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  

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)

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

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

LWT 'Saturday Night Thriller' / 1x60m-e / 1982 

Writer: Brian Finch 

Thriller. A blind businessman believes someone is out to get him.

With:- DENIS QUILLEY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 

WATERLOO ROAD

BBC1 / 20x50 minute episodes / 9 March 2006-2007

Creators: Maureen Chadwick, Ann McManus / Executive Producers: Brian Park (season 1), Annie Harrison Baxter and Anne Mensah (season 2) / Producers: Claire Phillips (season 1), Sue de Beauvoir (season 2) / Production Designers: Paul Rowan (season 1), John Collins (season 2)/ Script Editors: Alison Greenaway, Sharon Channer / Make-up Designer: Janita Doyle / Costume Designer: Sarah Ryan 

Drama series. Life for the staff and students of a tough northern comprehensive. Waterloo Road Comprehensive is on the scrap heap. It can be found very near the bottom of every league table there is. Its despondent teachers have given up trying to make a difference as they struggle to cope with their own personal problems as well as their nightmare day jobs. When the current Headmaster has a nervous breakdown, Jack Rimmer is thrown into the hot seat – very reluctantly. Jack is only too aware of the fate Waterloo Road will suffer if it doesn't improve – and fast. He takes a huge gamble in recruiting optimistic, educational zealot Andrew Treneman who wants to give up his comfortable private school job to bring the benefits of his elite educational experience to Waterloo Road. 

Season one was 8 episodes and season two 12. You can find character profiles, interviews and more in our special pages starting here. 

cast 
The Staff 
Jason Merrells as Jack Rimmer / Jamie Glover as Andrew Treneman / Angela Griffin as Kim Campbell / Jill Halfpenny as Izzie Redpath / Camilla Power as Lorna Dickey / Denise Welch as Steph Haydock / Jason Done as Tom Clarkson Philip Martin Brown as Grantly Budgen / Nick Sidi as Roger Aspinall / Christine Tremarco as Davina Shackleton (from season two) / Tom Payne as Brett Aspinall 
The Pupils 
Katie Griffiths as Chlo Grainger / Lauren Drummond as Mika Grainger / Adam Thomas as Donte Charles / Chelsee Healey as Janeece Bryant / Craig Fitzpatrick as Lewis Seddon / Tom Payne as Brett Aspinall / Ellie Paskell as Maxine Barlow / Holly Matthews as Leigh-Ann Galloway

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

WAY UPSTREAM

BBC2 / 1x90m-e / 1987

Writer: Alan Ayckbourn

Comedy about a couple going on a boating holiday.

Cast Included:- JOANNE PEARCE / NICK DUNNING

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

Granada / 1x50m-e / 1972

Writer: Alun Owen 

Drama. A young girl's boyfriend falls for her mother. 

With:- MICHAEL KITCHEN / ANN FIRBANK / JENNY TWIGGE

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.

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

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

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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