''Market in Honey Lane'' was an ATV

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weekly series, which switched to a twice weekly

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format (shown at varying times around the ITV regions) after the first year. It was broadcast between April 1967 and March 1969. This

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drama was set in an East

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street market and covered the traders and customers. It was created by

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. According to www.lostshows.com 13 of the original 91 episodes are missing from the archives. The main cast included: * John Bennett as Billy Bush * Michael Golden as Sam English *

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as Dave Sampson *

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as Jacko Bennet *

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as Danny Jessel *

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as Seymour Darcy

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also appeared. She would later find fame in the

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'', which was also set in the East End of London. ''Market In Honey Lane'' was recorded at ATV Elstree, the same studio complex that is now home to ''EastEnders''. Ray Lonnen would go on to star in another ATV soap, ''

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'', but in the

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produced ''Crossroads'' of 2001.

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