Margaret - May 2010

This drama examines Margaret Thatcher's final years in power painting a detailed and compelling portrait of one of the most formidable characters in British politics. The year is 1990 and Thatcher's support within the government is wavering - her hold on the premiership hangs in the balance. Then, long-serving politician Sir Geoffrey Howe resigns over Thatcher's attitude to Europe. His resignation speech sparks a chain of events that leads to the downfall of Britain's first woman prime minister. Featuring flashbacks to Thatcher's challenge of Ted Heath (Nigel) in the 1970s, this modern dramatic tragedy illustrates the strengths and fatal flaws of this iconic woman more clearly than ever before and reveals how the very aspects of her character that helped her secure power are the ones that ensured her downfall.

Cast

Margaret Thatcher  - Lindsay Duncan

John Wakeman  - Roger Allam

John Sergeant  - Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Caroline Stephens  - Charlotte Asprey

Sue Mastriforte - Elizabeth Bennett

Nigel Lawson - Martin Chamberlain

Alan Clark  - Michael Cochrane

Michael Heseltine  - Oliver Cotton

Gordon Reece - Alan Cox

Airey Neave - Dermot Crowley

Cranley Onslow  - Nicholas Day

Norman Lamont  - Julian Firth

Charles Powell - James Fox

Willie Whitelaw  - Robert Hardy

Tristan Garel Jones  - Guy Henry

Cynthia Crawford  - Jenny Howe

John Gummer - Ian Hughes

Bernard Ingham - Philip Jackson

Kenneth Baker  - Paul Jesson

Tim Renton  - Nicholas Jones

Margaret King  - Diana Kent

Douglas Hurd - Nicholas Le Provost

Mark Thatcher  - Oliver Le Sueur

Edward Heath -  Nigel Le Vaillant

Queen Elizabeth II  - Rosemary Leach

John Whittingdale - Christian Mackay

Official  - Frank Maguire

John Major - Michael Maloney

Norman Tebbit  - Roy Marsden

Denis Thatcher  - Ian McDiarmid

Honey for Tea  (1994) TV Series .... Professor Simon Latimer

Honey for Tea stars Felicity Kendal as Nancy Belasco who is a bossy American mother who is desperate to get her son Patrick McCollough (Jake Belasco) into the exclusive St Maud's College in Cambridge.

The show also stars Leslie Phillips as Sir Richard Hobhouse, Nigel Le Vaillant as Professor Simon Latimer and Caroline Harker as Lucy Courtney.

The show only lasted the one series consisting of seven episodes and was poorly received mainly due to the poor casting and scripts.

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987) (TV)

This sprawling bio-pic is about Barbara Hutton, heiress to the immense Woolworth store fortune. She was married 8 times. Cary Grant was one of her husbands. He was the only one to renounce all claims to her fortune, yet the couple were called "Cash and Cary". Hutton's life took her to exotic locales like Denmark and Morocco. Nearly all of her husbands treated her poorly. A social butterfly, she was a bad mother to her only son whose death in a plane crash broke her heart. Written by {doctorsundar@hotmail.com}

The story of Barbara Hutton personified the title given upon her. At 6 years old, she inherited $40 million. At 18, she took Europe by storm. At 29, she married Cary Grant who was the only husband to leave her as rich as he found her. At 50, she took her 7th husband. At 65, she died, nearly broke with only $3500 left out of the $40 million she had inherited. Written by MAD Janssen

Poirot  playing  Desmond Lee-Wortley  in episode:  The Theft of the Royal Ruby  (episode # 3.8) 24 February 1991

When Prince Farouq of Egypt foolishly lets a tart wear a fabulously valuable royal ruby, she simply walks away with it. With Hastings away in Scotland for the Christmas holidays, Poirot finds himself spending Christmas with the Lacey family. Colonel Lacey, a well-known Egyptologist, was one of the few people who knew the ruby was in England. As Poirot investigates, he learns that the Colonel is having financial difficulties and also that one of the house guests, Desmond Lee-Wortley, may not be of the soundest character. With the help of the children in the household, Poirot sets a trap for the thief.

Brideshead Revisited  (1981) (mini) TV Series .... Oxford Student

The memoirs of Captain Charles Ryder who is stationed at Brideshead Castle during WWII and remembers his involvement with the owners of the Brideshead estate: the aristocratic yet Catholic Flyte family and in particular brother and sister Sebastian and Julia

Wish Me Luck  (1987) TV Series .... Laurence Grainger

Series Cast

Jane Asher ... Faith Ashley (22 episodes, 1988-1990)

Michael J. Jackson ... Kit Vanston (20 episodes, 1988-1990)

Kate Buffery ... Liz Grainger (18 episodes, 1988-1990)

Jane Snowden ... Emily Whitbread (15 episodes, 1988-1990)

Julian Glover ... Colonel James Cadogan (15 episodes, 1988-1989)
Jeremy Northam ... Colin Beale (14 episodes, 1988-1989)

Mark Anstee ... Luc Ferrier (11 episodes, 1989-1990)

Stuart McGugan ... Gordon Stewart (11 episodes, 1989-1990)

Suzanna Hamilton ... Matty Firman (8 episodes, 1987-1988)

Terrence Hardiman ... General Stuckler (8 episodes, 1990)

Jeremy Nicholas ... Lewis Lake (8 episodes, 1990)

Trevor Peacock ... Renard (8 episodes, 1990)

Catherine Schell ... Virginia Mitchell (8 episodes, 1990)

Miranda Burton ... Vicky Grainger (7 episodes, 1988-1989)

Lynn Farleigh ... Vivien Ashton (7 episodes, 1988-1989)
Shelagh McLeod ... Claudine de Valois (7 episodes, 1988)

William Simons ... Josef (7 episodes, 1989)

Glyn Grain ... Philippe Bonnard (7 episodes, 1990)

Felicity Montagu ... Nicole Dissard (7 episodes, 1990)

Venetia Barrett ... Evelyn (6 episodes, 1988-1989)

Robert Lister ... Sgt. Supervisor / ... (6 episodes, 1988)

Abigail McKern ... Lois Mountjoy (6 episodes, 1988)

John Boswall ... Leon Jouvet (6 episodes, 1989)

Gillian Raine ... Marie Ferrier (6 episodes, 1989)

Nigel Le Vaillant ... Laurence Grainger (5 episodes, 1988-1989)

Marianne Borgo ... Aimee Firman (5 episodes, 1988)

John Challis ... Victor Travussini (5 episodes, 1988)

Warren Clarke ... Colonel Werner Krieger (5 episodes, 1988)

Paul Rainbow ... Armand (5 episodes, 1988)

Arthur Whybrow ... Albert Firman (5 episodes, 1988)

Bobbie Brown ... Juliette (5 episodes, 1989)

Donald Gee ... Voller (5 episodes, 1989)

Jenny Robbins ... Dorothy (5 episodes, 1989)
Shirley Henderson ... Sylvie (5 episodes, 1990)

Caroline John ... Helene (5 episodes, 1990)

Damien Thomas ... Colonel Max Dubois (5 episodes, 1990)

Fiona Walker ... Mrs. Schneider (5 episodes, 1990)

Richard Hampton ... Gilbert Acworth (4 episodes, 1988)

Vincenzo Nicoli ... Maurice Granier (4 episodes, 1988)

Carmel McSharry ... Annette (4 episodes, 1989)

Lusha Kellgren ... Florence (4 episodes, 1990)

Bryan Pringle ... Father Martin (4 episodes, 1990)

Albert Welling ... Metzhofen (4 episodes, 1990)

Anthony Langdon ... Davis (3 episodes, 1988)

Tim Meats ... Nigel Piggott (3 episodes, 1988)

Godfrey James ... Sylvestre (3 episodes, 1989)

Trevyn McDowell ... Yvette (3 episodes, 1989)

Jeremy Brudenell ... Jean-Louis (3 episodes, 1990)

Sydney Livingstone ... Franz (3 episodes, 1990)

Jerome Willis ... General Liddiard (3 episodes, 1990)

Andrew Woodall ... Konig (3 episodes, 1990)

Rupert Vansittart ... German at station / ... (2 episodes, 1988-1989)

Sebastian Abineri ... Abwehr man / ... (2 episodes, 1988)

Jake D'Arcy ... Sgt. Major Duncan (2 episodes, 1988)

Gabrielle Glaister ... Felicity (2 episodes, 1988)

Stephen Hattersley ... Danby (2 episodes, 1988)

William Jongeneel ... Krieger's Lieutenant / ... (2 episodes, 1988)

Elaine Lordan ... Joyce (2 episodes, 1988)

Louis Mellis ... Soldier at Palias (2 episodes, 1988)

Iain Rattray ... Abwehr man (2 episodes, 1988)

Jean Rimmer ... Sophie (2 episodes, 1988)

Barrie Shore ... Stella (2 episodes, 1988)

David Swift ... Schweder (2 episodes, 1988

Tom Chadbon ... Ned Balfour (2 episodes, 1989)

Nicholas Geake ... Paul Daubert (2 episodes, 1989)

Trilby Harris ... Milicienne (2 episodes, 1989)

Jasper Jacob ... Jurgen (2 episodes, 1989)

Terence Lodge ... Spanish guide (2 episodes, 1989)

Michael Palmer ... Schnabel (2 episodes, 1989)

Ken Wynne ... Old farmer (2 episodes, 1989)

Stephen Brigden ... Corporal (2 episodes, 1990)

James Greene ... Alain Regis (2 episodes, 1990)

Anne Jameson ... Postmistress (2 episodes, 1990)

Olivier Pierre ... General Sospel (2 episodes, 1990)

Leon Tanner ... Commissaire (2 episodes, 1990)

Tilly Tremayne ... Dr. Bosco (2 episodes, 1990)

http://www.survivorstvseries.com/WMLHome.htm

Synopsis

Wish Me Luck is a British television drama about the exploits of British women agents during the Second World War. The series was made by London Weekend Television for the ITV network between 1987 and 1989 and created by Lavinia Warner and Jill Hyem, who had previously produced and written the BBC women prisoner of war series Tenko. The series was filmed on location in England and France.
Wish Me Luck is similar to Tenko and the 1970s BBC drama Secret Army, in that it deals with strong female characters coping under extreme conditions in wartime. The organisation for which the series' women agents worked, the 'Outfit', was based on the real-life Special Operations Executive. Season 1 and 2 were based on the exploits of SOE agent Nancy Wake and much of the dialogue was copied from her autibiography "The White Mouse".

The Bill  playing  Det. Chief Insp. Gilbey  in episode:  By the Skin of Our Teeth  (episode # 6.1) 2 January 1990

P.C. Hollis is gossiping in the locker room. Probationary P.C. Able is sent to a pub to deal with a man on valium. The man ends up going to his mother-in-law's house and trashing the place. Able sorts out a fight outside a pub and discovers the drunk he brought in had been robbed. Ch. Supt. Brownlow and Ch. Insp. Conway discuss starting salaries before Brownlow goes to a board selecting candidates for a graduate entry scheme.

Call Me Mister  playing  Lietner  in episode:  Something in the City  (episode # 1.5) 3 October 1986

Jack investigates a young woman's claims to have seen a man fall from a City building during the London Marathon.

Minder  playing  Andy  in episode:  The Second Time Around  (episode # 5.4) 26 September 1984

An old author friend of Arthur's comes back to town to write a book, and sell her house. When she learns that her ex-husband has sold the house without her permission, she hires Terry, and a secretary to help with ideas, and Arthur to help get the money from her husband.

The Gentle Touch  in episode:  Decoy  (episode # 2.2) 12 September 1980

Maggie goes undercover as a barmaid to act as decoy to trap a serial sex attacker, but making herself a target places her in grave danger.

Jemima Shore Investigates  in episode:  A Splash of Red  Parts 1 & 2

Jemima Shore stumbles over the slashed body of novelist Chloe Fontaine, for whom she had been flat-sitting.  Jemima invites the murder suspects to Chloe's flat.

Close Relations (1990) (TV) .... Rogers

Happy Birthday Shirley (1996) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself

Gauguin the Savage (1980) (TV) .... Art Student

This Is Your Life  playing  Himself  in episode:  Patrick Robinson  18 April 2001

Horizon: Ice Mummies (1997) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator

Ladies in Charge  playing  Philip Coulthard  in episode:  The Shadow  (episode # 1.5) 10 June 1986