UK TV - WAGNER'S WOMEN to THE WEIR OF HERMISTON
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WATERLOO ROAD
WATCH THE BIRDIES
WAY UPSTREAM
WAGNER'S WOMEN
C4-Oxford TV Prod / 1x55m-e / 1995
Camera: Tony Miller / Costume: Jane Lewis /Producers: Nicolas Kent, Peter Webber / Director: Steve Ruggi
Dramatised documentary. The last 14 years in the life of German composer Wagner as seen through the eyes of his second wife Cosima, a time when Wagner was having numerous affairs. The programme was a mixture of talking heads type documentary footage and dramatised segments.
With:- FIONA SHAW as Cosima / CHRISTINE JORGENSEN as Swimmer / NATHAN LEVICK as Swimmer / LISA OBERMULLER as Muse / NICOLA LOOST as Muse
WAKE UP WITH...
Tyne Tees/Elephant / 1x30m-e / 1994 14 July - Thursday 8.30pm
Writer: Andrew Nickolds / Producer: Jamie Rix / Creator: Nigel Planer
Comedy. Jonathan and Libby Hughes host their own popular morning TV show - on screen they are the perfect couple but off screen their marriage is in crisis.
With:- NIGEL PLANER as Jonathan Hughes / SUSIE BLAKE as Libby Hughes / STEPHEN MOORE as Jeff / PAUL HUMPOLETZ as Dennis / CLARE CATHCART as Mac / SUKIE SMITH as Ali
WAKING THE DEAD
BBC1 / 2x50m-e 30x60m-e / 2000 4-5 September and 2001-2005
Writer: Barbara Machin / Music: Colin Towns / Costume: Mechael Taylor / Design: Anthony Ainsworth / Executive Producer: Mal Young / Producer: Deborah Jones (2001), Victoria Fea (2002) / Director: Martin Hutchings
Crime drama. Detective Chief Inspector Peter Boyd and his team go on the trail of a schoolgirl killer. The team are part of a 'Cold Case' squad and the case they are working on had taken place five years earlier, matters are then complicated when the killer strikes again. After the two part pilot in 2000 a full series of four two part stories followed on 18 June the next year. A further 4 two part stories followed from 2 Sep 02 and a further Six 2-part stories started 11 July 2004 and in the final episode of the 2004 series Mel Silver dies. 2005 series (again 6x2 part stories) started 18 September.
With:- TREVOR EVE as Detective Chief Inspector Peter Boyd / SUE JOHNSTON as Dr Grace Foley / CLAIRE GOOSE as Detective Mel Silver (-2004) / HOLLY AIRD as Dr Frankie Wharton (-2004 left with no sending off episode) / WIL JOHNSON as Detective Sergeant Spencer Jordan / FINBAR LYNCH as Jimmy Marshall / AMELIA WARNER as Jodie Whitemore / SAM LOGGIN as Kelly Caldwell / ROGER TAYLOR as Detective Chief Inspector Connor / ADIE ALLEN as Jenny Boyd / TYLER BUTTERWORTH as Mr Whitemore / ELAINE CAXTON as Mrs Whitemore / ESTHER HALL as Dr Felix Gibson (from 2005) / FELICITE DE JEU as DC Stella Goodman (from 2005)
WAITING
ScottishTV-Mentorn 'Comedy First' / 1x30m-e / 1995 31 July - Monday 8.00pm
Writer: Jim Hitchmough / Executive Producer: Tom Gutteridge / Producer/Director: Charlie Hanson
Comedy. Super efficient doctor's surgery receptionist Beryl Oldham has ambitions of being promoted to manager, but Maurice Ribley is also in line for the job.
With:- BRIGIT FORSYTH as Beryl Oldham / PATRICK BARLOW as Maurice Ribley / PETER JONES as Dr Roger Capstick / SIMON SLATER as Dr Duncan Pettifer / ASHLEY JENSON as Amanda Cookson / SARAH LAM as Dr Anna Chen
THE WAITING TIME
Carlton / 2x90m-e / 1999 28 October - 4 November Thursdays 9.00pm
Writer: Patrick Harbinson / Novel: Gerald Seymour / Producer: Chris Burt / Music: Colin Towns / Design: Robin Tarsnane / Costume: Mike O'Neill / Executive Producer: Ted Childs / Director: Stuart Orme
Thriller serial. Solicitors clerk Joshua Mantle finds himself helping British Intelligence Officer Tracy Barnes investigate a 10 year old murder in Britain, where both get involved with the world of the Stasi (the former East German Secret Police).
Joshua Mantle.................................. JOHN THAW
Tracy Barnes................................... ZARA TURNER
Albert Perkins.................................. STRUAN RODGER
Dieter Krause................................... HARMUT BECKER
Giles Fleming.................................. COLIN BAKER
Olive Harris..................................... BUFFY DAVIS
Eva Krause..................................... JOHANNA LONSKY
Hans Becker................................... CHRISTOPH DOSTAL
Pastor Weiden................................ CARL DUERING
Ben Rogers.................................... CHRISTIEN ANHOLT
WALK AWAY AND I STUMBLE
ITV1 / 2x90m / 14,15 November 2005
Writer: Matthew Graham / Director/Producer: Nick
Hurran
Drama. Family man Andy Spader leaves his wife when he falls for travel shop
manageress Claire. But then Claire develops an incurable brain disease and has
only a short time to live and Andy has to rely on the compassion of his wife to
see them both through it.
With:- TAMZIN OUTHWAITE as Claire Holmes / MARK STRONG as Andy Spader / JULIE
GRAHAM as Elaine Spader
WALK IN FEAR
BBC / 1x / May 1963
Writter: John Wilkie / Producer: Patrick Dromgoole
Drama. Office clerk Alan Treece has a breakdown after being acquitted of a murder because the victim's family and colleagues still believe him to be guilty.
With:- Leonard Rossiter as Alan Treece
WALKING ON THE MOON
Meridian / 1x90m-e / 1999 29 August - Sunday 9.00pm
Writer: Martin Sadofski / Design: Vic Symonds / Costume: Amy Roberts / Executive Producer: Michele Buck / Producer/Director: Peter Kosminsky
Drama. Young schoolboy Daniel Mitchell suffers at the hands of bullies.
Daniel Mitchell................................. ELLIOT TINEY
Steven Mitchell................................ DOMINIC RICKHARDS
Helen Mitchell................................. KATE GARTSIDE
Susan............................................ FLORA NEWBIGIN
Rowan............................................ LUCAS RUSH
Mr Holmes...................................... DAVID PROSHO
Mr Kinnon....................................... GEOFFREY LEESLEY
Mike Matthews................................ MATTHEW DUNSTER
Col................................................. PATRICK YOUNG
Lee................................................ DANNY ROBINSON
BBC1 / 1x30m-e / 1985 2 August - Friday 8.30pm
Writers: Harold Snoad, Michael Knowles / Producer/Director: Harold Snoad
Period comedy. In 1946 Ron Archer buys a rundown seaside pier and plans to turn it into a big attraction. This was a pilot for a possible series, when the BBC declined however to make the series Michael Knowles persuaded Yorkshire to go ahead, this led to the series High and Dry.
Ron Archer........................................ MICHAEL ELPHICK
Richard Talbot................................... RICHARD WILSON
Miss Baxter...................................... VIVIENNE MARTIN
Trevor Archer.................................... GARY RAYNSFORD
A WALK IN THE DARK
LWT 'Saturday Night Thriller' / 1x60m-e / 1982
Writer: Brian Finch
Thriller. A blind businessman believes someone is out to get him.
With:- DENIS QUILLEY
A WALK IN THE DESERT
BBC 'Sunday Night Theatre' / 1960 black and white
Writer: John Whiting / Producer: Naomi Capron
Drama. A young girl has a traumatic time when she calls at the wrong house.
With:- KENNETH HAIGH / LAURENCE HARVEY / TRACEY LLOYD / NIGEL STOCK
A WALK IN THE FOREST
BBC / 1x90m-e / 1980
Writer: Jeremy Paul / Music: Carl Davis / Director: Jack Gold
Drama. A writer gets involved with a Russian dissident.
With:- JOHN ALDERTON / LYNN FARLIEGH / JEREMY KEMP / JOHN BIRD
WALK WITH DESTINY
BBC/Jack LeVein / 1x75m-e / 1974
Writer: Colin Morris / Producer: Andrew Osborn / Director: Herbert Wise
Period drama. Early episodes in the life of Winston Churchill.
With:- RICHARD BURTON as Churchill / ANGHARAD REES as Sarah / CLIVE FRANCIS as Randolph / ROBERT BEATTY as Beaverbrook / ROBIN BAILEY as Chamberlain / THORLEY WALTERS as Baldwin / IAN BANNEN as Hitler / IAN OLGILVY as Edward VIII
WALLIS AND EDWARD
ITV1 / 1x120m / 18 December 2005
Writer: Sarah Williams / Director: David Moore /
Producer: Mark Pybus
1930s Period drama. The story of Edward VIII romance with American divorcee
Wallis Simpson and how he came to give up his throne so that he could marry her.
With: JOELY RICHARDSON as Wallis Simpson / STEPHEN CAMPBELL MOORE as Edward /
SIMON HOPWORTH as Perry Brownlow / DAVID WESTHEAD as Ernest Simpson / RICHARD
JOHNSON as Stanley Baldwin
WALL OF SILENCE
BBC-Alamo / 1x90m-e / 1993
Writers: Laurence Marks, Maurice Gran / Costume: Dinah Collin / Music: Barrington Pheloung / Producers: Sheryl Crown, Derek Nelson / Director: Philip Saville
Crime drama. A policeman investigates a brutal murder in the strictly religious Hassidic Jewish community in London and faces the wall of silence of the title as he goes about his task.
Howard Mullen................................... BILL PATERSON
D.C.I. Reynolds................................. JOHN BOWE
Shmuel Singer.................................. WARREN MITCHELL
Rifka Klein........................................ JULIETTE CATON
Ephraim Lipshitz............................... TIMOTHY BUSFIELD
Rosa Klein........................................ SUZANNE BERTISH
Mofshe Smelker................................ HARRY LANDIS
D.S. Ibbotson.................................... BRIAN BOVELL
Dov Rosengarten............................... CLIVE PANTO
WALL OF SILENCE
ITV1 / 1x120m / 12 January 2004
Writer: Neil McKay / Director: Christopher Menaul
/ Producer: Saurabh Kakkar
Drama based on the true story of the senseless murder in 1997 of teenager Jamie
Robe by a gang of youths on a south London estate and how his father and the
detective in charge fought to overcome local reluctance to come forward with
information that would help convict the killers.
With:- JAMES NESBITT as Stuart Robe / PHIL DAVIS as D.I. Cottis / SOPHIE STANTON
as Evelyn Robe / CALUM CALLAGHAN as Jamie Robe / FREDDIE CUNLIFFE as Wayne /
MATT CARPENTER as Keith / STEPHANIE LEONIDAS as Tracy Broughton
WALTER
C4/Central / 1x75m-e / 1982
Writer: David Cook / Music: George Fenton / Producer: Nigel Evans / Director: Stephen Frears
Period drama. After the death of his mother, the retarded Walter is sent to a mental institution. Shown on Channel Fours opening night.
Walter................................................. IAN McKELLAN
Mother................................................ BARBARA JEFFORD
Father................................................. ARTHUR WHYBROW
Mr Hingley.......................................... TONY MELODY
Mr Richards........................................ DAVID RYALL
Miss Rushden..................................... LINDA POLAN
Mike................................................... KEITH ALLEN
Mr Lipman.......................................... DON McKILLOP
WALTER: THE SECRET LIFE OF A VICTORIAN PORNOGRAPHER
Channel 4-Laurel / 1x65m-e / 2000 9 May Tuesday 10.30pm
Writer/Director: Rob Rohrer / Camera: Daniel Rohrer / Music: Des Murphy / Executive Producer: Chris Oxley / Costume: Rachael Jackson
Dramatized documentary. An attempt to get at the real identity of the man of Victorian times (the Walter of the title) who wrote the the pornographic series of books called My Secret Life. The programme mixed acted out segments with talking heads documentary moments.
With:- JACK DAVENPORT as Narrator / JOHN LLOYD FILLINGHAM as Walter / KATY CAVANAGH as Sarah Mavis / SIAN FOULKES as Rosa / GLEN KINCH as Fred / ALAN PARTINGON as Mr Justice Veale / ANGELA SAVILLE as Young girl's guardian / TRACEY O'BRIEN as Maid / ELISA COWLEY as Stable Girl / CENI BENNETT as Laura
THE WANDERER
Sky One-/Fingertip-HTV-ZDF-Arden 3 / 13x60m-e / 1994
Creator: Roy Clarke / Music: Paul Hart, Joe Campbell / Script Editor: Johnathon Critchley / Producer: Steve Lanning
Fantasy adventure series. Centuries old warrior knight Adam wanders the world seeking the truth and helping people in need whilst also keeping clear of the machinations of his evil twin Zachary.
Adam/Zachary..................................... BRYAN BROWN
Godbold............................................. TONY HAYGARTH
Beatrice............................................. KIM THOMSON
Lady Clare......................................... DEBORAH MOORE
WAR AND PEACE
Granada / 1x150m-e / 1963 black and white
Writer: Robert David MacDonald / Novel: Leo Tolstoy / Director: Silvio Narizzano
Period drama serial. The convoluted lives of two Russian families.
With:- JOHN FRANKLYN ROBBINS / DANIEL MASSEY / NICOL WILLIAMSON / KENNETH GRIFFITH / CLIFFORD EVANS / VALERIE SARRUF
WAR AND PEACE
BBC / 20x45m-e / 1972-73 ( 28 September 72 - 8 February 73)
Writer: Jack Pulman / Novel: Leo Tolstoy
Period drama serial. Immense version of Tolstoy's novel about the lives of a pair of Russian families.
With:- RUPERT DAVIES as Count Rostov / FAITH BROOK as Countess Rostova / ANTHONY HOPKINS as Pierre / ALAN DOBIE as Andrei Bolkonsky / MORAG HOOD as Natasha / SYLVESTER MORAND / ANGELA DOWN / DAVID SWIFT / JOANNA DAVID / MICHAEL BILLINGTON
BBC1 / 1x50m-e / bw 1965
Writer/Producer: Peter Watkins
Highly grim and realistic for its time drama documentary that looked at the aftermath of a nuclear attack. The programme was considered so shocking the BBC top brass shelved it, although it eventually received its TV premiere in 1985. Watkins used a mainly amateur cast and he had employed the same technique on the previous years excellent Culloden.
THE WAR OF DARKIE PILBEAM
Granada / 3x60m-e / 1968 12 July - 26 July
Writer: Tony Warren / Producer: Richard Everitt
Period drama serial. During World War II in the North of England, Darkie Pilbeam turns black market spiv.
With:- TREVOR BANNISTER as Darkie Pilbeam / ALAN BROWNING / JOHN COLLIN / MAGGIE DON / TERRY GILLIGAN / JULIE GOODYEAR
WARRIOR QUEEN
Thames / 6x25m-e / 1978
Writer: Martin Mellett / Producer: Ruth Boswell / Directors: Neville Green, Michael Custance
Period drama serial. Warrior Queen Boudicca does battle with the invading Romans.
Queen Boudicca............................. SIAN PHILLIPS
Catus Decianus.............................. NIGEL HAWTHORNE
WARRIORS
BBC1-Deep Indigo / 2x90m-e / 1999 20 - 21 November Saturday and Sunday 9.00pm
Writer: Leigh Jackson / Music: Debbie Wiseman / Design: Phil Roberson / Costume: James Keast / Producer: Nigel Stafford-Clark / Director: Peter Kosminsky
Drama serial. In 1992 a group of soldiers serve a harrowing tour of duty as part of a UN peacekeeping force in Bosnia and then have to face upto what they have witnessed once they have returned home. Sundays showing was followed by a Heart of the Matter debate about some of the issues raised in the film.
With:- IOAN GRUFFUDD as Lt John Feeley / MATTHEW MacFADYEN as Pte Alan James / DARREN MORFIT as Pte Peter Skeet / CAL MACANINCH as Sgt Andre Sochanik / JOE RENTON as Cpl Gary Sprague / STEVE CHAPLIN as Pte Tommo Redmond / DAMIAN LEWIS as Lt Neil Loughrey / JODHI MAY as Emma / PAULINE YATES as Gran / BRANKA KATIC as Almira Zec / JASMINA SIJERCIC as Aida / SIMON SHEPHERD as Major 'Brick' Stone / SHAUN DOOLEY as Pte John Hookway / IFAN MEREDITH as Lt Jonathon Engel / GREG CHISHOLM asPte Martin Rook / TOM WARD as Capt Richard Gurney
WARSHIP
BBC1 / 45x50m-e / 1973-77
Creators: Ian Mackintosh, Anthony Coburn / Script Editor: Ian Mackintosh / Music: Anthony Isaac / Producers: Anthony Coburn(73-74), Joe Waters(75-77)
Drama series. A life on the ocean wave with the crew of HMS Hero, especially the officers. Over the course of the shows run (made with much input from the Royal Navy) three different Commanders took charge of Hero.
With:- DONALD BURTON as Cmdr Nialls(73-74) / BRYAN MARSHALL as Cmdr Glenn(75) / DEREK GODFREY as Capt Holt(76-77) / NORMAN ESHLEY as Lt Last / ANDREW BURT as Lt Peek / JOHN LEE as Lt Cmdr Kiley / DAVID SAVILLE as Lt Cmdr Beaumont / DON HENDERSON as Master at Arms Heron / JAMES COSMO as Lt Leading Reg Fuller
THE WAR OF THE ROSES
BBC / 11x60m-e / 1964 black and white
Writers: John Barton, Peter Hall / Directors: Michael Hayes, Robin Midgely
Two of William Shakespeare's plays, Henry VI and Richard III put together to make one serial.
With:- DAVID WARNER as King Henry VI / ROY DOTRICE as King Edward IV / PAUL MARTIN as Richard
THE WASP'S NEST
BBC 'Theatre Parade' / 1x25m-e / 1937 black and white
Producer: George More O'Ferrall / Play: Agatha Christie
Crime drama. An early case for Hercule Poirot.
Hercule Poirot.................................. FRANCIS L. SULLIVAN
THE WATERCRESS GIRL
ITV (Granada's 'Country Matters') / 1x60m-e / 1972 (17 September)
Writer: Hugh Leonard / Story: A.E. Coppard / Producer: Derek Granger / Director: Barry Davis
Period drama. Mary McDowell stands trial for throwing vitriol in the face of her love rival.
Mary McDowell................................ SUSAN FLEETWOOD
Frank Oppidan................................. GARETH THOMAS
Fergus McDowell............................. JOHN WELSH
Elizabeth Plantney........................... SUSAN TEBBS
Thorpe............................................ CARL BERNARD
Archibold........................................ PETER CELLIER
THE WATERFALL
BBC / 4x25m-e / 1980
Writer/Director: Peter Duffell / Novel: Margaret Drabble
Romantic drama serial. A love affair goes tragically wrong.
With:- ROBIN ELLIS / LISA HARROW / CAROLINE MORTIMER / STEPHEN BOXER
WATERFRONT BEAT
BBC-New Media Age / 16x50m-e / 1990-91 Season 1: 6 January - 24 February 90 / Season 2: 2 January - 20 February 91
Creator/Producer: Phil Redmond
Crime drama series. Cases of the Inner City and Waterfront Division police department in London's dockland.
With:- OWEN TEALE / PHILIP MIDDLEMISS / JANE HAZLEGROVE / JOHN ASHTON as Detective Chief Superintendant Don Henderson / BRIAN McCARDIE as PC Ronnie Barker / GEOFFREY LEESLEY as Detective Superintendant Frank Matthews / RUPERT FRAZER as Supt Peter Fallows / EVE BLAND as WDS Jackie Byrnes / HELENA LITTLE as WDC Jane Lang
WATERMELON
ITV1 / 1x90m / 16 April 2003
Book: Marian Keyes / Dramatist: Colin Bateman /
Director: Kieron J Walsh . Executive Producer: Christine Langan
Comedy drama. Claire Ryan travels from her native Ireland to London to find work
and meets James. She soon discovers she is already pregnant by her ex-boyfriend
but lets James believe it is his. When he finds out the truth they split and she
returns to Ireland. But James forgives her and comes looking for her.
With:- ANNA FRIEL as Claire Ryan / BRENDA FRICKER as Teresa Ryan / CIARAN
MCMENAMIN as Adam Collins / Sean MCGINLEY as Joe Ryan / JAMIE DRAVEN as James
Wearing / ELAINE CASSIDY as Anna Ryan / HELEN GRACE as Judith
WAUGH ON CRIME
BBC2 / 6x30m-e / 1970-71 4 December 70 - 8 January 71
Writer: Arden Winch / Producer: Innes Lloyd / Directors: Tristan DeVere Cole, Philip Dudley
Crime drama serial. Cases of an intelligent C.I.D. Inspector.
Detective Inspector Waugh.................... CLIVE SWIFT
P.C. White........................................... ROBIN CHADWICK
WAYS TO GET EVEN
BBC2 / 1x50(5x10m) / 11 March 2004
Executive Producer: Jeremy Howe
A collection of five short films by various writers and directors with the theme
of getting even.
Titles were:- Two Minutes; The Silent Treatment; Claverdeek; Domestic; Uncle Douglas
WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER
BBC2 / 1x50m (5x10m) / 25 March 2003
Executive Producers: Jeremy Howe, Hilary Salmon
Five shorts shown together following the theme of relationship breakdowns. Each
made by a solo writer/director.
1. Sweetnightgoodheart (by Dan Zenn). A man's clumsy attempts at ending a
relationship are misinterpreted as a marriage proposal by his girlfriend. With:-
DAVID TENNANT / KATE ASHFIELD
2. Unscrew (by Clara Glynn). An ex-couple have to decide how to divide their
belongings. With:- DOUGLAS HENSHALL / EMMA FIELDING
3. Stag (by Ian Iqbal Rashid). A man sleeps with his best man on the eve of his
wedding. With:- NITIN GANATRA / STUART LAING
4. Dog (by Andrea Arnold). A young girl leaves her boyfriend after witnessing
his vicious cruelty to a defenceless stray dog. With:- JOANNE HILL / FREDDIE
CUNNIFFE
5. Dumping Elaine (by Peter Lydon). A man and woman's conversations in a cafe
are misinterpreted by two nosy waitresses. With:- SUSAN LYNCH / MATTHEW DELAMARE
/ EMMA PIERSON
THE WAY, THE TRUTH, THE VIDEO
C4-Regent 'Tickets For the Titanic' / 1x60m-e / 1987 11 March - Wednesday 10.00pm
Writer: Alistair Beaton / Producer: William G. Stewart / Director: Barbara Derkow
Comedy drama. Overzealous TV evangelist Michael embarks on a campaign to bring Puritanism back to England.
Michael ............................................ PETER FIRTH
Insp Crocker...................................... IAN BANNEN
Mrs Pollard....................................... ANNETTE CROSBIE
Faith................................................ LINDSEY READMAN
Hope................................................ GREGG BUTLER
Charity............................................. ANDREA WRAY
The Queen....................................... JEANNETTE CHARLES
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW
BBC / 4x60m-e / 2001
Writer: Andrew Davies / Novel: Anthony Trolloppe
Period drama serial set in 1870's London riddles with corruption. When famous
financier Augustus Melmotte arrives in the city, his daughter is courted by
several eligible bachelors.
With:- DAVID SUCHET as Augustus Melmotte / SHIRLEY HENDERSON as Marie Melmotte /
MIRANDA OTTO as Mrs Hurtle / PALOMA BAEZA / CHERYL CAMPBELL
WEAVER'S GREEN
Anglia / 49x25m-e / 1966 black and white
Creators: Peter & Betty Lambda / Producer: John Jacobs
Twice weekly drama series. Stories of two vets in their rural practice.
Alan Armstrong................................ GRANT TAYLOR
Geoffrey Toms.................................. ERIC FLYNN
Dotty Armstrong............................... MEGS JENKINS
Celia Toms...................................... GEORGINA WARD
THE WEB
Granada / 1x50m-e / 1972
Writer: Alun Owen
Drama. A young girl's boyfriend falls for her mother.
With:- MICHAEL KITCHEN / ANN FIRBANK / JENNY TWIGGE
THE WEDDING
Tyne Tees / 1x105m-e / 1984
Writer: Thomas Ellice / Story: V.S. Pritchett / Director: Gordon Flemyng
Drama. The family of a farmer's daughter gather for a wedding.
With:- TOM BELL / MEG WYNN OWEN
BBC1 / 1964-70
Highly influential BBC1 'umbrella title' for new plays by up and coming writers. Many great names made their mark with plays broadcast under the Wednesday Play banner including Dennis Potter, Jeremy Sandford (Cathy Come Home), Ken Loach and many more. The title eventually made way for the Play For Today strand during the seventies.
THE WEDNESDAY THRILLER
BBC1 / 1965 black and white
Producer: Bernard Hepton
An anthology series of eight suspenseful plays, a kind of spin off from the Wednesday Play.
Channel 4-Granada 'Bunch of Fives' / 1x30m-e / 1992 17 June - Wednesday 10.30pm
Writers: Bob Mortimer, Jim Moir / Producer: Mark Robson / Director: Sandy Johnson
Comedy. A pair of bizarre friends take a bus trip to a meat festival where they end up buying a sausage that is the target for a bunch of aliens. Jim Moir is the real name of Vic Reeves.
With:- VIC REEVES as Jim / BOB MORTIMER as Bob / JOHN PATRICK THOMSON as P.C / PAUL WHITEHOUSE as Bus Driver
WE HAD SOME HAPPY HOURS
BBC1 / 1x60m-e / 1981 13 May
Writer: Henry Livings / Producer: Ray Colley / Director: Mike Healey
Comedy drama. A family embark on an ill advised picnic.
With:- ROY KINNEAR / CARMEL CRYAN
THE WEIR OF HERMISTON
BBC / 4x50m-e / 1973
Writer: Tom Wright / Novel: R.L. Stevenson / Producer: Pharic Maclaren / Director: Tina Wakerell
Period drama serial. In the highlands of Scotland in the 1890's a young couple fall in love but are thwarted by their parents.
With:- TOM FLEMING as Adam Weir / EDITH MACARTHUR as Kirstie Elliott / DAVID RINTOUL as Archie Weir / VIRGINIA STARK as Christina Elliott / DAVID DUNDAS as Frank Innes
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