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Penny Spencer
Penny Spencer (born 1 January 1948) is a British actress, best remembered for her performance as coquettish schoolgirl Sharon Eversleigh in the LWT television comedy series ''Please Sir!'' (1968–70). She attended Coombe Girls School in New Malden, Surrey. She appeared in the pilot episode - " Identified" - of Gerry Anderson's live-action series ''UFO'' in 1970. She also appeared in films such as ''The Whisperers'' (1967), '' Under the Doctor'' (1976) and ''The Playbirds'' (1978). Acting roles *''Georgy Girl'' (1966) - Kate (uncredited) *''The Whisperers'' (1967) - Mavis Noonan *''Countdown to Danger'' (1967) - Sue *'' Mickey Dunne'' (1967) (TV series) - Starlet (Episode: "Yes - But Can He Go the Distance?") *''Man in a Suitcase'' (TV series) - Second model (Episode: "Variation on a Million Bucks: Part 1") *''Please Sir!'' (1968-1970) (TV series) - Sharon Eversleigh *''Dixon of Dock Green'' (1968) (TV series) - Karen Dewar (Episode: "The Informant") *''Crossroads'' (1968) (TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uxbridge
Uxbridge () is a suburban town in west London and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Hillingdon. Situated west-northwest of Charing Cross, it is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. Uxbridge formed part of the parish of Hillingdon in the county of Middlesex, and was a significant local commercial centre from an early time. As part of the suburban growth of London in the 20th century it expanded and increased in population, Municipal Borough of Uxbridge, becoming a municipal borough in 1955, and has formed part of Greater London since 1965. A few major events have taken place in and around the town, including attempted negotiations between King Charles I of England, Charles I and the Roundhead, Parliamentary Army during the English Civil War. The public house at the centre of those events, since renamed the Crown and Treaty, Crown & Treaty, still stands. RAF Uxbridge houses the Battle of Britain Bunker, from where the air de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best House In London
''The Best House in London'' is a 1969 British comedy film directed by Philip Saville and starring David Hemmings, Joanna Pettet, George Sanders, Warren Mitchell, John Bird, Maurice Denham and Bill Fraser.Simon Sheridan, ''Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema'', Titan Books, 2011 p 58 Cast * David Hemmings – Benjamin Oakes / Walter Leybourne * Joanna Pettet – Josephie Pacefoot * George Sanders – Sir Francis Leybourne * Dany Robin – Babette * Warren Mitchell – Count Pandolfo * John Bird – Home Secretary * Jan Holden – Lady Dilke * William Rushton – Sylvester Wall * Bill Fraser – Inspector MacPherson * Maurice Denham – Editor of ''The Times'' newspaper * Wolfe Morris – Chinese Trade Attache * Martita Hunt – Headmistress * Arnold Diamond – Charles Dickens * Hugh Burden – Lord Tennyson * Avril Angers – Flora's Mother * Betty Marsden – Felicity * Tessie O'Shea – Singer * Arthur Howard - Mr. Fortnum * Clement Freud - Mr. Mason ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Television Actresses
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Births
Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British Railways. * January 4 – Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic, named the ''Union of Burma'', with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President, and U Nu its first Prime Minister. * January 5 ** Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (''Tournament of Roses Parade'' and the ''Rose Bowl Game''). ** The first Kinsey Reports, Kinsey Report, ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'', is published in the United States. * January 7 – Mantell UFO incident: Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of an unidentified flying object. * January 12 – Mahatma Gandhi begins his fast-unto-death in Delhi, to stop communal violence during the Partition of India. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Lucky Feller
''Lucky Feller'' is a British television sitcom written by Terence Frisby and produced by Humphrey Barclay. It was broadcast on ITV in 1976. The series stars David Jason and ran for one series of 13 episodes. The series is about two plumber brothers who live in Brockley, South East London. The basic set-up can be compared to ''Only Fools and Horses'', except with David Jason playing the Rodney part, Bernard 'Shorty' Mepstead. The elder brother, Randolph 'Randy' Mepstead, is played by Peter Armitage ( Nicky Henson in the pilot episode). Shorty is naive, hopeful and in love with a girl named Kathleen Peake (Cheryl Hall). She is sexually infatuated with – and thinks she is pregnant by – Randy. Despite her attraction to Randy, she becomes engaged to Shorty and has to bed him before the end of the series so that he will believe that he is the father. But despite her best attempts, and Shorty's feelings for her, the consummation never happens. In the final episode, it becomes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Picture Of Katherine Mansfield
''A Picture of Katherine Mansfield'' is a 1973 BBC television drama series starring Vanessa Redgrave as writer Katherine Mansfield, Jeremy Brett as her second husband John Middleton Murry, and Annette Crosbie as her life-long friend Ida Baker, known as L.M. The series consists of six fifty-minute parts each including episodes of Mansfield's life interwoven with adaptations of her short stories, dramatized by English novelist, playwright, and screenwriter Robin Chapman (1933–2020). Cast *Vanessa Redgrave as Katherine Mansfield * Jeremy Brett as John Middleton Murry *Lyndon Hughes as Josie *Annette Crosbie as L.M. *Phyllida Law as Mother *Bruce Purchase Bruce Purchase (2 October 1938 – 5 June 2008) was a New Zealand actor known for his roles on stage and television. Born in Thames, New Zealand, he won a scholarship to study acting in England, training at RADA, and went on to become a foundin ... as Father * Geoffrey Burridge as Henry Short Story Adaptations The Mansfield ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best Pair Of Legs In The Business
''The Best Pair of Legs in the Business'' is a 1973 Cinema of the United Kingdom, British comedy film, comedy-drama film directed by Christopher Hodson starring Reg Varney, Diana Coupland and Lee Montague. A comic/female impersonator at a holiday camp is concerned about the future. However he manages to secure both a job and a wife. The film is a cinematic version of an episode of ''ITV Playhouse'' (Yorkshire Television) by the same writer and director and also starring Reg Varney, transmitted on 28 December 1968. Plot Sherry Sheridan's career is dying. He is tolerated rather than valued at the holiday camp. His wife Mary is having an affair with the outgoing camp manager who tries to persuade her to leave with him. Every time she is about to, something happens to prevent it. Sherry's agent drops him. He drinks heavily. The only people who show him any form of affection are two girls who prefer him to two randy boys. His estranged son Alan turns up in an attempt to heal relati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Gas And Gaiters
''All Gas and Gaiters'' is a British television ecclesiastical sitcom which aired on BBC1 from 1966 to 1971. It was written by Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps, a husband-and-wife team who used the pseudonym of John Wraith when writing the pilot. ''All Gas and Gaiters'' was also broadcast on BBC Radio from 1971 to 1972. Cast *William MervynThe Rt Revd Dr Cuthbert Hever, DD, Bishop of St Ogg's *Robertson HareThe Ven Henry Blunt, the archdeacon *Derek NimmoThe Revd Mervyn Noote, the Bishop's chaplain * John BarronThe Very Revd Lionel Pugh-Critchley, Dean of St Ogg's (pilot, series 1, 4 and 5) *Ernest ClarkThe Very Revd Lionel Pugh-Critchley, Dean of St Ogg's (1968 special, series 2 and 3) *Ruth KettlewellMrs Grace Pugh-Critchley, the Dean's wife (1967–1969) *Joan SandersonMrs Grace Pugh-Critchley, the Dean's wife (1970–1971) Plot ''All Gas and Gaiters'', predominantly farcical in nature, was set in the close of the fictional St Ogg's Cathedral and concerned intrigues and rival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dick Emery Show
''The Dick Emery Show'' is a British sketch comedy show starring Dick Emery. It was broadcast on the BBC from 1963 to 1981. It was directed and produced by Harold Snoad. The show was broadcast over 19 series with 166 episodes. The show experienced sustained popularity in the 1960s and 1970s. The BBC described the show as featuring 'a vivid cast of comic grotesques'. Frequent performers included Pat Coombs, Victor Maddern, Deryck Guyler, Roy Kinnear, Joan Sims and Josephine Tewson. The principal writers of the programme were David Cummings, John Singer, and John Warren. Additional contributions were by David Nobbs and Peter Tinniswood. Other writers included Dick Clement, Barry Cryer, Selma Diamond, John Esmonde, Marty Feldman, Lucille Kallen, Bob Larbey and Harold Pinter. The American comedy writers Mel Brooks and Mel Tolkin contributed sketches in the early years of the show. The nature of the show with its rapid sketches was initially inspired by the American sketch show ''Your ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Eye (TV Series)
''Public Eye'' is a British television drama series that ran from 1965 to 1975, for a total of seven series. It was produced by ABC Weekend TV for three series, and Thames Television for a further four. The series depicted the cases and investigations handled by the enquiry agent Frank Marker (Alfred Burke), an unmarried loner who is in his early forties when the series begins. The title is a twist on the more usual "private eye". Background The series was created by writers Roger Marshall and Anthony Marriott with the aim of getting away from "square-jawed" heroes of the type featured in Hollywood movies—a wish shared by Alfred Burke, the actor chosen to play Marker. This aim allowed for flexibility in the structure and plot lines of the episodes; each individual episode usually dealt with an individual case for Marker, but story arcs spanning several episodes, or in one case an entire series, were produced during the life of the programme. Marker's work ranged broadly, fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Identified (UFO)
"Identified" is the pilot and first episode of ''UFO'', a 1970 British television science fiction series about an alien invasion of Earth. The screenplay was written by Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson and Tony Barwick; the director was Gerry Anderson. The episode was filmed between 28 April and 12 May 1969, and aired on ATV Midlands on 16 September 1970. The series was created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson with Reg Hill, and produced by the Andersons and Lew Grade's Century 21 Productions for Grade's ITC Entertainment company. Story Two women and man come across a UFO that has landed in a wood. The man, Peter Carlin (Peter Gordeno), starts filming the craft but the threesome are fired upon by the alien occupants. One of the women is killed, Carlin is shot and injured whilst the third, Carlin's sister, is abducted. Increasing UFO activity, starting in 1970, brings (as shown in the episode " Confetti Check A-O.K.") the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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