''The Franchise Affair'' is a British
television series
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which originally aired on
BBC One
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in 1988. It is based on the 1948 novel ''
The Franchise Affair'' by
Josephine Tey
Josephine Tey was a pseudonym used by Elizabeth MacKintosh (25 July 1896 – 13 February 1952), a Scottish author. Her novel ''The Daughter of Time'' was a detective work investigating the role of Richard III of England in the death of the Princ ...
.
[Baskin p.236]
Main cast
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Patrick Malahide
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as Robert Blair
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Joanna McCallum
Joanna McCallum (born 27 June 1950) is an English theatre, film and television actress.
Early years and personal life
She is the daughter of English actress Googie Withers and Australian actor John McCallum, and was educated at St Catheri ...
as Marion Sharpe
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Rosalie Crutchley as Mrs. Sharpe
* Miranda Bell as Miss Tuff
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David Ellison as Inspector John Hallam
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James Garbutt
James Garbutt (12 September 1925 – 6 April 2020) was a British actor who was active on television from the 1960s.
Born in Houghton-le-Spring, County Durham in 1925, James was an RAF pilot and was trained in the United States and stationed in ...
as Mr. Heseltine
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Alex Jennings as Nevil Bennet
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Penelope Nice
Penelope Nice is a British comedy actress.
Filmography
*''Doctors'' - Sarah Shapiro (1 episode, 2000)
*''Mr. Bean'' (1 episode, 1995)
*''Bodger and Badger'' (1 episode, 1995)
*''Drop the Dead Donkey'' - Nurse (1 episode, 1991)
*''The Bill'' - M ...
as Mrs. Wynn
* Grant Parsons as Leslie Wynn
* Timothy Block as Stanley Peters
* Kate Emma Davies as Betty Kane
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Jean Heywood as Aunt Lin
* John Vine as Det. Insp. Grant
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Edward Wilson Edward Wilson may refer to:
*Ed Wilson (artist) (1925–1996), African American sculptor
* Ed Wilson (baseball) (1875–?), American baseball player
* Ed Wilson (singer) (1945–2010), Brazilian singer-songwriter
*Ed Wilson, American television exe ...
as Benjamin Corley
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David Doyle
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as Wallis
* Peter James Holloway as Herbert
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Jo Rowbottom as Mildred Pinner
* Catherine Terris as Anita Kenton
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Roger Brierley
David Roger Brierley (2 June 1935 – 23 September 2005) was an English actor.
Career
Brierley appeared in dozens of television productions over a forty-year period. He twice appeared in ''Doctor Who'', as Trevor in ''The Daleks' Master Pl ...
as Ramsden
References
Bibliography
*Baskin, Ellen . ''Serials on British Television, 1950-1994''. Scolar Press, 1996.
External links
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BBC television dramas
1988 British television series debuts
1988 British television series endings
English-language television shows
Television shows based on British novels