The Upper Hand: The Heiress
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm, Sunday, September 6 on Rewind TV (81)
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The Heiress
Season 2, Episode 9
Laura's name is mentioned in a billionaire's will, and it seems she is in line to receive a gift of £50,000. Caroline is suspicious of the mystery benefactor and wonders whether her mother had an affair with him while still married. Comedy, starring Honor Blackman, Diana Weston and Joe McGann
Movie/Drama
Sitcom
Cast & Crew
Joe McGann
(Actor)
.. Charlie Burrows
Diana Weston
(Actor)
.. Caroline Wheatley
Honor Blackman
(Actor)
.. Laura West
Kellie Bright
(Actor)
.. Joanna Burrows
William Puttock
(Actor)
.. Tom Wheatley
Rachel Bell
(Actor)
.. Carol Greenaway
Trevor Bannister
(Actor)
.. Freddie Mitchell
Tina Martin
(Actor)
.. Postwoman
Mike Holgate
(Director)
Alan L Gansberg
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Joe McGann
(Actor)
.. Charlie Burrows
Diana Weston
(Actor)
.. Caroline Wheatley
Honor Blackman
(Actor)
.. Laura West
Born:
December 12, 1927
in
London
Best Known For:
Being a Bond girl.
Early-life:
Born December 12, 1927, in Plaistor, London. She credits her father for starting her successful acting career - for her 16th birthday present he offered her the option of a bicycle or elocution lessons. She picked the latter, which helped develop her famous husky, sexy voice. On leaving school she studied part-time at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, making ends meet as a clerk at the Home Office.
Career:
Blackman's first professional job was as an understudy to the lead in West End play The Guinea Pig. Her film debut came in 1946's Fame Is the Spur. Further small movie roles and TV work followed, but it was playing Cathy Gale in The Avengers that made her a star. Blackman quit the show after two series in 1964 and, the same year, starred alongside Sean Connery as Pussy Galore in Bond movie Goldfinger. Films since include Shalako (re-teaming her with Connery), To the Devil a Daughter and Bridget Jones's Diary. She also starred in sitcom The Upper Hand and appeared in Coronation Street in 2004. She continues to work on stage and pop up in guest TV roles.
Quote:
'I'm told leather drives men up the wall. I like wearing it because it feels nice.'
Trivia:
She enjoys watching football and declined a CBE in 2002.
Kellie Bright
(Actor)
.. Joanna Burrows
Born:
July 01, 1976
in
Brentwood, Essex
Best Known For:
Playing Linda Carter in EastEnders.
Early-life:
Kelly Denise Bright was born in Brentwood, Essex, on July 1, 1976. She was a child actor and her early credits include T-Bag and the Revenge of the T-Set, Maid Marian and Her Merry Men and Brush Strokes. In 1990, she landed one of the main roles in popular ITV sitcom The Upper Hand, playing the daughter of Joe McGann's character. It ran for seven series until 1996.
Career:
Bright had a main role in the fourth series of Bad Girls, and she has made guest appearances in a number of TV shows, including The Bill, Silent Witness, Jericho, The Catherine Tate Show, New Tricks, Hotel Babylon, Holby City and Vera. She played Joan Trotter in Only Fools and Horses' spin-off Rock and Chips. In 2013, she joined the cast of EastEnders as Linda Carter. Her film credits include Ali G Indahouse (2002). In August 2015, it was announced that she would be a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.
Quote:
In preparation for her role on Vera: 'I watched loads of Ant & Dec clips on YouTube. It was nice to do something very different - I quite liked being a Geordie!'
Trivia:
Bright is the voice of Kate Aldridge in Radio 4 series The Archers.
William Puttock
(Actor)
.. Tom Wheatley
Rachel Bell
(Actor)
.. Carol Greenaway
Trevor Bannister
(Actor)
.. Freddie Mitchell
Born:
August 14, 1934
in
Durrington, Wiltshire
Best Known For:
Playing menswear assistant Mr Lucas in the sitcom Are You Being Served?
Early-life:
Trevor Gordon Bannister was born in Durrington, Wiltshire, on August 14, 1934. After leaving school at the age of 15, he joined a repertory theatre company in Folkstone and went on to train at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. After two years' national service in the army, he gained further repertory experience in Torquay, Bath, Bedford, Worthing, Wolverhampton, York and Birmingham. In 1960, he made his West End debut as Arthur Crabtree in Billy Liar.
Career:
Bannister's breakthrough on TV came in the 1968 drama The War of Darkie Pilbeam, a trilogy about a 1940s spiv, written by Coronation Street creator Tony Warren. Playing menswear assistant Mr Lucas in popular BBC sitcom Are You Being Served? made Bannister a household name. In his later career, he played a recurring character in Last of the Summer Wine. Bannister died on April 14, 2011, at the age of 76, after suffering a heart attack at his allotment in Thames Ditton, Surrey.
Quote:
On Are You Being Served? 'The joy of that particular show was the fact that most of us had known each other before we came to do it.'
Trivia:
Bannister was a regular pantomime dame on stage, taking 34 roles in 35 years.
Tina Martin
(Actor)
.. Postwoman
Mike Holgate
(Director)
Alan L Gansberg
(Writer)
