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Cluff (TV Series)
Cluff was a BBC TV detective television series set in the fictional town of Gunnershaw in the Yorkshire Dales. Based on the eponymous novels by Gil North, it featured Leslie Sands in the title role as Sergeant Caleb Cluff, and ran for two series between 1964-1965. The series was filmed around Skipton, North's hometown. The entire first series including the pilot is missing from the BBC archives, but the second series has survived. The script for all episodes of this two-part series were written by North himself. Cast * Leslie Sands as Detective Sergeant Caleb Cluff * John Rolfe as Detective Constable Barker * John McKelvey as PC Harry Bullock * Olive Milbourne as Annie Croft * Eric Barker Eric Leslie Barker (12 February 1912 – 1 June 1990) was an English comedy actor. He is most remembered for his roles in the popular British '' Carry On'' films, although he appeared only in the early films in the series, apart from returning ... as Inspector Mole (series one) * Mic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gil North
Gil North (real name Geoffrey Horne; 12 July 1916 – 5 August 1988) was a British author of detective stories. His novels about Sergeant Cluff, based in Yorkshire, were made into a television series, '' Cluff'', by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in the 1960s. North was born in Skipton, Yorkshire, and educated at Ermysted's Grammar School and Christ's College, Cambridge. He married Betty Duthie in 1949. He died in Skipton in 1988. From 1938 to 1955, North was a Civil Servant in the United Kingdom's African colonies. Bibliography * Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm (1960) * The Methods of Sergeant Cluff (1961) * Sergeant Cluff Goes Fishing (1962) * More Deaths for Sergeant Cluff (1963) * Sergeant Cluff and the Madmen (1964) * Sergeant Cluff and the Price of Pity (1965) * The Confounding of Sergeant Cluff (1966) * Sergeant Cluff and the Day of Reckoning (1967) * The Procrastination of Sergeant Cluff (1969) * No Choice for Sergeant Cluff (1971) * Sergeant Cluff Rings True ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Bates (actor)
Michael Hammond Bates (4 December 1920 – 11 January 1978) was a British actor of Anglo-Indian origin. He was best known for his roles as Chief Guard Barnes in '' A Clockwork Orange'' (1971), Cyril Blamire on ''Last of the Summer Wine'' (1973–1975), and Rangi Ram on '' It Ain't Half Hot Mum'' (1974–1977). Early life Bates was born in Jhansi, United Provinces, India. His parents were of Cheshire families; his father, Henry Stuart "Harry" Bates (1893–1985), son of Albert Bates, of Congleton, Cheshire,Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, 1969, pg. 224 was educated at Denstone School and Cambridge University before entering the Indian Civil Service in 1920. He served as Deputy Secretary of the Revenue Department and a Member of the Board of Revenue for the United Provinces of India until 1947 (in which year he was created CSI) and was later of the Colonial Office.Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories, 1973, p. 2474 Bat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black-and-white British Television Shows
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Lost BBC Episodes
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BBC Television Dramas
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1960s British Drama Television Series
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1965 British Television Series Endings
Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson, sworn in for a full term as President of the United States. ** Indonesian President Sukarno announces the withdrawal of the Indonesian government from the United Nations. * January 29 – Tampere Ice Stadium, Hakametsä, the first ice rink of Finland, is inaugurated in Tampere. * January 30 – The Death and state funeral of Winston Churchill, state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill takes place in London with the largest assembly of dignitaries in the world until the 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II. * February 4 – Trofim Lysenko is removed from his post as director of the Institute of Genetics at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences in the Soviet Union. Lysenkoism, Lysenkoist theories are now tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 British Television Series Debuts
Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem. * January 6 – A British firm, the Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba. * January 9 – ''Martyrs' Day'': Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. * January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government). * January 22 – Kenneth Kaunda is inaugurated as the first Prime Minister of Northern Rhodesia. * January 28 – A U.S. Air Force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Howlett
Jack Howlett CBE (30 August 1912 – 5 May 1999) was a British mathematician and computer scientist who was head of the Atlas Computer Laboratory for the duration of its existence. Personal life and early career He was educated at Stand Grammar School, Whitefield, Manchester and read mathematics at Manchester University. He was awarded a PhD in 1944 for research on the Numerical Integration of Partial Differential Equations.http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/acl/associates/permanent/howlett.htm quoting an article published in "Quest" in 1971 He worked with the research department of the LMS Railway from 1935 to 1940. He often described his relief when his calculations of the performance of a new braking system were tested successfully on a real steam locomotive complete with sceptical crew. During the war he worked in research establishments on numerical analysis, under experts including Douglas Hartree, and using equipment such as early mechanical differential analyze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Barker
Eric Leslie Barker (12 February 1912 – 1 June 1990) was an English comedy actor. He is most remembered for his roles in the popular British '' Carry On'' films, although he appeared only in the early films in the series, apart from returning for '' Carry On Emmannuelle'' in 1978. Career Eric Barker was born in Thornton Heath, London, on 20 February 1912, the youngest of three children. He was brought up in Croydon, Surrey, and educated at Whitgift School. He joined his father's paper merchants' company in the city but left to concentrate full-time on writing. His first novel ''The Watch Hunt'' was published when he was eighteen. He wrote short stories and plays, appearing in the latter himself and gradually turned to writing and performing lyrics, revues and sketches for stage and on radio. He later became one of the most familiar faces in British comedy in his day. Barker gained his renewed start in show business during the Second World War, when he was part of the armed for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Sands
Leslie Sands (19 May 1921 – 9 May 2001) was a British actor and writer of TV and film. Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, Leslie Sands usually specialised in dour types in authority, often policemen. He was married to Pauline Williams (1950 – 9 May 2001, his death). Career According to the obituary published in The Guardian, 'From school in Bradford, he went to Leeds University to read English, ndcaught the acting bug in student productions' In 1941, Sands had his theatrical debut at the Lyceum Theatre in Sheffield. He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and appeared in several Royal National Theatre productions, among others. His many TV roles included the lead character role of '' Cluff'', '' The Saint'', '' The Avengers'', ''Z-Cars'' (for which he wrote several episodes), ''The Main Chance'', '' Department S'', ''Juliet Bravo'', ''The Two Ronnies'', '' Murder Most English'', '' Boon'' and '' Stay Lucky''. The first TV adaptation of Johnny Speight's ''If There ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yorkshire Dales
The Yorkshire Dales are a series of valleys, or Dale (landform), dales, in the Pennines, an Highland, upland range in England. They are mostly located in the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, but extend into Cumbria and Lancashire; they are entirely within the Historic counties of England, historic boundaries of Yorkshire. The majority of the dales are within the Yorkshire Dales National Park, created in 1954. The exception is the area around Nidderdale, which forms the separate Nidderdale AONB, Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The landscape of the Yorkshire Dales consists of sheltered glacial valleys separated by exposed moorland. The predominant rock is Carboniferous Limestone, which is particularly visible in the south-west in features such as Malham Cove. It is overlain in many areas by the Yoredale Series of alternating weak shales and hard limestones and sandstones, which give the dales their characteristic 'stepped' appeara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
