sandra Harris
STELLA STREET
BBC2-Stella St- Tiger Aspect / x10m-e / 1997-continuing
Writers: Phil Cornwell, Peter Richardson, John Sessions / Theme Music: Gary DiMichele / Executive Producer: Charles Brand
Comedy. A surprisingly large amount of celebrities (all played by John Sessions and Phil Cornwell) all live in the same suburban street. Celebrities included Mick Jagger and Keith Richards running the corner shop, Michael Caine, Dirk Bogarde, Joe Pesci, Jack Nicholson and many more.
STIFF UPPER LIP
ABC 'The Sound of Laughter' / 1x30m-e / 1967
Writer: Giles Cooper / Story: Laurence Durrell / Producer: Robert Banks Stewart / Director: Michael Mills
Comedy. The exploits of a group of diplomats working out of the Briitsh Embassy in the Iron Curtain country of Vulgaria. Remade as a Comedy Playhouse a year later.
Sir Claud Polk-Mowbray..................... ROBERT COOTE
Dovebasket....................................... DONALD CHURCHILL
Antrobus.......................................... JAMES VILLIERS
Cmdr Benbow................................... DONALD PHETHEAN
Drage............................................... EDWARD CADDICK
STIFF UPPER LIP
BBC1 / 1x30m-e / 1968 17 May - Fridays 8.20pm
Writer: Barry Took / Story: Lawrence Durrell / Producer: Michael Mills
Comedy. Misadventures of diplomats working in the Iron Curtain state of Vulgaria. Previously filmed the year before (see separate entry)
Antrobus............................................ RICHARD VERNON
Percy................................................ MICHAEL BATES
Cmdr Benbow.................................... BERNARD BRESSLAW
Drage............................................... JOHN GLYN-JONES
Capt Gore-Strangely.......................... DEREK AYLWARD
STOCKER'S COPPER
BBC / 1x85m-e / 1971
Writer: Tom Clarke / Producer: Graeme McDonald / Director: Jack Gold
Period drama. In Cornwall, just before World War One, a striking miner becomes 'pally' with a policeman.
With:- BRYAN MARSHALL / GARETH THOMAS / JANE LAPOTAIRE
THE STONE AGE
BBC2-Jon Blair 'Comic Asides' / 1x30m-e / 1989 2 June - Fridays 9.00pm
Writers: Ian Hislop, Nick Newman / Producer: Jon Blair / Executive Producers: John Kilby, Jamie Rix / Director: Mandie Fletcher
Comedy. Rock God Dave Stone is bored with his superficial lifestyle.
Dave Stone........................................ TREVOR EVE
Lizzie Stone...................................... CARMEN DU SAUTOY
Robert Irving...................................... JONATHAN COY
Herb................................................. ROGER LLOYD PACK
Pete................................................. BOB GOODY
Himself............................................. CLIVE ANDERSON
STONE, SCISSORS, PAPER
BBC2 / 1x90m-e / 1997
Writer: Richard Cameron / Producers: Laurence Bowen, Sally French / Director: Stephen Whittaker
Drama. A runaway wife takes refuge in a small cottage where she meets a married a stonemason, both have strong feelings for each other but seem unable to express them. This play was the first winner of a supposedly annual Dennis Potter tv award but the productions since have been pretty scarce on the ground.
Jean.................................................. JULIET STEVENSON
Redfearn............................................ KEN STOTT
Mary................................................. MELANIE KILBURN
Frank................................................ JOHN BOWLER
Brian................................................. IAN REDFORD
Hannah............................................. HAZEL DOUGLAS
THE STONE TAPE
BBC2 / 1x90m-e / 1972 25 December
Writers: Nigel Kneale / Special Effects/Music: Desmond Briscoe / Producer: Innes LLoyd / Director: Peter Sasdy
Spooky drama. A computer programmer becomes obsessed with ghostly goings on at a Victorian mansion.
With:- JANE ASHER as Jill Greeling / IAIN CUTHBERTSON as Collinson / MICHAEL BRYANT as Peter Brock / MICHAEL BATES as Eddie / TOM CHADBON as Hargrave / JOHN FORGEHAM as Maudsley / JAMES COSMO as Dow / REGINALD MARSH as Crawshaw
STOPPING DISTANCE
BBC2 / 1x66m / 4 November 2003 / 2:00am
Writer: Kate Gartside / Director: Richard Alwyn /
Producers: Sara Feilden, Jamie Laurenson
Educational drama set in a Welsh seaside town. Teenager Lisa and four rowdy male
friends visit the beach and worse-for-drink the boys gang-rape a Greek woman out
walking a dog and Lisa finds herself encouraging them. In the days that follow
she has to wrestle with her conscience about why she acted as she did. Shown
overnight in BBC Learning Zone.
With:- NATALIE ROBERTS as Lisa Hart / MARK BISHOP as Eddie / ALED EVANS as
Stevie / JOSHUA JENKINS as Lawrence / JONATHAN WILLIAMS as Clarke / SARA GREGORY
as Melanie / MELANIE WALTERS as Lisa's Mother / DAFYDD HYWEL as Lisa's Father /
ELEANOR HOWELL as Rape Victim
THE STORIES OF D.H. LAWRENCE
Granada / x60m-e / 1966-67 black and white
Producer: Margaret Morris
An anthology of period dramas based on the short stories of the Nottinghamshire realist writer.
STORM DAMAGE
BBC2 / 1x95m-e / 2000 23 January - Sundays 10.00pm
Writer: Lennie James / Costume: Joey Attawia / Producer: Ian Madden / Director: Simon Cellan-Jones
Drama. Teacher Danny returns to work at the children's home where he grew up and attempts to instill some of his idealism into his wayward charges.
Danny................................................ ADRIAN LESTER
Agnes ............................................... MONA HAMMOND
Kay.................................................... KATE ASHFIELD
Bonaface............................................ LENNIE JAMES
Stefan................................................ ASHLEY WALTERS
Massive............................................. JACKIE WILLIAMS
Annalise............................................ ASHLEY MADEKWE
Mister................................................ T. BONE WILSON
Elias.................................................. VICTOR ROMERO EVANS
MacDaddy.......................................... DARYL McCOLLIN
Melody............................................... NICOLE CHARLES
Leon.................................................. ASHLEY CHIN
Celia.................................................. TARA KEATLEY
Shinehead.......................................... ALEXIS RODNEY
Cynthia.............................................. CECILIA NOBLE
STORYBOARD
BBC / 6x30m-e / 1961 black and white
Writer: Troy Kennedy Martin, Michael Imison / Producer: James MacTaggart
An anthology of six short dramas.
1.The Gentleman From Paris, 2.The Magic Barrel, 3.The Middle Men, 4.The Long Spoon (story by John Wyndham), 5.I'll Be Waiting 6.Tickets to Trieste
STORYBOARD
Thames / 1983-89
An umbrella title for occasional pilot shows, successful series premiered this way included The Bill (as Woodentop), Lytton's Diary, Mr Palfrey Of Westminster, King and Castle and Ladies in Charge.
STORY CONFERENCE
BBC / 1956 black and white
Writer: Donald Wilson / Story: Norman Holland / Producer: Victor Menzies
Drama
Leonard Rossiter as Leo Borowitz
THE STORY OF A FARM GIRL
ITV (Granada) / 1963 black and white
Story: Guy de Mauppasant / Writer: Doris Lessing / Director: Silvio Narizzano / Producer: Philip Mackie
Drama. A young farm girl falls in love but after being passed over turns to a middle aged farmer for comfort. Part of a series of plays based on stories by Guy de Mauppasant.
With:- Leonard Rossiter as Emile Vallin
STRANGE
BBC1 / 7x60m-e / 9 March 2002 (pilot), series
started 31 May 2003 / 9:00pm
Writer: Andrew Marshall / Director: Joe Aheame
(pilot) / Producer: Marcus Mortimer
Spooky drama about John Strange, a disgraced ex-priest who hunts demons. He is
assisted by Nurse Jude Atkins, a computer expert, and a downs-syndrome boy who
is sensitive to otherworldly manifestations. Hindering them at every turn is the
sinister Canon Black. A pilot episode was shown in 2002 which is included in the
above episode count.
With:- RICHARD COYLE as John Strange / IAN RICHARDSON as Canon Black / SAMANTHA
JANUS as Jude Atkins / TIMMY LANG as Kevin
THE STRANGE REPORT
ITC-Arena / 16x60m-e / 1969
Creator/Executive Producer: Norman Felton / Producer: Robert Berger
Crime drama series. Ex-home office Criminologist Adam Strange finds himself getting involved in various bizarre cases.
Adam Strange.................................. ANTHONY QUAYLE
Hamlyn Gynt.................................... KAZ GARAS
Prof Marks....................................... CHARLES LLOYD PACK
Evelyn McLean................................. ANNEKE WILLS
Ch Supt Cavanagh............................ GERALD SIM
STRANGERS
Granada / 32x60m-e / 1978-82 Five seasons 5 June 78 - 20 October 82
Creator: Murray Smith / Producer: Richard Everitt / Music: Mike Moran
Crime drama series. Cases of a team of officers working as part of Unit 23, a specialist police squad tackling crimes across the country, by season three the team had become known as The Inner City Squad. This series was a spin off of The XYY Man and generated a spin off of its own in the form of Bulman.
With:- DON HENDERSON as Detective Sergeant George Bulman / FIONA MOLLISON as W.D.C. Bennett / DENNIS BLANCH as Detective Sergeant Willis / MARK McMANUS as Detective Chief Superintendent Lambie / FRANCES TOMELTY as W.D.C. Linda Doran / JOHN RONANE as Detective Sergeant David Singer / DAVID HARGREAVES as D.C.I. Rainbow / THORLEY WALTERS as William Dugdale
urney Slade................................. ANTHONY NEWLEY
THE STRANGE WORLD OF PLANET X
ATV / 7x25m-e / 1956 15 September - 27 October
Writer: Rene Ray / Producer: Arthur Lane / Director: Quentin Lawrence
Scifi drama serial. Three scientists discover a formula that enables them to travel into the fourth dimension.
Fenella Laird.................................... HELEN CHERRY
David Graham.................................. WILLIAM LUCAS
Gavin Laird...................................... DAVID GARTH
Prof Kolheim.................................... PAUL HARDTMUTH
STRATHBLAIR
BBC1 / 16x50m-e / 1992-93
Producers: Ken Hannam, Aileen Forsyth, Leonard White
Period drama series. Young Scottish couple, Alec and Jennifer Ritchie, take over the running of a small farm during the 1950's.
Alec Ritchie..................................... DEREK RIDDELL
Jennifer Ritchie................................ FRANCESCA HUNT
Sir James Menzies.......................... IAN CARMICHAEL
THE STRAUSS FAMILY
ATV / 1x90m-e 6x60m-e / 1972 7 November - 19 December
Writers: David Butler, Anthony Skene, David Reid / Producer: David Reid
Period drama serial. Various episodes in the life of the musical family.
Johann Strauss................................. ERIC WOOLFE
Anna Strauss................................... ANNE STALLYBRASS
Adele............................................... LYNN FARLIEGH
Johann Strauss Jr............................. STUART WILSON
Josef Lanner..................................... DEREK JACOBI
Edward............................................ TONY ANHOLT
THE STRAWBERRY TREE
ITV 'Ruth Rendell Mysteries' / 2x60m-e / 1995
Writer: George Baker / Story: Ruth Rendell / Director: Herbert Wise
Drama serial. The past of middle aged Petra Summers begins to catch up with her.
Petra Summers................................ LISA HARROW
Will Harvey...................................... SIMON WARD
Rosario............................................ ELEANOR BRON
Piers............................................... TOM CHADBON
Michael Sunderton............................ DAVID COLLINGS
District Nurse................................... TAMARA USTINOV
Pyves.............................................. TERENCE HARDIMAN
STREETLIFE
BBC2 / 1x90m-e / 1996
Writer/Director: Karl Francis
Drama. The troublesome life of a single mother having an affair with a married man on a housing estate in South Wales.
With:- HELEN McCRORY as Jo / RHYS IFANS as Kevin / DONNA EDWARDS as Gail / RUTH LLOYD as Andrea / CLARE ISAAC as Sharon / LYNN HUNTER as Mary
STRETFORD WIVES
BBC1 / 2x60m / 21 August 2002 / 9:00pm; 10:35pm
Writer: Daniel Brocklehurst / Director: Peter
Weber / Producer: Kate Bartlett
Drama serial. Grim tale of three sisters struggling to make something of their
lives. Donna has no money and her brutish husband is released from prison
following a two-year sentence for assaulting her. Both parts were shown on the
same evening.
With:- FAY RIPLEY as Donna Massey / CLAIRE RUSHBROOK as Elaine Massey / LINDSEY
COULSON as Lynda Richards / RITA TUSHINGHAM as Marilyn Massey / MARK FROST as
Billy Brent / JOE DIXON as Dave McCarthy / ADRIAN RAWLINS as Frank Foster /
ANDREW DUNN as Rick Richards / NICHOLAS SIDI as Paul Simmons / JOANNE FROGGATT
as Dawn Richards
THE STRETCH
Sky One-Paul Knight Productions / 2x120m-e / 2000 (12-19 November / Sundays 9.00pm)
Writer: Stephen Leather / Music: Brian May / Titles: Liam Corner for DGP / Costume: Lynnette Cummin / Producer: Paul Knight / Director: Frank W. Smith
Thriller serial. When her husband Terry is imprisoned for a murder he claims he is innocent of, Sam Greene is amazed to learn her husband runs a criminal empire and that now he is counting on her to help run it.
With:- ANITA DOBSON as Sam Greene / LESLIE GRANTHAM as Terry Greene / GRAHAM McTAVISH as Andy McKinley / NICHOLAS DAY as DCI Frank 'Racquel' Welch / DAISY BEAUMONT as Laura Nicholls / HAYLEY WARDLE as Trisha Greene / MATTHEW BURGESS as Jamie Greene / LUKE GOSS as Warwick Locke / SALLY WATTS as Mrs Hancock / GED SIMMONS as Murphy
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