"Blott on the Landscape (TV series) Blott on the Landscape is a 1985 BBC TV series, adapted by Malcolm Bradbury from the Tom Sharpe novel of the same name. It was broadcast on BBC2 in six episodes of 50 minutes each between 6 February and 13 March 1985. Sir Giles Lynchwood was played by George Cole, with Geraldine James as Lady Maud, Julia McKenzie as Mrs Forthby, David Suchet as Blott, Paul Brooke as Mr Hoskins, Clare Grogan as the receptionist at the Handyman Arms hotel, Simon Cadell as Mr Dundridge, Geoffrey Chater as the Government Minister, Jeremy Clyde as"
"Blott would have been too young to have served in World War II, so the flashbacks reveal that he was an incompetent Eastern European soldier who accidentally found himself stuck on a bridge between the eastern and western sides of the Iron Curtain. He was refused re-entry to the East and was brought to England to be employed by Lady Maud's father. The 1985 televised version was released on DVD in the UK. Blott on the Landscape (TV series) Blott on the Landscape is a 1985 BBC TV series, adapted by Malcolm Bradbury from the Tom Sharpe novel of the"
"finally compelling enough public attention to cause the plans to be dropped. Dundridge is imprisoned for his part in the 'attack' and the destruction of the village (in which one person had been accidentally killed), and Maud and Blott (who have fallen in love by this time) marry and state their intention to add to the Handyman family. Blott on the Landscape Blott on the Landscape is a novel by Tom Sharpe which was first published in 1975. The book was adapted into a 6-part television series of the same name for BBC television in 1985. The story revolves around"
"the author Robert McCrum wrote ""The Tom Sharpe I knew was generous, acerbic, engaging, and full of wicked fun."" Susan Sandon, Sharpe's editor at Random House, remarked that he was ""witty, often outrageous, always acutely funny about the absurdities of life"". His ashes were interred in the graveyard at the remote church in Thockrington, Northumberland, where his father had been a preacher. ""Blott on the Landscape"" was adapted by BBC TV in 1985 and broadcast in six episodes of 50 minutes each. It was scripted by Malcolm Bradbury and starred George Cole as Sir Giles Lynchwood, Geraldine James as Lady"
"Blott on the Landscape Blott on the Landscape is a novel by Tom Sharpe which was first published in 1975. The book was adapted into a 6-part television series of the same name for BBC television in 1985. The story revolves around the proposed construction of a motorwayM101 in the book and the M399 in the BBC seriesthrough Cleene Gorge in rural South Worfordshirea fictional gorge in a fictional English county. At one end of Cleene Gorge is Handyman Hall; the home of the politician Sir Giles Lynchwood and his wife Lady Maud Lynchwood. Sir Giles is secretly in favour"
"adaptation of Yates' thriller ""She Fell Among Thieves"" for the BBC in 1977, which contained similar elements of parody. Tom Sharpe Thomas Ridley Sharpe (30 March 1928 – 6 June 2013) was an English satirical novelist, best known for his ""Wilt"" series, as well as ""Porterhouse Blue"" and ""Blott on the Landscape,"" which were both adapted for television. Sharpe was born in Holloway, London, and brought up in Croydon. Sharpe's father, the Reverend George Coverdale Sharpe, was a Unitarian minister who was active in far-right politics in the 1930s. He was chairman of the Acton and Ealing branch of The"
"Pat Roach Francis Patrick Roach (19 May 1937 – 17 July 2004) was an English actor, and professional wrestler. During an acting career in the 1970's - 1990's he appeared in multiple cinema films, usually cast as a support player strongman villain. He appeared in the ""Indiana Jones"" cinema films; as the West Country bricklayer Brian ""Bomber"" Busbridge in the 1980's British television series ""Auf Wiedersehen, Pet"", and in the role of Petty Officer Edgar Evans in the television production ""The Last Place on Earth"". Roach was born and brought up in Birmingham, West Midlands, the son of Francis ""Frank"""
"B). Pat Roach Francis Patrick Roach (19 May 1937 – 17 July 2004) was an English actor, and professional wrestler. During an acting career in the 1970's - 1990's he appeared in multiple cinema films, usually cast as a support player strongman villain. He appeared in the ""Indiana Jones"" cinema films; as the West Country bricklayer Brian ""Bomber"" Busbridge in the 1980's British television series ""Auf Wiedersehen, Pet"", and in the role of Petty Officer Edgar Evans in the television production ""The Last Place on Earth"". Roach was born and brought up in Birmingham, West Midlands, the son of Francis"
"Bob Grant (actor) Robert St Clair Grant (21 April 1932 – 8 November 2003) was an English actor, comedian and writer, best known for playing bus conductor Jack Harper in the television sitcom ""On the Buses"", as well as its film spin-offs and stage version. He was born in Hammersmith, West London, the son of Albert George Grant (1909-1985) and Florence Grant (""née"" Burston) (born 1910). Grant trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, working in his spare time as a frozen food salesman and also (coincidentally, in view of his later career) as a bus"
"Cleavon Little Cleavon Jake Little (June 1, 1939 – October 22, 1992) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He began his career in the late 1960s on the stage. In 1970, he starred in the Broadway production of ""Purlie"", for which he earned both a Drama Desk Award and a Tony Award. His first leading television role was that of the irreverent Dr. Jerry Noland on the ABC sitcom ""Temperatures Rising"" (1972–1974). While starring in the sitcom, Little appeared in what has become his signature performance, portraying Sheriff Bart in the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy film ""Blazing Saddles""."
"Kenneth Watson Kenneth Watson (born 16 November 1931 in London, died of pancreatic cancer 21 July 1998) was a British television actor. He is best known for playing Brian Blair in ""Take the High Road"" in the 1980s, Ralph Lancaster in ""Coronation Street"" from 14 May 1975 to 13 February 1980 and DI Scott in ""Dixon of Dock Green"" from 1972-3, together with numerous minor roles in various sitcoms. He appeared in the ""Doctor Who"" serial ""The Wheel in Space"" as Bill Duggan, and was also booked to play a farmer in a later serial ""The Time Monster"" but was"
"Bernard Gallagher Bernard Gallagher (26 September 1929 – 27 November 2016) was an English actor, known for appearances in television soap operas and dramas. He was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Gallagher played the lead role of compassionate consultant Ewart Plimmer in the first three years of BBC TV's long-running medical drama series ""Casualty"". In ITV's daytime legal drama series ""Crown Court"", he played Barrister Jonathan Fry. Gallagher's numerous other credits include that of a Desk Sergeant in the second episode of the hard-hitting 1970s British police drama ""The Sweeney"" (episode entitled: ""Jackpot""), ""Heartbeat"" and its sister programme ""The Royal"""
"Bartlett Mullins Bartlett Mullins (born 13 August 1904 – died 15 May 1992) was a British actor. He is best remembered by British TV viewers as Mr Clough """"Cloughie"""", Bob and Terry's workmate in the sitcom ""The Likely Lads"". He also appeared on episodes of ""Z-Cars"", ""Danger Man"", ""Maigret"", ""The Saint"", ""Dixon of Dock Green"", ""Doctor Who"" (in the serial ""The Sensorites""), ""Adam Adamant Lives!"", ""The Prisoner"", ""On the Buses"", ""Steptoe and Son"", ""Secret Army"" and ""Worzel Gummidge"". His stage work included Dorothy L. Sayers ""The Zeal of Thy House"" at London's Garrick Theatre in 1938; and Sacha Guitry's ""Don't"
"""Blade on the Feather""; ""The Stinker"" (Tales of the Unexpected) ""'1982 Anthony Andrews in ""Brideshead Revisited"" ""'1983 Alec Guinness in ""Smiley's People"" ""'1984 Alan Bates in ""An Englishman Abroad"" ""'1985 Tim Pigott-Smith in ""The Jewel In The Crown"" ""'1986 Bob Peck in ""Edge of Darkness"" ""'1987 Michael Gambon in ""The Singing Detective"" ""'1988 David Jason in ""Porterhouse Blue"" ""'1989 Ray McAnally in ""A Very British Coup"" ""'1990 John Thaw as Endeavour Morse in ""Inspector Morse"" ""'1991 Ian Richardson as Francis Urquhart in ""House of Cards"" ""'1992 Robert Lindsay as Michael Murray in ""G.B.H."" ""'1993 John Thaw as Endeavour Morse in"
"Milton Johns Milton Johns (born 13 March 1938) is an English actor whose thin features and talent for obsequious or oily characters has often influenced the many television parts he has received. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. John Robert Milton was born in Bristol, England. He is known for being in ""Happy Families (CBBC)"" (1989) as Mr Alphonso the café manager of Mrs Wobble, ""Coronation Street"" as Brendan Scott (1991–93), the shopkeeper who died of a heart attack while pedaling along the eponymous cobbled street. Other roles have included parts in ""Poldark"", ""Born and Bred"", ""Ever"
"Colin Edwynn Colin Edwynn (23 September 1933 – 31 October 2018) was an actor who appeared as PC Jimmy Conway in the British television soap opera ""Coronation Street"" between 1967 and 1972. He appeared in several episodes of the long running BBC Radio comedy ""The Clitheroe Kid"" as Mr Humphrey Brocklebank. He has also appeared in the television series ""Bergerac"" and ""Heartbeat"". Edwynn had a minor role to play in the television situation-comedy series ""Dinnerladies"" as the character Bert (Season 2; Episode 1: ""Catering""). Since 1981 he has run the Queen's Head pub in Tebworth, Bedfordshire. There is a very"
"replaced by George Lee. In film, possibly his most memorable role was also Doctor Who related, with a supporting role in the Peter Cushing vehicle ""Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D."". He had a wife, Joan, and two children, Kate and Jamie. Kenneth Watson Kenneth Watson (born 16 November 1931 in London, died of pancreatic cancer 21 July 1998) was a British television actor. He is best known for playing Brian Blair in ""Take the High Road"" in the 1980s, Ralph Lancaster in ""Coronation Street"" from 14 May 1975 to 13 February 1980 and DI Scott in ""Dixon of Dock Green"""
"complicated by their on-going marital problems, including Sir Giles's fetishist infidelity and Lady Maud's wish for children to continue her line (to which Sir Giles is violently opposed); and the actions of Maud's gardener, Blott, a former German prisoner of war who is believed to be Italian. The German Army had become so fed up with Blott that the Nazi High Command decided to get rid of him by assigning him to an Italian bomber on a raid to England. Blott, who had served as navigatorand was not very good at itmade them completely lost and was the only survivor"
"On"" actor Peter Butterworth from 1947 until his death in 1979. They had two children, a son, actor Tyler Butterworth and a daughter Emma, who died in 1996, aged 34. Brown never remarried, spending the rest of her life in Hove, until her death following a brief illness in a nursing home in May 2011, aged 87. She is buried alongside her husband Peter Butterworth in Danehill Cemetery, in East Sussex. Janet Brown Janet McLuckie Brown (14 December 192327 May 2011) was a Scottish actress, comedian and impressionist who gained considerable fame in the 1970s and 1980s for her impersonations"
"Peter Jurasik Peter Jurasik (born April 25, 1950) is an American actor known for his television roles as Londo Mollari in the 1990s science fiction series ""Babylon 5"" and Sid the Snitch on the 1980s series ""Hill Street Blues"" and its short-lived spinoff ""Beverly Hills Buntz"". Jurasik was born in Queens, New York. He is the third of four children. He attended the University of New Hampshire, where he appeared in several plays. He lives with his wife and son in Wilmington, North Carolina, and teaches acting for the camera in the Theatre Department and the Film Studies Department at"
"Listen, Ladies"" at the Booth Theatre on Broadway in 1948-49. Bartlett Mullins Bartlett Mullins (born 13 August 1904 – died 15 May 1992) was a British actor. He is best remembered by British TV viewers as Mr Clough """"Cloughie"""", Bob and Terry's workmate in the sitcom ""The Likely Lads"". He also appeared on episodes of ""Z-Cars"", ""Danger Man"", ""Maigret"", ""The Saint"", ""Dixon of Dock Green"", ""Doctor Who"" (in the serial ""The Sensorites""), ""Adam Adamant Lives!"", ""The Prisoner"", ""On the Buses"", ""Steptoe and Son"", ""Secret Army"" and ""Worzel Gummidge"". His stage work included Dorothy L. Sayers ""The Zeal of Thy House"""
"John Alford (actor) John Alford (born John James Shannon; 30 October 1971) is a Scottish-born English actor. He is known for his roles as Robbie Wright in the BBC series ""Grange Hill"" (1985–90) and Billy Ray in the ITV series ""London's Burning"" (1993–98). He also had three Top 30 hits on the UK Singles Chart in 1996. Born in Glasgow, Alford attended Anna Scher's stage school from age 11 in London, alongside future ""EastEnders"" actors Sid Owen and Patsy Palmer. He appeared as a child actor in ITV sitcom ""Now and Then"" before landing the role of Robbie Wright in"
"lineup in October 1985, the month after its premiere, and put on hiatus. It returned in a new time slot in December 1985 and a few more episodes were aired, also to low ratings. The program was permanently cancelled after the January 7, 1986 broadcast. The pilot for the TV series, which aired on September 18, 1985, had Polly Holliday in the role of Captain Betty and Royce D. Applegate as Crawford. Both were promptly dismissed from the roles, ostensibly because of poor testing when CBS executives screened the pilot. The sixtyish Betty turned into the much younger and curvaceous"
"three days. In 2018, Dixon appeared in the Doctor Who episode ""The Woman Who Fell to Earth"" as a crane driver being hunted by an alien species. Jonathan Dixon (British actor) Jonathan Dixon (born 10 August 1988), known professionally as Jonny Dixon, is a British television actor, best known for playing playground bully Matthew ""Mooey"" Humphries in long-running CBBC show ""Grange Hill"". He appeared in Manchester-based soap opera ""Coronation Street"" as Darryl Morton. He joined the soap in March 2007. Dixon was born in Pudsey. He was a friend of Jack P. Shepherd who plays his on-screen friend David Platt"
"Henry Gibson Henry Gibson (born James Bateman, September 21, 1935 – September 14, 2009), was an American actor, singer, and songwriter. His best-known roles include his time as a cast member of the TV sketch-comedy series ""Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In"" from 1968 to 1971, the voice of Wilbur in the 1973 film ""Charlotte's Web"", his portrayal of diminutive country star Haven Hamilton in Robert Altman's 1975 film ""Nashville"", his role as the ""Illinois Nazi"" leader in the 1980 film ""The Blues Brothers"", his performance opposite Tom Hanks in 1989's ""The 'Burbs"", a small role in ""Magnolia"", his role as the"
"William Bogert William ""Bill"" Bogert (born January 24, 1936) is an American character actor best known for his semi-regular role of Brandon Brindle on ""Small Wonder"" from 1985 to 1989. He also portrayed Kent Wallace, the host of ""Chappelle's Show'""s ""Frontline"" spoofs. In 1964 he appeared onstage in the touring production of ""A Man For All Seasons"". Bogert's television guest appearances include ""Gilmore Girls"", ""Hope & Faith"", ""Chappelle's Show"", ""Law & Order"", ""Ed"", ""Profiler"", ""Spin City"", ""3rd Rock from the Sun"", ""Melrose Place"", ""Empty Nest"", ""Mr. Belvedere"", ""Growing Pains"", ""Amen"", ""The Wonder Years"", ""Webster"", ""Matlock"", ""Trapper John, M.D."", ""The Colbys"","
"Act"" () with William H. Keith, Jr., a science fiction novel wherein the lead character, an actor in a science fiction show, is kidnapped by aliens who think he is the character from the program. The book is similar in tone and story to ""Galaxy Quest"", which was released one year later. Peter Jurasik Peter Jurasik (born April 25, 1950) is an American actor known for his television roles as Londo Mollari in the 1990s science fiction series ""Babylon 5"" and Sid the Snitch on the 1980s series ""Hill Street Blues"" and its short-lived spinoff ""Beverly Hills Buntz"". Jurasik was"
"Joan Van Ark and Julie Harris, respectively) in ""Knots Landing"" from 1984 to 1985. In 1986, Baldwin starred in ""Dress Gray"", a four-hour made-for-television miniseries, as an honest cadet sergeant who tries to solve the mystery of a murdered gay classmate. In 1998, he became the third narrator and George Carlin's replacement for the fifth and sixth seasons of ""Thomas & Friends"". In 2000, he starred in ""Thomas and the Magic Railroad"" as Mr Conductor. He left the show in 2002 on winning the role of Lawrence Quinn in ""The Cat in the Hat"" and was replaced by Michael Brandon."
"Peter Butterworth Peter William Shorrocks Butterworth (4 February 1919 – 16 January 1979) was an English comedy actor and comedian, best known for his appearances in the ""Carry On"" series of films. He was also a regular on children's television and radio. He was married to the actress and impressionist Janet Brown. He was also known for playing the Meddling Monk in ""Doctor Who"". Before his acting career started, Butterworth served as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War. While flying in an attack on the Dutch coast off Den Helder in 1940"
"used a photo he took at a kiosk in Union Station when he auditioned for the role of Gilbert Blythe in the 1985 TV miniseries ""Anne of Green Gables"". He reprised the role in the 1987 TV movie ""Anne of Avonlea"", the 2000 TV movie """" and an episode of ""Road to Avonlea"" in 1992. His role was so popular that he answered to the nickname ""Gil"". Crombie was also a comedian and in 1998 performed on the Canadian TV series ""Comedy Now!"" as part of a sketch comedy group. His other television credits included a guest appearance on an"
"Stephen Lewis (actor) Stephen Lewis (17 December 1926 – 12 August 2015), credited early in his career as Stephen Cato, was an English actor, comedian, director, screenwriter, and playwright. He is best known for his television roles as Inspector Cyril ""Blakey"" Blake in the LWT sitcom ""On the Buses"", Clem ""Smiler"" Hemmingway in ""Last of the Summer Wine"", and Harry Lambert in BBC Television's ""Oh, Doctor Beeching!"", although he also appeared in numerous stage and film roles. Lewis was born at All Saints Maternity Hospital in Poplar, Middlesex, England. He worked as a bricklayer, electrician's mate and carpenter and also"
"to be exiled back to Britain when the regime was overthrown at the start of the series. He moves in with his brother Chris (Christopher Blake), who finds him work at his landscape gardening business with limited success. Down to Earth (1995 TV series) Down to Earth is a British television situation comedy, aired in 1995 on BBC One. It was devised by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey and starred Richard Briers, who also featured in Esmonde and Larbey's earlier series ""The Good Life"" (1975-1978) and ""Ever Decreasing Circles"" (1984-1989). One series consisting of seven episodes was produced. Richard Briers"
"The Last Place on Earth The Last Place on Earth is a 1985 Central Television seven-part serial, written by Trevor Griffiths based on the book ""Scott and Amundsen"" by Roland Huntford. The book is an exploration of the expeditions of Captain Robert F. Scott (played by Martin Shaw) and his Norwegian rival in polar exploration, Roald Amundsen (played by Sverre Anker Ousdal) in their attempts to reach the South Pole. The series ran for seven episodes and starred a wide range of UK and Norwegian character actors as well as featuring some famous names, such as Max von Sydow, Alexander"