The New Avengers: Gnaws
11:00 pm - 12:00 am, Tuesday, February 3 on Great! TV (34)
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Gnaws
Season 1, Episode 13
A new experimental growth drug developed to end world hunger is accidentally leaked into the sewer system, leading to an epidemic of giant rats. Espionage adventure with Patrick Macnee
General
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Patrick Macnee
(Actor)
.. John Steed
Joanna Lumley
(Actor)
.. Purdy
Gareth Hunt
(Actor)
.. Mike Gambit
Keith Marsh
(Actor)
.. Tramp Joe
Julian Holloway
(Actor)
.. Charles Thornton
Patrick Malahide
(Actor)
.. George Ratcliffe
Keith Alexander
(Actor)
.. Patrick Malloy
W Morgan Sheppard
(Actor)
.. Walters
Jeremy Young
(Actor)
.. Chislenko
Ray Austin
(Director)
Dennis Spooner
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Patrick Macnee
(Actor)
.. John Steed
Born:
February 06, 1922
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing John Steed in The Avengers.
Early-life:
Born Daniel Patrick Macnee on February 6, 1922, in London. His father was a successful racehorse trainer who gambled away his fortune and emigrated to India. His mother then divorced her husband and moved in with her lesbian lover in Wiltshire. Macnee attended Summer Fields prep school before enrolling at Eton. He made his film debut in 1938's Pygmalion, but his acting career was curtailed by a spell in the Navy during the Second World War.
Career:
On his return from service, Macnee studied at the Webber Douglas School of Dramatic Art. Small roles in several films followed but, frustrated at the lack of opportunity in Britain, he emigrated to Canada, then moved to the US. He appeared in numerous TV plays and films before returning to the UK in 1959. Producing Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years brought him to the attention of TV bosses who, to his surprise, offered him the role of John Steed in The Avengers in 1961. He stayed with the popular series until it ended in 1969, but returned to the role in The New Avengers in 1976. Macnee also appeared in such movies as A View to a Kill, This Is Spinal Tap and The Sea Wolves. He died on June 25, 2015.
Quote:
"I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long."
Trivia:
Macnee became a US citizen in 1959.
Joanna Lumley
(Actor)
.. Purdy
Born:
May 01, 1946
in
Srinagar, Kashmir
Best Known For:
Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous.
Early-life:
Joanna Lamond Lumley was born on May 1, 1946, in Srinagar, Kashmir. As a child she lived with her family in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore, where her father was a major in the Ghurkas. She came to England aged nine to attend boarding school in Kent, and later a convent school in Hastings. At 16 she auditioned for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, but was turned down and decided to become a model instead, despite initially being told she was "too fat and too ugly".
Career:
Lumley's first film was 1969's Some Girls Do, followed by Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Her most notable early role was as Ken Barlow's girlfriend Elaine in Coronation Street. Lumley became famous thanks to The New Avengers in 1976. After Sapphire and Steel in the late 1970s, she turned her attention to the theatre and had a stint as a Times columnist. In 1992, Jennifer Saunders cast her as Patsy in sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. Since then, she has appeared in numerous TV dramas and films, including Maybe Baby, James and the Giant Peach, Jam & Jerusalem, Sensitive Skin, The Making of a Lady and The Wolf of Wall Street.
Quote:
"I can't see any difference in having your hair dyed, your teeth fixed, your nose done, or your face smoothed out or lifted."
Trivia:
Lumley received an OBE in 1995.
Gareth Hunt
(Actor)
.. Mike Gambit
Keith Marsh
(Actor)
.. Tramp Joe
Julian Holloway
(Actor)
.. Charles Thornton
Patrick Malahide
(Actor)
.. George Ratcliffe
Born:
March 24, 1945
in
Reading
Best Known For:
Playing Detective Sergeant Chisholm in Minder and a string of other roles.
Early-life:
Born Patrick Gerald Duggan in Reading on March 24, 1945. In 1976, he made his TV acting debut in The Flight of the Heron. Since then, the prolific character actor has appeared in a number of TV shows.
Career:
Perhaps best known for playing Detective Sergeant Chisholm in the hugely popular ITV comedy drama Minder, Malahide's credits also include The Singing Detective, Middlemarch, Alleyn Mysteries, Five Days, Law & Order: UK, The Paradise and Hunted. More recently, he has starred in Game of Thrones, Indian Summers and Luther. His film credits include The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), The World is Not Enough (1999) and Billy Elliot (2000). Writing as PG Duggan, he created the BBC TV movie Reasonable Force and the miniseries The Writing on the Wall. Malahide's numerous stage credits include roles in The Crucible, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, Beauty and the Beast, The Cherry Orchard, Uncle Vanya and Mutabilitie.
Quote:
"If I'm walking past a building site, I get `Oi, Chisholm" from Minder fans. But if I go to a library, a female librarian will flutter her eyelashes at me because she remembers Middlemarch."
Trivia:
Malahide was nominated for a Bafta TV Award for his role in The Singing Detective.
Keith Alexander
(Actor)
.. Patrick Malloy
W Morgan Sheppard
(Actor)
.. Walters
Jeremy Young
(Actor)
.. Chislenko
Ray Austin
(Director)
Dennis Spooner
(Writer)
