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Happy Families (1989 TV Series)
''Happy Families'' is a British children's television series made in the late 1980s based on the ''Happy Families'' series of books by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. ''Happy Families'' ran for two series, 24 episodes in all (since each story was split over two episodes), and was shown on Children's BBC in 1989 and 1990. Synopsis Each tale is about a family of characters – typically father, mother, son and daughter, but this varies. The cast played several different characters throughout the series with many recurring roles for the main cast including Milton Johns, Annette Badland and Elizabeth Estensen. Cast * Milton Johns – Mr Clarence Creep, Mr Ding, Mr Cross the Inspector, Mr Alphonso * Annette Badland – Mrs Wobble the Waitress, Mrs Plug the Plumber, Mrs Lather * Elizabeth Estensen – Mrs Clara Creep, Mrs Tick the Teacher, Miss Trump * Richard Hope – Mr Tick, PC Arntby, Mr Bun, Mr Plug, Mr Harry Hay, Captain Salt, Mr. Cash, Mr. Jump * Tamsin Heatley Tamsin Heatl ...
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Tamsin Heatley
Tamsin Heatley is a British actress. She has appeared on television programmes such as The Bill, The Young Ones, Horrid Henry, Fimbles, Tweenies, Big & Small and various other children's television shows. Her father was Norman Heatley, a biochemist who helped pioneer early penicillin research. Films and TV *2002 - Fimbles ''Fimbles'' is a British children's television series created and produced by Novel Entertainment. The series has 200 episodes, airing from 2002 to 2004 with repeats of the series airing until early 2012 on CBeebies. The Fimbles are Fimbo, Florri ... References External links Living people English television actresses Year of birth missing (living people) {{England-actor-stub ...
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Richard Hope (actor)
Richard Hope is a British actor who gained recognition from ''Brideshead Revisited'' as the doltish junior officer, Hooper, under Jeremy Irons charge. He is best known for playing Harris Pascoe in the UK TV drama ''Poldark''. His theatre career includes in 1996, when he played Pierre Bezukhov in ''War and Peace'' at the Royal National Theatre having starred in another Tolstoy adaptation by Helen Edmundson, playing Levin in ''Anna Karenina''. In 2015, he played Hector in ''The History Boys''. In 2018–2019, he starred in the West End production ''The Woman in Black'' as Arthur Kipps. Career In 1978, Laurence Olivier gave him his first main professional TV part in ''Laurence Olivier Presents'' ''Saturday, Sunday, Monday'' by Eduardo de Filippo. He worked with him again in 1981 when he appeared in the first and last episodes of ''Brideshead Revisited'' in which he played Lieutenant Hooper. He played Ford Prefect in the first stage production of Douglas Adams ''The Hitchhiker's ...
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BBC1
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, primetime drama and entertainment, and live BBC Sport events. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution. It was renamed BBC TV in 1960 and used this name until the launch of the second BBC channel, BBC2, in 1964. The main channel then became known as BBC1. The channel adopted the current spelling of BBC One in 1997. The channel's annual budget for 2012–2013 was £1.14 billion. It is funded by the television licence fee together with the BBC's other domestic television stations and shows uninterrupted programming without commercial advertising. The television channel had the highest reach share of any broadcaster ...
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Happy Families (books)
''Happy Families '' is a series of children's books written by Allan Ahlberg; as the titles indicate, they were inspired by the traditional card game Happy Families. Ahlberg worked with a number of illustrators and the books were published by Puffin Books. The series form a transition for children between picture books and chapter books. It is a popular series, having sold in excess of 2.6 million copies since its launch in 1980. Media A children's TV series based on the books, also called '' Happy Families'', was produced by the BBC in the late 1980s. Titles *''Master Money the Millionaire'', illustrated by Andre Amstutz *''Master Bun the Bakers' Boy'', illustrated by Fritz Wegner *''Mrs Lather's Laundry'', illustrated by Andre Amstutz *''Mr Creep the Crook'', illustrated by Andre Amstutz *''Miss Jump the Jockey'', illustrated by Andre Amstutz *''Master Track's Train'', illustrated by Andre Amstutz *''Master Salt the Sailors' Son'', illustrated by Andre Amstutz *''Mr a ...
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Janet And Allan Ahlberg
Janet Ahlberg (21 October 1944 – 15 November 1994; née Hall) and Allan Ahlberg (born 5 June 1938) were a British married couple who created many children's books, including picture books that regularly appear at the top of "most popular" lists for public libraries. They worked together for 20 years until Janet's death from cancer in 1994. He wrote the books and she illustrated them. Allan Ahlberg has also written dozens of books with other illustrators. Janet Ahlberg won two Kate Greenaway Medals for illustrating their books and the 1978 winner ''Each Peach Pear Plum'' was named one of the top ten winning works for the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005). In the US it was published by Viking Press in 1979 as ''Each Peach Pear Plum: an "I Spy" story''; the national library catalogue summary explains, "Rhymed text and illustrations invite the reader to play 'I spy' with a variety of Mother Goose and other folklore characters." Biography Allan Ahlberg was born 5 June 1 ...
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Milton Johns
John Robert Milton (born 13 March 1938), known professionally as Milton Johns, is an English character actor who has worked almost continuously throughout his career. A versatile talent, he specialises in sinister or obsequious roles and has featured regularly in many British popular television series for both adults and children. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Biography Johns was born on 13 March 1938 in Bristol. He is known for being in '' Happy Families'' (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 Decreasing Circles'', ''Home to Roost'', ''Dempsey and Makepeace'', ''Murder Most English'', ''Shoestring'', ''Yes Minister'', ''Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em'', '' Softly, Softly'', ''Going Straight'', ''The Good Life'', '' Don't Wait Up' ...
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Annette Badland
Annette Badland (born 26 August 1950) is an English actress known for a wide range of roles on television, radio, stage, and film. She is best known for her roles as Margaret Blaine in the BBC science fiction series '' Doctor Who'', Mrs. Glenna Fitzgibbons in the first season of '' Outlander,'' and Babe Smith in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders''. She was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1993 for her performance in Jim Cartwright's play '' The Rise and Fall of Little Voice.'' Early life Badland was born on 26 August 1950 in Edgbaston, Birmingham. Her mother, originally from Loanhead, Scotland, relocated to Birmingham during World War II to work as a munitions and aircraft worker in the factories, where she met Badland's father. Her family often returned to Scotland for holidays and to visit family, or sometimes they holidayed in Wales. Badland trained in acting at East 15 Acting School in Loughton, Essex, working in " rep" at ...
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Elizabeth Estensen
Elizabeth Estensen (born 10 August 1949) is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Diane Sugden on the ITV soap opera '' Emmerdale'' from 1999 to 2021, with a guest stint in 2022. She has also made appearances in various British television series, including '' The Liver Birds'', ''T-Bag'' and ''Coronation Street''. Early and personal life Estensen was born on 10 August 1949 and had a Norwegian grandfather, from whom she inherited her surname. She grew up in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. Her mother was a primary school teacher, and her father was a merchant seaman and solicitor's clerk. Estensen considered becoming a speech therapist, but signed up for a Drama and English teaching course at Manchester Polytechnic instead. Estensen has been married to husband Philip Allen since May 1983, and the pair have a son together, James Otto Allen. Career Following graduation from Manchester Polytechnic, she moved to Liverpool and joined the Everyman repertory company. Whi ...
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Ben Thomas (actor)
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BBC Children's Television Shows
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British Television Shows Based On Children's Books
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1980s British Children's Television Series
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