''She's Out'' is a British primetime television
crime drama
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. The six-part series was produced by
Cinema Verity for
Carlton Television
Carlton Television (now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV franchise holder for London and the surrounding counties from 9.25am every Monday to 5.15pm every Friday. The company is now managed with London Weekend Tel ...
and screened on
ITV in 1995. Written by
Lynda La Plante
Lynda La Plante, CBE (born Lynda Titchmarsh; 15 March 1943) is an English author, screenwriter and former actress, best known for writing the ''Prime Suspect'' television crime series.
Early life
Lynda La Plante was born Lynda Titchmarsh on ...
as a sequel to her 1980's series, ''
Widows
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Terminology
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'', ''She's Out'' takes up the story of the central character, Dolly Rawlins, ten years after the events of the previous series.
Ann Mitchell
Ann Mitchell (born 22 April 1939) is a British stage and television actress. She came to prominence in the 1980s when she starred as Dolly Rawlins in the crime series ''Widows'' as well as the sequels '' Widows 2'' and '' She's Out'', all writt ...
, who reprised her role as Dolly and
Kate Williams, who played Audrey Withey, were the only cast members from the original series to appear in ''She's Out''. The executive producer for the series was
Verity Lambert
Verity Ann Lambert (27 November 1935 – 22 November 2007) was an English television and film producer.
Lambert began working in television in the 1950s. She began her career as a producer at the BBC by becoming the founding producer of ...
and the series was directed by
Ian Toynton
Ian Toynton (born 1946) is a British television director, producer and editor.
Early life and education
Toynton was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
Haberdashers' Boys' School (also known as Haberdashers', Habs, or Habs Boys) ...
, both of whom had worked on the original series.
It begins with Dolly Rawlins' release from prison after serving a five-year sentence for the murder of Harry, her husband. She teams up with several other parolees and make plans to stage a train robbery on horseback. Dolly's new companions in crime were fellow former inmates, brothel madam Ester Freeman (
Linda Marlowe
Linda Virginia Marlowe (née Bathurst, born 26 July 1940) is an Australian-born British film, theatre, and television actress. She is noted for her association with Steven Berkoff, performing in many of his theatrical works, creating a one-woma ...
), Julia Lawson (Anna Patrick), a doctor who sold prescriptions to finance her heroin habit, arms dealer and fence Gloria Radford (Maureen Sweeney), prostitute Connie Stephens (Zoe Heyes), Angela Dunn (
Indra Ove), a young woman embroiled in Ester's vice schemes and forger Kathleen O'Reilly (Maggie McCarthy).
The series was released on Region 2 DVD.
Cast
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Ann Mitchell
Ann Mitchell (born 22 April 1939) is a British stage and television actress. She came to prominence in the 1980s when she starred as Dolly Rawlins in the crime series ''Widows'' as well as the sequels '' Widows 2'' and '' She's Out'', all writt ...
as Dolly Rawlins
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Linda Marlowe
Linda Virginia Marlowe (née Bathurst, born 26 July 1940) is an Australian-born British film, theatre, and television actress. She is noted for her association with Steven Berkoff, performing in many of his theatrical works, creating a one-woma ...
as Ester Freeman
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Maureen Sweeney as Gloria Radford
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Anna Patrick
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* Anna (name)
Mononym
* Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke
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* Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century)
* Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221)
...
as Julia Lawson
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Zoe Heyes as Connie Stephens
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Indra Ové as Angela Dunn
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Maggie McCarthy
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Women
* Maggie Adamson, Scottish musician
* Maggie Aderin-Pocock (born 1968), British scientist
* Maggie Alderson (born 1959), Aust ...
as Kathleen O'Reilly
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Adrian Rawlins
Adrian John Rawlins (born 27 March 1958) is an English actor best known for playing Arthur Kidd in '' The Woman in Black'' and James Potter in the ''Harry Potter'' films. In 2019, he starred in '' Chernobyl'' as Nikolai Fomin.
Early life
Raw ...
as D.S. Mike Withey
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Kate Williams as Audrey Withey
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Hugh Quarshie
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as D.C.I. Ron Craigh
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Douglas McFerran
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Filmography
As actor:
As writer:
References
Notes
* Film directed by Peter Howitt.
* Directed/ ...
as D.S. John Palmer
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Sophie Heyman
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People with the name Born in the Middle Ages
* Sophie, Countess of Bar (c. 1004 or 1018–1093), sovereign Countess of Bar and lady of Mousson
* Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of ...
as Susan Withey
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Terence Beesley
Terence Beesley (7 September 1957 – 30 November 2017) was an English actor.
Early life
Born in London to Irish parents, he studied at the City Lit in London in 1980, and then trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic ...
as Jim Douglas
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Huggy Leaver
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He has ...
as Eddie Radford
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Richard Lintern
Richard Charles Lintern (born 8 October 1962) is an English stage, voice and screen actor.
Early life
Lintern was born in Taunton, Somerset. He studied English Literature at Durham University. He subsequently won a scholarship to the Royal ...
as John Maynard
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Buffy Davis as Norma Walker
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Antony Webb as Jimmy Donaldson
Episode list
References
External links
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1995 British television series endings
1990s British drama television series
British crime drama television series
ITV television dramas
1990s British television miniseries
Television series by Fremantle (company)
Television shows set in Buckinghamshire
Carlton Television
English-language television shows
1990s British crime television series
Sequel television series