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UK TV - A WHOLLY HEALTHY GLASGOW to WIVES AND DAUGHTERS


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A WHOLLY HEALTHY GLASGOW

BBC / 1x75m-e / 1987

Writer: Iain Heggie  / Producer: Bill Bryden / Director: Richard Wilson 

Comedy drama. The new over zealous instructor at a health club in Glasgow plans to ruin the cosy lives of his fellow instructors. 

With:- TOM WATSON / GERARD KELLY / PAUL HIGGINS / ADAM CROWTHER / TONY BETTS

 

WHO PAYS THE FERRYMAN

BBC / 8x50m-e / 1977

Creator: Michael J. Bird / Producer: William Slater 

Drama serial. After a thirty year gap, Alan Haldane returns to Crete in search of his long hidden past.

With:- JACK HALDANE as Alan Haldane / MARINA SIRTIS / SALLY KNYVETTE 

 

WHOSE BABY?

ITV1 / 1x90m / 25 October 2004

Writer: Rosemary Kay / Director: Rebecca Frayn / Producer: Simon Passmore

Drama. Karen Jenkins and Barry Flynt have a short relationship always having protected sex. Then months later he receives a letter from the Child Support Agency saying he must provide maintenance for his child with her. He discovers that she impregnated herself using the contents of a used condom and at first feels immense anger at being "violated" in that way. She wants nothing to do with him and when he eventually decides he wants to know his child he has to go to extraordinary lengths to get her to acknowledge his paternal rights.

With:- ANDREW LINCOLN as Barry / SOPHIE OKONEDO as Karen / ESTHER COLES as Marietta / DERREN TIGHE as Pete / JOY BLAKEMAN as Mel / ANDREW TIERMAN as Dave / RICHARD VANSTONE as Will

 

WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY

Granada / 1x60m-e / 1972

Writer: Brian Clark / Producer: Peter Eckersley / Director: Richard Everitt 

Drama. A young paralyzed sculptor declares he would rather not live. 

With:- IAN McSHANE

 

WHO'S WHO

BBC / 1x80m-e / 1979

Devisor/Director: Mike Leigh / Design: Austen Spriggs / Costume: Robin Stubbs / Producer: Margaret Matheson

Comedy drama. The machinations of a group of stock exchange workers.

Nigel.................................................... SIMON CHANDLER

Giles................................................... ADAM NORTON

Alan.................................................... RICHARD KANE

Francis............................................... JEFFREY WICKHAM

Kevin.................................................. PHILIP DAVIS

Anthony............................................. GRAHAM SEED

Lady Crouchurst................................. RICHENDA CAREY

Mr Shakespere................................... SAM KELLY

Caroline............................................. FELICITY DEAN

 

WHO'S YOUR FRIEND

BBC1 'Comedy Playhouse' / 1x30m-e / 1970 15 January - Thursday 7.30pm 

Writer: Terence Edmond / Producer: Graeme Muir 

Comedy. Exploits of escort Jimmy Sampson. 

With:- BERNARD CRIBBINS as  Jimmy Sampson / MAGGIE FITZGIBBON as Laura Marshall / FRANK THORNTON as Mr Walters

 

WHY DIDN'T THEY ASK EVANS?

LWT / 2x120m-e / 1980 30 March

Producer: Jack Williams / Novel: Agatha Christie / Directors: John Davies, Tony Wharmby / Music: Joseph Horowitz 

Period crime drama. A pair of wealthy 1930's socialites turn amateur tec to solve a murder. Francesca Annis and James Warwick later teamed up again to star in an Agatha Christie series called Partners In Crime

With:- FRANCESCA ANNIS as Lady Frances Derwant / JAMES WARWICK as Bobby Jones / JOHN GIELDGUD as Rev Thomas Jones / JOAN HICKSON as Mrs Rivington / CONNIE BOOTH as Sylvia Bassington-ffrench /  LEIGH LAWSON as / Roger Bassington-ffrench /  MADELINE SMITH as Moira Nicholson / BERNARD MILES as Dr Thomas / ERIC PORTER as Dr Nicholson / ROBERT LONGDEN as Badger Beadon / DORIS HARE as Rose Pratt / JAMES COSSINS as Henry Bassington-ffrench /  LYNDA MARCHAL as Mrs Roberts / DEDDIE DAVIES as Postmistress / JOHN HORSLEY as Mr Spragge / LEON SINDEN as Mr Owen / RAYMOND FRANCIS as Earl of Marchington / ARTRO MORRIS as Ticket Inspector / ROY BOYD as Alan Carstairs

 

WICKED WOMEN

BBC / 1970 'Sunday Night Theatre'

Producer/Director: David Cunliffe 

An anthology series of dramas looking at lady criminals of the Victorian era.

 

A WICKED WORLD

ATV 'Studio 64' / 1x60m-e / 1964  black and white

Writer: Giles Cooper / Director: Donald MacWhinnie 

Drama.

With:- PETER SALLIS / DAVID BUCK

 

WIDE EYED AND LEGLESS

BBC / 1x90m-e / 1994

Writer: Jack Rosenthal / Books: Diana's Story and Lost For Words by Deric Longden / Camera: Remi Adefarasin / Design: Tony Burrough / Executive Producer: Margaret Matheson / Director: Richard Loncraine

Drama. The Longden family try to cope when the wife Diana is diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome better known as ME. The Longden family were also featured in a later TV play called Lost For Words with Thora Hird repeating her role as Deric Longden's mother. 

With:- JULIE WALTERS as Diana Longden / JIM BROADBENT as Deric Longden / THORA HIRD as Deric's Mother / SIAN THOMAS as Aileen Armitage / DINAH HANDLEY as Hospital Receptionist / PETER WHITFIELD as Fred / CANDIDA RUNDLE as Nurse / ANDREW NICHOLSON as Gerald / MARTIN WENNER as Young Doctor / GRAHAM TURNER as Postman / ANDREW LANCEL as Nick Longden / ANN RYE as Joan / MOYA BRADY as Sheila 

 

THE WIDOWING OF MRS HOLROYD

BBC2 'Performance' / 1x90m-e / 1995 

Writer: D.H. Lawrence / Producer: Simon Curtis / Director: Katie Mitchell 

Period drama. In 1914 unhappily married miners wife Mrs Holroyd is confronted by a tragedy. 

Mrs Holroyd...................................... ZOE WANAMAKER

Blackmore........................................ STEPHEN DILLANE

Charles Holroyd................................ COLIN FIRTH

Grandmother.................................... BRENDA BRUCE

Clara............................................... MOSSIE SMITH

Laura.............................................. MELANIE HILL

Rigley............................................. WAYNE FOSKETT

 

THE WIDOWMAKER

Central / 1x120m-e / 1990

Writer: Jeremy Brock / Director: John Madden

Drama. A seemingly mild mannered married man goes on a shooting spree in a small town. 

With:- DAVID MORRISSEY as Rob / ANNABELLE APSION as Kathy / ALUN ARMSTRONG as Dad / KENNETH WELSH as Atkins / PETER LLEWELLYN WILLIAMS as Philip Newsome / JANE GURNETT as Sharon / PETER GUINESS as Detective Sergeant Wills / AL ASHTON as Mr Wilding / COLIN JEAVONS as Mr Crathew / JAMES OTTAWAY as Mourner 

 

WIDOWS

Thames-Euston / 12x60m-e / 1983/85 

Writer: Lynda La Plante / Producers: Linda Agran, Irving Teitelbaum 

Crime drama serials. The wives of four criminals plan their own crimes after their husbands are killed in a bungled 'job'. The first serial involved the girls trying to rob a security van, the second (known as Widows II) involved them in a struggle to hold onto their ill gotten gains. A third serial called She's Out  was broadcast in 1995, focusing on the leader of the gang Dolly Rawlins coming out of prison looking for revenge. A US adaptation aired in 2002. 

With:- ANN MITCHELL as Dolly Rawlins / MAUREEN O'FARRELL as Linda Pirelli / FIONA HENDLEY as Shirley Miller / EVA MOTTLEY as Bella O'Reilly(83) / DEBBY BISHOP as Bella O'Reilly(85) / KATE WILLIAMS as Audrey Withey / MAURICE O'CONNELL as Harry Rawlins / DAVID CALDER as Det Insp Resnick

 

WIFE BEGINS AT 40

BBC1 / 1x90m-e / 1987 28 December - Wednesday 9.30pm

Writers: Arne Sultan, Earl Barrett, Ray Cooney / Design: Dinah Walker / Producer/Director: Harold Snoad 

Comedy. After 17 years George Harper decides to spice up his marriage.

With:- RAY COONEY as George Harper / LIZA GODDARD as Linda Harper / JOHN HORSLEY as Bernard Harper / JOHN QUAYLE as Roger Dixon / TRICIA GEORGE as Betty Dixon / GRANT PIRO as Leonard Harper

 

WILD ABOUT HARRY

BBC1 / 1x50m-e / Friday 3 March 2000 (10.25pm)

Producer: Chris Stuart / Director: Paul Islwyn Thomas

Entertainment. A tribute to and look back at the career of Harry Secombe with contributions from Spike Milligan, Bruce Forsyth and Ronnie Corbett. First seen in the BBC Wales region before this national broadcast. 

 

THE WILDE ALLIANCE

ITV Network (Yorkshire) / 13x60m-e / 1978 (17 January - 11 April / Tuesdays @ 9.00pm)

Creator/Producer: Ian Mackintosh / Executive Producer: David Cunliffe / Theme Music: Anthony Issac

Crime drama series. Detective novelist Rupert Wilde and his wife Amy can't help getting involved in real life crime. This easy going series was obviously aiming for a thin man Nick and Nora style relationship for the two leads. Besides Rupert and Amy the only other real semi-regulars were Rupert's literary agent Christopher Bailey and slightly strange Mr Bailey who lived in the flat downstairs and turned out to make soft porn films on the side. Rupert drove a great Triumph TR7. For more details see the episode guide here

With:- JOHN STRIDE as Rupert Wilde / JULIA FOSTER as Amy Wilde / PATRICK NEWELL as Bailey / JOHN LEE as Christopher Bridgewater

 

WILDERNESS

ITV / 3x60m-e / 1996

Writers: Andrew Davies, Bernadette Davis / Producer: Tim Vaughan / Director: Ben Bolt

Fantasy drama serial. Alice White is hiding a sinister secret, she turns into a wolf every full month. 

Alice White........................................ AMANDA OOMS

Dan Somers...................................... OWEN TEALE

Luther Teale...................................... MICHAEL KITCHEN

Jane Garth........................................ GEMMA JONES

Deborah............................................ CATHERINE RUSSELL

Eleanor............................................. ROSALIND MARCH

 

WILD OATS

Carlton-Celador / 'Comedy Playhouse' / 1x30m-e / 1993 2 March - Tuesday 8.30pm

Writers: Steve Knight, Mike Whitehill / Producer/Director: Nic Phillips 

Comedy. Middle aged lothario Roland Jackson is shocked when his 23 year old son David turns up on his doorstep.

Roland Jackson.............................. LESLIE GRANTHAM

David Jackson................................ JONATHAN MORRIS

Jennifer.......................................... JULIE BRAMALL

Paul.............................................. FRASER JAMES

Deidre........................................... EVE FERRET

 

WILD THINGS

BBC / 1x90m-e / 1988

Writer: David Pirie / Music: Richard Hartley / Producer: David M. Thompson / Director: Rob Walker

Thriller. A family spend an alarming Christmas at a sinister hotel.

Jane................................................... KAREN YOUNG

Andrew............................................... STUART WILSON

Laura.................................................. WILLOW GRYLLS

Will.................................................... BEN ROBB

Sarah................................................. TUSSIE SILBERG

Brig Buchanan.................................... DONALD CHURCHILL

TV Pundit........................................... ARBEL JONES

 

WILFRED AND EILEEN

BBC / 4x30m-e / 1978

Writer: Robin Chapman / Producer: Colin Shindler / Director: David Green 

Period drama serial. A young couple have their love torn apart by World War One. 

With:- CHRISTOPHER GUARD as Wilfred / JUDI BOWKER as Eileen

 

WILL AMELIA QUINT CONTINUE WRITING 'A GNOME CALLED SHORTHOUSE'

ITV / 1971 28 September One off play

Writer: Roy Clarke / Producer: Jacqueline Davis / Director: James Gatward

Comedy drama. Best selling children's writer Amelia Quint spends more time messing about on holiday than on finishing her latest book, much to the consternation of her publisher. 

With:- BERYL REID as Amelia Quint / NORMAN ROSSINGTON / RICHARD VERNON / GEOFFREY CHATER / DAVID WARBECK / SHEILA STEAFEL 

 

WILLIAM AND MARY

ITV1 / 18x60m / 2003-2005 started 23 March 2003 

Writer: Mick Ford / Director: Jean Stewart / Producer: Trevor Hopkins

Romantic drama. William and Mary meet via a dating agency and fall in love. He is an undertaker and she a midwife. Season three premiered 17 April 2005. 

With:- MARTIN CLUNES as William Shawcross / JULIE GRAHAM as Mary Gilcrest / CHERYL CAMPBELL as Molly Gilcrest / MICHAEL BEGLEY as Rick / CLAIRE HACKETT as Doris / JUNE WATSON as Mrs Ball / PETA CORNISH as Kate Shawcross / GEORGINA TERRY as Julia Shawcross

WIMBLEDON GARDEN PARTY

BBC Choice (Digital Channel) / x30m-e / 2000

Light entertainment series shown around the Wimbledon 2000 Tennis tournament taking a light-hearted look at the events going on. Presented by Mark Pugatch, Tony Hawks and Annabel Croft.

 

THE WIMBLEDON POISONER

BBC1 / 2x70m-e / 1996

Writer: Nigel Williams / Producer: Linda Agran / Director: Robert Young 

Comedy thriller. Wimbledon solicitor Henry Farr is being sent round the twist by his wife so he decides to murder her. 

With:- ROBERT LINDSAY as Henry Farr / ALISON STEADMAN as Elinor Farr / PHILIP JACKSON as Det Insp Russell Bush / LARRY LAMB as Dr Donald Templeton / ART MALIK as Karim Jackson / SIMON CHANDLER as No 47 / CATHERINE SCHELL as Mrs  Gunther / IAN McNEICE as Dent

 

'WILTONS' - THE HANDSOMEST HALL IN TOWN

BBC2 / 1x45m-e / 1970 26 December - Saturday 6.30pm

Writer: Jimmy Perry / Producer: Michael Mills 

Period comedy. A night at a top 18880's theatre is recreated (Wilton's Music Hall) broadcast (after the theatre was revamped) from the theatre itself. Some of the stars appearing on stage were Peter Sellers, Keith Michell, Ronnie Barker, Billy Russell and Pat Kirkwood.

John Wilton........................................ BILL FRASER

E.W. Mackney................................... SPIKE MILLIGAN

Gus Elan........................................... WARREN MITCHELL

J.W. Page......................................... ERIC ROBINSON

 

THE WINDOW OF VULNERABILITY

BBC2 / 1x20m-e / 1990 25 September - Tuesday 10.10pm

Writer: Gregory Evans / Producers: Phillippa Giles, Vicky Licorish / Director: Bob Blagden 

Drama. Two young women (living seperately) begin to lead increasingly isolated lives.

Esther................................................. MAGGIE O'NEILL

Ruth..................................................... VIVIENNE ROCHESTER

 

WING AND A PRAYER

Channel 5 / 12x60m-e / 1997-98

Creator: Matthew Hall / Producer: Jacinta Peel 

Crime drama series. Cases of a hard working law firm. 

Michael Freeman.............................. GEORGE IRVING

Amanda Dankworth........................... KATE BUFFREY

Stephen Arlington............................. SEAN ARNOLD

Simon Hudson................................. DAVID BARK JONES

 

THE WINGLESS BIRD

Tyne Tees / 3x60m-e / 1997

Writer: Alan Seymour / Novel: Catherine Cookson / Producer: Ray Marshall / Director: David Wheatley

Period drama serial. Shopkeepers daughter Agnes Conway falls in love with a man from the wrong side of the tracks just before World War One. 

Agnes Conway.................................. CLAIRE SKINNER

Charles Farrier.................................. EDWARD ATTERTON

Reg Farrier....................................... JULIAN WADHAM

Alice Conway................................... ANNE REID

Colonel Farrier................................. DINSDALE LANDEN

Grace Farrier................................... ELSPET GRAY

Aunt Nessie.................................... MOIRA REDMOND

Elaine Farrier................................... AMANDA ROYLE

 

WINGS

BBC1 / 26x50m-e / 1977-78

Creator: Barry Thomas / Music: Alexander Faris / Producer: Peter Cregeen 

Period drama series. Stories of a group of pilots in the Royal Flying Corps during World War One. 

Alan Farmer..................................... TIM WOODWARD

Charles Gaylion................................ MICHAEL COCHRANE

Richard Bravington............................ DAVID TROUGHTON

Captain Triggers............................... NICHOLAS JONES

Michael Starling............................... MICHAEL JAYES

Molly Farmer................................... ANNE KRISTEN

Lorna Collins................................... SARAH PORTER

Harry Farmer................................... JOHN HALLAM

Kate............................................... CELIA BANNERMAN

Tom............................................... REG LYE

 

THE WINNING STREAK

Yorkshire / 6x60m-e / 1985

Writer: Michael J. Bird / Producer: Michael Russell 

Drama series. Two brothers run a family garage. 

 

WINSTON CHURCHILL - THE WILDERNESS YEARS

Southern / 8x60m-e / 1981 6 September - 11 October

Creators: Richard Broke, Martin Gilbert / Producer: Richard Broke / Executive Producer: Mark Shivas 

Period drama serial. The story of Winston Churchill's years in the political wilderness after his meteoric rise at the start of the 20th Century before again coming to the fore during World War II. 

Winston Churchill............................... ROBERT HARDY

Clemintine......................................... SIAN PHILLIPS

Stanley Baldwin................................. PETER BARKWORTH

Bernard Baruch................................. SAM WANAMAKER

Neville Chamberlain........................... ERIC PORTER

Brenda Bracken............................... TIM PIGGOTT-SMITH

Samuel Hoare.................................. EDWARD WOODWARD

Randolph Churchill........................... NIGEL HAVERS

 

A WINTER HARVEST

BBC / 3x50m-e / 1984 

Writer: Jane Beeson / Producer/Director: Colin Goodman

Drama serial. A farmers wife has trouble coping after her husband is admitted to hospital.

With:- CHERYL CAMPBELL / MARK WING-DAVEY / MARK ELLIOT / SHEILA RUSKIN

 

A WINTER'S TALE

BBC (BBC Television Shakespeare) / 1x180m-e / 1980

Writer: William Shakespeare / Director: Jane Howell

Romantic drama taking place over two generations. 

With:- ANNA CALDER-MARHSALL / JERMEY KEMP / DEBBIE FARRINGTON

 

WINTER SUNLIGHT

Channel 4-Limehouse / 4x60m-e / 1984

Writer: Alma Cullen / Director: Julian Aymes 

Drama serial. A middle aged woman attempts to start a new life after she walks out on her husband. 

With:- ELISABETH SELLARS / DEREK FRANCIS / BETTY MARSDEN / DEREK FARR

 

WINTON'S WONDERLAND

BBC1 / 1x50m-e / Friday 24 December 1999 (10.35pm)

Producer: Helen Tumbridge / Director: Geoff Miles

Entertainment. A look at forty years of festive entertainment with music, archive clips and old ads. Presented by Dale Winton, guests were David Seaman, Anne Robinson, Steps and Culture Club.

 

WIPE OUT

Granada / 5x60m-e / 1989

Thriller serial. A Home Office investigator has to track and track down a research psychologist who is planning to release a computer virus that could bring the worlds communications. 

John Fairling.................................... NIGEL TERRY

Max Raines..................................... IAN McELHINNEY

Khaled Aziz.................................... DEREK BRENCHE

Mika Reynolds............................... CATHERINE NEILSON 

 

WIRE IN THE BLOOD

ITV Network - Coastal / 6x60m (3x2x60m) 8x90m-e / 2002-2005 / 9:00pm

Books: Val McDermid / Executive Producer: Sandra Joblin

Series of two-part thrillers about clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill who helped the police solve cases involving serial killers. He liased with Detective Inspector Carol Jordan and the pair generally worked together in the fictional Northern City of Bradfield. In series 2 the format changed to single 90-minute stories. Premiered 14 November 2002. Robson Green appeared on The Richard and Judy Show Monday 28 Feb 05 @ 5.00pm to promote the third series of the show whilst the week previously on Monday 21 Feb 05 @ 10:30am Hermoine Norris appeared on daytime show This Morning to also promote the show. For more details see the episode guide here

With:- ROBSON GREEN as Dr Tony Hill / HERMOINE NORRIS as DI Carol Jordan

WISH ME LUCK

LWT / 23x60m-e / 1988-90

Creators: Jill Hyem, Lavinia Warner / Music: Denis King / Costume: Sue Formston / Executive Producer: Nick Elliott / Producers: Colin Shindler, Lavinia Warner

Wartime drama series. A group of English women join a spy network in occupied France during World War II alongside various resistance fighters. 

With:- KATE BUFFERY as Liz Grainger / SUZANNA HAMILTON as Matty Firman / JANE ASHER as Faith Ashley / JULIAN GLOVER as Col James Cadogan / MICHAEL J. JACKSON as Kit Vanston / LYNN FARLIEGH as Vivien

 

WISH UPON A STAR

Associated-Rediffusion / 1x50m-e / Wednesday 17 March 1965 (9.40pm) black and white

Executive Producer: Elkan Allan / Director: Joan Kemp-Welch

Entertainment. A variety show starring ITV's 1964 Search For A Star Winner Judi Johnson (this was the winning prize for that show), also appearing were Madeline Bell, Rupert Davies, Keith Finlayson, Keith Fordyce, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Vince Hill, The Mike Sammes singers and the Lennie Mayne Dancers. 

 

WITCHCRAFT

BBC2 / 3x50m-e / 1992

Writer: Nigel Williams / Producer: Carol Parks / Director: Peter Sasdy 

Supernatural thriller serial. A 17th Century Witchfinder sets about haunting the crew of a film being made about him.

With:- PETER McENERY / LISA HARROW / CLIVE WOOD

 

WITCHCRAZE

BBC2 / 1x60m / 29 January 2003 / 9:00pm

Writer/Producer: Mark Hayhurst / Director: James Kent

A drama-documentary based on original documents telling the tale on the bloodiest witch-hunt in British history that began in 1589. Filmed as if it were a docusoap with a camera crew filming the events as they happened. 

With:- EWAN STEWART as James Carmichael / CATHLEEN MCCARRON as Agnes Sampson / JIMMY HARRISON as King James VI / CAS HARKIND as Lord Bothwell / CHRIS YOUNG as John Fian / IAIN AGNEW as Robert Bruce

 

WITCH HUNT

BBC2 / 5x25m-e / 1967 29 April - 27 May

Writer: Jon Manchip White / Producer: Alan Bromly / Director: Peter Duguid 

Spooky drama serial. When a couple move to a small village they find things there are not as they seem. 

With:- PATRICK KAVANAGH / ANNA PALK / JOHN PAUL / DEREK FRANCIS / SALLY HOME

 

WITHOUT MOTIVE

ITV Network (HTV-United-Alibi) / 12x60m-e / 2000-2002 (Season One: 2 October - 5 November / Mondays 9.00pm then Sundays 9.00pm  )

Producer: Chris Kelly / Costume: Sue Yelland / Executive Producers: Linda James, Tim Vaughan, Michele Buck / Music: John Keane / Design: Terry SAckland-Snow / Titles: Christine Buttner

Crime drama series. Detective Constable Jack Mowbray is determined to track down an evil serial killer, pressured by his boss Detective Chief Superintendent Henderson, Mowbray finds the case taking over to such an extent it begins to affect his family life. Season two was more of a straightforward crime drama series. 

With:- ROSS KEMP as DC Jack Mowbray / KENNETH CRANHAM as DCS Derek Henderson / JAMIE FORMAN as DC Jim Boulter / HAZEL ELLERBY as Sally Mowbray / DAVID KENNEDY as DC Mickey Lloyd / LOU GISH as DC Linda Harris / SEAN MURRAY as DI Monty Fowler / JANE HAZLEGROVE as WPC Margaret Walkinshaw / IAN BARTHOLOMEW as ACC Ronnie Stocks / JOHN TELFER as DI Keith Chapman / CLAIRE HUCKLE as Paula Mowbray / BUSTER REECE as Stuart Mowbray   

 

WITHOUT YOU

BBC3 / 1x30m / 12 February 2003

Writer: Andrew Kirk / Director: Julian Simpson / Producer: Paul Rutman

A man murders his wife but then his car is stolen with her body still in the trunk and he has to gain the trust of the thief's girlfriend in order to get it back. Repeated the following week on late night BBC1. 

With:- LENNIE JAMES / NICOLA STEPHENSON / STEPHEN GRAHAM

 

WITNESS AGAINST HITLER

BBC1 / 1x75m-e / 1996

Writer/Producer: Jack Emery / Director: Betsan Morris Evans 

Wartime drama. German aristocrat Helmuth James von Moltke helps save hundreds of Jews during World War II and also tried to kill Adolf Hitler. Hitler gave the order for his execution in 1945. 

Helmuth James von Moltke................... JAMES WILBY

Freya von Moltke................................. HELEN McCRORY

General.............................................. DEREK JACOBI

Judge Freiser...................................... BRIAN COX

Peter Yorck........................................ COLIN BUCHANAN

Harold Poelchaun................................ ALUN ARMSTRONG

Dorothy Poelchau............................... ANNA CALDER-MARSHALL

 

WIVES AND DAUGHTERS

BBC2 / 6x50m-e / 1972

Novel: Elizabeth Gaskell 

Period drama serial. In the 19th century Molly Gibson has her life turned upside down when her father remarries and she gains a new mother and stepsister. 

With:- ZHIVILA ROCKE as Molly / ROSALIND LLOYD as Cynthia

 

WIVES AND DAUGHTERS

BBC1/WGBH Boston / 4x75m-e / 1999 28 November - 19 December  Sundays 9.00pm

Writer: Andrew Davies / Novel: Elizabeth Gaskell / Producer: Sue Birtwhistle / Music: John Keane / Design: Gerry Scott / Costume: Deidre Clancy / Executive Producers: June Tranter, Rebecca Eaton / Director: Nicholas Renton

Period drama serial. In the early 19th century Molly Gibson has her world turned around when her father remarries, she finds herself with a new mother in Hyacinth Gibson and a beautiful but flighty step sister Cynthia. Both Cynthia and Molly both fall for Roger Hamley (who only has eyes for Cynthia).

With:- JUSTINE WADDELL as Molly Gibson / KEELEY HAWES as Cynthia Kirkpatrick / BILL PATERSON as Mr Gibson / FRANCESCA ANNIS as Hyacinth Kirkpatrick / ANTHONY HOWELL as Roger Hamley / TOM HOLLANDER as Osborne Hamley / MICHAEL GAMBON as Squire Hamley / PENELOPE WILTON as Mrs Hamley / BARBARA FLYNN as Miss Browning / DEBORAH FINDLEY as Miss Phoebe / BARBARA LEIGH-HUNT as Lady Cumnor / IAN CARMICHAEL as Lord Cumnor / IAIN GLEN as Mr Preston / PETER COPLEY as Robinson

 

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