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Stay With Me Till Morning (TV Series)
''Stay with Me Till Morning'' is a British television series which was originally broadcast on ITV in 1981. It is based on the 1970 novel of the same title by John Braine.Baskin p.182 Cast * Paul Daneman as Clive Lendrick * Nanette Newman as Robin Lendrick * Alison Elliott as Petronella Lendrick * Peggy Aitchison as Joan Walker * Kate Coleridge as Vicky Kelvedon * Peter Laird as Bruce Kelvedon * Keith Barron as Stephen Belgard * Michael Lees as Donald Lendrick * Simon Fisher-Turner as Harold Thomas * Lois Baxter as Ruth Inglewood * Bill Wallis as Norman Radstock * Natalie Ogle as Olive Villendam * Richard Beale as Jesse Thomas * Frances Cox as Hilda Thomas * Malcolm Raeburn as Malcolm Fylde * Jill Summers as Waitress * Paula Tilbrook Paula Tilbrook (16 January 1930 – 1 December 2019) was an English actress who played Betty Eagleton in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' from 1994 to 2015. Career Born in Salford, Tilbrook begun her career performing on stage acro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stay With Me Till Morning
''Stay with Me Till Morning'' is a 1970 novel by the British writer John Braine. In 1981 it was adapted into a three-part television series by the same name. Produced by Yorkshire Television it starred Nanette Newman and Keith Barron Keith Barron (8 August 1934 – 15 November 2017) was an English actor and television presenter who appeared in films and on television from 1961 until 2017. His television roles included the police drama ''The Odd Man'', the sitcom ''Duty Free ....Baskin p.182 References Bibliography *Baskin, Ellen. ''Serials on British Television, 1950-1994''. Scolar Press, 1996. * Stringer, Jenny & Sutherland, John. ''The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-century Literature in English''. Oxford University Press, 1996. 1970 British novels Novels by John Braine British novels adapted into television shows Eyre & Spottiswoode books {{1970s-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Wallis
William Wallis (20 November 1936 – 6 September 2013) was a British character actor and comedian who appeared in numerous radio and television roles, as well as in the theatre. Biography Wallis was born in Guildford in Surrey, the only son of Albert Wallis, a trainee fishmonger turned engineer, and his wife, Anne, a nurse. He attended Farnham Grammar School from 1948 to 1955, where he was head boy. He gained a State Scholarship to St John's College, Cambridge, and while at Cambridge met Peter Cook and David Frost. When Cook and the team took '' Beyond the Fringe'' to Broadway, Wallis took over the roles played by Alan Bennett. Wallis appeared in a number of television programmes including ''Chelmsford 123'', '' Doctor at Large'' (1971), ITV's production of ''The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole'', the BBC's adaptation of John Masefield's book ''The Box of Delights'' (1984), the first series of ''Blackadder'' (drunken knight), ''Blackadder II'' (Ploppy the Gaoler), ''Blackadder Goes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English-language Television Shows
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 British Television Series Endings
Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán Department, Morazán and Chalatenango Department, Chalatenango departments. * January 15 – Pope John Paul II receives a delegation led by Polish Solidarity (Polish trade union), Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa at the Vatican City, Vatican. * January 20 – Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan is First inauguration of Ronald Reagan, sworn in as the 40th President of the United States, ending the Iran hostage crisis. * January 21 – The first DMC DeLorean, DeLorean automobile, a stainless steel sports car with gull-wing doors, rolls off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. * January 24 – An 1981 Dawu ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 British Television Series Debuts
Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments. * January 15 – Pope John Paul II receives a delegation led by Polish Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa at the Vatican. * January 20 – Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan is sworn in as the 40th President of the United States, ending the Iran hostage crisis. * January 21 – The first DeLorean automobile, a stainless steel sports car with gull-wing doors, rolls off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. * January 24 – An earthquake of magnitude in Sichuan, China, kills 150 people. Japan suffers a less serious earthquake on the same day. * January 25 – In South Africa the largest part of the town Laingsburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV Television Dramas
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 Islands **ITV1, a brand name used by ITV plc for twelve franchises of the ITV television network covering England, Southern Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands **ITV Digital, a defunct UK digital terrestrial television broadcaster, which opened in 1998 as ONdigital and closed in 2002 **ITV plc, the British parent company which owns thirteen of the fifteen ITV television network franchises **ITV Studios, a television production company owned by ITV plc **itv.com, the main website of ITV plc *ITV Parapentes, a defunct French aircraft manufacturer *ITV Independent Television Tanzania, a Tanzanian television station and member of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) *CITV-DT, a television station in Edmonton, Alberta, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Tilbrook
Paula Tilbrook (16 January 1930 – 1 December 2019) was an English actress who played Betty Eagleton in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' from 1994 to 2015. Career Born in Salford, Tilbrook begun her career performing on stage across North East England. After a break from acting to raise her children, she moved into television, appearing in the sitcom ''The Dustbinmen'' in 1969 and alongside Ken Dodd in ''Ken Dodd and the Diddymen'' from 1969 to 1973; thereafter she became a regular on Dodd's radio programmes. In 1977, Tilbrook made an appearance as Estelle Plimpton in ''Coronation Street'', and followed this by appearances as Olive Taylor-Brown in the same show in 1978 and 1980, and Vivian Barford from 1991 to 1993. In 1979 she appeared in ''Tales of the Unexpected''. In 1988, Tilbrook played Flo Capp in the sitcom ''Andy Capp''. She appeared as dog-lover Mrs Tattersall in ''Open All Hours'' and played three roles in ''Last of the Summer Wine''. Her other credits include ''Crow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Summers
Jill Summers (born Honor Margaret Rozelle Santoi Fuller; 10 December 1910 – 11 January 1997) was an English music hall performer, actor and comedian. Her career in entertainment lasted eighty years and in 1982 she achieved stardom as Phyllis Pearce, in Granada Television's long-running soap opera ''Coronation Street''. She made her last appearance in May 1996, and died eight months later. Early life Summers was born in Eccles, Lancashire, one of four sisters and a brother, to father Alf Rozelle, a circus tightrope walker, and mother Mary Fuller (stage name Marie Santoi), a famous revue artist. Born into a theatrical family, her grandmother was a well-known bare-back rider, and her uncle, Johnny Fuller, known as "The Famous Cat", frequently acted alongside Fay Compton in the pantomime ''Dick Whittington''. Career She first performed on stage aged six. Her childhood was mostly unhappy, with her touring parents often leaving her with foster families. When Summers was 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Beale
Richard Henry Beale (13 May 1920 – 27 March 2017) was a British actor. He had a long career in television, stage and film, dating back to the 1950s. Early years Born in Hackney, London, England, Beale was the son of Henry and Constance Beale. He served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. He worked ten years at his father's printing business before he ventured into acting. Career Beale's early films included ''The Battle of the River Plate'' (1956), '' A Night to Remember'' (1958), and ''Sink the Bismarck!'' (1960). Personal life His wife, whom he divorced, was named Anne. They had two children. Death He died 27 March 2017 at the age of 96. Selected filmography *''The Battle of the River Plate'' (1956) – Capt. Pottinger (uncredited) *'' A Night to Remember'' (1958) – Harbour Pilot (uncredited) *''Sink the Bismarck!'' (1960) – Petty Officer in Phone Montage (uncredited) *''The Flood'' (1963) – Grout *''Compact'' (1963–1964, TV Serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Ogle
Natalie Ogle (born 1960) is an English actress. Natalie Ogle was plucked out of drama school at 17 to appear in Tony Richardson's film ''Joseph Andrews'', for which she was nominated Most Promising Newcomer for The Evening Standard British Film Awards 1977. She worked extensively in television and theatre during the 1980s and 1990s and is still active in the industry. In the 1980s Natalie played Letty Mundy in the successful TV series ''We'll Meet Again "We'll Meet Again" is a 1939 song by English singer Vera Lynn with music and lyrics composed and written by English songwriters Ross Parker and Hughie Charles. The song is one of the most famous of the Second World War era, and resonated with ...'', as well as appearing in numerous televised costume dramas for the BBC such as Little Nell in ''The Old Curiosity Shop''; Lydia Bennet in ''Pride and Prejudice''; ''Camille''; ''Silas Marner''; ''David Copperfield''; ''Time and the Conway's''; ''The Aerodrome''; ''All or Nothing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lois Baxter
Lois Ann Baxter (born 26 April 1947) is a British actress, known for playing Marie Stanton in ''Coronation Street'' from 1976 to 1977, and Lady Caroline in the period drama ''When the Boat Comes In''. Baxter was born in Bridgwater, Somerset, the daughter of Dr John Baxter and Christine D. Baxter (née Arkens). The family later moved to Worthen in Shropshire where her father was a GP for many years. She attended Shrewsbury High School from 1951–1959 when she left for Moreton Hall School. Other appearances include: '' The Black Stuff'', ''Spyder's Web'', ''Within These Walls'', '' Hadleigh'', ''Z-Cars'', ''Van der Valk'', ''Crown Court'', ''Doctor Who'' (in the serial as Madame Lamia in ''The Androids of Tara''), ''Dickens of London'' (as Mary Hogarth, Charles Dickens' sister-in-law), '' All Creatures Great and Small'', ''Angels'', ''Minder'', ''The Cleopatras'', '' Bergerac'', '' Tales of the Unexpected'', ''Dempsey and Makepeace'', ''Casualty'', ''Holby City'', ''The Bill'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Braine
John Gerard Braine (13 April 1922 – 28 October 1986) was an English novelist. Braine is usually listed among the angry young men, a loosely defined group of English writers who emerged on the literary scene in the 1950s. Biography John Braine was born in the Westgate area of central Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire. The family later moved to the suburb of Thackley on the northern edge of the city. Braine left St. Bede's Grammar School at 16 and worked in a shop, a laboratory and a factory before becoming, after the war, a librarian in Bingley, a small town up the Aire Valley and at Darton in 1954 where locals put his inattention down to his spending his time writing his first novel. Although he wrote 12 works of fiction, Braine is chiefly remembered today for his first novel, ''Room at the Top (novel), Room at the Top'' (1957). The novel was conceived when he was being treated for tuberculosis in a hospital near the Yorkshire Dales town of Grassington. He stated that his f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
