''Miracles Take Longer'' is a United Kingdom

drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...

series Series may refer to: People with the name * Caroline Series (born 1951), English mathematician, daughter of George Series * George Series (1920–1995), English physicist Arts, entertainment, and media Music * Series, the ordered sets used i ...

broadcast on ITV from January 1984 to May 1984 made by

Thames Television Thames Television, commonly simplified to just Thames, was a franchise holder for a region of the British ITV television network serving London and surrounding areas from 30 July 1968 until the night of 31 December 1992. Thames Television broa ...

. The drama depicted the life and cases dealt with by a branch of the

Citizens Advice Bureau Citizens AdviceCitizens Advice is the operating name of The National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, which is the umbrella charity for a wider network of local advice centres. The abbreviation CitA is sometimes used to refer to this natio ...

. The programme was networked at 15.30 on Mondays and Tuesdays excluding Bank Holidays and the March Budget. TVS and Central aired it on different days. Only one series was made and was replaced by the UK soap '' Gems'' and different Australian serials around the country. ''Miracles Take Longer'' was devised by John Kershaw. The series scriptwriters included: Robert Holmes and Johnny Byrne.

Cast

Patsy Byrne Patricia Anne Thirza Byrne (13 July 1933 – 17 June 2014) was an English actress, best known for her role as "Nursie" in ''Blackadder II'' as well as Malcolm's domineering Mother, Mrs Stoneway in all seven series of the ITV comedy '' Watching ...

– Betty Hackforth * Rosemary Williams – Sue Godfrey *

Lynette Davies Lynette Vaynor Davies (18 October 1948 – 1 December 1993) was a Welsh stage, television, and film actress. Life The daughter of a Customs and Excise officer, Davies was born in Tonypandy, Glamorgan, in 1948, and was educated at Our Lady's Sc ...

– Jenny Swanne *

Terence Harvey Terence John Humes (October 1944 – 7 September 2017), known professionally as Terence Harvey, was a British television actor. Among his many roles was the prosecution counsel in '' The Execution of Gary Glitter''. He also appeared in '' From Hel ...

– David Lewis * Polly Hemingway – Paula Sheardon * Richard Warner – Barry Goodson *

Carolyn Pickles Carolyn Pickles (born 8 February 1952) is a British actress from Halifax, England, who has appeared in West End theatre and on British television. She is known for playing DCI Kim Reid in ''The Bill'' and Shelley Williams in ''Emmerdale''. ...

– Vicky Thomas

External links

* {{Soap operas in the United Kingdom 1983 British television series debuts 1984 British television series endings 1980s British drama television series ITV television dramas Citizens Advice ITV soap operas British television soap operas Television series by Fremantle (company) Television shows produced by Thames Television British English-language television shows