''The Last Salute'' is a British
comedy television series
A list of comedy television series by country of origin.
Australia
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
* ''Viza za budućnost''
Brazil
Canada
China
*'' Number One Surprise''
Croatia
*'' Odmori se, zaslužio si''
*'' Zauvijek susjedi''
Egyp ...
which first aired on
BBC One
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15 March 1998 to 29 August 1999.
The series follows the misadventures of an
AA patrolman in
Hampshire
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in the early 1960s.
Actors who appeared in individual episodes include
Christopher Villiers
Christopher Francis Villiers (born 7 September 1960) is an English actor, screenwriter and producer.
Biography
Villiers was born in London, the son of Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Wing commander David Hugh Villiers (1921–1962) and his ...
,
Hilary Mason
Hilary Lavender Mason (4 September 1917 – 5 September 2006) was an English character actress who appeared in a wide variety of roles, mainly on UK television.
Mason was born in Birmingham and trained at the London School of Dramatic Art ...
,
John Junkin
John Francis Junkin (29 January 1930 – 7 March 2006) was an English actor and scriptwriter who had a long career in radio, television and film, specialising in comedy.
Early life
Born in Ealing, Middlesex, the son of a policeman, he and hi ...
,
Eva Gray,
Lill Roughley
Lilian Roughley (born 1949), best known as Lill Roughley, is an English actress who has appeared on British television since the 1970s. Her notable roles include Alice in the first series of ''Mulberry (TV series), Mulberry'', and as Ella Dawkin ...
,
Paul Brooke
Paul Brooke (born 22 November 1944) is a retired English actor of film, television and radio. He made his film debut in 1972 in the Hammer film '' Straight on till Morning'', followed by performances in '' For Your Eyes Only'' (1981), ''Return o ...
,
Christopher Benjamin,
Frances White, and
Geoffrey Beevers
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Career Theatre
Beevers has worked extensively at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond upon Thames, both as an actor (including ...
.
Main cast
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Paul Bown
Paul Bown (born 11 October 1957) is an English actor.
Acting career
Bown is best known for playing a leading role in the Granada Television sitcom '' Watching'' (1987–1993) and ''Casualty'' in 2000 more recently as Philip Reid in BBC's ''Hol ...
as Harry Thorpe
*
Philip Jackson as Leonard Spanwick
*
Jo Unwin
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Arts and entertainment
* ''Jo'' (film), a 1972 French comedy
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*"Jo", a song by Goldfrapp from ''Tales of Us''
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as Joyce Thorpe
*
Claire Cox
Claire Cox is a British actress. Her television appearances include acclaimed series ''The Last Salute'', '' Fresh Meat'', '' Spooks'', '' Wallander'' and '' Jamestown'' for Sky.
Career
Cox graduated from
Central School of Speech and Drama with ...
as Catherine Heaseman
*
Ben Pullen
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as Robin Pettifer
*
David Shane
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as Roy Munce
*
Paul Young
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as Mr. Bannerman
*
Brett Fancy
Brett Fancy (born 4 January 1964 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England) is an English film, TV, and theatre actor.
Early life
Born and raised in Portsmouth, he is the son of Brian Fancy, a HMNB Portsmouth dockyard worker, and is the grandson of ...
as Johnny Lupus
References
External links
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BBC television comedy
BBC television sitcoms
1998 British television series debuts
1999 British television series endings
1990s British comedy television series
English-language television shows