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THE NEWCOMERS
UK / BBC / 430x25m-e / 13 October 1965 - 13 November 1969 Creator: Colin Morris / Producers: Verity Lambert, Morris Barry, Ronald Travers, Bill Sellars
Twice weekly drama series (seen mostly Tuesdays and Thursdays). A family from London move to a small village to take over the running of a farm.
Apparently only four complete episodes exist in the archives. The Newcomers was part of a deliberate ploy by the BBC to come up with a Coronation Street style soap and was one two that started at the same time -the other being the reasonably short lived United.
Cast Ellis Cooper...................................... ALAN BROWNING Vivienne Cooper................................ MAGGIE FITZGIBBON Lance Cooper................................... RAYMOND HUNT Philip Cooper................................... JEREMY BULLOCH Gran Hamilton.................................. GLADYS HENSON Hugh Robertson............................... JACK WATLING Joyce Harker................................... WENDY RICHARD Jimmy Harker.................................. DAVID JANSON Julie Robertson................................ DEBORAH WATLING Olivia Robertson.............................. MARY KENTON Maria Cooper.................................. JUDY GEESON