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Prudence Fitzgerald
Prudence Mary Fitzgerald, (18 January 19306 September 2018) was an English television director and producer. She was known for directing and producing numerous British TV series including '' Dr. Finlay's Casebook'', '' The Expert'', '' The Shadow of the Tower'', ''1990'' and the 1979 series ''A Family Affair''. She was also a programme co-ordinator for the 1974 BBC TV mini-series '' Fall of Eagles''. Life and career Prudence Fitzgerald was born in Stafford in 1930 to Kevin Columba Fitzgerald, a chemical company advisor and Vida Lamb. She started working in television in the early 1960s, beginning her directing career at the BBC in 1961. She worked on several TV movies and series there before making her name as a director of the hugely popular '' Dr. Finlay's Casebook'' in 1965-1966. She was the most prolific director on the BBC series, '' The Expert'', helming eighteen of the sixty-two episodes. It starred Marius Goring as the title character, Professor John Hardy. It was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stafford, Staffordshire
Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies about north of Wolverhampton, south of Stoke-on-Trent and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 70,145 in the 2021 census, It is the main settlement within the larger borough of Stafford which had a population of 136,837 (2021). History Stafford means " ford" by a staithe (landing place). The original settlement was on a dry sand and gravel peninsula that offered a strategic crossing point in the marshy valley of the River Sow, a tributary of the River Trent. There is still a large area of marshland north-west of the town, which is subject to flooding and did so in 1947, 2000, 2007 and 2019. Stafford is thought to have been founded about AD 700 by a Mercian prince called Bertelin, who, legend has it, founded a hermitage on a peninsula named Betheney. Until recently it was thought that the remains of a wooden preaching cross from the time had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio 4 (TV Series)
''Studio 4'' is a BBC drama anthology series utilising BBC Television Centre's Studio Four, and running for two series in 1962. The series was envisaged as a sequel to ''Storyboard'', an anthology series which had been transmitted the previous year. Episodes Series 1 * "The Cross and the Arrow" (22 Jan 1962) * "The Second Curtain" (29 Jan 1962) * "Flight Into Danger" (5 Feb 1962) * "The Intrigue" (12 Feb 1962) * "Call Me Back" (19 Feb 1962) * "The Ballad of Peckham Rye" (5 March 1962) * "Look Who's Talking" (12 March 1962) * "The Victorian Chaise Longue" (19 March 1962) * "The Grass Is Singing" (26 March 1962) * "North Flight" (2 Apr 1962) * "A Voice from the Top" (9 Apr 1962) * "The Imbroglio" (16 Apr 1962) Series 2 * "Doctor Korczak and the Children" (13 Aug 1962) * "The Weather in the Streets" (20 Aug 1962) * "Summer Storm" (27 Aug 1962) * "Address Unknown" (3 Sept 1962) * "Stamboul Train" (10 Sept 1962) * "Comrade Jacob" (17 Sept 1962) Status Like the preceding series, '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Women Television Directors
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *'' Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Television Directors
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national identity, an identity and common culture ** English language in England, a variant of the English language spoken in England * English languages (other) * English studies, the study of English language and literature * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity Individuals * English (surname), a list of notable people with the surname ''English'' * People with the given name ** English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer ** English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach ** English Gardner (b. 1992), American track and field sprinter Places United States * English, Indiana, a town * English, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * English, Brazoria County, Texas, an unincorporated community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Deaths
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1930 Births
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crown Court (TV Series)
''Crown Court'' is a British television courtroom drama series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network. It ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.Down, R., Perry, C. (1995). ''The British Television Drama Research Guide, 1950–1995''. Dudley: Kaleidoscope. It was transmitted in the early afternoon. Format A court case in the crown court of the fictional town of Fulchester (a name later adopted by Viz) would typically be played out over three afternoons in 25-minute episodes. The most frequent format was for the prosecution case to be presented in the first two episodes and the defence in the third, although there were some later, brief variations. Unlike some other legal dramas, the cases in ''Crown Court'' were presented from a relatively neutral point of view and the action was confined to the courtroom itself, with occasional brief glimpses of waiting areas outsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The View From Daniel Pike
''The View from Daniel Pike'' was a Scottish television drama series in the early 1970s, which starred Roddy McMillan as the eponymous title character, a hard-boiled private detective based in Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated pop ..., and was written by Edward Boyd. Some of the stories were adapted into book form. References External links The View From Daniel Pike dvd blog* on thrillingdetective.com Pike, Daniel Television shows set in Glasgow 1970s Scottish television series 1970s British drama television series 1971 Scottish television series debuts 1973 Scottish television series endings {{Scotland-tv-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Temple (TV Series)
''Paul Temple'' is a British- German television series which originally aired on BBC1 between 1969 and 1971. 52 episodes were made over four seasons, each episode having a running time of around 50 minutes. Overview ''Paul Temple'' features Francis Matthews (1927–2014) as Paul Temple, the fictional detective created by Francis Durbridge, who solves crimes with the assistance of his wife Steve ( Ros Drinkwater). Season 1 of the ''Paul Temple'' television series was produced solely by the BBC, with all 13 episodes set in Great Britain. The first episode was transmitted in November 1969, becoming one of the first shows to be broadcast in colour on BBC1. Starting with Season 2, ''Paul Temple'' became a co-production by the BBC and Taurus Films of Munich, West Germany, and was shown internationally, with many of the episodes using overseas locations in West Germany, France, Malta and elsewhere. During the production of the second season, the producer Peter Bryant successfull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Revenue Men
''The Revenue Men'' is a British television series, produced and transmitted by the BBC between 1967 and 1968. The series dealt with cases handled by the Investigation Branch of Customs and Excise such as the illegal import of goods, illegal immigration and business transactions amongst travellers. ''The Revenue Men'' was produced by Gerard Glaister. The series lasted for three series and 39 episodes in total. In spite of this fact, all of the episodes were later wiped, with no episodes extant in the BBC archives as of 2009. External links * BBC television dramas Lost BBC episodes 1960s British drama television series 1967 British television series debuts 1968 British television series endings 1960s British crime television series English-language television shows {{BBC-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champion House
''Champion House'' is a BBC television drama series. The series dealt with the Yorkshire-based Champion family and the dramas surrounding the family textiles firm, Champion Mills. Two series were made between 1967 and 1968. The cast included Edward Chapman, Nicole Maurey, Pamela Manson, Maurice Kaufmann and Virginia Stride. ''Champion House'' was created by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling, who had previously devised ''Compact'' and '' Crossroads''. The series was a casualty of the BBC's wiping Lost television broadcasts are mostly those early television programs which cannot be accounted for in studio archives (or in personal archives) usually because of deliberate destruction or neglect. Common reasons for loss A significant prop ... policy of the era and none of the 30 episodes is known to have survived. References External links * 1967 British television series debuts 1968 British television series endings 1960s British drama television series BBC televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
