''Small World'' is a 1988

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based on David Lodge's 1984

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'' Small World: An Academic Romance''. Structured as six one-hour episodes, its producer was Steve Hawes, and its director was Robert Chetwyn. Howard Schuman wrote the screenplay, in consultation with Lodge. The titles of the six episodes are: * Part 1 - 'April Is the Cruellest Month' * Part 2 - 'The Lady of Situations' * Part 3 - 'Unreal Cities' * Part 4 - 'What Shall We Do Tomorrow?' * Part 5 - 'Throbbing and Waiting' * Part 6 - 'Hurry up Please, It's Time' Each episode opens with Persse McGarrigle speaking into a tape recorder at the underground chapel at

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, for communication to his mentor Professor McCreedy. Stuart Laing has described various changes and simplifications in the transition of the novel to the TV series.

Cast

Finbar Lynch Finbar Lynch (born 28 August 1959) is an Irish actor. Early life Lynch was born in Dublin, and at the age of 11, moved with his family to the village of Inverin, County Galway where his father ran a clothing factory under a scheme to encourage ...

(Persse McGarrigle) * Stephen Moore (Philip Swallow) *

John Ratzenberger John Dezso Ratzenberger (born April 6, 1947)About John
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(Morris Zapp) * Sarah Badel (Hilary Swallow / Joy Simpson) * Rachel Kempson (Miss Maiden) *

Leonie Mellinger Leonie Mellinger (born 24 June 1959) is a British actress, author and communications skills coach. Early life Mellinger was born in the British military hospital neighbouring Spandau Prison as her actor father was then working for Bertolt Brec ...

(Angelica Pabst / Lily Pabst) *

Sheila Gish Sheila Gish (born Sheila Anne Syme Gash; 23 April 1942 – 9 March 2005) was an English actress. For her role in the 1995 London revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical ''Company'', she won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance in ...

(Fulvia Morgana / Desirée Zapp) * Anthony Newlands (Jacques Textel) * Marc de Jonge (Michel Tardieu) * Charles Gray (Rudyard Parkinson) *

John Rogan John William "Bud" Rogan February 12 – September 11, 1905; some sources indicate 1867, 1868 and 1871 as his birth year) is recorded as the second-tallest person ever at , behind only Robert Wadlow. Biography John Rogan was born in Hende ...

(Professor McCreedy) * David Milton-Jones (Albert) *

Julie Peasgood Julie May Peasgood (born 28 May 1956 in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire) is an English actress, television presenter, author and voiceover artist known for her distinctive voice. She is best known for her role as Fran Pearson in the television soap ' ...

(Cheryl Summerbee) *

Frederick Jaeger Manfred Frederick Jaeger (9 May 1928 – 18 June 2004) was a German-born British film, television, theatre and radio character actor. Biography Jaeger was born in Berlin, Germany, but moved to England following Adolf Hitler's rise to power. He ...

(Siegfried von Turpitz) * Malcolm Storry (Ronald Frobisher) * Peter Cellier (Felix Skinner) *

Lewis Fiander Lewis Ernest Fiander (12 January 1938 – 24 May 2016) was an Australian film, stage, and television actor. Biography Fiander was born in Melbourne to Mona Jane (née King) and Walter Lewis Fiander, and educated at Trinity Grammar School, Ke ...

(Robin Dempsey) * Jeffrey Gardiner (Robert Sutcliffe) * Robert Flemyng (Arthur Kingfisher) * Marie-Elise Grepne (Gloria) * Guy Moore (Matthew Swallow) * Cecilia-Marie Carreon (Song-Mi Lee) * Britt Morrow (Bernadette)

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