TV
Flying Swan, The (BBC One 1965, Margaret Lockwood, Julia Lockwood)
Drama series The Flying Swan saw British screen icon Margaret Lockwood take the starring role as Mollie Manning, who, along with her daughter Carol (played by Margaret’s real life daughter Julia Lockwood), runs a small hotel by the Thames.
Most sources will quote this series as a sequel to 1957 series The Royalty and that is more or less the case. The setting for that was an upmarket hotel (the Royalty of the title) and Margaret and Julia did star in that series as Mollie and Carol although the surname was Miller not Manning. Writer Donald Wilson was also behind both series.
production details
UK | BBC One / 25×45 minutes / 1965 black and white
Producer: Harold Clayton
cast
MARGARET LOCKWOOD as Mollie Manning
JULIA LOCKWOOD as Carol
WENDY HALL as Prue
NERYS HUGHES as Maisie
TOM WATSON as Fred Potter
GILLIAN ROYLE as Rosalind
MOLLY URQUHART as Jessie
THE EPISODES
1. LADY IN WAITING (27 Mar 1965)
2. TRIAL RUN (3 Apr 1965)
3. DOUBLE TROUBLE (10 Apr 1965)
4. LOVE AND MARRIAGE (17 Apr 1965)
5. ANGEL FACE (24 Apr 1965)
6. THE SPANISH COUPLE (1 May 1965)
7. THE STREETS (8 May 1965)
8. THE TYRANT (15 May 1965)
9. AN IDEAL GUEST (22 May 1965)
10. COMPANY PROPERTY (29 May 1965)
11. THE KNOCK-OUT (5 Jun 1965)
12. A QUESTION OF TIME (12 Jun 1965)
13. THE CUPBOARD (19 Jun 1965)
14. IN QUARANTINE (3 Jul 1965)
15. THE BOARDROOM (10 Jul 1965)
16. THE GOLD ROSETTE (17 Jul 1965)
17. A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS (24 Jul 1965)
18. THE AGE OF CONSENT (31 Jul 1965)
19. STAGE FEVER (7 Aug 1965)
20. RELATIVE PROOF (14 Aug 1965)
21. GROUP MANIA (21 Aug 1965)
22. SHOCK TACTICS (28 Aug 1965)
23. THE WAITING TIME (4 Sep 1965)
24. OPEN DAY (11 Sep 1965)
25. THE DIAMOND PENDANT (18 Sep 1965)