"The Fenn Street Gang The Fenn Street Gang is a British television sitcom which ran for three seasons between 1971 and 1973. The series was created by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, it was a spin off from their popular ""Please Sir!"" series. The series followed the lives of many of the pupils from Fenn Street School as they entered the world of work. Some episodes were written by Geoff Rowley and Andy Baker, as well as David Barry and Tony Bilbow. Stars of the series were Peter Cleall, Carol Hawkins (who also replaced Penny Spencer as Sharon in the"
"Fenn Street Gang"" — which followed the former school pupils as they tried to make their way in the harsh world outside. This starred David Barry, Peter Cleall and Carol Hawkins. Making his debut in series 1, George Baker made such an impression as a wide-boy villain that the prequel ""Bowler"" was launched in 1973. This lasted for one series and co-starred Fred Beauman, Renny Lister and Gretchen Franklin. In the early to mid-1970s, Esmonde and Larbey produced several lesser-known comedies, sometimes lasting no longer than a pilot. These include ITV's ""Cosmo And Thingy"", set in prehistoric times featuring a"
"social circles. Bowler (TV series) Bowler was a short-lived British Sitcom which originally aired on ITV in a single series of 13 episodes between 29 July and 21 October 1973. A situation-comedy, it was a spin-off from ""The Fenn Street Gang"" featuring George Baker as East End criminal Stanley Bowler. Released from prison after serving a prison sentence, Stanley Bowler sets about trying to 'better' himself. The basic premise of the series revolves around Bowler's attempts to develop (and to project to others) a more cultured personality, as he tries (but fails) to understand the fine arts, and to move"
"Bowler (TV series) Bowler was a short-lived British Sitcom which originally aired on ITV in a single series of 13 episodes between 29 July and 21 October 1973. A situation-comedy, it was a spin-off from ""The Fenn Street Gang"" featuring George Baker as East End criminal Stanley Bowler. Released from prison after serving a prison sentence, Stanley Bowler sets about trying to 'better' himself. The basic premise of the series revolves around Bowler's attempts to develop (and to project to others) a more cultured personality, as he tries (but fails) to understand the fine arts, and to move into higher"
"and displays Danny's introduction into university life including life modelling, chatting up girls who have boyfriends at home and learning that there is a university degree called Moral Philosophy with Comparative Philology. Off the Hook (TV series) Off the Hook is a British sitcom about a group of freshers at university. The show's cast includes Jonathan Bailey, who plays the protagonist Danny, Danny Morgan as Shane and James Buckley (Jay Cartwright from ""The Inbetweeners"") as Fred. They are joined by Joanna Cassidy who plays Scarlet and Georgia King as Wendy ""Weird Bloke"". The series was commissioned as part of the"
"credits, portraying the matriarch of the family at the centre of ""The Wind of Change"", one of the first British films to confront the issue of contemporary race relations. Through the 1960s and into the 1970s, Fenemore's career increasingly turned to television. She featured in recurring roles in comedy series ""The Fenn Street Gang"" (as Mrs. Duffy) and ""Are You Being Served?"" (as a cleaner, variously referred to as Ivy, Elsie or Daphne but presumed to be the same person). She also starred in the cult favourite CFF production ""Chico the Rainmaker"", originally shown as a serial during children's Saturday"
"British comedies for Will Hay, George Formby and others. Moore Marriott, who was a frequent co-star of Will Hay, often turned up in their films. Eddie Gray, their associate and equally crazy comic, appeared in the later ""Life Is a Circus"" only. In ""Life Is a Circus"" (1958), starring Shirley Eaton, Flanagan and Allen again performed their biggest hit, ""Underneath the Arches"". Chesney Allen withdrew from live performances in later years due to ill health, though he outlived all the others. The Gang made a television series, ""The Gang Show"", in 1956. The Gang was understudied by Peter Glaze. Among"
"The Sweeney The Sweeney is a 1970s British television police drama focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police specialising in tackling armed robbery and violent crime in London. It was made by Thames Television for broadcast on the ITV network. The programme's title derives from 'Sweeney Todd', which is Cockney rhyming slang for ""Flying Squad"". It starred John Thaw as Detective Inspector Jack Regan and Dennis Waterman as his partner, Detective Sergeant George Carter. Such was its popularity in the UK that it spawned two feature film spin-offs, ""Sweeney!"" and ""Sweeney 2"". The"
"Stella Street Stella Street is a British television comedy programme, originally screened in four series on BBC Two between 1997 and 2001. It takes the form of a mockumentary filmed on a camcorder, based on the fantastical premise that a group of British and American celebrities have all decided to move into Stella Street in Surbiton (actually Hartswood Road, London, W12). The show (and subsequent film) was conceived and written by John Sessions, Phil Cornwell and Peter Richardson (who also directed). The main characters are played by Sessions, Cornwell and Ronni Ancona. The characters themselves are impressions of famous celebrities"
"the Royal Television Society, as well as winning individual accolades for both Sullivan and Jason. It was voted Britain's Best Sitcom in a 2004 BBC poll. The series influenced British culture, contributing several words and phrases to the English language. It spawned an extensive range of merchandise, including books, videos, DVDs, toys, and board games. A spin-off series, ""The Green Green Grass"", ran for four series in the UK from 2005 to 2009. A prequel, ""Rock & Chips"", ran for three specials in 2010 and 2011. A special ""Sport Relief episode"" aired in March 2014, guest starring David Beckham. In"
"Hancock has had roles in a number of British television series, including BBC's ""This Life"" the ITV1 cult drama Demons. He has also had film roles in ""24 Hour Party People"", ""Chasing Liberty"" (2004), ""Kingdom of Heaven"" (2005) and ""Defiance"" (2008), as well as in a number of theatre productions. However, his most famous role remains that of Emily Bishop's eco-warrior nephew, ""Spider"" Nugent, in the long-running British soap ""Coronation Street"". Hancock left the show as a regular actor in 2000, feeling that the character of Spider had run its course. Martin Hancock Martin Hancock (born 1973) is an English"
"mogul, and wrote and starred in ""Above Their Stations"", a sitcom pilot about Police Community Support Officers for BBC Three, also starring Simon Day, Dudley Sutton and Denis Lawson. He also created, co-wrote and co-produced ""Brian Pern"", a series of online spoof blogs starring Simon Day as Brian Pern, an ageing progressive rock musician based on Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno and other intelligent, politically active rock artists of that ilk. In 2014, ""The Life of Rock with Brian Pern"" was broadcast on BBC Four, a series directed, produced and co-written by Thomas. A second series was broadcast on BBC Two,"
"Season"". Of the cast, the three teenage leads were unknown: Catherine Sanderson as Tess, Simon Fenton as Ben, and Emma Jane Lavin as Carey. Simon Fenton has since gone on to appear in several well-known television dramas, such as ITV's police soap opera ""The Bill"" (in 2002) and Steven Spielberg's ""Band of Brothers"" (2001). Many of the adult cast were already well-known character actors from a range of British television dramas. Bernard Kay (Richard Naismith) had appeared in episodes of many long-running British television dramas, such as ""Doctor Who"", ""Crossroads"", ""Dixon of Dock Green"" and ""Z-Cars"", as well as films"
"Derek Jennings returned to work at their various agencies. The show had 6 episodes however when originally aired on TNT Episodes 1 & 2 aired as one episode as did Episodes 5 & 6. As such they are listed here as one episode. The Grid (miniseries) The Grid is a 2004 television miniseries co-produced by the BBC, Fox TV Studios and Carnival Films. It starred Dylan McDermott and Julianna Margulies. It aired on TNT in the US and on BBC Two in the UK over three consecutive nights and is available on DVD in the UK, United States and Australia."
"The Firm (EastEnders) The Firm is a fictional gangland organisation in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"". In late 1985, members of The Firm made local headlines when they were deemed unofficially responsible for putting Kenny Malone, a local badboy, through a sausage machine. Den Watts (Leslie Grantham), who attended school with two of the Vinnicombe brothers, The Firm's tyrannical and elusive leaders, threatened Nick Cotton (John Altman) with the gang unless he left Walford, following his blackmailing Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth). The menfolk of Albert Square thought it was a bluff until Den revealed the truth to Tony Carpenter (Oscar"
"less cerebral humour of Benny Hill and his ITV sketch series ""The Benny Hill Show"". Other notable sketch-based series include ""Morecambe and Wise"", ""The Two Ronnies"", ""The Goodies"", ""French and Saunders"", ""Absolutely"", ""Little Britain"", ""The Catherine Tate Show"" and ""The Fast Show"". In the 1980s, alternative comedy was spearheaded by Ben Elton and The Comic Strip group which included Alexei Sayle, Rik Mayall, and French and Saunders. ""Vic Reeves Big Night Out"" influenced the style of a whole new generation of comics in the 1990s until the present day. The 1990s and 2000s (decade) have also seen the rise of"
"the same time. In September 2018 Network confirmed on Twitter that Blu-ray releases of Series 2 to 4 had been abandoned due to 'lack of demand'. The Sweeney The Sweeney is a 1970s British television police drama focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police specialising in tackling armed robbery and violent crime in London. It was made by Thames Television for broadcast on the ITV network. The programme's title derives from 'Sweeney Todd', which is Cockney rhyming slang for ""Flying Squad"". It starred John Thaw as Detective Inspector Jack Regan and Dennis Waterman"
"in Vexed (2010–12) and BBC One's ""Lenny Henry In Pieces"" in 2003. He rejoined the cast of ""EastEnders"" in 2018 as Mitch Baker, the father of Keegan Baker. Griffiths has also had minor film roles (such as ""Batman Begins"" and ""Buffalo Soldiers""), and a minor role in a ""Doctor Who"" episode. Roger Griffiths Roger Griffiths is an English actor who has had several roles in television. He first rose to prominence opposite Lenny Henry as Gareth Blackstock's foil Everton Stonehead in BBC One 1990s sitcom ""Chef!"". Before starring in ""Chef"", Griffiths played a minor role as a news reporter in"
"a new set of British comedians who have made innovative contributions mainly in the form of sitcoms. Programmes such as ""Mr. Bean"", ""Green Wing"", ""Peep Show"", ""Black Books"", ""Teachers"", ""Spaced"", ""Smack the Pony"", ""Big Train"", ""The Office"", and ""Extras"" have used editing, surreal humour and cultural references to great effect. A loose clique of stars, including Simon Pegg, Dylan Moran, Jessica Stevenson, Mark Heap, Ricky Gervais, Tamsin Greig and Bill Bailey have revolved around these series, with the most obvious acknowledgement of this coming in the scene in the film ""Shaun of the Dead"" when the two groups of survivors"
"Street had taken revenge for his shame."" Writers John Stevenson and Adele Rose back up Podmore's claim that Len cheating on Rita was motivated only by the objective of maximum drama. Len Fairclough Leonard Franklin ""Len"" Fairclough is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Coronation Street"", portrayed by Peter Adamson between his introduction in 1961 and the character's axing in 1983. Len was from Liverpool, born on 5 November 1924. His parents were killed in the Blitz, after which Len joined the Merchant Navy. After de-mob, he came to Weatherfield, where he married Nellie and had a"
"spin-off show could not build on its early success and was cancelled after two series of thirteen episodes in 1989. Although the BBC has never rerun the show, it has been broadcast on Gold and internationally. In 2014, it was announced that long-time supporting actors Ken Kitson and Louis Emerick had returned to Holmfirth to reprise their roles as Police Constables Cooper and Walsh in the pilot for a new proposed spin-off, ""Cooper and Walsh"". Alan J.W. Bell as well as crew from ""Last of the Summer Wine"" were involved in the creation of two short films while Kitson and"
"Five. It was a parody of his hugely successful Sky One show, ""Ross Kemp on Gangs"". British comedian John Finnemore did a radio sketch in which Julian and George run into each other as adults and reminisce. It is revealed that Julian has gone on to a career as a smuggler and regularly has to deal with copycat groups of children trying to thwart his plans. George is a happily married mother, Dick has gone to live in a commune in America, and Anne has just been released from prison having murdered a man with a ginger beer bottle. ""Bert"
"(18.8% share). All four series along with the 2005 - 2007 specials have been repeated on Gold in the UK. The complete series has been released on DVD, along with the three Christmas specials. The Green Green Grass The Green Green Grass is a BBC television sitcom, created and initially written by John Sullivan, produced by Shazam Productions for the BBC. It is a sequel/spin-off of the long running sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"" and stars John Challis, Sue Holderness and Jack Doolan. Four series and three Christmas specials were originally broadcast on BBC One between 2005 and 2009. The"
"series would be broadcast by British television; only the first two seasons were shown by Fox and 5 USA, with the remainder available via Netflix), ""Sons of Anarchy"", """" and ""The Walking Dead"", to classic shows such as ""The X-Files"", ""The A-Team"" and ""Knight Rider"". Spike also carries original British productions, such as ""Police Interceptors Unleashed"" (a spin-off of the Channel 5 series hosted by footballer Vinnie Jones), and repeats of some of Channel 5's factual programmes. As in the U.S, mixed-martial arts also comprises a portion of Spike's lineup, with British TV rights to Bellator MMA and, under a"
"the British Royal Family. This proved so popular that it became a spin-off show, also broadcast on ITV, running for three series, and targeted politicians such as Margaret Thatcher for satire. The spin-off show had a surreal, almost post-apocalyptic feel to it. The characters, such as school bully Nick Knuckle and his girlfriend Binky Spoon, spent their time roaming the seemingly-abandoned corridors of the school, often stopping to address the camera directly. The character based on Prince Charles had a doomed love affair with a girl from another planet, who eventually went back to her home planet. There was also"
"has had many television credits ranging from ""Coronation Street"" in 1973, ""The Sweeney"" (1975) through to ""Virtual Murder"" (1992), ""Honey for Tea"" and ""The Unquiet Dead"", an episode of ""Doctor Who"" in 2005. He also appeared as the 'rival' of Boycie as Llewellyn in ""The Green Green Grass"". In 2007 he played Griff in the BBC series ""Gavin & Stacey"". David is married with two sons and lives in London. Alan David (actor) Alan David (born 29 December 1941 as Alan Davies) is a Welsh actor, best known for his stage and television roles. David was born in Merthyr Tydfil,"
"He had worked on Granada comedy productions prior to his appointment. Stan (Bernard Youens) and Hilda Ogden (Jean Alexander) were often at the centre of overtly funny storylines, with other comic characters including Eddie Yeats (Geoffrey Hughes), Fred Gee (Fred Feast), and Jack Duckworth (William Tarmey) all making their first appearances during the decade. In 1976, Pat Phoenix returned to her role as Elsie Tanner and, after a spate of ill health, Violet Carson returned on a more regular basis as Ena. ""Coronation Street's"" stalwart cast slotted back into the programme alongside the newcomers, examining new relationships between characters of"
"The Green Green Grass The Green Green Grass is a BBC television sitcom, created and initially written by John Sullivan, produced by Shazam Productions for the BBC. It is a sequel/spin-off of the long running sitcom ""Only Fools and Horses"" and stars John Challis, Sue Holderness and Jack Doolan. Four series and three Christmas specials were originally broadcast on BBC One between 2005 and 2009. The series follows three characters from ""Only Fools and Horses""; Boycie (John Challis), his wife Marlene (Sue Holderness) and their teenage son Tyler. In the first episode, they are forced to move from Peckham to"
"also by Renwick, was for Whoopi Goldberg and would have included Alan Davies. Jonathan Creek Jonathan Creek is a British mystery crime drama series produced by the BBC and written by David Renwick. It stars Alan Davies as the title character, who works as a creative consultant to a stage magician while also solving seemingly supernatural mysteries through his talent for logical deduction and his understanding of illusions. The series ran semi-regularly from 1997 to 2004, broadcasting for four series and two Christmas specials, initially co-starring Caroline Quentin as Creek's collaborator, writer Maddy Magellan. After Quentin's departure in 2001, Julia"
"appear in the series were Sue McIntosh, Karen Pini, Anya Saleky, Karen West and Abigail. Many sketches in the show were parodies of contemporary television shows. These included """"Thick 'Ead"""" (""Mastermind""), """"Pot o'Brass"""" (""Pot o'Gold""), """"A Casual Affair"""" (""A Current Affair"") """"Sale of the Week"""" (""Sale of the Century""), and """"Benny Five'O"""" (a Benny Hill-inspired take-off of ""Hawaii Five-O""). The show was very popular and was compared to ""Saturday Night Live"" and ""The Benny Hill Show"". The series also became popular in the UK as a result of its scheduling within peak time on the new Channel 4, and was"
"scripts. The series was a ratings hit, running for five seasons from 1980 to 1984, and was the first British police series with a female lead character (Det. Inspector Maggie Forbes, played by Jill Gascoine). In 1985, Feely created the ""Gentle Touch"" spin-off series ""C.A.T.S. Eyes"", about a team of female private investigators who covertly work for the British Home Office, which ran until 1987. Also in the 1980s, he co-wrote the screen adaptation of Judith Krantz's novel ""Mistral's Daughter"", which was produced as a US television mini-series in 1984, as well as adapting two of Barbara Cartland's novels for"
"(1999), """" (1999) and """" (2016). He has also appeared in the long-running ITV police drama series ""The Bill"" five times, 1984–97, playing a different minor character each time. He also appeared in the music video for The Chemical Brothers song Block Rockin' Beats. He appeared in an early episode of ""Casualty"" as a minor character in 1986, and appeared in the show again 10 years later in another minor role. He joined the ""EastEnders"" cast 1998 (see above). Fenwick has one sister, Tracey, and two brothers, Faron and Lee. He is, also, the second cousin of Georgina Hagen, who"
"Only Fools and Horses Only Fools and Horses is a British sitcom created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas specials aired until the end of the show in 2003. Episodes are regularly repeated on UKTV comedy channel Gold and occasionally repeated on Yesterday and BBC One. Set in Peckham in south-east London, it stars David Jason as ambitious market trader Derek ""Del Boy"" Trotter, Nicholas Lyndhurst as his younger brother Rodney Trotter, and Lennard Pearce as their elderly Grandad. After Pearce's"