Lynda La Plante Archives | Memorable TV

Civvies: Episode 4 (S1EP4 BBC One 13 Oct 1992, Peter O’Toole)

Episode 4: Frank is stunned by the suicide of his military buddy Steve. The ex-paras form a company, Stag Security Car Hire. They are contracted to do...

Episodes2 years ago

Civvies: Episode 5 (S1EP5 BBC One 20 Oct 1992, Lennie James)

Episode 5: Frank, increasingly tortured by his past in Northern Ireland, finds himself an accomplice to a crime. Regular Cast: Jason Isaacs (Frank Dillon), Peter Howitt (Steve...

Episodes2 years ago

Civvies: Episode 6 (S1EP6 BBC One 27 Oct 1992, John Woodvine)

Episode 6: Frank, Harry and Cliff are arrested and accused of a crime they didn’t commit in the final episode Regular Cast: Jason Isaacs (Frank Dillon), Peter...

Episodes2 years ago

Civvies: Episode 1 (S1EP1 BBC One 22 Sep 1992, Shirley Stelfox)

Episode 1: Frank Dillon retires from the Army after 18 years and finds it difficult to adjust to civilian life. He tries to find a job, while...

Episodes2 years ago

Civvies: Episode 2 (S1EP2 BBC One 29 Sep 1992, John Francis)

Episode 2: The stress of civilian life causes Taffy to crack up with frightening consequences. Dillon and Steve get a new job. Regular Cast: Jason Isaacs (Frank...

Episodes2 years ago

Civvies: Episode 3 (S1EP3 BBC One 6 Oct 1992, John Hannah)

Episode 3: Frank and his team of ex-paras go to Scotland to tackle salmon poachers. When they arrive, they find that security is being dealt with by...

TV3 years ago

Widows (ITV Crime, Ann Mitchell, Maureen O’Farrell)

A trio of crime drama series comprising Widows, Widows 2 and She’s Out, this hard hitting drama had crook’s wife Dolly Rawlins (Ann Mitchell) learning that...

TV3 years ago

The Commander (ITV Crime, Amanda Burton)

Created by Lynda La Plante, The Commander is a superior crime drama series that is something of a companion piece to Prime Suspect with Amanda Burton’s...

Uncategorized3 years ago

Above Suspicion IV: Silent Scream (ITV Crime, Kelly Reilly)

A fourth Above Suspicion three parter called Silent Scream sees Anna Travis (Kelly Reilly) and James Langton (Ciaran Hinds) returning to investigate the murder of a...

Episodes3 years ago

Above Suspicion 2: The Red Dahlia (ITV Crime, Kelly Reilly, Ciaran Hinds)

In the second three part Above Suspicion story, The Red Dahlia, rising DC Anna Travis (Kelly Reilly) is once again teamed with DCI James Langton (Ciaran...

TV3 years ago

Mind Games (ITV Thriller, Fiona Shaw, Finbar Lynch)

ITV crime thriller Mind Games focused on Frances O’Neill (Fiona Shaw), a criminal profiler (and former nun), who was investigating the murder of a pair of...

Movies4 years ago

Draughtsman’s Contract, The (1982, Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman)

Peter Greenaway’s second movie The Draughtsman Contract, set to the music of Michael Nyman (via Henry Purcell), is more like a series of paintings come to...

TV4 years ago

Coming Home (BBC-1 1981, Sharon Duce, Philip Jackson)

Sitcom Coming Home detailed the exploits of a bumbling chemistry teacher. Lynda Marchal, who plays Muriel, is better known as writer Lynda La Plante. There was...

Movies5 years ago

Widows (2018, Viola Davis, Elizabeth Debicki)

Based on the 1980’s classic TV series written by Lynda La Plante, Widows is set in contemporary Chicago, amidst a time of turmoil, where four women...

Episodes5 years ago

The Sweeney: Victims (ITV 14 Dec 1978, with Sheila Reid)

In Victims the Squad are hot on the trail of a villain called Jimmy Swann who has shot and badly injured a policeman. Swann’s girlfriend Eve...

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Lynda La Plante

Civvies: Episode 4 (S1EP4 BBC One 13 Oct 1992, Peter O’Toole)

Civvies: Episode 5 (S1EP5 BBC One 20 Oct 1992, Lennie James)

Civvies: Episode 6 (S1EP6 BBC One 27 Oct 1992, John Woodvine)

Civvies: Episode 1 (S1EP1 BBC One 22 Sep 1992, Shirley Stelfox)

Civvies: Episode 2 (S1EP2 BBC One 29 Sep 1992, John Francis)

Civvies: Episode 3 (S1EP3 BBC One 6 Oct 1992, John Hannah)

Widows (ITV Crime, Ann Mitchell, Maureen O’Farrell)

The Commander (ITV Crime, Amanda Burton)

Above Suspicion IV: Silent Scream (ITV Crime, Kelly Reilly)

Above Suspicion 2: The Red Dahlia (ITV Crime, Kelly Reilly, Ciaran Hinds)

Mind Games (ITV Thriller, Fiona Shaw, Finbar Lynch)

Draughtsman’s Contract, The (1982, Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman)

Coming Home (BBC-1 1981, Sharon Duce, Philip Jackson)

Widows (2018, Viola Davis, Elizabeth Debicki)

The Sweeney: Victims (ITV 14 Dec 1978, with Sheila Reid)

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