Which BBC TV drama that ran from 1985 to 1990, set in the fictional town of Tarrant, was filmed on the River Hamble and the Solent?
"rated PG for Parental Guidance in Australia and PG in New Zealand for violence and coarse language. Howards' Way Howards' Way is a television drama series produced by BBC Birmingham and transmitted on BBC1 between 1 September 1985 and 25 November 1990. The series deals with the personal and professional lives of the wealthy yachting and business communities in the fictional town of Tarrant on the south coast of England, and was filmed on the River Hamble and the Solent. Most of the location filming for the series was carried out in Bursledon, Hamble, Swanwick, Warsash, Hill Head, Lee-on-the-Solent, Lymington,"
"and television. The classic 1955 film ""The Dam Busters"" was filmed at the Upper Derwent Valley reservoirs, where practice flights for the bombing raids on the Ruhr dams had been made during the Second World War. In adaptations of ""Pride and Prejudice"", Longnor has featured as Lambton, and Lyme Park and Chatsworth House have stood in for Pemberley. Haddon Hall doubled as Thornfield Hall in two different adaptations of ""Jane Eyre"" and has appeared in several films including ""Elizabeth"", ""The Princess Bride"" and ""The Other Boleyn Girl"". The television medical drama ""Peak Practice"" set in the fictional village of Cardale"
"tortoise and tarantula. The BBC children's television series ""Roar"" was filmed at both Port Lympne and Howletts Wild Animal Park, and was broadcast on BBC Two and the CBBC channel. The programmes went behind the scenes at the two parks, following the keepers as they tended to the animals. Port Lympne Wild Animal Park Port Lympne Reserve near the town of Hythe in Kent, England is set in and incorporates the historic mansion and landscaped gardens designed by architect Sir Herbert Baker for Sir Philip Sassoon during World War I. The estate near Lympne was purchased in 1973 by John"
"number of TV actors came from Bournemouth, including Juliette Kaplan from the BBC comedy Last of the Summer Wine, Ray Lonnen from the series The Sandbaggers (1978–80), Alison Newman, actress who played Hazel Bailey in Footballers' Wives and DI Samantha Keeble in EastEnders. Jack Donnelly (born 1985) actor, played the role of Jason in the BBC series Atlantis and Sophie Rundle (born 1988) actress, portrayed Ada Shelby in the BBC One series Peaky Blinders and Ben Hardy (born 1991) actor, played Peter Beale in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Authors Radclyffe Hall (1880–1943) poet and author, who wrote The Well"
"and the surrounding area, which poses as the fictional town of ""Causton in the county of Midsomer"". In the British TV series, ""[[Sorry! (TV series)|Sorry!]]"" starring [[Ronnie Corbett]], the exterior town scenes were filmed in Wallingford. Corbett's character, Timothy, drank in the Dolphin [[Public House]]. The Christmas special ""[[Professor Branestawm]]"" starring [[Harry Hill]] as well as [[David Mitchell (comedian)|David Mitchell]], [[Simon Day]], [[Ben Miller]] and [[Miranda Richardson]] was filmed mainly in Wallingford. it aired in 2014. In the town: Wallingford used to return two [[Member of Parliament|Members of Parliament]] (cut to one in 1832 and none in 1885). Its prominent"
"Starring Christopher Plummer as Hamlet, Robert Shaw as Claudius and June Tobin as Gertrude, the entire play was shot on-location in Helsingør at the real Elsinore Castle. In 1970, they screened ""The Tragedy of Richard II"", sourced from Richard Cottrell's touring production, and starring Ian McKellen as Richard and Timothy West as Bolingbroke. Additionally, the ""Play of the Month"" series had screened several Shakespearean adaptations over the years; ""Romeo and Juliet"" (1967), ""The Tempest"" (1968), ""Julius Caesar"" (1969), ""Macbeth"" (1970), ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" (1971), ""The Merchant of Venice"" (1972), ""Love's Labour's Lost"" (1974) and ""King Lear"" (1975). The ""BBC"
"and Trebarwith Strand, and ""Johnny English"", part of which was filmed at St Michael's Mount. Cornwall's scenery came to particular prominence in the mid-1970s with the serialisation of ""Poldark"", based on the novels of Winston Graham. More recent success has come with ""Doc Martin"", ""Wycliffe"", ""Wild West"", ""Penmarric"" (1979 BBC TV series), ""Frenchman's Creek"" (1998 TV adaptation) and ""The Camomile Lawn"" (1992). In June 2007 it was announced that ex-""Neighbours"" star Jason Donovan is to appear with former ""EastEnders"" actress Martine McCutcheon in ITV1's upcoming soap opera about surfing in Cornwall. The former soap stars play ex-lovers in ""Echo Beach"","
"is unhappy, missing Henry and disillusioned about her precious Gothic novels. Henry appears and proposes, however, and the story ends happily. Northanger Abbey (1986 film) Northanger Abbey is a 1986 made-for-television film adaptation of Jane Austen's novel ""Northanger Abbey"" (1818), and was originally broadcast on the A&E Network and the BBC in 1987. Northanger Abbey is the story of a young woman, Catherine Morland, who is invited to Bath, Somerset, with family friends, the Allens; they hope the waters at Bath will help Mr. Allen's gout. Catherine (called ""Cathy"" by her many younger siblings) has been quite sheltered all her"
"external scenes in West Kirby and Hoylake in 2011. Wallasey School featured in on Sky 1 in 2009. The BBC Two drama ""Peaky Blinders"" often films at various location in Wirral, including Port Sunlight village. The second series Peter Kay's Car Share also filmed at various Wirral locations including Meols and West Kirby. Sky One’s 2016 thriller, The Five, starring Lee Ingleby shot scenes around Wirral including in Port Sunlight. The 2017 ITV drama Safe House starring Jason Watkins and Sunetra Sarker filmed several scenes on the peninsula. In the autumn of 2017 filming began in Port Sunlight and Thornton"
"weekly ""Courier and Tribune"" are distributed in the town and are published by South West Wales Publications, part of the Northcliffe Media group. The Welsh-language song competition ""Cân i Gymru"" is usually filmed in Port Talbot. TV programmes such as ""Doctor Who"" and ""The Sarah Jane Adventures"" have filmed in the town. In April 2011, actor Michael Sheen led a 72-hour National Theatre Wales production of a modern retelling of The Passion. The play began at 5:30 am on Good Friday with a seafront scene, inspired by John the Baptist's baptism of Jesus, which was watched by hundreds who had"
"the Lancashire town of Bolton, the film is still fondly regarded by those from the area. He continued to direct many popular TV series of '70s, '80s and '90s including ""King of the Castle"", a 1978 production of ""Wuthering Heights"" for the ""BBC"", ""The Dark Angel"" for BBC2, ""Rumpole of the Bailey"", ""Follyfoot"", ""The Wednesday Play"", ""BBC""'s ""Cold Comfort Farm"" in 1968, ""Tales of the Unexpected"", 1966 BBC mini-series ""The Three Musketeers"", ""The Little World of Don Camillo"", ""The Return of Sherlock Holmes"" and ""Inspector Morse"" and many more. ""Peter Neill, a colleague who worked with Hammond on various productions"
"producers, Southern Television. Lymington was occasionally featured in the 1980s BBC series ""Howards' Way"". The 656-page crime novel 'Power Without The Glory,' published in 2007, was set in Lymington and its theme was yachts and smuggling. An active programme of exchange visits is coordinated by the local Twinning Association Lymington Lymington is a port town on the west bank of the Lymington River on the Solent, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. It faces Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, to which there is a car ferry service operated by Wightlink. It is within the civil parish of Lymington and"
"known an Nether Oslands. Swanwick has become particularly popular with visitors, because the river and its landmarks are where many of the scenes for the former television series ""Howards' Way"" were filmed. 'The Jolly Sailor' Public House, a pub made famous by the former BBC television series ""Howards' Way"" can be seen from Bursledon Bridge, which carries the A27 across the River Hamble, when looking west. Lower Swanwick Lower Swanwick is a village on the River Hamble in Hampshire, England. It is located within the borough of Fareham at the eastern end of Bursledon Bridge, which carries the A27 across"
"to Margate, which gets interrupted by Cthulhu rising from the sea. The 2012 BBC drama ""True Love"" was set and filmed in Margate. The show had its first public screening at the Turner Contemporary. J. M. W. Turner's long-term relationship with Mrs. Sophia Booth of Margate was featured in the 2014 film ""Mr. Turner"". In the fourth series (2017) of the British television crime drama ""Peaky Blinders"", Alfie Solomons, a character played by actor Tom Hardy, chooses to reside at Margate, where he’s shot on the beach by Tommy Shelby. Margate has two paid-for newspapers, the ""Isle of Thanet Gazette"""
"have been repeated over the years, most recently on ITV Encore in 2015, shortly after the broadcast of the new BBC adaptation ""Mapp and Lucia"" and the death of Geraldine McEwan. Filming took place in Rye and Winchelsea as well as Kent – Chilham features in episodes 1, 2 and 10, doubling as Risholme and Hever Castle features as the residence of Poppy, Duchess of Sheffield. Mapp and Lucia (1985 TV series) Mapp and Lucia is a British television series, set in the fictional Sussex coastal town of Tilling-on-Sea and based on three 1930s novels by E. F. Benson. It"
"Sorrell and Son (TV series) Sorrell and Son is a British television miniseries which aired on ITV in six hour-long episodes from 6 to 11 July 1984. The story is taken from the 1925 novel of the same name by Warwick Deeping. The story was previously filmed as a slient film in 1927 and again in 1934. The television miniseries was produced by Yorkshire Television and it starred Richard Pasco and John Shrapnel In post-World War I England, impoverished Captain Stephen Sorrell (Richard Pasco) must raise his son Kit (Paul Critchley) by himself, after his wife had walked out on"
"with each chapter generally containing a short story within the ongoing narrative of Herriot's life. This format greatly facilitated their adaptation for a television series. The series had two runs: the original (1978 to 1980, based directly on Herriot's books) was for three series; the second (1988 to 1990, filmed with original scripts) for four. A total of ninety episodes were broadcast. Set in the Yorkshire Dales, beginning in the mid-1930s, it stars Christopher Timothy as Herriot, Robert Hardy as Siegfried Farnon, the proprietor of the Skeldale House surgery, and Peter Davison as Siegfried's ""little brother"", Tristan. Herriot's wife, Helen,"
"site allows users to comment on local subjects. Bridport and the surrounding area was used to film Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Channel 4 television programme ""River Cottage"" and the BBC dramas ""Harbour Lights"" starring Nick Berry and ""Rockliffe's Folly"" starring Ian Hogg. West Bay was used to film the 1950s film ""The Navy Lark"" (based on the radio series of the same name), the opening credits of ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"", and much of the filming of the crime drama ""Broadchurch"", starring David Tennant and written by Chris Chibnall who lives in Bridport. The A35 trunk road between Honiton"
"Bridge. ""Spring and Port Wine"" by playwright, Bill Naughton was filmed and set in Bolton and ""The Family Way"" based on Naughton's play ""All in Good Time"" was also filmed and set in the town. Peter Kay filmed comedy TV series ""That Peter Kay Thing"" in the town. Bolton has been use as a setting for film and television drama. Le Mans Crescent has featured as a London street in the Jeremy Brett version of Sherlock Holmes, a Russian secret service building in the 1990s comedy series ""Sleepers"" and in ""Peaky Blinders"" in 2014. The 1990s BBC drama ""Between the"
"3 of the 1st series, ""An Innocent Man"", train enthusiast Duncan Spellar lives at Brocket Hall at Lemsford in Hertfordshire. In the opening scene, Julian Tubbs MP is shown dining on the terrace at the 'Compleat Angler' at Bisham in East Berkshire, overlooking Marlow Church on the other side of the River Thames. Later Crabbe follows him to 'Middleton Station' which was filmed at Horsley railway station in Surrey. In episode 4 of the 1st series, ""Once a Copper"", the opening scene was filmed at Shirburn Castle. Barstock University is Bracknell College. Cambridge meets with an officer from a former"
"on the Julliberrie Downs east of the river. Chilham and the surrounding area was one of the locations for much of Powell and Pressburger's 1944 film ""A Canterbury Tale"". In 1965 it was used for part of the filming of ""The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders"" starring Kim Novak, Leo McKern and Angela Lansbury, and it was also used as a location for the BBC's 2009 adaptation of Jane Austen's novel ""Emma"". The village and the castle featured heavily in a fake snow-bound episode of ""Agatha Christie's Poirot"" called ""Hercule Poirot's Christmas"" starring David Suchet. The village was made over"
"Mapp and Lucia (1985 TV series) Mapp and Lucia is a British television series, set in the fictional Sussex coastal town of Tilling-on-Sea and based on three 1930s novels by E. F. Benson. It was produced by London Weekend Television, filmed in Rye (on which Benson based Tilling) and neighbouring Winchelsea in the 1980s, and starred Prunella Scales as Mapp, Geraldine McEwan as Lucia, Nigel Hawthorne as Georgie, and Denis Lill as Major Benjy. The script was by Gerald Savory. There were ten episodes, (which aired in two series of five) broadcast on Channel 4 in 1985 and 1986. These"
"Jamie Dorrington Jamie Dorrington (born 1984 in Leeds) is a British actor who is best known for his role in the English crime drama ""Happy Valley"" alongside Sarah Lancashire He also features in BBC's To Walk Invisible Playing Enoch Thomas and Channel 4 Drama Series Ackley Bridge(2017) Plus many other British films. Sky drama ""The Endz"" debuted Jamie in 2011, followed by features in various British films including ""Weekender"" (based on the 1990s rave scene in ""Manchester""), ""Airborne"" (UK horror movie) and football focused ""Hooligan"" alongside Sean Bean and Tamer Hassan . More recently Jamie has just starred in the"
"in 1990 for BBC Radio 4 by Bert Coules, as part of his complete radio adaptation of the canon, starring Clive Merrison as Holmes and Michael Williams as Watson. It also featured Samuel West as James McCarthy and Donald Gee as Inspector Lestrade. In the 1991 TV adaption starring Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke, Boscombe Valley is in Cheshire in the northwest of England. Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard does not appear; instead Holmes cooperates with one Inspector Summerby. A young James Purefoy stars as James McCarthy. The Boscombe Valley Mystery ""The Boscombe Valley Mystery"", one of the 56 short"
"such as ""Carry On Sergeant"" (1958) and ""Doctor Zhivago"" (1965). Mary Wimbush (Esme Harkness) appeared in the BBC's famous adaptation of ""Poldark"" (1975) and several episodes of ITV's ""Jeeves and Wooster"" (1990–1992). She was probably best known, however, as the voice of Julia Pargetter in BBC Radio 4's long-running rural soap opera ""The Archers"". Century Falls Century Falls is a British cross-genre series broadcast in six twenty-five-minute episodes on BBC1 in early 1993. Written by Russell T Davies, it tells the story of teenager Tess Hunter and her mother, who move to the seemingly idyllic rural village of Century Falls,"
"Hundredth. Other well known people who live or lived in the village include the composer Sir John Tavener, who lived in the village until his death in 2013, TV presenter Harry Corbett, originator of Sooty and Sweep, who lived here until his death in 1989, TV presenter Mick Robertson, known for ""Magpie"", politician David James, who lived in the village whilst Conservative MP for North Dorset, and actor Tom Mennard, known for the character Sam Tindall in ""Coronation Street"". 19. Enid Blyton, “5 go mad in Dorset” Child Okeford Child Okeford (sometimes written Childe Okeford) is a village and civil"
"a setting for the BBC's 1980 ""Pride and Prejudice"" as Longbourn Hall. The parish boundary with Walcott crosses the B1189 at Thorpe Tilney, part of the parish, to the south. To the west it meets Digby, then further north meets Scopwick, crosses the B1191, and follows the north-south Sleaford-Lincoln railway. It meets Martin, and the boundary passes eastwards, just south of the Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre. It crosses the north-south B1189 then, between the village and Martin it follows part of Car Dyke around the south of Martin Wood, and follows Timberland Delph to the north-east. Timberland Drove follows this"
"primary filming venue for the 1980s BBC TV soap opera ""Howards' Way"". The village was known as ""Brixendona"" or Brixenden in the 12th century, Burstlesden in the 14th century, and ""Bristelden"" in the 16th century. The name probably means ""Hill associated with a man called Beorhtsige"", from Old English personal name meaning 'bright victory' and ""dun"" meaning ""hill, modern down"". It is unlikely the Beohrtsige is the same individual who gave his name to Brixton in South London. The original bridge carrying what is now the A27 road across the River Hamble was made of wood in 1783, and was"
"Jane McGrath, who married Australian cricketer Glenn McGrath was born in Paignton, her long battle with and subsequent death from breast cancer inspired the formation of the McGrath Foundation, which is one of Australia's leading charities. Tamar Valley AONB Devon Devon (), also known as Devonshire, which was formerly its common and official name, is a county of England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south. It is part of South West England, bounded by Cornwall to the west, Somerset to the north east, and Dorset to the east. The city of"
"DVD release. Locations used for filming in the series include; Harbour Lights (TV series) Harbour Lights is a British television drama series, broadcast on BBC One, that ran for two series in 1999 and 2000. Starring Nick Berry as protagonist Mike Nicholls, a former Royal Navy officer who returns to his childhood town of Bridehaven to take on the role of harbourmaster. The first series featured on storylines including a blossoming romance with local constable Melanie Rush (Tina Hobley), the ruthless business dealings of Tony Simpson (Gerard Horan), and the inter-family feuding of the Blades — Steve, George, Jason, Kelly"
"show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. A farmhouse, Emmerdale Farm, was the original focal point of the show when it first broadcast in 1972. The farm was the home of the Sugden family, having been purchased by Jacob Sugden in the 1930s. Jacob ran the farm into the ground, drinking away its profits. The badly-maintained farm's future looked bleak when it was passed on to Jacob's son Jack upon the latter's death. The farmhouse was written out of the series in the early 1990s. Local public house, The Woolpack,"
"was done at the resort of Portmeirion in Wales, better known as the setting for the cult series ""The Prisoner"". Tim Pigott-Smith previously played Captain Harker in ""The Claws of Axos"" (1971). Norman Jones previously played Khrisong in ""The Abominable Snowmen"" (1967) and Major Baker in ""Doctor Who and the Silurians"" (1970). Robert James had previously played Lesterson in ""The Power of the Daleks"" (1966). Martin Wiggins, senior lecturer and fellow at the Shakespeare Institute at Stratford-upon-Avon, has compared this story's plot with ""Hamlet"": ""It has an inexperienced, intellectual prince, a usurping duke, and a debate about the conflict between"
"The Lakes (TV series) The Lakes is a British television drama series, created and principally written by Jimmy McGovern, first broadcast on BBC1 on 14 September 1997. The series, which was principally filmed in and around Patterdale and The Ullswater Hotel, Glenridding, stars John Simm as Danny Kavanagh, a hotel porter, compulsive gambler, and philanderer who escapes from the dole queues in Liverpool to live in the Lake District. After he meets and marries local girl Emma Quinlan (Emma Cunniffe), they move back to Liverpool. However, the consequences of Danny's gambling habit results in Emma moving back to the Lakes."