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Ninety-year-old Miss Barwick has lived peacefully in the same house all her life, that is until a young property developer arrives at her front door to make her an offer. Starring Joyce Carey. First broadcast 1988
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Comedy
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Joyce Carey
(Actor)
.. Miss Barwick
Nigel Planer
(Actor)
.. Andrew Veitch
Helena Michell
(Actor)
.. Sally Veitch
Edward Lyon
(Actor)
.. Clive
Michael Percival
(Actor)
.. Farrant
Alun Armstrong
(Actor)
.. Murray Lester
Peter Hughes
(Actor)
.. Military man
Robin Bailey
(Actor)
.. Dr Maurice Barwick
Roddy Maude-Roxby
(Actor)
.. Carpenter-Wilde
John Rowe
(Actor)
.. Rennie
Paul Brooke
(Actor)
.. Karmel
Philip McGough
(Actor)
.. Quentin Gilbey
Pete Postlethwaite
(Actor)
.. Becket
Katharine Levy
(Actor)
.. Louise Pratt
Janine Duvitski
(Actor)
.. Traffic Monitor
Eric Stovell
(Actor)
.. Policeman
Michael Gaunt
(Actor)
.. Maitre D'
Arthur White
(Actor)
.. Hardcastle
David Landberg
(Actor)
.. Truck driver
Tristram Powell
(Director)
Michael Palin
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Joyce Carey
(Actor)
.. Miss Barwick
Nigel Planer
(Actor)
.. Andrew Veitch
Born:
February 22, 1953
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Neil in The Young Ones.
Early-life:
Planer was born in Westminster, London, in 1953. He was educated at King's House preparatory school in Richmond-upon-Thames and from the age of 13 at Westminster School. He subsequently studied at the University of Sussex at Brighton, and LAMDA. He was a founder member of The Comedy Store in London, and was one of the original cast of The Comic Strip team, pioneers of the alternative comedy movement in the UK.
Career:
Planer is best known for his role as Neil, the hippie housemate of Vyvyan (Adrian Edmondson), Rick (Rik Mayall) and Mike (Christopher Ryan) in the cult BBC comedy The Young Ones, which ran from 1982-84. Other leading roles on TV include Shine on Harvey Moon, Filthy, Rich and Catflap, The Grimleys, King & Castle, Bonjour La Classe and Roll Over Beethoven. He's also had notable successes on the stage. His first break in the theatre was understudying David Essex as Che Guevara in the original West End run of Evita. He was also in the original London cast of Chicago as Amos Hart, the original West End cast of Ben Elton's Queen musical We Will Rock You as Pop, and the original production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the Musical as Grandpa Joe.
Quote:
"I flunked out of my university education after one year, for reasons probably best forgotten. I have been trying to compensate for this gaffe ever since."
Trivia:
In 2011, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Arts from Edinburgh University.
Helena Michell
(Actor)
.. Sally Veitch
Edward Lyon
(Actor)
.. Clive
Michael Percival
(Actor)
.. Farrant
Alun Armstrong
(Actor)
.. Murray Lester
Born:
July 17, 1946
in
Annfield Plain, near Stanley, Co Durham
Best Known For:
New Tricks.
Early-life:
Alun Armstrong was born in Annfield Plain, near Stanley, Co Durham, on July 17, 1946. His father was from Cumberland and his mother was from Co Durham. He attended Consett Grammar School before going to Newcastle University. Unhappy in academia, he took a job as a gravedigger, where a colleague managed to get him an interview for a behind-the-scenes job with a theatre company. That in turn led to acting work.
Career:
Armstrong's screen debut came in the classic Michael Caine gangster movie Get Carter in 1971. Other early roles included parts in Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Softly, Softly and The Sweeney. His many other TV roles include Austin Donaghue in Our Friends in the North, Detective Chief Inspector Frank Jefferson in In the Red, and George Mole in Adrian Mole: The Cappucino Years, alongside Alison Steadman. Film credits include The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Krull (1983), American Friends (1991), Patriot Games (1992) and Braveheart (1995). He has won countless accolades for his classic stage roles. He is currently best known for playing the role of Brian Lane in popular BBC series New Tricks, a part he played for 10 series.
Quote:
"I'm more concerned about losing my marbles than losing parts - especially when it comes to learning lines!"
Trivia:
Armstrong originated the role of Thénardier in the London production of Les Misérables and won an Olivier Award for playing the title role in Sweeney Todd.
Peter Hughes
(Actor)
.. Military man
Robin Bailey
(Actor)
.. Dr Maurice Barwick
Roddy Maude-Roxby
(Actor)
.. Carpenter-Wilde
John Rowe
(Actor)
.. Rennie
Paul Brooke
(Actor)
.. Karmel
Philip McGough
(Actor)
.. Quentin Gilbey
Pete Postlethwaite
(Actor)
.. Becket
Katharine Levy
(Actor)
.. Louise Pratt
Janine Duvitski
(Actor)
.. Traffic Monitor
Best Known For:
Waiting for God, One Foot in the Grave and Benidorm.
Early-life:
Born Christine Janine Drzewicki in Morecambe in June 1952 to an English mother and a Polish father. She moved to London to train as an actor at the East 15 Acting School. Her first TV credit was an episode of Z Cars in 1972. After finishing her training and despite being in her early 20s, she landed the role of a 13-year-old girl in the 1975 BBC play Diane. Her big break came in 1977 when Mike Leigh cast her in his stage play Abigail's Party. She went on to play the same role in an abridged TV version for the BBC.
Career:
Duvitski has worked steadily on TV in a number of shows, popping up in the likes of Citizen Smith, Minder, Cowboys, The New Statesman, Midsomer Murders, Foyle's War and Little Dorrit. Her face is better known to audiences as prudish assistant Jane in Waiting for God, Victor and Margaret's neighbour Pippa in One Foot in the Grave and swinger Jacqueline in Benidorm. She has also appeared on the big screen in Dracula (1979), Breaking Glass (1980) and The Madness of King George (1994).
Quote:
"People really do seem to believe I'm a swinger!"
Trivia:
Duvitski enjoys reading when she's not filming.
Eric Stovell
(Actor)
.. Policeman
Michael Gaunt
(Actor)
.. Maitre D'
Arthur White
(Actor)
.. Hardcastle
David Landberg
(Actor)
.. Truck driver
Tristram Powell
(Director)
Michael Palin
(Writer)
Born:
May 05, 1943
in
Sheffield
Best Known For:
Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Early-life:
Michael Edward Palin was born in Sheffield on May 5, 1943. His father was a Cambridge-educated engineer working in the steel industry. Michael recalls he was an angry, frustrated man with a stutter whose bad moods created tension in the Palin household. This upset his son and prompted him to be as pleasant as possible. Michael was educated at public school in Shrewsbury, and studied history at Oxford University, where he appeared on stage and met fellow student and future Python Terry Jones.
Career:
After graduating, Palin presented TV show Now! and worked in light entertainment. In 1966, he and Jones began writing for BBC comedy shows. Three years later, they joined forces with John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle and Terry Gilliam to front ground-breaking sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus. A huge hit, 45 episodes were made between 1969 and 1974, as well as five films. Palin has also starred in movies including A Fish Called Wanda, A Private Function, and American Friends (which he also wrote), and appeared in acclaimed TV drama GBH. Since the mid-1980s, he's become famous for globetrotting programmes such as Around the World in 80 Days and Pole to Pole. He's written books to accompany each series, as well as two novels; three volumes of his diaries have also been published. He delivered 2013's Royal Television Society lecture.
Quote:
"I am not a great cook, I am not a great artist, but I love art and I love food, so I am the perfect traveller - on the cultural scrounge."
Trivia:
Palin has three children with his wife Helen. He also has an asteroid and a train named after him.
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