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Inspector George Gently (BBC-1 2007-2017, Martin Shaw, Lee Ingleby)

In his first literary adaptation for television, Our Friends In The North writer Peter Flannery re-visits Sixties Britain for George Gently, an adaptation for BBC One...

Episodes4 years ago

Villains: Move In, Move On (ITV 9 Sep 1972, William Marlowe)

The excellent William Marlowe takes centre stage in Move In, Move On (he has made the most appearances in the series so far, (this made his...

Features4 years ago

Classic TV Revisited: The Professionals

Cult 1970s-1980s action drama The Professionals starred Martin Shaw (Ray Doyle) and Lewis Collins (William Bodie) as chalk-and-cheese CI5 agents who tackled terrorism and other high-profile...

Villains His Dad Named Him After The General

Episodes4 years ago

Villains: His Dad Named Him After The General (ITV 29 Jul 1972, Martin Shaw, Cheryl Hall)

In His Dad Named Him After The General the “bog robbers” have staged a daring escape en route to their appeal, one of the gang, Monty...

TV4 years ago

Rhodes (BBC-1 1996, Martin Shaw, Frances Barber)

Period drama serial Rhodes told the life story of controversial adventurer Cecil Rhodes and his involvement with the Diamond Mine industry in South Africa. A much...

TV5 years ago

Apparitions (BBC-1 2008, Martin Shaw, Siobhan Finneran)

In Apparitions, Father Jacob is a Roman Catholic priest who finds himself drawn into the horrific world of exorcisms even though his main job is trying...

TV5 years ago

Jubilee (BBC-1 1977, Hannah Gordon, Martin Shaw)

Jubilee was an anthology of 13 varied plays looking at British life since the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Writers included the likes of Ray Connolly,...

Episodes5 years ago

Villains: George (ITV 22 July 1972, David Daker)

Villains dealt with the fall out from a major bank robbery planned by nine men, this episode focused on the character of George as the “Bog...

Australian TV6 years ago

Cassidy (ABC 1989 with Caroline Goodall and Martin Shaw)

Australia / ABC – Five Arrows – Archive Films / 2×120 minute episodes / First episode broadcast 25 October 1989 Writer: Joanna Murray-Smith / Novel: Morris...

TV6 years ago

Villains (ITV 1972, Bob Hoskins, Martin Shaw)

Villains was a smart anthology style series of dramas looking at the criminal classes that focused on a group of crooks given the none too salubrious...

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