"successful than ""The Good Life"" was their sitcom for ITV ""Just Liz"" (1980) starring Sandra Payne. This was followed by ""Don't Rock The Boat"" (1982–83) which starred Nigel Davenport. After the short-lived ""Now And Then"" (ITV 1983) they returned to form with ""Ever Decreasing Circles"", which reunited the writers with Briers. Briers starred as Martin Bryce, an insecure and obsessive character whose need to be the leading light of local activities is undermined by the arrival of a talented and charming neighbour, Paul Ryman. The series also featured Penelope Wilton as Martin's long suffering wife Anne, and Peter Egan as"
"and Martin is seen publicly together since their past cast debacle, which was part of the reason for the show's cancellation in 1997. Martin (TV series) Martin is an American sitcom that aired for five seasons on Fox from August 27, 1992, to May 1, 1997. Reflecting the rising popularity of the Fox network throughout the 1990s, ""Martin"" was one of the network's highest-rated shows during the sitcom's run. Set in Detroit, Michigan the series stars Martin Lawrence in the role of Martin Payne, a disc jockey with a girlfriend named Gina Waters (Tisha Campbell-Martin). Martin works for the fictional"
"Martin (TV series) Martin is an American sitcom that aired for five seasons on Fox from August 27, 1992, to May 1, 1997. Reflecting the rising popularity of the Fox network throughout the 1990s, ""Martin"" was one of the network's highest-rated shows during the sitcom's run. Set in Detroit, Michigan the series stars Martin Lawrence in the role of Martin Payne, a disc jockey with a girlfriend named Gina Waters (Tisha Campbell-Martin). Martin works for the fictional radio station WZUP and later for local Public-access television station Channel 51. A common theme of the series is Martin's selfish and free-spirited"
"Ever Decreasing Circles Ever Decreasing Circles is a British television sitcom which ran on BBC One for four series from 1984 to 1989. It was written by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, and it reunited them with Richard Briers, the star of their previous hit show, ""The Good Life"". It was much less brash than most situation comedies, and was more like a comedy-drama in places. This move into darker areas of comedy was continued with Briers's later series ""If You See God, Tell Him"". Briers plays Martin Bryce, an obsessive, middle-aged man at the centre of his local suburban"
"broadcast: 2/2/1980<br> <br>Guest star: Ellen Bry (Joanie) 5. ""Lost Weekend"" <br>First broadcast: 2/9/1980 6. ""Stone vs. Simmons"" <br>First broadcast: 2/16/1980 7. ""The Chairman Babysits"" <br>First broadcast: 2/23/1980 8. ""Suddenly Single"" <br>First broadcast: 3/1/1980 9. ""Cushing Quits"" <br>First broadcast: 3/8/1980 10. ""Max Falls in Love"" <br>First broadcast: 3/15/1980 11. ""Over the Hill"" <br>First broadcast: 3/22/1980 12. ""The Committee"" <br>First broadcast: 3/29/1980 13. ""The Italian Connection"" <br>First broadcast: 4/5/1980 One in a Million (U.S. TV series) One In A Million is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC for one season in 1980. The show was developed as a starring vehicle"
"Nan Martin Nan Martin (July 15, 1927 - March 4, 2010) was an American actress who starred in movies and on television. Born in Decatur, Illinois, and raised in Santa Monica, California, she attended Santa Monica High School. Her first film role was ""The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit"" (1956). Her other film roles included ""The Mugger"" (1958), ""For Love of Ivy"" (1968), ""Goodbye Columbus"" (1969), ""Doctor Detroit"" (1983), ""All of Me"" (1984), and Chuck Russell's cult film """" (1987) where she played the role of Amanda Krueger, the mother of killer Freddy Krueger. Her last film role was"
"community in East Surrey. This relatively unsympathetic character was the antithesis of Tom Good. Briers said that it was his favourite sitcom role. Martin is married to the motherly and patient Ann (Penelope Wilton) and has a settled, orderly lifestyle until he encounters their new next-door neighbour, ex-British Army officer and Cambridge Blue Paul Ryman (Peter Egan). Paul is everything Martin is not – adventurous, ""laissez-faire"", flippant, witty, handsome and charming; in the words of Martin, a ""couldn't care less, come on life ... amuse me, merchant"". He attempts to join in with the activities of Martin and his friends,"
"Ann of the Airlanes Ann of the Airlanes is a syndicated American radio adventure drama series broadcast between 1932 and the 1950s. The story focused on Ann Burton, an aspiring airplane hostess portrayed by Lynne Howard (possibly a stage name for Hollywood native Elia Braca). She also worked with the Secret Service, as did her romantic interest, Interstate Airlines pilot Jack Baker (Robert C. Bruce). Gerald Mohr portrayed Secret Service agent and co-pilot Art Morrison. Also in the cast was John Gibson who portrayed Pete. There were more than a few radio aviation dramas during the 1930s, but this was"
"Martin), his four children, Lynne (Elaine Lordan), Kat (Jessie Wallace), Little Mo (Kacey Ainsworth), Zoe (Michelle Ryan), as well as Lynne's boyfriend Garry Hobbs (Ricky Groves). It later transpired that Kat was the mother of Zoe, after being raped by her uncle Harry Slater (Michael Elphick). Lordan was cast in the role of Lynne after the character was developed at an improvisation session for thirty actors and actresses earlier in the year. The character was described as ""feisty"", ""a loud mouth"" and ""lazy"". On 15 December 2003, it was announced that Lynne would be departing the following year. The decision"
"the only one with a female lead. Ann of the Airlanes Ann of the Airlanes is a syndicated American radio adventure drama series broadcast between 1932 and the 1950s. The story focused on Ann Burton, an aspiring airplane hostess portrayed by Lynne Howard (possibly a stage name for Hollywood native Elia Braca). She also worked with the Secret Service, as did her romantic interest, Interstate Airlines pilot Jack Baker (Robert C. Bruce). Gerald Mohr portrayed Secret Service agent and co-pilot Art Morrison. Also in the cast was John Gibson who portrayed Pete. There were more than a few radio aviation"
"two episodes of ""The Odd Couple"", once in a very early episode as an irate fellow juror infuriated with Felix Unger's pestiness, and four years later as a fellow subway train passenger. Shortly after, Martin co-starred with Tony Randall for two seasons in ""The Tony Randall Show"" as court reporter Jack Terwilliger. Throughout the run of this show he had second billing only to Randall himself. In 1979 he was cast as the title character in Norman Lear's final TV series concept, """". Martin was cast to play a character similar to Lear's earlier creation, ""Archie Bunker"", but played as"
"Ann Jillian (TV series) Ann Jillian is an American sitcom starring Ann Jillian that aired on NBC from November 30, 1989 to August 19, 1990. After the death of her firefighter husband, Ann McNeil, an ex-Radio City Music Hall Rockette, and her 14-year-old daughter Lucy, move from New York to a small northern California village, named Marvel, where Ann and her husband went for their honeymoon. Lucy is apprehensive of her new surroundings in a new town and at first misses the fast-paced atmosphere of New York City, but she begins to adjust and makes new friends. Ann is also"
"forced producers to fire the two performers playing the Martin couple. Two new players were hired as Ruth and Paul Martin and debuted at the top of the fifth season (1958). The two became hugely popular with the show's fans. Surveys indicated viewers wanted to see child character Timmy spend more time with his father Paul. Producers consequently felt two adult males on the show would overwhelm the audience; Uncle Petrie was dropped from the plot and George Chandler from the cast. Uncle Petrie Uncle Petrie or, Petrie J. Martin is a fictional character in the long-running American television series"
"#8 in the summer of 1980. The characters of Lionel and Jenny were written out by stating that they had marital problems, the result of which became a two-part episode storyline as the series' eighth-season premiere. The series' eighth season was the first African-American sitcom in years (since ""Sanford and Son"") to peak in the top 5 (the series' eighth season debuted at #3). Evans and Tolbert appeared in the two-part episode together; Evans made his final appearance in two episodes during the series' eleventh and final season. Tolbert became a regular guest star throughout the rest of the series."
"""Cash McCall"" (1959). She appeared in several television series, including ""Medic"", ""Wagon Train"", ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents"", ""Leave It to Beaver"", and ""Whirlybirds"". At the age of 12, Martin was the 975th young hopeful to be auditioned for the role of Velvet Brown in the NBC television version of ""National Velvet"", the role for which she is best remembered. After being included in the final three, she was interviewed ten more times before winning the part. Ann Doran played her mother, Martha Brown; Arthur Space, her father, Herbert Brown. When she won the role, her name was changed from Dawn Menzer"
"Goodnight, Beantown Goodnight, Beantown is an American sitcom that aired on CBS for two brief seasons in 1983 and 1984. The series starred Bill Bixby as Matt Cassidy and Mariette Hartley as Jennifer Barnes, two news anchors at a fictional Boston, Massachusetts television station. Matt is a longtime fixture at station WYN-TV where he anchors the evening news broadcasts, but when the ratings for his news broadcast begin to slide, the station management pairs the reluctant anchor with a female co-anchor, Jennifer. The series follows their rocky relationship as they are not only co-workers, but are also across-the-hall neighbors in"
"Anne-Marie Martin Anne-Marie Martin (born Edmonda Benton; November 11, 1957) is a Canadian actress and writer who is perhaps best known for playing Sgt. Dori Doreau in the American television comedy series ""Sledge Hammer!"" from 1986 to 1988, as well as her roles in numerous horror films. Martin also played Gwen Davies on the soap opera ""Days of Our Lives"" in the early 1980s. Prior to 1980, she acted under her real name, ""Eddie Benton"", most notably in the unsuccessful series pilot/telefilm ""Dr. Strange"" (1978). She also appeared in films such as ""Prom Night"" (1980), ""Savage Harvest"" (1981), ""The Boogens"""
"her something of a teen idol. Initially, the ABC program alternated each week between ""The Nancy Drew Mysteries"" and ""The Hardy Boys Mysteries."" In season 2, the shows were merged and renamed ""The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries,"" which led to Nancy's role being reduced. This frustrated Martin, who left the series as a result. Her final appearance as Nancy aired on January 1, 1978. Martin appeared in a cover pictorial in the July 1978 issue of ""Playboy"" magazine, with the headline ""TV's Nancy Drew Undraped"". In the magazine, she cited the merger of the two shows as her reason for"
"Martin, and Short were augmented by supporting players John Hemphill and Mary Charlotte Wilcox, neither of whom was an official cast member. Also, in Season 5, Ramis and O'Hara each returned for one episode apiece as guest stars. The last new ""SCTV"" episode for NBC was seen in March 1983. For both Seasons 4 and 5, the show continued to air on the CBC in Canada as a full hour, edited down from the NBC shows. In the fall of 1983, NBC wanted the late Friday night time slot for the new ""Friday Night Videos"". ""SCTV"" was offered a slot"
"husband, Philip Martin (Ian Rawlings), his children Debbie (Marnie Reece-Wilmore) and Michael (Troy Beckwith) and their only child Hannah (Rebecca Ritters). They move in for a short time. Jim begins dating Fiona Hartman (Suzanne Dudley) whose daughter Annalise moves in as well. Jim suffers a heart attack and dies in the kitchen in 1993. Jim leaves Helen a life tenancy of the house, so that on her death Paul, Glen, Scott and Lucy would inherit a quarter each. Helen rents out a room to Wayne Duncan (Jonathan Sammy Lee) and allows Annalise to move back in. Julie comes back after"
"'juvvie', of course), shrieking harpy of a wife Julie, and not-at-all-needy Debbie and Hannah. Life got better for everyone after Julie died, even when he had to contend with new wife Ruth. With his ability to smile through whatever scrunchie-based arguments his daughters seemed to get into on a daily basis, Phil embodied the gloriously happy-go-lucky period of Neighbours in the mid-nineties."" Philip Martin (Neighbours) Philip Gordon Martin is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ""Neighbours"", played by Ian Rawlings. Originally played by Christopher Milne during the character's first appearance in 1985, Rawlings took over the role when"
"Young at Heart (1980 TV series) Young at Heart is a British independent television sitcom that was broadcast between 1980 and 1982. Starring John Mills and Megs Jenkins the series was about a married couple, Albert and Ethel Collyer, after Albert's enforced retirement at age 65 from his 50 years as a pottery worker. Although Mills had performed in comedy prior to this, ""Young at Heart"" was his first leading role in a sitcom. The series was devised and written by Vince Powell. A pilot episode was broadcast in 1977 and three full series of five, seven and six episodes"
"respectively were broadcast each year from 1980. Filming was at the ATV studios in Elstree, London and on location in Stoke-on-Trent. As well as starring Mills also sang the show's theme song. Young at Heart (1980 TV series) Young at Heart is a British independent television sitcom that was broadcast between 1980 and 1982. Starring John Mills and Megs Jenkins the series was about a married couple, Albert and Ethel Collyer, after Albert's enforced retirement at age 65 from his 50 years as a pottery worker. Although Mills had performed in comedy prior to this, ""Young at Heart"" was his"
"quitting the series. Martin portrayed feisty and spoiled heiress Fallon Carrington Colby on the ABC nighttime soap opera ""Dynasty"" from its debut in 1981 through the end of the fourth season in 1984. After Martin left (of her own accord), the character was initially portrayed as ""missing and presumed dead"". The series recast the role with actress Emma Samms at the end of the fifth season in 1985. Martin hosted ""Saturday Night Live"" on February 16, 1985. She owns a theatre company in Idaho. Divorced three times and the mother of one son, Martin has written about her struggle with"
"and Anna Devane (Finola Hughes)) led to several popular spy mysteries involving secret formulas, hidden treasures and world domination schemes. A few of these plots were considered preposterous, such as the 1981 storyline in which Luke, Laura and Robert saved the town of Port Charles from being placed under a deep freeze by maniacal Mikkos Cassadine's Ice Princess weather machine. ""General Hospital"" bounced back from the brink and subsequently became the highest-rated American soap opera from the 1979/80 season until 1988 when they tied with ""The Young and the Restless"". The supercouple pairing of Luke Spencer and Laura Webber would"
"months from August 12 to December 8. Seven months later, the role was recast, this time with Pamela Roylance. Roylance would only last for about seven months, starting on July 18, 1983 and ultimately leaving on April 11, 1984. David Banning, most notably portrayed by Richard Guthrie (1975–1980) and Gregg Marx (1981–1983), is the son of Julie Olson (Susan Seaforth Hayes) and her late lover David Martin. David Martin, Jr. is born in January 1968 to Julie Olson (Catherine Ferrar) and he is immediately put up for adoption. The child is adopted by Scott Banning (Mike Farrell) and his terminally"
"in London with Sir Ian McKellen, a season at the Bristol Old Vic, and seasons at London's Old Vic and Young Vic theaters. His American theater credits include the title roles in ""Hamlet"" and ""Peer Gynt"" at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, as well as the American premier of Harold Pinter's ""Other Places"", at The Manhattan Theater Club in New York City. Martin appeared opposite Faye Dunaway, Liam Neeson, and Richard Burton in the 1984 CBS mini-series ""Ellis Island"". He made appearances in a number of television series of the 1980s-1990s, including ""Murder, She Wrote"", ""Sliders"", ""Babylon 5"", and ""Mad"
"busy doing shows on GMA Network. The second option was to be with Judy Ann Santos as Martin's leading lady. Santos turned down the offer due to unexpected pregnancy. The third option was with Sarah Geronimo but she turned down the offer because of her busy schedules. Martin also ended up being busy with his teleserye, ""Ang Probinsyano"". Finally, the roles were given to James Reid and Nadine Lustre which marks their first lead roles in a teleserye as they signed exclusive contracts with ABS-CBN. In March 2015, R&B singer Kyla recorded two cover versions of the series' eponymous theme"
"met with success, but the Drew episodes were met with mixed results. In the second season, the format shifted to present The Hardy Boys as the more prominent characters, with Nancy Drew mostly a character in crossover episodes (although the character did have some solo episodes). Martin, who was 24 years old at the start of the series, left midway through the season, and was replaced by 19-year-old Janet Louise Johnson for the final few episodes. When the series came back for a third season, Nancy Drew was dropped from the series, with it now focusing completely on The Hardy"
"improvisation from Martin and his weekly guests. This prompted a battle between Martin and NBC censors, who insisted on more scrutiny of the content. He later had trouble with NBC for his off-the-cuff use of obscene Italian phrases, which brought complaints from viewers who spoke the language. The show was often in the Top Ten. Martin, appreciative of the show's producer, his friend Greg Garrison, made a handshake deal giving Garrison, a pioneer TV producer in the 1950s, 50% of the show. However, the validity of that ownership is the subject of a lawsuit brought by NBCUniversal. Despite Martin's reputation"
"Martin and Julie's best friends are Duncan Amis, an author, and his wife Sarah who is a television actress. Martin and Julie try new jobs and therapy in order to cope with their life. Mcfly's cover of the Queen song ""Don't Stop Me Now"" accompanies the closing credits, while Queen's original accompanies the opening credits. Trivia:Georgia Moffett is actually the daughter of Peter Davison (and Sandra Dickinson) Fear, Stress & Anger Fear, Stress & Anger is a British sitcom that aired on BBC Two in 2007. Starring Peter Davison and Pippa Haywood, it was written by Michael Aitkens. There is"
"child James) but little if any improvement in his ""bedside"" manor. Series 8 sees Louisa stretched to the breaking point trying to care for their kid and her duties as Headmistress at the Port Wenn School. Al and Bert become pub co-owners and Sally the Pharmacist's infatuation with Martin leads to violence. Doc & then Louisa allow Sally, who kidnapped and endangered James, into their home in an egregious plot twist (but with no consequences; see final episodes of Series 5.) Martin Clunes originally played a character called ""Dr Martin Bamford"" in the 2000 film ""Saving Grace"" and its two"
"Houseman reprising his role as ""Professor Kingsfield"". The series was rerun on A&E in 1988, followed by runs on Comedy Central and TV Land in the 1990s. The Associates (U.S. TV series) The Associates is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from 1979–1980. The series starred Martin Short and was cancelled after nine of its thirteen episodes aired, but was nominated for two Golden Globes after its cancellation. The series was produced by Paramount Television. The show was the first bonafide starring vehicle for Short and centered on a small group of young novice lawyers who worked at a"