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Drama Comedy

An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.

Created by

Sarah Pia Anderson

Directed by

Don Taylor Leonard Lewis Stephen Frears David Hugh Jones Alan Cooke Michael Ferguson Jonathan Alwyn Mike Newell Peter Bartlett Ken Grieve Rodney Bennett John Bruce Marek Kanievska Clive Rees Colin Bucksey Alvin Rakoff Richard Loncraine Ronald Wilson Anthony Simmons Alex Marshall Clive Donner Mike Vardy Clive Halls Peter Hammond Michael Lindsay-Hogg Jane Howell Basil Coleman Moira Armstrong Jim O'Brien

Written by

Andrew Birkin Andrew Davies Don Taylor David Mercer Don Shaw Graeme Warrack William Humble Stephen Davis Anthony Simmons Hugh Whitemore Sean McCarthy Donald MacIntyre Andrew Carr Stephen Deutsch James Warner Bellah Leo Lehmann Tom Stoppard Sarah Pia Anderson Alan Bennett John Fletcher Robert Holles David Pownall Christopher Hampton Arnold Wesker Harold Pinter Dornford Yates Willis Hall Susan Boyd Colin Tucker Tankred Dorst

Screenplay

Tom Sharpe

Cast

Ian Holm

Guest stars

Ann Bell Maureen O'Brien Tim Pigott-Smith Anna Cropper Bernard Hill Frederick Treves David Quilter Roger Milner John Shrapnel Clive Swift David de Keyser Alun Armstrong Paul Copley Sally Anne Newton Peter Egan Richard O'Callaghan John Woodnutt Rosemary McHale Joyce Redman Andreas Markos Margaret Courtenay Joe Gladwin Ronald Pickup Judi Dench Malcolm McDowell Eileen Atkins Michael Jayston Karen Dotrice Sarah Badel Richard Pearson Philip Locke Freda Jackson Ralph Arliss Simon Cadell Jonathan Lynn Pat Gorman Derek Deadman Antony Scott Mark Chapman Peter Barkworth Stephen Rea Stefan Ceba Graeme Eton Sandra Frieze Martin Shaw Alan Badel Susan Engel Richard LeParmentier Bruce Purchase Don Fellows Stanley Lebor Steven O'Shea Susannah Fellows Kathryn Leigh Scott Daniel Massey Elizabeth Spriggs Benjamin Whitrow Phyllida Law Dominic Guard Atalanta White John Standing Terrence Hardiman Patrick Troughton George Waring Adrian Pearson Michael York Alan MacNaughtan Edward Petherbridge Peggy Ann Wood Paul Chapman Antony Carrick Richard Hurndall Brewster Mason Frank Mills Peter Miles Martin Jarvis Derek Fowlds George Raistrick Michael Spice Terence Taplin Denholm Elliott Doris Hare Edward Fox Felicity Dean Dave Atkins Ernest C. Jennings Sinéad Cusack Eric Pohlmann Vladek Sheybal David Daker Kevin Brennan David Sibley Christopher Timothy Mike McCabe Stephen Leigh John-Paul Geoffrey Kevork Malikyan Dimitri Andreas Peter Kosta Walter Sparrow Lila Kaye Pauline Delaney Zulema Dene Diana Weston John Hallam John Nettles Niek Pancras Sacco van der Made Gavin Campbell Marie-Louise Stheins Wolf Kahler James Hazeldine Isla Blair Diana King Hugh Lloyd Patricia Routledge Alan Bennett Jack Shepherd Anita Carey Peter Jeffrey Georgine Anderson Michael Pennington Peter Howell George A. Cooper John Rolfe Dennis Chinnery Valerie Hill Maurice Quick Brenda Cowling Sandor Elès Patricia English Ivor Roberts Ingrid Hafner Anthony Jackson Suzanne Roquette Kazik Michalski George Romanov Yuri Borienko Yona Gailet Cyril Shaps Thomas Ellice Rory McCallum Judith Anthony Maria Warburg John Berlyne Michael Poole Anthony Pedley Keith Drinkel Nicholas McArdle Allan Surtees Pat Heywood Paula Tilbrook Colin Edwynn Betty Romaine Wilfred Grove Caroline Hutchison Katrina Lemont John Price Timothy Bateson Julian Holloway Hilda Fenemore Christine Shaw Rowena Cooper Lucy Taylor Stephen Murray Roy Dotrice Roy Marsden John Ringham Toni Arthur Peggy Mount Declan Mulholland Terry Pearson Jeremy Kemp Cathryn Harrison Gwen Ffrangcon Davies Sebastian Shaw Simon Williams Hugh Latimer Natalie Pennington Damaris Hayman Anna Bentinck Alison Fiske Debbi Blythe Jonathan Pryce Christopher Strauli Patrick Stewart Alec McCowen Diana Fairfax Oliver Cotton Michael Graham Cox Duncan Lamont David McGaw Julian Curry Ursula Howells Nitza Shaul Zena Walker Manning Wilson Anthony Quayle Patrick Godfrey Robert Henderson Michael Williams Celia Imrie Tony Anholt Joseph O'Conor David Yelland Ronald Hines Genevieve Allenbury David Griffin Marilyn Le Conte Jeremy Irons Annette Crosbie Susan Williamson Harold Pinter Margaret Whiting Arthur O'Sullivan Liam O'Callaghan Joan O'Hara James Grout Sarah Wright Maggie Ollerenshaw Linda Searle Helen Fraser Hugh Burden Charles Kay Nicholas Lyndhurst Lloyd Lamble Leonard Rossiter Susan Penhaligon William Russell Hal Galili Alun Lewis Denis Lawson Kate Fahy Philip Sayer Sylvia Kay John Rhys-Davies Donald Waugh Keith Jayne Ben Aris Andrew Downie Tim Barlow Gwen Taylor David Burke Paul McDowell John Bennett Jean Gilpin Anne Raitt Rudolph Walker Kim Clifford John Quarmby Hugh Martin Catherine Kessler Bill Paterson Ann Beach Derek Bond Timothy Spall Ray Burdis John Blundell James Coyle Veronica Quilligan Rupert Frazer Trevor Laird Terry Cowling Doug Fisher Janet Key Kenneth Cope Tony Caunter Charles Bolton P.G. Stephens Peter Benson Jean Heywood Christian Rodska George Irving Bill Dean Phil McCall Illona Linthwaite Sheila Fearn Henry Livings Colin Douglas Myra Frances Paul Spurrier Lee Logan Peter Duncan Hetty Baynes John Bluthal Roger Hammond Christine Paul Lucy Gutteridge Freddie Jones Sharon Duce Thelma Whiteley Gerald Sim Pat Keen Bryan Pringle Terry Wiles Tim Wylton Jean Rimmer Hilda Braid Annabel Leventon

Langrishe Go Down

1978-09-20

Fairies

1978-09-27

Fearless Frank

1978-10-04

The Lost Boys: Part 1 – We Set Out to Be Wrecked

1978-10-11

The Lost Boys: Part 2 – Dark and Sinister Man

1978-10-18

The Lost Boys: Part 3 – An Awfully Big Adventure

1978-10-25

Return Fare

1978-11-01

Another Day

1978-11-22

The Vanishing Army

1978-11-29

Night People

1978-12-06

Renoir, My Father

1978-12-13

On Giant's Shoulders

1979-03-28

Stepping Out

1979-04-04

A Light That Shines

1979-04-11

In England's Green and Pleasant Land

1979-05-16