UK TV - THE VACILLATIONS OF POPPY CAREW to THE VOYAGE OF CHARLES DARWIN
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VANITY DIES HARD
VIRTUAL MURDER
VORTEX, THE
VIRGIN OF THE SECRET SERVICE
THE VACILLATIONS OF POPPY CAREW
ITV / 1x120m-e / 1995
Writer: William Humble / Novel: Mary Wesley / Producer: Brian True-May / Director: James Cellan Jones
Drama. Young independent Poppy Carew embarks on a quest for true love.
With:- TARA FITZGERALD as Poppy / JOSEPH FIENNES as Willy / OWEN TEALE as Edmund / EDWARD ATTERTON as Fergus / SAMUEL WEST as Victor / CHARLOTTE COLMAN as Mary / SIAN PHILLIPS as Calypso / DANIEL MASSEY as Dad
VACUUMING COMPLETELY NUDE IN PARADISE
BBC2 1x?? / 30 September 2001
With:- TIMOTHY SPALL / MICHAEL BEGLEY / DAVID CRELIN / KATY CAVANAGH
THE VALLEY EXPRESS
BBC1 'Comedy Playhouse' / 1x30m-e / 1969 21 April - Monday 7.30pm
Writer: John Lloyd / Producer: James Gilbert
Comedy. A pair of bored hacks working on a Welsh newspaper decide to invent stories and sell them on to Fleet Street.
With:- DAVID BAXTER as Stan / RICHARD DAVIES as Rag / NERYS HUGHES as Jenny / JESSIE EVANS as Pet-Shop Owner / GRAEME GARDEN as TV Director
VAMPIRES
BBC (Play For Today) / 1x90m-e / 9th January 1979
Writer: Dixie Williams / Director: John Goldschmidt
Thriller. A young Liverpool boy obsessed with vampires (after seeing a late night horror film) thinks he has seen one whilst walking through a cemetery on his way to school. The show had a nice twist ending with the boy saying goodnight to his mum who smiles to reveal a large pair of incisors.
With:- Peter Moran / Paul Moran / Tommy White / Linda Beckett / Jimmy Coleman / Bert Edgar / John G Heller
VAN DER VALK
Thames/Euston / 25x60m-e 4x120m-e / 1972-73/77/91-92
Creator: Nicholas Freeling / Theme Music: Eye Level by Jack Tromberg (reached No1 in the UK Charts).
Crime drama series. Cases of Amsterdam based Dutch detective Piet Van Der Valk. The series has been twice revived in 1977 and again for a series of feature length episodes in 1991-92.
With:- BARRY FOSTER as Van Der Valk / SUSAN TRAVERS as Arlette Van Der Valk(72-73) / JOANNA DUNHAM as Arlette(77) / MEG DAVIES as Arlette(91-92) / MICHAEL LATIMER as Kroon
THE VANISHING MAN
Meridian / 6x60m-e 1x120m-e / 1997-98
Writer: Anthony Horowitz / Special Effects: Tony Harding / Producer: Linda Agran / Director: Maurice Phillips
Scifi comedy drama series. Convict Nick Cameron volunteers for a top secret project into (unknown to him) invisibility when the experiment works Nick is forced to flee in danger for his life. Later he semi-works for the government. The 120 minute episode was a pilot broadcast in 1997.
With:- NEIL MORRISSEY as Nick Cameron / BARBARA FLYNN as Mrs Jeffries / LUCY AKHURST as Alice Grant / MARK WOMACK as Joe Cameron / DAVID HEMMINGS as Edward Lawrence / DOMINIC JEPHCOTT as Dr Chivers / NADIA SAWALHA as Catherine / JAMES LAURENSON as Moreau
VANITY FAIR
BBC2 / 5x45m-e / 1967
Writer: Rex Tucker / Novel: W.M. Thackery / Producer: David Conroy / Director: David Giles
Period drama serial. During the Napoleonic Wars ambitious Becky Sharp is determined to make her way in society. The first BBC TV Drama serial to be made in colour. There was a previous BBC version in 1957 whose cast included Petra Davies(as Ameilia) and Derek Blomfield(as Captain Dobbin).
With:- SUSAN HAMPSHIRE as Becky Sharpe / ROY MARSDEN as George / BARBARA COWPER as Miss Crawley / ROBERT FLEMYNG as Lord Steyne / MARILYN TAYLERSON as Amelia / A J BROWN as Reverend Bute Crawley / DEDDIE DAVIES as Lady Crawley / JOHN WELSH as Sir Pitt Crawley / DYSON LOVELL as Rawdon Crawley
VANITY FAIR
BBC1 / 6x50m-e / 1998 November - December
Writer: Andrew Davies / Producer: Gillian McNeill / Director: Marc Munden
Period drama serial. Becky Sharp makes her ambitious way in society during the Napoleonic Wars.
Becky Sharp................................... NATASHA LITTLE
Amelia Sedley................................. FRANCES GRAY
Miss Pinkerton................................ PAT KEEN
Jemima Pinkerton............................ CHARLOTTE WEST-ORAM
Mrs Sedley..................................... MICHELE DOTRICE
Mr Sedley....................................... DAVID ROSS
Jos Sedley..................................... JEREMY SWIFT
Rawdon Crawley............................. NATHANIAL PARKER
Miss Crawley.................................. MIRIAM MARGOYLES
Sir Pitt Crawley............................... DAVID BRADLEY
William Dobbin................................ PHILIP GLENISTER
George Osborne.............................. TOM WARD
VARIATIONS ON A THEME
Yorkshire TV 'Galton & Simpson Comedy' / 1x30m-e / 1977 17 March - Thursday 9.00pm
Writers: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson / Executive Producer: Duncan Wood / Producer/Director: Ronnie Baxter
Comedy.
With:- JOHN BIRD / FRANCES DE LA TOUR / NORMAN CHAPPELL
VENDETTA
BBC / 36x50m-e / 1966-68 black and white
Creators: Brian Degas,Tudor Gates / Producers: Anthony Coburn, William Slater
Crime drama series. A pair of international agents travel the world tracking down members of the Mafia.
With:- STELIO CANDELLI as Danny Scipio / NEIL McCALLUM as Angelo James / KIERON MOORE as Mike Hammond
BBC1 / 10x50m-e / 1975 (7 January to 11 March)
Creator: Donald Bull / Producer: Anthony Coburn
Drama series. Stories of a group of venture capitalists. This series grew out of a Drama Playhouse entry for Wednesday 30 August 1972 shown at 8.10pm with the series itself emerging some three later. Confirmation is needed on the series cast.
The pilot's cast included:- SEBASTIAN BREAKS as Tom Prince / BRIAN BLESSED as Harry Shannon / JOY HARRISON as Deborah / KENNETH BENDA as Grimbold / MARY HIGNETT as Beyrl
VERDICT
Granada / x60m-e / 1998
Producer: David Hanson
An updated version of Crown Court in which Jury members were played by members of the public.
THE VERDICT IS YOURS
Granada / x30m-e / 1958-63 black and white
Producers: Peter Wildeblood, Harry Elton, Claude Whatham
Dramatisations of various 'unscripted' trials, writers prepared the case and the jury, made up of members of the viewing public, delivered it's verdict.
A VERY BRITISH COUP
Channel 4/Skreba / 3x65m-e / 1988 19 June - 3 July
Writer: Alan Plater / Novel: Chris Mullin / Director: Mick Jackson
Drama serial. Working class left wing labour leader Harry Perkins is elected Prime Minister and soon comes under pressure.
Harry Perkins.................................. RAY McANALLY
Browne........................................... ALAN McNAUGHTON
Thompson...................................... KEITH ALLEN
Wainwright..................................... GEOFFREY BEEVERS
Newsome....................................... JIM CARTER
Fison............................................. PHILIP MADOC
A VERY OPEN PRISON
BBC2 / 1x80m-e / 1995
Writer/Director: Guy Jenkin / Producer: Geoffrey Perkins
Comedy drama. Three prisoners create havoc for the government when they break out of a newly privatised jail. The lead character of Hanratty also appears in the comedy drama Crossing the Floor.
David Hanratty................................. TOM WILKINSON
Brian Silcott.................................... RONALD PICKUP
Jeremy Craig.................................. STEPHEN TOMPKINSON
Amanda Ellis.................................. EMILY MORTIMER
Dominic Casement.......................... PETER WINGFIELD
Lord Langland................................. MICHAEL HORDERN
Prime Minister................................ JOHN FORTUNE
Victoria Bridgewater........................ CELIA IMRIE
Sir Mortimer Fawkes....................... JULIAN FELLOWES
A VERY PECULIAR PRACTICE
BBC2 / 14x50m-e / 1986-88 Season 1: 21 May - 2 July 86 / Season 2: 24 February - 6 April 88
Writer: Andrew Davies / Script Editor: Devora Pope / Music: Dave Greenslade / Theme sung by Elkie Brooks / Producer: Ken Riddington
Comedy drama series. Idealistic Doctor Stephen Daker begins working in the medical block of Lowlands University and is soon beset by chaos and strange happenings. There was a one off 90 minute special called A Very polish Practice broadcast on 6 September 1992.
Dr Stephen Daker.......................... PETER DAVISON
Dr Jock McCannon........................ GRAHAM CROWDEN
Dr Rose Marie............................... BARBARA FLYNN
Dr Bob Buzzard............................ DAVID TROUGHTON
Lyn Turtle.................................... AMANDA HILLWOOD
Dr Grete Grotowska(88)................ JOANNA KANSKA
Prof George Burn......................... JAMES GROUT
Ernest Hemingway...................... JOHN BIRD
Jack B. Daniels(88)..................... MICHAEL J. SHANNON
A VERY SOCIAL SECRETARY
C4 / 1x90m / 20 October 2005
Writer: Alistair Beaton / Director: Jon Jones /
Producer: Hal Vogel
Speculative dramatisation of a recent political uproar. Blind Labour home
secretary David Blunkett becomes involved with the American editor of The
Spectator magazine and the matter of the paternity of her children and whether
any special favours were done with regard to fast-tracking a nanny's visa become
the topic for hot media speculation.
With:- BERNARD HILL as David Blunkett / VICTORIA HAMILTON as Kimberley Quinn /
ROBERT LINDSAY as Tony Blair / ALEX JENNINGS as Alistair Campbell / DOON
MacKICHAN as Cherie Blair / STUART McQUARRIE as Boris Johnson
THE VET
BBC1 / 13x50m-e / 1995-96
Producer: Tony Virgo
Drama series. Stories of female vet, Jennifer Holt, in practice in Devon.
Jennifer Holt..................................... SUZANNE BURDEN
Chris Lennox................................... RICHARD HAWLEY
Murray Wilson................................. NEIL McKINVEN
Laura Sinclair.................................. GABRIELLE COWBURN
Patricia Lennox............................... DIANA KENT
Jim Cronin...................................... MARK JEFFRIES
Claire............................................. CHARLOTTE WILLIAMS
THE VICE
Carlton / 18x60m-e 4x90m-e / 1999-2003 Mondays 9.00pm 4 seasons
Creator: Rob Pursey, Barry Simner / Script Editor: Sophie Johnson / Titles: Philip Dupee / Police Advisor: Michael Hoskins / Music: Julian Nott / Producer: Stephen Smallwood
Crime drama series. Cases of Inspector Pat Chappel, a member of the Metropolitan police Vice Squad. One of the new breed of crime drama, that in the wake of Cracker, examined the seedier side of life on prime time TV. The final series saw Chappell kicked out of the force and working as a private eye.
With:- KEN STOTT as Insp Pat Chappel / ANNA CHANCELLOR as Dr Christina Weir (seasons 1-2) / STRUAN RODGER as David Hinkley / DAVID HAREWOOD as Sgt Joe Robinson / MARC WARREN as PC Dougie Raymond (seasons 1-2) / CAROLINE CATZ as PC Sheryl Hutchins / GARRY COOPER as Supt Jeff Callard / HEATHER JAY-JONES as Natasha Hinkley / ROSIE MARCEL as PC Kirsty Morgan
VICIOUS CIRCLE
BBC1 / 1x105m-e / 1999 9 February
Writer: Kieron Prendiville / Producer: Sue Austen / Director: David Blair
Crime drama. Dublin's most notorious criminal Martin Cahill plans to pull off Ireland's most daring robbery.
With:- KEN STOTT as Martin Cahill / GERARD McSORLEY as Crowley / ANDREW CONNOLLY as Finney / JOHN KAVANAGH as Rice / ART MALIK as Harrison / MICHELLE FAIRLEY as Frances / BREFFNI McKENNA as Clive
VICTIM
BBC1 ?Murder in Mind? / 1x60m / 6 April 2002 / 9:00pm
Writer: James Wood / Director: Jeremy Wood / Producer: Tim Holloway
Thriller. Emily and Lucy move in as lodgers with reclusive writer Colin in an area where there have been a spate of murders of women. Lucy is obsessed and keeps a scrapbook on the murders and begins to suspect Colin. The twist at the end is that the murders have been carried out by Emily.
With:- NEIL STUKE as Colin Edwardson / CAMILLA POWER as Emily Stapleford / FRANCES GREY as LUCY SLATER
VICTORIA AND ALBERT
BBC / 2x90m / 2001
Writer: John Goldsmith / Director: John Erman /
Producer: David Cunliffe
Period drama showing a Queen Victoria we've never seen before--not a staid
matron cloaked in black, but a strong young woman who takes command of the
throne and falls passionately in love with a dashing prince.
With:- VICTORIA HAMILTON as Victoria / JONATHAN FIRTH as Prince Albert / NIGEL
HAWTHORNE as Lord Melborne / PENELOPE WILTON as Duchess of Kent / RICHARD BRIERS
as Joseph Paxton / PETER USTINOV as King William IV / JOHN WOOD as Wellington /
CRISPON REDMAN as Anson / JONATHAN PRYCE as Prince Leopold / DIANA RIGG as
Baroness Lehzen / DAVID SUCHET as Baron Stockmar
VICTORIA REGINA
Granada / 4x60m-e / 1964 13 November - 4 December black and white
Writer/Producer: Peter Wildeblood / Play: Laurence Houseman / Director: Stuart Latham
An anthology series of four dramas looking at the life of Queen Victoria.
Queen Victoria............................... PATRICIA ROUTLEDGE
Disraeli.......................................... MAX ADRIAN
Prince Albert................................. JOACHIM HANSEN
Archbishop of Canterbury............... GEOFFREY DUNN
THE VICTORIANS
Granada / 8x60m-e / 1963 black and white
Producer: Philip Mackie
An anthology series of dramas covering life in Victorian Britain.
1.THE RENT DAY Director: Herbert Wise / 2.LONDON ASSURANCE Director: Stuart Latham / 3. SOCIETY Director: Graeme McDonald / 4. THE TICKET OF LEAVE MAN Director: Stuart Latham / 5.TWO ROSES Director: Richard Everitt / 6.THE SILVER KING Director: Herbert Wise / 7.STILL WATERS RUN DEEP Director: Cliff Owen / 8.SWEET LAVENDER Director: Graeme McDonald
The resident cast were:- GEOFFREY BAYLDON / PATRICIA GARWOOD / CHARLES KAY / JOHN WOOD / MICHAEL BARRINGTON / INGRID HAFNER.
VICTORIAN SCANDALS
Granada / 7x60m-e / 1976
Producer: Michael Cox
An anthology series of dramas looking at Scandalous moments from the Victorian era. The casts included Nigel Havers, Twiggy and Gareth Thomas.
VICTORIA WOOD
BBC1 / 6x30m-e / 1989 6 November - 21 December Thursday 8.30pm
Writer/Music: Victoria Wood / Producer: Geoff Posner
Six individual comedies specially written by Wood. The casts featured Victoria Wood, Celia Imrie, Julie Walters, Duncan Preston, Lill Roughley, Liza Tarbuck, Anne Reid, Georgia Allen and Selina Cadell.
VIDEOSTARS
BBC / 1x75m-e / 1983
Writer: Howard Schumann / Producer: Kenith Trodd / Director: Colin Bucksey
Comedy drama set in the world of cable TV.
VIENNA 1900
BBC / 5x50m-e / 1979
Writer: Roger Muller / Stories: Arthur Schnitzler / Producer: Richard Beynon / Director: Herbert Wise
Period drama serial. Stories of the aristocracy in turn of the 20th century Vienna.
Beate Heinold.................................. DOROTHY TUTIN
Hugo Heinold................................... CHRISTOPHER GUARD
Dr Graesler...................................... ROBERT STEPHENS
Berta............................................... LYNN REDGRAVE
Anna............................................... JACQUELINE PEARCE
Frau Sommer................................... SHEILA BRENNAN
VIEW BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
BBC1 'Comedy Playhouse' / 1x30m-e / 1968 3 May - Friday 8.20pm
Writer: Jennifer Phillips / Producer: Robin Nash
Comedy. A lonely couple decide to sell their house so that potential buyers can be treated as new fiends. This pilot led to a series called Wink To Me Only.
Sidney Jelliot.................................... HUGH PADDICK
Rene Jelliot....................................... BERYL REID
Marjorie............................................ PAULINE COLLINS
Jimmy.............................................. DEREK FOWLDS
THE VIEW FROM DANIEL PIKE
BBC2 / 15x50m-e / 1971-73
Creator: Edward Boyd / Producer: Anthony Coburn
Crime drama series. Cases of a tough Glaswegian Private Detective.
Daniel Pike...................................... RODDY McMILLAN
A VIEW OF HARRY CLARK
BBC / 1x75m-e / 1989
Writers: Danny Boyle, Colin MacDonald / Directors: Alistair Reid, Sandy Johnson
Drama. A middle aged social worker goes through an alcoholic mid-life crisis.
With:- GRIFF RHYS JONES / ELAINE PAIGE / CHARLOTTE COLMAN / IAN HART / CLIVE RUSSELL
VILLA FOR SALE
BBC / 1x25m-e / 1938 10 November black and white
Producer: Stephen Harrison
Comedy by Sacha Guitry, translation by Frank and Virgina Vernon.
With:- REX HARRISON / CATHLEEN CORDELL / PAULINE VILDA
VILLAGE HALL
Granada / 14x60m-e / 1975
An anthology series of dramas set over different time periods but featuring the same village hall. The writers included Kenneth Cope, Jack Rosenthal and Willis Hall.
A VILLAGE AFFAIR
ITV / 1x120m-e / 1996
Writer: Alma Cullen / Novel: Joanna Trollope / Producer: Jane Wellesley / Director: Moira Armstrong
Drama. Alice Jordan and Clodagh Unwin begin an affair that shocks the inhabitants of their small English village.
Alice Jordan................................... SOPHIE WARD
Clodagh Unwin............................... KERRY FOX
Martin Jordan................................. NATHANIAL PARKER
Anthony Jordan...............................JEREMY NORTHAM
Sir Ralph Unwin.............................. MICHAEL GOUGH
Cecily Jordan................................. CLAIRE BLOOM
Lady Unwin.................................... BARBARA JEFFORD
Peter Morris................................... PETER JEFFREY
Lettice Deverel............................... ROSALIE CRUTCHLEY
THE VILLAINS
Granada / x60m-e / 1964-65
Producers: Howard Baker, H.V. Kershaw, Royston Morley
An anthology series of dramas looking at criminals in the north of England. Writers included Jack Rosenthal and Alan Plater.
VILLAINS
LWT / 13x60m-e / 1972
Producer: Andrew Brown
An anthology series of dramas looking at the criminal classes.
The cast included:- MARTIN SHAW, BOB HOSKINS, BRYAN MARSHALL, HILARY DWEYER, DAVID DAKER, MICHAEL CULVER, ALUN ARMSTRONG, CHERYL HALL.
VILETTE
BBC / 1957 black and white
Novel: Charlotte Bronte
Period drama serial.
With:- MICHAEL WARE / JILL BENNETT
VILLETTE
BBC-2 / 5x45 min / 1970 Colour
WRITER: Charlotte Bronte (Dramatised by Lennox Phillips) / DIRECTOR: Moira
Armstrong
Period drama serial.
WITH:- Judy Parfitt, Peter Jeffrey, Kevin Stoney
VINCENT
ITV1 / 4x90m / started 10 October 2005
Writer: Stephen Butchard / Director: Peter Lydon,
Roger Gartland. / Producers: Rebecca Hodgson, John Rushton
Gritty crime drama. Vincent Gallagher is an ex-cop who runs a Private Detective
agency leading his well-equipped team on cases that need an approach that the
police are unable to provide. For more details see the episode guide here.
With:- RAY WINSTONE as Vincent Gallagher / SURANNE JONES as Beth / JOE ABSOLOM
as Robert / ANGEL COULBY as Gilian / EVA POPE as Cathy Gallagher / PHILIP
GLENISTER as DCI David Driscol
VIRGINIA
Granada / 1x60m-e / 1964 black and white
Writer: Dennis Woolf / Design: Terry Pritchard / Producer: Richard Everitt
Drama. The time comes for Virginia to prove her claims of being irresistible to men.
Virginia............................................... JULIE SAMUEL
Honey................................................ JUDITH SMITH
Casanova........................................... RAY BROOKS
VIRGINIA FLY IS DROWNING
BBC / 1x60m-e / 1982
Writer: Angela Huth / Producer: Anne Head / Director: Mark Cullingham
Drama. Middle aged spinster Virginia has a traumatic experience on a television talk show.
Virginia................................................ ANNA MASSEY
VIRTUOSO
BBC / 1x80m-e / 1989
Producer: Philip Hinchcliffe / Director: Tony Smith
Drama. The true life fall into madness of concert pianist John Ogden.
With:- ALFRED MOLINA as John / ALISON STEADMAN
VIRUS X
BBC / 1x60m-e / 1962 25 June
Writer: Evelyn Fraser / Producer: Stephen Harrison
SciFi drama. A deadly flu virus is on the loose and only one man can provide the antidote.
Dr Cornish........................................ RICHARD LONGMAN
Dr Roberts....................................... BRENDA KAYE
Prof Glenister................................... GILBERT DAVIS
Miss Reid........................................ JEAN ANDERSON
Dr Lowden....................................... RICHARD CARPENTER
George Carter.................................. LESLIE DWYER
VITAL SIGNS
ITV1 Network-Tiger Aspect / 6x60 minute episodes
/ 20 April 2006 - / Thursdays @ 9.00pm
Creator: John Forte / Producer: Kate Crowe / Executive Producer: Foz Allan.
Drama series. Tamzin Outhwaite stars as a busy mum with a burning ambition to
change her life in Vital Signs. Tamzin plays Rhoda Bradley, a supermarket check
out assistant with three children and a hectic home life. Frustrated by her job,
Rhoda feels she is sitting on a long, slow conveyor belt watching the world go
by. She’s desperate to jump off, and do something worthwhile with her life
before it’s too late. An emergency dash to hospital with her daughter leads
Rhoda to make the life-changing move she has been looking for. After talking to
a mature medical student attending her daughter, Rhoda realises she wants to
train to be a doctor. Steven Waddington ( The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb,
Breakfast on Pluto, The Baby War) stars as Rhoda’s husband Tony, who fears her
dramatic decision will rock their happy family life. Beth Goddard (Frances
Tuesday, Take Me, Big Bad World) plays Rhoda’s sister Maddy, a hospital nurse.
Maddy has always been jealous of Rhoda, and is furious with her for trying to
upstage her by training to be a doctor.
cast
TAMZIN OUTHWAITE as Rhoda Bradley / STEVEN WADDINGTON as Tony Bradley / BETH
GODDARD as Maddy / ANTON LESSER as Dr Linday / EVE BEST as Sarah Cartwight /
FRASER AYRES as Vinnie Delaney / HARRY LLOYD as Jason Bradley / WILLIAM BECK as
Billy Britten
THE VISION
BBC / 1x105m-e / 1987
Writer: William Nicholson / Director: Norman Stone
Drama. A former TV news reporter is talked into joining a sinister evangelical satellite TV channel.
With:- DIRK BOGARDE / LEE REMICK / EILEEN ATKINS / LYNDA BELLINGHAM / HELENA BONHAM CARTER
BBC 'Comedy Playhouse' / 1x30m-e / 1962 2 February - Friday 8.45pm
Writers: Ray Galton,Alan Simpson / Producer: Barry Lupino
Comedy. A group of hospital patients prepare for visiting day.
Cakebread...................................... BERNARD CRIBBINS
Mother............................................ BETTY MARSDEN
Father............................................ WILFRED BRAMBELL
First Patient.................................... HUGH LLOYD
Nurse Forbes.................................. MOLLY WEIR
THE VISITOR
Channel 4/Tiger Aspect 'Shockers' / 1x60m-e / 1999 26 October - Tues 10.00pm
Writer: Guy Burt / Music: Nick Bicat / Costume: Jayne Gregory / Producer: Amanda Davis / Director: Audrey Cooke
Thriller. When three flatmates let in 'Richard' the supposed cousin of their fourth absent flatmate, it sets in motion a disturbing sequence of events.
With:- DANIEL CRAIG as 'Richard' / MIRANDA PLEASANCE as Louise / SHAUN PARKES as Matt / CLARE RUSHBROOK as Terri / THEO FRASER STEELE as Tom's Cousin / STUART MILLIGAN as Mr Jefferson / DEAN BYFIELD as Charlie / CLARE BIFFORD as Publisher
VISITORS
BBC / 1x95m-e / 1987
Writer: Dennis Potter / Producer: Kenith Trodd / Director: Piers Haggard
Drama. Two ill matched couples share an Italian villa for a strained holiday.
With:- MICHAEL BRANDON / GLYNIS BARBER / NICOLA PAGETT / JON STANDING
A VOICE IN THE SKY
ABC / 1x60m-e / 1965 21 March black and white
Writer: Christopher Hodder-Williams / Producer: Leonard White / Director: Guy Verney
Scifi drama. An astronaut lost in Space believes he has heard the voice of God telling him to destroy the Earth.
Mike Brixton...................................... DENIS GOACHER
Flecker............................................. PAUL DANQUAH
Wallace Vestry.................................. PAUL MAXWELL
Jerry Noble....................................... JACK HEDLEY
Tessa Bright..................................... ANN BELL
Dr McFeelan..................................... MORRIS PERRY
THE VOICES
BBC / 1x90m-e / 1955 16 Jannuary black and white
Writer: George F. Kerr / Novel: Robert Crane / Producer: Dennis Vance
Scifi Drama. In the year 2021 the New World government faces a crisis.
Dr Werner.......................................... WALTER RILLA
Helga Von Horstman........................... URSULA DANERA
Sir Alton Berkeley.............................. TERENCE ALEXANDER
Vernon Cavendish.............................. CARL BERNARD
Prof Mark Harrison............................. WILLOUGHBY GODDARD
Dr Linden........................................... BARRY LETTS
VOLTAIRE IN ENGLAND
1x35m-e / 1969
Period drama. Banished to a distance of 50 leagues from Paris after a quarrel with the aristocratic De Rohan, Voltaire decides to take refuge in England.
With:- JACQUES MAURY as Voltaire / TIMOTHY BATESON / MARY HINTON
VON TRAPPED
ITV1 'Trapped' / 1x60m / 4 September 2004
Writer: Jonathan Harvey / Producer/Director:
Morag Fullerton
Drama. Maria, a Sound of Music aficionado, is given a cash gift by a lottery
winning friend and uses it to go to Austria with her mother and daughter on a
Sound of Music tour. There she meets up with the father of her daughter who 16
years previously had jilted her at the alter, but discovers he had been victim
of a trick by her disapproving mother.
With:- CAROLINE QUENTIN as Maria / UNA STUBBS as Kath / JIM CARTER as Larry
Lavelle / PHILIP JACKSON as Torsten / EMMA LOWNDES as Lee / VICKY BINNS as Tammy
Jade
THE VOODOO FACTOR
ATV / 6x30m-e / 1959-60 12 December 59 - 16 January 60
Writer: Lewis Griefer / Music: Johnny Dankworth / Design: Tom Lingwood / Producer: Quentin Lawrence
Scifi drama serial. A scientist does battle with a 200 year old Polynesian goddess who has been responsible for unleashing a malaria like virus.
Dr David Whittaker........................ MAURICE KAUFMAN
Marion Whittaker........................... MAXINE AUDLEY
The Malayan................................. ERIC YOUNG
Alice Simms................................. JILL HYEM
Dr Tony Wilson............................. PHILIP BOND
Insp Wilkins.................................. REGINALD MARSH
Renee.......................................... JILL IRELAND
VOTE FOR THEM
BBC / 3x60m-e / 1989
Writers: David Edgar. Neil Grant / Producer: Carol Parks / Director: James Ormerod
Period drama serial. A group of off duty soldiers in Egypt in 1943 set up their parliament and debating society much to the disatisfaction of the military top brass.
ACZ Clarke.................................... SIMON ADAMS
Sgt McRae.................................... BILLY HARTMAN
WO Wilson................................... JEFF RAWLE
LAC Atterby.................................. JOHN WHEATLEY
Flt Sgt Carter................................. ROBIN DAVIES
Brigadier....................................... JAMES GROUT
Amiens......................................... MALCOLM McKEE
VOTE VOTE VOTE FOR NIGEL BARTON
BBC / 1x90m-e / 1965 black and white
Writer: Dennis Potter / Music: Ronnie Hazlehurst / Director: Gareth Davies
Drama. Sequel to Stand Up Nigel Barton. Nigel Barton working class but Oxford educated makes plans to get into Parliament as a Labour candidate. Based in part on Potter's own efforts to get into Parliament.
Nigel Barton...................................... KEITH BARRON
Anne Barton...................................... VALERIE GEARON
Jack Hay.......................................... JOHN BAILEY
Archibold Lane.................................. CYRIL LUCKHAM
Hunting Man..................................... DONALD HEWLETT
Mrs Phillips...................................... SONIA GRAHAM
A VOYAGE AROUND MY FATHER
Thames / 1x90m-e / 1982 2 March
Writer: John Mortimer / Producer/Director: Alvin Rakoff
Drama. The true story of the writer's life (John Mortimer) as he grew up with his blind father Clifford.
With:- LAURENCE OLIVIER as Clifford Mortimer / ALAN BATES as John / JANE ASHER as Elizabeth / ELIZABETH SELLARS as Mother
THE VOYAGE OF CHARLES DARWIN
BBC / 7x50m-e / 1978 31 October - 12 December
Writer: Robert Reid / Music: Wilfred Josephs / Design: Colin Shaw / Costume: Reg Reid / Producer: Christopher Ralling / Director: Martyn Friend
Period drama serial. The story of naturalist Charles Darwin's epic voyage aboard the Beagle and his later writing of On the Origin of the Species.
With:- MALCOLM STODDARD as Charles Darwin / ANDREW BURT as Robert Fitzroy / ROBERT STEPHENS / JOSEPH BLATCHLEY / IAIN CUTHBERTSON / GEORGE COLE / MICHAEL GOVER
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