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Inquisitors, The (ITV 1968 with Tony Selby and Alan Lake)

Published

3 years ago

June 8, 2015

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UK / ITV – London Weekend Television / Never Transmitted

Script Editor: Ken Wlaschin / Producer: John Bryce

An interesting one this, intended to be the first drama series put together by LWT The inquisitors was going to be a 13 part crime drama series starring Tony Selby and Alan Lake but after three episodes were completed the whole series was dropped and everybody was paid off and the completed episodes junked.

No one really knows why it never came to fruition but some scripts are held by the British Film Institute. Writers were to have included Roy Clarke, Trevor Preston, Tim Aspinall, James Mitchell and Troy Kennedy Martin whilst directors would have included James Gatward, Shaun O’Riordan and James Goddard.

There is also some confusion over the surname of Selby’s character, in one script he is called McIver and in others McLeave.

Diana Dors (Mrs Alan Lake) guest starred in one of the completed episodes (The Peeling of Sweet P Lawrence), other actors included Patrick Magee, Luan Peters, John Savident and Alfred Burke. The three completed episodes were titled How Much Milk of Human Thingy, The Peeling of Sweet P Lawrence and Duet on a Cold Trail.

cast
Tony Selby as McLeave
Alan Lake as Garcia

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Ape And Essence (The Wednesday Play BBC-1 1966, Alec McCowen)

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5 months ago

November 15, 2017

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In Scifi drama Ape and Essence, based on the novel by Aldous Huxley, a group of New Zealand scientists conduct a survey on a Britain ravaged by atomic war 80 years previously.

Series: The Wednesday Play Season 2 Episode 29

cast
Alec McCowen as Alfred Poole
Robert Eddison as Arch Vicar
Derek Sydney as Chief
Jenny Lee as Flossie
Yvonne Antrobus as Young Girl
Sydney Bromley as Craigie
Martin Carroll as Director of Food
Hazel Douglas as Mies Hook
John Falconer as Patriarch
Petra Markham as Loola
Ken Parry as Science Praet
Amanda Reiss as Polly
Jonathan Scott as Int. Priest
Fiona Fraser as Part of Crowd
Ann Mitchell as Shaven-Head
Jacki Salt as Mulatto Girl
Carol Blake as Shaven-Head
Gordon Craig as Part of Crowd
Robert Cude as First Man

crew details
Writer: John Finch
Book: Aldous Huxley
Music: BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Producer: Peter Luke
Director: David Benedictus.

production details
Country: UK
Network and Production Companies: BBC One
Duration: 1×75 minute episode
Aired From: 18 May 1966

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Plane Makers, The (ITV 1963-1965, Patrick Wymark, Barbara Murray)

Published

5 months ago

November 14, 2017

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Drama series The Plane Makers took us behind the scenes in the boardroom and shop floor of the Scott Furlong Aircraft Factory. After two seasons the lead character John Wilder took a place on the board of a merchant bank and the series was then renamed The Power Game.

cast
Patrick Wymark as John Wilder
Jack Watling as Don Henderson
Barbara Murray as Pamela Wilder (Seasons 1-2)
Ann Firbank as Pamela Wilder (Season 3)
Reginald Marsh as Arthur Sugden
Alan Dobie as David Corbett

crew details
Creator: Wilfred Greatorex
Producers: Rex Firkin (seasons 1-2), David Reid (season 3)

production details
Country: UK
Network: ITV – ATV
Duration: 57×50 minute episodes
Aired From: 4 February 1963 – 12 January 1965 black and white

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Running Wild (ITV 1987, Ray Brooks, Janet Key)

Published

5 months ago

November 13, 2017

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Sitcom Running Wild was about the ups and downs of separated couple, Max and Babs, trying to get on with their lives. In season two Max wants to return to his wife but Babs is not so keen.

cast
Ray Brooks as Max Wild
Janet Key as Babs Wild
Sharon Duce as Wanda
Michelle Collins as Stephanie Wild
Peter Amory as Rob
Berwick Kaler as Tom Coleman (Season 1)
Brigit Forsyth as Jenny (Season 2)

crew details
Writer: Philip Trewinnard
Producers: Marcus Plantin (Season 1), Derrick Goodwin (Season 2)
Directors: Vic Finch (Season 1), Derrick Goodwin (Season 2)

production details
Country: UK
Network and Production Companies: ITV – London Weekend Television
Duration: 13×25 minute episodes
Aired From: 6 March 1987 – 4 June 1989