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Dog Days
Season 13, Episode 2
PC Steve Crane takes an urgent phone call, and is shocked to discover Peter Pyke's warehouse has gone up in smoke. It soon emerges that the owner's wife had spent time behind bars for fraud, and her husband is reluctant to answer questions - leading Merton to suspect the blaze was deliberate. Meanwhile, Vernon moves into his new mansion, but has trouble keeping up with his well-to-do neighbours. Rural drama, starring James Carlton, Duncan Bell and Geoffrey Hughes
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Cast & Crew
James Carlton
(Actor)
.. PC Steve Crane
Mark Jordon
(Actor)
.. PC Phil Bellamy
William Simons
(Actor)
.. PC Alf Ventress
Duncan Bell
(Actor)
.. Sgt Dennis Merton
Derek Fowlds
(Actor)
.. Oscar Blaketon
Aislin McGuckin
(Actor)
.. Dr Liz Merrick
Geoffrey Hughes
(Actor)
.. Vernon Scripps
David Lonsdale
(Actor)
.. David Stockwell
Sarah Tansey
(Actor)
.. Jenny Latimer
Peter Benson
(Actor)
.. Bernie Scripps
Jim Marsh
(Actor)
.. Syd Williams
Beatrice Kelley
(Actor)
.. Olive Winstanley
Simon Slater
(Actor)
.. Peter Pyke
Laura Medforth
(Actor)
.. Naomi Stevenson
Kate Buffery
(Actor)
.. Amanda Buxton
Polly Hemingway
(Actor)
.. Beryl Pyke
Susie Trayling
(Actor)
.. Rosie Compton
Brian Finch
(Writer)
Jonas Grimas
(Director)
Keith Richardson
(Executive producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
James Carlton
(Actor)
.. PC Steve Crane
Mark Jordon
(Actor)
.. PC Phil Bellamy
William Simons
(Actor)
.. PC Alf Ventress
Duncan Bell
(Actor)
.. Sgt Dennis Merton
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.
Aislin McGuckin
(Actor)
.. Dr Liz Merrick
Geoffrey Hughes
(Actor)
.. Vernon Scripps
David Lonsdale
(Actor)
.. David Stockwell
Sarah Tansey
(Actor)
.. Jenny Latimer
Peter Benson
(Actor)
.. Bernie Scripps
Jim Marsh
(Actor)
.. Syd Williams
Beatrice Kelley
(Actor)
.. Olive Winstanley
Simon Slater
(Actor)
.. Peter Pyke
Laura Medforth
(Actor)
.. Naomi Stevenson
Kate Buffery
(Actor)
.. Amanda Buxton
Polly Hemingway
(Actor)
.. Beryl Pyke
Susie Trayling
(Actor)
.. Rosie Compton
Brian Finch
(Writer)
Jonas Grimas
(Director)
Keith Richardson
(Executive producer)
