ITV Playhouse
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M. R. James...Runes survived and has been shown at cult film festivals. "Casting the Runes" was also adapted for television in 1979 as an episode of the ITV Playhouse series. From 1971 to 1978 the BBC broadcast a new ghost story each Christmas in a... In this article: M. R. James, Ghost Stories, Whistle, Suffolk, Night of the Demon, UK, Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book, British Film Institute, John Rowe, and Christmas Eve |
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Wikipedia | October 26, 2009
Paul Barber (actor)
...known) was very young. Barber began on the stage in the musical Hair ''. His first major TV role was as Sam 'Lucky' Ubootu in the 1974 ITV Playhouse production ''Lucky set in Liverpool and made by Granada TV. He then played the flamboyant...
In this article: Paul Barber, The Full Monty, Liverpool, Only Fools and Horses, Vernon Tomlin, Dead Man's Cards, Robert Carlyle, Deal or No Deal, Samuel L Jackson, and Hair
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Wikipedia | September 24, 2009
John Irvin
...(1974) and '' (1974), and the pilot for ''The Nearly Man (1974) and seven episodes over 1975. In 1977, he directed an episode for ITV Playhouse and did the adaptation of Charles Dickens's Hard Times series. In 1979, Irvin made episodes...
In this article: John Irvin, John le Carre, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, World War II, Hard Times, The Boys from County Clare, Charles Dickens, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, and Glenda Jackson
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Wikipedia | September 21, 2009
Patrick Malahide
...debut in 1976, in an episode of The Flight of the Heron, then in single episodes of Sutherland's Law and The New Avengers (1976) and ITV Playhouse (1977). He was then in an adaptation of The Eagle of the Ninth, and his first film was...
In this article: Patrick Malahide, Douai School, Sweeney 2, The Eagle of the Ninth, Roderick Alleyn, Ngaio Marsh, Brideshead Revisited, and Pierce Brosnan
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Wikipedia | September 15, 2009
Mary Miller (actress)
...her divorce in 1969, Miller continued working unabated, and in the next few years appeared in such productions as Tales of Piccadilly, ITV Playhouse, Sykes, '', and ''Old Times (the play by Harold Pinter), until being offered one of her...
In this article: Mary Miller, BBC Television, Marty Feldman, Isadora Duncan, Frank Butcher, Kenneth MacMillan, Merle Park, Simon Gray, London, and Fay Weldon
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Wikipedia | September 14, 2009
Vivienne Chandler
...French actress who became a professional photographer following her acting career. She made her first appearance on TV in ITV Playhouse in 1970 but she immediately began acting minor parts in a number of major early 1970s films...
In this article: Vivienne Chandler, A Clockwork Orange, Lust for a Vampire, A Fistful of Dynamite, France, and The Ploughman's Lunch
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Wikipedia | September 11, 2009
Tracy Hyde
...and auditions, Tracy finally won the role. After Melody, Tracy appeared in a few TV appearances in the U.K. Trial (BBC, 1971), ITV Playhouse: The Greeks And Their Gifts (Anglia, 1972) and Love Story: Home For The Holidays (Associated...
In this article: Mark Lester, Thames Television, Kinvig, Japan, David Puttnam, Jane Birkin, Alan Parker, and The Gentle Touch
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Wikipedia | August 14, 2009
ITV Playhouse
ITV Playhouse was a UK comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which was scripted by Dennis Potter and Alan Sharp. The series began in black and white, but was later filmed in colour. The series was produced by...
In this article: Alan Sharp, Leslie Anderson, Pat Heywood, Dennis Potter, Ian Hendry, Michael Elphick, Edward Woodward, and The Singing Detective
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Wikipedia | June 28, 2009
Peter Stephens
...surrounded by "a little feminine company" on a cruise ship. He could also be seen on TV in that year in another anthology series, "ITV Playhouse", playing Mr Morrow alongside Nicky Henson and Ronald Fraser in Peter Wildeblood's play Rogues'...
In this article: Peter Stephens, Warren Mitchell, Doctor Who, ITV, Alan Plater, Herostratus, Charles Hamilton, Charles Dickens, Charles Saunders, and Adam Adamant Lives
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Wikipedia | May 24, 2009
The Bass Player and the Blonde
The Bass Player and the Blonde was a television play in the ITV Playhouse series, first broadcast 14 June 1977. It was followed up with a three-part serial with the episodes given the names of musical terms: Rondo (8 August 1978), Allegro...
In this article: The Bass Player and the Blonde and Phil Redmond
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Wikipedia | July 06, 2008
A Heritage and Its History
...Theatre in London's West End on May 18, 1965. Mitchell also adapted the dramatized version for television. A Heritage and Its History was originally broadcast on August 19, 1968 as part of the ITV Playhouse series (Season 2, Episode 4).
In this article: Ivy Compton-Burnett
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ITV Playhouse was a UK comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1982, which was scripted by Dennis Potter and Alan Sharp. The series began in black and white, but was later filmed in colour. The series was produced by Associated-Rediffusion Television, and it included a range of actors such as Leslie Anderson, Gwen Nelson, Ricky Alleyne, Pat Heywood, Michael Elphick, Ian Hendry, Edward Woodward, and Lloyd Peters.
Scriptwriter Dennis Potter (1935–1994) was a controversial English dramatist, best known for The Singing Detective. His widely acclaimed television dramas mixed fantasy and reality, and personal and social themes, often using themes and images from popular culture. Co-scriptwriter Alan Sharp (b. 1934) is a Scottish novelist and screenwriter whose most productive period was the early and mid-1970s.
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