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Pauline Stroud
Pauline Stroud (21 March 1930 – 11 August 2022) was a British actress who was best known for her appearance in ''Lady Godiva Rides Again'' (1951). Early life and career An only child, Stroud was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, to Leslie Stroud, an accountant, and Daisy ( Waters). She initially attended a convent school – until her mother suspected that she was being considered as a possible recruit to the sisterhood. Thereafter she was educated privately, and her lessons included ballet and horse riding. Stroud was selected nation-wide from 200 other women (some say 500 screen-tested) for her first role, given as 'honey-haired, blue-eyed and 5ft 4in tall'. She had been a dancing stand-in. She continued making movies until 1972. Best known for her appearance in ''Lady Godiva Rides Again'' (1951), a film satire on beauty queens, Stroud was cast in the lead role over Audrey Hepburn, Diana Dors and Joan Collins Dame Joan Henrietta Collins (born 23 May 1933) is an Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunbridge Wells
Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in Kent, England, southeast of central London. It lies close to the border with East Sussex on the northern edge of the Weald, High Weald, whose sandstone geology is exemplified by the rock formation High Rocks. The town was a spa in the Restoration (England), Restoration and a fashionable resort in the mid-1700s under Richard (Beau) Nash, Beau Nash when the Pantiles, and its chalybeate spring, attracted visitors who wished to take the waters. Though its popularity as a spa town waned with the advent of sea bathing, the town still derives much of its income from tourism. The town has a population of around 56,500, and is the administrative centre of Tunbridge Wells (borough), Tunbridge Wells Borough and in the parliamentary constituency of Tunbridge Wells (UK Parliament constituency), Tunbridge Wells. History Iron Age Evidence suggests that Iron Age people farmed the fields and mined the iron-rich rocks in the Tunbridge Wells area, and excava ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Of Night (TV Series)
''Dead of Night'' is a British television anthology series of supernatural fiction, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in 1972 over seven 50-minute episodes. History ''Dead of Night'' is considered by some to be a spiritual successor to an earlier horror anthology by the BBC, ''Late Night Horror''. Like ''Late Night Horror'', ''Dead of Night'' ran for a single series in the autumn of 1972. Only the first, second and seventh episodes – "The Exorcism", "Return Flight", and "A Woman Sobbing" – are retained on their original 625 line PAL colour videotapes in the BBC Archives. The videotapes of "Bedtime", "Death Cancels All Debts", "Smith" and "Two in the Morning" were either erased for reuse or junked during the mid-1970s, and not even any 16mm black-and-white film telerecordings made for overseas sales are known to exist. Another programme made by the ''Dead of Night'' production team under Innes Lloyd, ''The Stone Tape'', running to 90 minutes and intended to be the eig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatre 70
''Theatre 70'' is a 70-minute UK dramatic television anthology series produced by Associated Television. Twenty-five episodes aired on ITV from 1960–61. Guest actors included Zoe Caldwell, Robert Horton, André Morell Cecil André Mesritz (20 August 1909 – 28 November 1978), known professionally as André Morell, was an English actor. He appeared frequently in theatre, film and on television from the 1930s to the 1970s. His best known screen roles were as ..., Georgina Ward and Margaret Whiting. References External links * 1960 British television series debuts 1961 British television series endings 1960s British anthology television series Television shows produced by Associated Television (ATV) {{UK-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV Television Playhouse
''ITV Television Playhouse'', often simplified to ''Television Playhouse'', was a British anthology television series produced by and airing on the ITV ITV or iTV may refer to: ITV *Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of: ** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ... television network from 1955 through 1963. The series premiered with the teleplay ''Midlevel'' on 24 September 1955. Its final episode was the teleplay ''They Don't Make Summers Like They Used To'' which aired on 27 December 1963. Originally airing one hour long episodes weekly on Friday nights during its first season in 1955–1956, the programme was subsequently moved to Thursday night weekly broadcasts for its second (1956–1957) and third (1957–1958) seasons. The programme moved back to weekly Friday night broadcasts for its fourth (1958–1959) and fifth (1959–1960) seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playbox (1955 TV Series)
''Playbox'' is a British children's television programme that was broadcast on BBC from 1955 to 1964. Presenters who appeared on it included Eamonn Andrews, Rolf Harris, Tony Hart, Cliff Michelmore and Johnny Morris (television presenter), Johnny Morris. References External links * 1950s British children's television series 1960s British children's television series 1955 British television series debuts 1964 British television series endings British children's television series British preschool education television series {{child-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harpers West One
''Harpers West One'' was an ATV television drama series about a fictional department store, Harpers, in the West 1 district of London. The show was created by John Whitney and Geoffrey Bellman and ran in one-hour episodes from 1961 to 1963. It was introduced by ATV while ''The Probation Officer'', was being rested but became an immediate success. Press releases described it as "shopping with the lid off". A combination of drama and soap opera, it has also been described as presaging corporate dramas such as '' The Brothers'' for its depiction of power struggles at board level.Harpers West One memorabletv.com Retrieved 9 January 2018. The principal writers were Geoffrey Bellman, |
Citizen James
''Citizen James'' is a BBC sitcom that ran for three series between 24 November 1960 and 23 November 1962. The show featured comedian and actor Sid James and Sydney Tafler with Bill Kerr and Liz Fraser appearing in early episodes. It was initially written by the comedy writing team of Galton and Simpson, who based the characters very much on the "Sidney Balmoral James" and "Bill Kerr, the dim-witted Australian" roles that they had played in ''Hancock's Half Hour''. The first series was set around 'Charlie's Nosh Bar', a cafe in Soho, and centred on Sid's get-rich-quick schemes. He is helped by "Billy the Kerr" and quite often frustrated by the local bookmaker Albert Welshman (Tafler). Liz Fraser played Sid's long-suffering girlfriend who has been waiting for seven years for Sid to set the date. Changes were made to the format after the first series. Sid James' character was changed to be something of a people's champion, campaigning for social justice. Bill Kerr and Liz Fraser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Benny Hill Show
''The Benny Hill Show'' is a British comedy television show starring Benny Hill that aired on the BBC and ITV (from 1969) between 15 January 1955 and 1 May 1989. The show consisted mainly of sketches that were full of slapstick, mime, parody and double entendre (which could be described as a filmatographic version of British saucy seaside postcard humour). At its peak ''The Benny Hill Show'' was among the most-watched programmes in the UK with the audience reaching more than 21 million viewers in 1971. In 1972, Hill received a BAFTA Television Award for Best Writer, and he was nominated for the BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance. In the late 1970s, the Thames Television version of the show gained a following in the United States and would run in syndication until 1991. In 1980 and 1981, it received Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Variety. In 1984 Hill received a Rose d'Or. Thames cancelled production of the show in 1989 due to declining ratings and large pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost Squad (TV Series)
''Ghost Squad'', known as ''G.S.5'' for its third series, was a crime drama series that ran between 1961 and 1964, about an elite division of Scotland Yard. In each episode the Ghost Squad would investigate cases that fell outside the scope of normal police work. Despite the show and characters being fictional, an actual division did exist within the Metropolitan Police at the time. Inspiration for the series was taken from a book of the same title written by John Gosling, a retired police officer and former member of the real-life squad it is based on. This squad operated only in London, but the members of the fictional team travel all over Europe, sometimes to fictitious countries. As was common practice at the time, most of the foreign settings are depicted by combining stock footage with scenes shot on sets, in this case at Independent Artists Studios at Beaconsfield and Associated British Elstree Studios. The music for the show was by Philip Green. The show was produced b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
24-Hour Call
''24-Hour Call'' was a 1963 British television series for ATV around the private practice of four doctors played by Godfrey Quigley as Dr Bennett and Geoffrey Frederick from a previous ATV series ''Call Oxbridge 2000'', and newcomers Scott Forbes Scott may refer to: Places Canada * Scott, Quebec, municipality in the Nouvelle-Beauce regional municipality in Quebec * Scott, Saskatchewan, a town in the Rural Municipality of Tramping Lake No. 380 * Rural Municipality of Scott No. 98, Saska ... and Andrew Downie.''British television: an illustrated guide'' Tise Vahimagi, Michael Ian Grade - 1996 Page 64 "When this series ended, 24 Hour Call (ATV, 1963) was brought in to supply the private practice medico interest, in this case the group practice of four doctors (Godfrey Quigley and Geoffrey Frederick from the previous series and newcomers Scott Forbes and Andrew Downie) sharing the same headquarters and working on a rotating system. Philip Dale was the producer..." References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sullavan Brothers
''The Sullavan Brothers'' is a British television series which originally aired on ITV between 1964 and 1965.Vahimagi p.132 One episode, "Insufficient Evidence", is believed to be lost. Cast Main * Hugh Manning as Robert Sullavan * Anthony Bate as Paul Sullavan * David Sumner as Patrick Sullavan * Tenniel Evans as John Sullavan * Mary Kenton as Beth Sullavan * Wendy Varnals as Anne Welsh * A.J. Brown as Mr. Justice Ryner Other A variety of other actors appeared in episodes of the series including George Baker, Dulcie Gray, Ian McShane, John Alderton, John Barrie, Mervyn Johns, Jo Rowbottom, Michael Ripper, Norman Bird, Desmond Llewelyn, Avice Landone, Donald Sutherland, Billy Milton, Norman Mitchell, Morris Perry, Jean Anderson, Ray Brooks, Peter Sallis, T.P. McKenna, Tim Preece, Bill Shine, Bryan Pringle, Lockwood West, Wensley Pithey, Lennard Pearce, Lawrence Dane, Gerard Heinz, Graham Crowden, Janina Faye, Sheila Keith, Charles Lloyd Pack, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Peter Barkwor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mogul (TV Series)
''The Troubleshooters'' (titled ''Mogul'' for the first series) is a British television series made by the BBC between 1965 and 1972, created by John Elliot. It recounted events in an international oil company – the "Mogul" of the title. The first series was mostly concerned with the internal politics within the Mogul organisation, with episodes revolving around industrial espionage, internal fraud and negligence almost leading to an accident on a North Sea oil rig. The series' upbeat theme music was by Tom Springfield, brother of Dusty. Cast *Brian Stead (Geoffrey Keen 1965–72), Mogul's tough Deputy Managing Director. *Peter Thornton (Ray Barrett 1965–72), company field agent (i.e. "troubleshooter"). *Alec Stewart (Robert Hardy 1966–70), ruthlessly ambitious "troubleshooter" keen to rise up the promotional ladder. *Willy Izard (Philip Latham 1965–72), head of finance at Mogul. *Robert Driscoll ( Barry Foster 1965), Mogul's head of public relations. *Derek Prentice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
