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Neil Stacy
Neil Stacy (born 1941) is a British actor particularly known for his role in the 1980s television series ''Duty Free''.Vahimagi p.292 Selected television filmography * ''The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling'' (1964) * '' It's Dark Outside'' (1965) * ''Riviera Police'' (1965) * '' Sherlock Holmes'' (1965) * ''The Man in Room 17'' (1966) * ''Sergeant Cork'' (1966) * ''Colditz Episode - Lord, Didn't it Rain'' (1972-1974) * ''War and Peace'' (1972-1973) * ''Barlow at Large'' (1973-1975) * ''The Pallisers'' (1974) * '' The Standard'' (1978) * ''Return of the Saint'' (1978) * '' Strangers'' (1979) * ''Quatermass'' (1979) * ''Minder'' (1979) * '' To Serve Them All My Days'' (1980) * ''The Fourth Arm'' (1983) * '' Shackleton'' (1983) * '' Strangers and Brothers'' (1984) * ''Cold Warrior'' (1984) * ''Duty Free'' (1984-1986) * ''Shine on Harvey Moon'' (1985) * '' Three Up, Two Down'' (1986-1987) * ''Rumpole of the Bailey'' (1987) * '' Haggard'' (1990) * '' Lovejoy'' (1992) * ''The Upper Hand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stowupland
Stowupland is a village east of Stowmarket, Suffolk, England. Stowupland means "a place occupied on higher ground than Stowmarket", with the Saxons calling the village Ultuna due to the far higher presence of owls in the woods that previously stood on the site of Holy Trinity Church ('Ul' meaning owl). Stowupland High School is found in the village. Stowupland is centred on several village greens and has numerous amenities including, a petrol station, a butchers, a Chinese takeaway, a chip shop and two public houses - The Crown and The Retreat. As well as thHigh Schoolthere iFreeman Community Primary School which has an attachedpre-school There are activfootball an bowls clubs in the village. A lottery g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minder (TV Series)
''Minder'' is a British comedy-drama series about the London criminal underworld. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television, and shown on ITV for ten series between 1979 and 1994. The series was notable for using a range of leading British actors, as well as many up-and-coming performers before they found their greatest success; at its peak it was one of ITV's most watched shows. The series was revived by Channel 5 in 2009 but was discontinued after only six episodes. Plot The first seven series starred Dennis Waterman as Terry McCann, a Fulham fan, an honest and likeable bodyguard (''minder'' in London slang) and George Cole as Arthur Daley, a socially ambitious, but highly unscrupulous importer/exporter, wholesaler, used-car salesman and purveyor of anything else from which there was money to be made, legally or not. The series is principally set in inner west London (specifically Shepherd's Bush, Ladbroke Grove, F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lost Prince
''The Lost Prince'' is a British television drama about the life of Prince John – youngest child of Britain's King George V and Queen Mary – who died at the age of 13 in 1919. A Talkback Thames production written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, it was originally broadcast in January 2003. It won three Emmy Awards in 2005. Plot John had epileptic seizures and an autism-like developmental disorder, and the Royal Family tried to shelter him from public view; the script did not present the Royal Family as unsympathetic, instead showing how much this cost them emotionally (particularly John's mother, Queen Mary). Poliakoff explores the story of John, his relationship with his family and brother Prince George, the political events going on at the time (such as the fall of the House of Romanov in 1917) and the love and devotion of his nanny, Charlotte Bill (Lalla). Episode One A spellbound young Prince John gazes as his family attend an elaborate birthday party for his pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get Well Soon (TV Series)
''Get Well Soon'' is a 1997 BBC television comedy series starring Matthew Cottle and Eddie Marsan. Lasting only 6 episodes, it was about the everyday lives of a group of patients, doctors, nurses and other staff at a tuberculosis hospital in 1947. The show, aired weekly between 2 November and 7 December 1997, was based on the meeting of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, the writers of ''Steptoe and Son'', in a Tuberculosis sanatorium in 1947. Although given a prominent early Sunday evening slot, the series failed to capture the public's imagination and only ran for one series. Situation One day in 1947, Roy Osborne (Matthew Cottle) is admitted to a TB sanatorium. He thinks he'll only be there for a few weeks, then finds that it could be several years before he can leave. Cast *Matthew Cottle as Roy Osborne *Eddie Marsan as Brian Clapton *Anita Dobson as Mrs. Ivy Osborne *Samantha Beckinsale as Mrs. Howell *Patsy Rowlands as Mrs. Clapton *Hugh Bonneville as Norman Tucker *Robert Bath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House Of Windsor (TV Series)
''The House of Windsor'' is a British comedy television series which first aired on ITV in 1994.Halliwell & Walker p.348 A top public relations expert is called in to help the British Royal Family with their image, but he clashes constantly with the more traditional Lord Bermondsey. Main cast * Leslie Phillips as Lord Montague Bermondsey * Warren Clarke as Max Kelvin * Neil Stacy as Sir Nicholas Foulsham * Serena Gordon as Caroline Finch * Jeremy Sinden as Giles Huntingdon * Sean Gallagher as Ray Barker * Louise Germaine as Kate Hargreaves * Barry Howard as Danny Jackson * Preston Lockwood Reginald Herbert Lockwood (30 October 1912 – 24 April 1996), known professionally as Preston Lockwood, was an English radio and television actor. The only son of bus driver Herbert Lewis Lockwood and his wife Ethel May (née Preston), Lockwood ... as Ambrose Stebbings * Margaret Courtenay as Lady Sharpcott References Bibliography * Leslie Halliwell & John Walker. ''Halliwell's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Upper Hand (TV Series)
''The Upper Hand'' is a British television sitcom broadcast by ITV from 1 May 1990 to 14 October 1996. The programme was adapted from the American sitcom '' Who's the Boss?''. As in the former series, affluent single woman Caroline Wheatley, raising her son with the help of her mother Laura West, hires a housekeeper and a man called Charlie Burrows applies for the job. Premise Down on his luck, former footballer Charlie Burrows (Joe McGann) moves from a deprived area of London to leafy Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire to make a better life for his daughter Joanna (Kellie Bright), by taking a job as housekeeper for well-off advertising executive Caroline Wheatley (Diana Weston). Although Caroline is unsure about employing him, her man-eating mother Laura West (Honor Blackman) talks her into it. Soon the two become friends, Caroline's son Tom (William Puttock) comes to see Charlie as a father figure, and Joanna enjoys having a female influence in her life. Both Caroline and Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovejoy
''Lovejoy'' is a British television comedy-drama mystery series, based on the novels by John Grant under the pen name Jonathan Gash. The show, which ran to 71 episodes over six series, was originally broadcast on BBC1 between 10 January 1986 and 4 December 1994, although there was a five-year gap between the first and second series. It was adapted for television by Ian La Frenais. Overview The series concerns the adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia filmed around Long Melford. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a "divvy", a person with almost unnatural powers of recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antiques from fakes or forgeries. Characters * Lovejoy, played by Ian McShane, a less than scrupulous yet likeable rogue antique dealer * Eric Catchpole, played by Chris Jury (series 1–5; guest, series 6), Lovejoy's younger, enthusiastic, but ever so slightly dim, assistant * Tinker Dill, play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haggard (TV Series)
''Haggard'' is a British TV comedy series, which aired from 1990 to 1992. Starring Keith Barron, Reece Dinsdale, Sam Kelly and William Simons. It was made for the ITV network by Yorkshire Television, and based on ''Squire Haggard's Journal'' by Michael Green, more famous for his ''The Art of Coarse...'' books. The series is set during 1777–1778, in the Georgian era, and was about the exploits of Squire Haggard, the Squire's 25-year-old son Roderick, and their servant Grunge. The show makes use of the production style known as breaking the fourth wall as Fanny Foulacre, Roderick's girlfriend, makes asides to the camera, commenting upon the situations she finds herself in. Cast members * Keith Barron — as "Squire Amos Haggard" * Reece Dinsdale — as his son, "Roderick Haggard" * Sam Kelly — as their servant, "Nathanial Grunge" * Sara Crowe — as "Fanny Foulacre" (Series 1) * Michael Jayston — as "Sir Joshua Foulacre" (Series 1) * William Simons — as "the Landlord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rumpole Of The Bailey
''Rumpole of the Bailey'' is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It starred Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, a middle-aged London barrister who defended a broad variety of clients, often underdogs. The TV series led to the stories being presented in other media, including books and radio. The "Bailey" of the title is a reference to the Central Criminal Court, the "Old Bailey". Characters Horace Rumpole While certain biographical details are slightly different in the original television series and the subsequent book series, Horace Rumpole has a number of definite character traits that are constant. First and foremost, he loves the courtroom. Despite attempts by his friends and family to get him to move on to a more respectable position for his age, such as a Queen's Counsel (QC) or a Circuit Judge (positions Rumpole sarcastically calls "Queer Customers" and "Circus Judges"), he only enjoys defending his clients (who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Up, Two Down
''Three Up, Two Down'' is a British sitcom starring Michael Elphick and Angela Thorne that ran from 1985 to 1989. It was written by Richard Ommanney. Cast * Michael Elphick as Sam Tyler *Angela Thorne as Daphne Trenchard *Lysette Anthony as Angie Tyler (née Trenchard) *Ray Burdis as Nick Tyler *John Grillo as Wilf Perkins ''(series 2 onwards)'' *Neil Stacy as Major Giles Bradshaw ''(series 2 and 3)'' *Shaun Andrew Birrell as Baby Joe *Alexander Hill as Baby Joe *Kit Jackson as George *Vicki Woolf as Rhonda ''(series 3 and 4)'' *Thomas Bridgland as Baby Joe Tyler *David Easter as Rob *Samantha Gnest as Baby Joe *Tim Bentinck as George * Dulcie Gray as Nanny *Jeremy Roberts as Doctor *Bobby Bragg as Commentator * Shirley Cheriton as Debbie * Mark Gables as News vendor *Tony O'Callaghan as Taxi Driver * John Clegg as Max *Simon Talbot as Eddy ''(series 3)'' * John Hoye as Camera Assistant ''(series 4)'' Plot Nick and Angie have just had a baby, and to help them financially the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shine On Harvey Moon
''Shine on, Harvey Moon'' is a British television series made by Witzend Productions and Central Television for ITV from 8 January 1982 to 23 August 1985 and briefly revived in 1995 by Meridian Broadcasting. This generally light-hearted series was created by comedy writers Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. The series is set in the East End of London shortly after the Second World War. On being demobbed RAF serviceman Harvey Moon, played by Kenneth Cranham, returns home and finds his family involved in various troubles. His wife Rita, played by Maggie Steed, is not interested in resuming their relationship and works in a seedy nightclub frequented by American servicemen. He becomes involved with the Labour Party and campaigns against the local Hackney branch of the far right Union Movement, after his mother expresses support for the UM albeit briefly. The name of the series is a wordplay on the title of the popular 1908 song " Shine On, Harvest Moon!" The first series was commi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cold Warrior (TV Series)
''Cold Warrior'' is a British television series produced by the BBC in 1984. The series was based around the character of Captain Aubrey Percival (Michael Denison), first introduced in the 1981 thriller serial ''Blood Money''. Moving away from the serial format of ''Blood Money'' and '' Skorpion'', ''Cold Warrior'' was a series of eight stand-alone episodes, which saw Percival dealing with various threats to national security. He was assisted by Jo ( Lucy Fleming) and Danny Quirk (Dean Harris) - the latter also reprising his role from ''Blood Money''. Cast * Michael Denison - Captain Aubrey Percival * Lucy Fleming - Jo * Dean Harris Dean Harris (born 30 December 1946) is an English actor. He began working "in the round" in 1966, in weekly and fortnightly repertory theatres across the United Kingdom, Canada and Zimbabwe. His two West End theatre, West End appearances are Ju ... - Danny Quirk * David Swift - Sir William Logie Episodes References External links * {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |