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Please Sir
''Please Sir!'' is a British television sitcom created by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey and featuring actors John Alderton, Deryck Guyler, Penny Spencer, Joan Sanderson, Noel Howlett, Erik Chitty and Richard Davies. Produced by London Weekend Television for ITV, the series ran for 55 episodes between 1968 and 1972. The theme tune "School's Out" was by Sam Fonteyn. The title derives from the then-standard request phrase used in Britain when they wish to interrupt the teacher with a question. Although the series is based around a class of 16-year-old pupils, all of the actors in these roles were in fact in their early 20s and looked distinctly too old for the setting. Synopsis The programme was set in the fictional Fenn Street Secondary Modern School and starred John Alderton as Bernard Hedges, a young teacher fresh out of training college. The supporting cast included Deryck Guyler, Joan Sanderson and Richard Davies. Character actors and actresses formed the guest cast, inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm McFee
Malcolm Raymond McFee (16 August 1949 – 18 November 2001) was an English actor best known for his role as Peter Craven in the TV series ''Please Sir!'', the film of the same name, and the spin-off TV series ''The Fenn Street Gang''. Career Malcolm McFee made his first appearance on television in 1967. In 1968, he began a three-season stint in the London Weekend Television situation comedy series ''Please Sir!'' playing the part of smooth wide-boy Peter Craven. He continued the role into the 1971 feature film comedy version, also called ''Please Sir! (film), Please Sir!''. McFee had made his film debut in the 1969 satirical anti-war musical ''Oh! What a Lovely War''. The ''Please Sir!'' TV series spawned a comedy sequel called ''The Fenn Street Gang'', which ran from 1971 to 1973. McFee was unavailable for season one as he was appearing in the West End play ''Forget-Me-Not-Lane'' and the part of Craven was played for that season by Leon Vitali. McFee returned for seasons two an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Please Sir! (film)
''Please Sir!'' is a 1971 British comedy film directed by Mark Stuart and starring John Alderton, Deryck Guyler and Carol Hawkins. It is a spin-off from the ITV television series of the same name which ran from 1968 to 1972. The film was shot at Pinewood Studios and on location in London in Primrose Hill and Willesden. The country park scenes were shot at Black Park, close to Pinewood in Buckinghamshire. Produced by L.W.I. Productions, it was released by the Rank Organisation on 10 September 1971. Plot Mr. Hedges, the somewhat naive and idealistic teacher of the rebellious Class 5C of Fenn Street School lobbies to have his class allowed on the annual school camping trip despite opposition from the head teacher Mr. Cromwell, the fastidious and officious school caretaker Mr. Potter, snobbish teacher Miss Ewell and the world-weary Mr. Price. Eventually (with Mr. Hedges having won the hearts and minds of Mr. Cromwell and Miss Ewell with a speech about giving Class 5C a helping h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Alderton
John Alderton (born 27 November 1940) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in '' Upstairs, Downstairs'', ''Thomas & Sarah'', ''Wodehouse Playhouse'', ''Little Miss'' (original television series), ''Please Sir!'', ''No, Honestly'' and ''Fireman Sam'' (the original series). Alderton has often starred alongside his wife, Pauline Collins. Early life Alderton was born on 27 November 1940 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, the son of Ivy (née Handley) and Gordon John Alderton. He grew up in Hull where he attended Kingston High School. Career Alderton first became familiar to television viewers in 1962, when he played Dr Moone in the ITV soap opera, ''Emergency – Ward 10''. After an uncredited role in ''Cleopatra'' (1963), and appearing in British films such as '' The System'' (1964), '' Assignment K'' (1968), '' Duffy'' (1968) and '' Hannibal Brooks'' (1969), he played the lead in the comedy series ''Please Sir!'', as hapless teacher Mr Hedges, which later resulted i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV Studios
ITV Studios is a British multinational television production and distribution company owned by the British television broadcaster ITV plc. It handles production and distribution of programmes broadcast on the ITV network and third-party broadcasters, and is based in 12 countries across 60 production labels, with local production offices in the UK, US, Belgium, Australia, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Israel, France, Spain and Scandinavia. About ITV Studios not only makes programs primarily for its parent company ITV plc, but also for other networks such as the BBC and Channel 4. It was formed from a gradual amalgamation of the production divisions of all ITV plc owned 'channel three' licensees which occurred from 1994 to 2004, and for a number of years thereafter following the creation of ITV plc. The division is also responsible for ITV's production facilities The London Studios, 3SixtyMedia (based at ITV Granada, and co-owned with BBC Studios and Post Production), and lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Peters (actor)
Peter Reginald Gadd (3 June 1925 – 11 May 2013), known professionally as Arnold Peters, was an English actor, who played Jack Woolley in ''The Archers'' radio soap opera for 31 years. Biography Born in Hendon, Middlesex, but brought up in Northamptonshire, he was educated as a day boy at Wellingborough School.Obituary: Arnold Peters telegraph.co.uk, 13 May 2013 He joined the in 1944, but was found to be unfit for military service, and after the war spent five years at the Northampton Repertory Theatre [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glynn Edwards
John Glynn Edwards (2 February 1931 – 23 May 2018) was a British television and cinema character actor, who came to national prominence for his portrayal of the barman Dave Harris in the 1970s–1990s British television comedy-drama ''Minder''. Early life Edwards was born in Penang, Peninsular Malaysia, on 2 February 1931. His father, who spent little time on him, was a rubber planter at the time of his birth and died later in 1946. His mother died shortly after his birth and he was raised first by his grandparents in Southsea, Hampshire, and then by his father and stepmother, who ran a pub in Salisbury, Wiltshire. He received his early formal education at Clayesmore School in Dorset. In his childhood he read Arthur Ransome's adventure novel ''Swallows and Amazons'', which gave him a life-long passion for river-boating, which began with sailing expeditions along the River Avon in his tenth year. As a teenager he was an amateur actor, before going to Trinidad where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Holley
Bernard John Holley (9 August 1940 – 22 November 2021) was a British actor whose career spanned more than six decades. Life and career Holley was born in Eastcote, Middlesex. He attended Kilburn Grammar School and the Rose Bruford Drama School, and made his first professional stage appearance at the Theatre Royal, Lincoln, in 1963. Holley came to notice in the long-running UK police drama series ''Z-Cars'' as PC Newcombe, a character he played for four years. He also appeared in ''Doctor Who'', first as Peter Haydon in ''The Tomb of the Cybermen'' (1967), starring Patrick Troughton as the Doctor, and later as the Axon Man in ''The Claws of Axos'' (1971), starring Jon Pertwee. Holley reprised his role as Axos in a new Doctor Who audio drama, ''The Feast of Axos'', opposite Colin Baker, which was released on CD in February 2011. Other regular roles included Detective Inspector Mike Turnbull in ''The Gentle Touch'' (1982–84), a character he also played in the follow-up seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Baker (British Actor)
George Morris Baker, MBE (1 April 19317 October 2011) was an English actor and writer. He was best known for portraying Tiberius in ''I, Claudius'', and Inspector Wexford in ''The Ruth Rendell Mysteries''. Early life Baker was born in Varna, Bulgaria. His father was an English businessman and honorary vice consul and his mother an Irish Red Cross nurse who moved to Bulgaria to help fight cholera. He attended Lancing College, Sussex; he then appeared as an actor in repertory theatre and at the Old Vic. Career Early film stardom Baker's first film was '' The Intruder'' (1953). He made his name in '' The Dam Busters'' (1955), and his first starring role was in ''The Ship That Died of Shame'' (1955) with Richard Attenborough. Baker also starred as a leading man in ''The Woman for Joe'' (1955) opposite Diane Cilento; '' The Feminine Touch'' (1956), playing a handsome doctor in a nurse film; ''A Hill in Korea'' (1956), playing a heroic soldier, with Robert Shaw and Stanley Baker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowler (TV Series)
''Bowler'' is a British television sitcom which originally aired on ITV in a single series of 13 episodes between 29 July and 21 October 1973. A situation-comedy, it was a spin-off from ''The Fenn Street Gang'' featuring George Baker as East End criminal Stanley Bowler. Released after serving a prison sentence, Stanley Bowler sets about trying to 'better' himself. The basic premise of the series revolves around Bowler's attempts to develop (and to project to others) a more-cultured personality, as he tries (but fails) to understand the fine arts, and to move into higher social circles. Main cast * George Baker as Stanley Bowler * Fred Beauman as Reg * Renny Lister as Doreen Bowler * Gretchen Franklin as Mum * Christopher Benjamin as Supt. Chamberlain * Johnnie Wade Johnnie Wade is a retired British film and television actor. His most memorable role was playing put upon handyman 'Roger' in the ITV Yorkshire TV comedy series '' You're Only Young Twice'' between 1977 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privet
A privet is a flowering plant in the genus ''Ligustrum''. The genus contains about 50 species of erect, deciduous or evergreen shrubs, sometimes forming small or medium-sized trees, native species, native to Europe, north Africa, Asia, many introduced and naturalised in Australasia, where only one species, ''Ligustrum australianum'', extends as a native into Queensland. Some species have become widely naturalized or invasive where introduced. ''Privet'' was originally the name for the European semi-evergreen shrub ''Ligustrum vulgare'', and later also for the more reliably evergreen ''Ligustrum ovalifolium'' and its hybrid ''Ligustrum × ibolium'' used extensively for privacy Hedge, hedging, though now the name is applied to all members of the genus. The generic name was applied by Pliny the Elder (23–79 CE) to ''L. vulgare''. It is often suggested that the name ''privet'' is related to ''private'', but the Oxford English Dictionary, OED states that there is no evidence to sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Lancaster
Ann A Lancaster (5 May 1920 – 31 October 1970) was a well-known character actress who appeared in many British films, television shows and in theatre. Lancaster specialised in comic roles and had a talent for voices which she often used on radio to portray children and to do voiceovers for television commercials. Her most high-profile film roles were in ''The Million Pound Note'' (1953), '' A Night to Remember'' (1958, uncredited as a woman on a train), ''The Dirty Dozen'' (1967), '' Fathom'' (1967), ''The Railway Children'' (1970), and in one Carry On Film ''Carry On Again Doctor'' (1969). She was the voice behind the Ajax 'It cleans like a white tornado' advertisements on television. She was in the radio show: Mrs Dale's Diary, and appeared in many well-known television comedies including Hancock's Half Hour, Till Death Us Do Part, Tea at the Ritz, Hughie and The World of Beachcomber with Spike Milligan. Personal life Ann was born in 1920 in London and died of cancer in 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Mitchell
Barbara Mitchell (4 October 1929 – 9 December 1977, Kingston Upon Thames) was an English actress who became a familiar face on British television in the 1960s and 1970s, best known for her work in many classic sitcoms of the period. Career Mitchell started out as a stage actress, and gained a foothold in television with a number of appearances in popular shows in the 1960s. In 1970, she got her first leading TV role, as Ruth, the daughter of the title character (Irene Handl) in the gentle comedy ''For the Love of Ada'', which ran for four series and 27 episodes, followed by a spin-off film. At the same time, she was appearing periodically as Mrs. Abbott, the absurdly over-protective mother of would-be tough guy Frankie ("Mummy's little soldier"), in ''Please Sir!'' and its sequel ''The Fenn Street Gang''. Mitchell's appearances as Mrs. Abbott were sporadic, and fleeting, but were hugely popular and are still remembered with affection. She appeared as Isabel Chintz, a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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