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Absent Friends
Season 12, Episode 24
Merton organises a search of the moors after a farming couple are reported missing, leaving Jenny and Liz to look after their bemused children. Meanwhile, a reluctant Bernie is taken on a mini break to a country hotel by Vernon - but he grows increasingly dismayed over the plans for a new garage. Rural drama, starring Geoffrey Hughes, Duncan Bell and Sarah Tansey
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William Simons
(Actor)
.. PC Alf Ventress
Mark Jordon
(Actor)
.. PC Phil Bellamy
Duncan Bell
(Actor)
.. Sgt Dennis Merton
James Carlton
(Actor)
.. PC Steve Crane
David Lonsdale
(Actor)
.. David Stockwell
Tricia Penrose
(Actor)
.. Gina Ward
Aislin McGuckin
(Actor)
.. Dr Liz Merrick
Sarah Tansey
(Actor)
.. Jenny Latimer
Geoffrey Hughes
(Actor)
.. Vernon Scripps
Peter Benson
(Actor)
.. Bernie Scripps
Derek Fowlds
(Actor)
.. Oscar Blaketon
Cally Lawrence
(Actor)
.. Linda Jarvis
Rosie Foster
(Actor)
.. Beth Jarvis
Thomas Mason
(Actor)
.. Andrew Jarvis
Gareth Thomas
(Actor)
.. Nathaniel Clegghorn
Jack Chissick
(Actor)
.. Trevor West
Robert Lawrenson
(Actor)
.. Tom Watkins
Loveday Smith
(Actor)
.. Norma Weld
Jane Hollowood
(Writer)
Keith Richardson
(Executive producer)
Bob Tomson
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
William Simons
(Actor)
.. PC Alf Ventress
Mark Jordon
(Actor)
.. PC Phil Bellamy
Duncan Bell
(Actor)
.. Sgt Dennis Merton
James Carlton
(Actor)
.. PC Steve Crane
David Lonsdale
(Actor)
.. David Stockwell
Tricia Penrose
(Actor)
.. Gina Ward
Aislin McGuckin
(Actor)
.. Dr Liz Merrick
Sarah Tansey
(Actor)
.. Jenny Latimer
Geoffrey Hughes
(Actor)
.. Vernon Scripps
Peter Benson
(Actor)
.. Bernie Scripps
Derek Fowlds
(Actor)
.. Oscar Blaketon
Born:
September 02, 1937
in
London
Best Known For:
Yes, Minister, Yes, Prime Minister and Heartbeat.
Early-life:
Born in London on September 2, 1937, Derek left school at 15 and worked in a factory as an apprentice painter. It was during his national service that he was encouraged to take up acting. He went on to win a scholarship and grant for Rada.
Career:
Fowlds made his stage debut in the West End in The Miracle Worker and continued to win stage work and small roles in films before he became known to millions as Mr Derek in children's series The Basil Brush Show, which ran from 1969 to 1973. His big break came in 1980 when he landed the role of Bernard Woolley in BBC sitcom Yes, Minister and its sequel Yes, Prime Minister. He went on to play Oscar Blaketon in long-running ITV police drama Heartbeat from 1992 until 2010.
Quote:
'I'm still waiting to be discovered.'
Trivia:
He married Blue Peter presenter Lesley Judd in 1974. They divorced four years later.
Cally Lawrence
(Actor)
.. Linda Jarvis
Rosie Foster
(Actor)
.. Beth Jarvis
Thomas Mason
(Actor)
.. Andrew Jarvis
Gareth Thomas
(Actor)
.. Nathaniel Clegghorn
Jack Chissick
(Actor)
.. Trevor West
Robert Lawrenson
(Actor)
.. Tom Watkins
Loveday Smith
(Actor)
.. Norma Weld
Jane Hollowood
(Writer)
Keith Richardson
(Executive producer)
Bob Tomson
(Director)
