''Starr and Company'' was a
BBC
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television drama series aired in 1958. It was a
soap opera
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, aired twice a week, Monday and Thursday. 77 episodes were made, of which only a single episode (episode 1) is known to survive.
The series was set in a
buoy
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History
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-making firm established by retired naval engineer Joseph Starr in the fictional town of Sullbridge in south east England.
Most of the cast were not known before or after, but there were several well-known players –
Graham Crowden
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C ...
;
Edna Doré
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Career
Doré began h ...
;
Edward Evans;
Stratford Johns
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;
Renny Lister
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Lister was born on 24 May 1934 in Manchester. She married Eric Lister in 1953, the marriage later ended in divorce although she retained her first ...
;
Warren Mitchell
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;
Guy Kingsley Poynter;
Arnold Ridley
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– either already established or who later became well known.
The programme was broadcast live.
Episodes