Which TV adaptation featured one actor playing two separate parts throughout its 37 episodes?
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Brian Poyser Brian Poyser (died 2009) was an English actor whose career started in the early 1960s. His appearances include the musical "Poppy", the BBC Television Shakespeare (including a senator in "Coriolanus", and Gower in "Henry IV Part 1" and "Henry V"), the series "Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll", an episode of "Agatha Christie's Poirot", and as the recurring character the Revd Aubrey Stewart in two episodes of "Foyle's War" ("The French Drop" and "Plan of Attack"). He also appeared in the films "Lady Jane" (1986), "Parting Shots" (1999), and as one of the English judges in the film "" (1999).
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BBC Television Shakespeare The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television. Transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985, the series spanned seven seasons and thirty-seven episodes.
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Tony Melody Anthony John "Tony" Melody (18 December 1922 – 26 June 2008) was an English television actor who appeared in a number of long running comedies and soap operas. He was a prolific character actor with more than 100 television roles.
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George Irving (English actor) George Irving is a British actor known for playing Anton Meyer in "Holby City" from 1999 to 2002. He has also been in "The Sweeney", "The Professionals", "Shoestring", "Juliet Bravo", "Bergerac", "Dempsey and Makepeace", "EastEnders" as Trevor Smith, "Coronation Street", "Inspector Morse", "Peak Practice", "The Bill", "Dangerfield", "Cadfael", "Casualty", "Dalziel and Pascoe" and "Doctors".
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List of Doc Martin episodes "Doc Martin" is a British comedy-drama that has aired on ITV since 2004, with a first season of six episodes. The episode number for the second series increased to eight. This was followed by a special bonus TV film and a third series of seven episodes. The next four series aired eight episodes each. Therefore, 54 episodes (from the series plus the stand-alone TV Film) have aired so far.
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Guest Night Guest Night was a British television programme which aired on the BBC from 1938 to 1939, with an additional set of episodes made in 1946. According to a contemporary account, it was similar to a radio programme called "Men Talking". (see page 83 of PDF file).
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The Bill (series 18) Series 18 of British television drama "The Bill" consisted of 86 episodes, broadcast between 3 January and 31 December 2002. This series marked a massive change for the show, after it received a new executive producer, Paul Marquess. Series 18 became the first series to be broadcast in serial format, and generally, only one episode was broadcast per week. The style of the programme also noticeably changes, becoming less police procedural and more "soap opera". As well as featuring 80 regular episodes, the series featured a six-part serial based around PC Dave Quinnan, to mark his departure from the series. This series also saw another major cast change, with departures of several central characters. This made a total of 13 cast members to leave the show, the most in any season with season 25 in second, where 11 cast members left, and season 16 in third, which had 10 cast members leaving.
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Pete Ivatts Peter Ivatts is an English actor whose career has spanned over thirty years. He has mainly appeared in British television series.
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The Campbell Playhouse (radio) The Campbell Playhouse (1938–40) is a live CBS radio drama series directed by and starring Orson Welles. Produced by Welles and John Houseman, it was a sponsored continuation of "The Mercury Theatre on the Air". The series offered hour-long adaptations of classic plays and novels, as well as adaptations of popular motion pictures.
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Paul McDowell (actor) Paul William McDowell (15 August 1931 – 2 May 2016) was an English actor and writer who appeared in numerous television productions over a 40-year period.
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An Age of Kings An Age of Kings is a fifteen-part serial adaptation of the eight sequential history plays of William Shakespeare ("Richard II", "1 Henry IV", "2 Henry IV", "Henry V", "1 Henry VI", "2 Henry VI", "3 Henry VI" and "Richard III"), produced by the BBC in 1960. At the time, the show was the most ambitious Shakespearean television adaptation ever made, and was a critical and commercial success in both the UK and North America.
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William Bogert William "Bill" Bogert (born January 24, 1936) is an American character actor best known for his semi-regular role of Brandon Brindle on "Small Wonder" from 1985 to 1989. He also portrayed Kent Wallace, the host of "Chappelle's Show'"s "Frontline" spoofs. In 1964 he appeared onstage in the touring production of "A Man For All Seasons".
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Todd Armstrong Todd Armstrong (July 25, 1937 – November 17, 1992) was an American actor in ten films and several television series.
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John Thaw John Edward Thaw, CBE (3 January 1942 – 21 February 2002) was an English actor. He appeared in a range of television, stage, and cinema roles, his most popular being television series such as "Inspector Morse", "Redcap", "The Sweeney", "Home to Roost", and "Kavanagh QC".
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Bleak House (2005 TV serial) Bleak House is a fifteen-part BBC television drama serial adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel "Bleak House", which was originally published in 1852–53. Produced with an all-star cast, the serial was shown on BBC One from 27 October to 16 December 2005, and drew much critical and popular praise. It has been reported that the total cost of the production was in the region of £8 million.
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Chris Chittell Christopher John Chittell (born 19 May 1948) is an English actor, best known for his role as Eric Pollard in ITV's "Emmerdale", a part that he has played since 1986. and is now the longest serving character having played Pollard for 31 years.
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Victor Buono Victor Charles Buono (February 3, 1938January 1, 1982) was an American actor and comic and briefly a recording artist. He was most famous for playing the villain King Tut on the television series "Batman" (1966-1968) and musician Edwin Flagg in "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" (1962), the latter of which earned him Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations. He was a busy actor from his late teens until his death at age 43, and with his large size and sonorous voice, he made a career of playing men much older than himself.
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Roy Thinnes Roy Thinnes (born April 6, 1938) is an American television and film actor best known for his portrayal of lonely hero David Vincent in the ABC 1967-68 television series "The Invaders".
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List of Waterloo Road characters This article lists the characters and the actors who portray them from the award-winning BBC television series "Waterloo Road". Phillip Martin Brown (who played Grantly Budgen) was the longest-serving cast member, having appeared in 149 episodes between the first episode until the sixth episode of series nine. Appearing in 148 episodes was Jason Done (who played Tom Clarkson) between the first episode and the final episode of series eight.
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Alan Bennion Alan Bennion is a British actor. He is best known for his work on the science fiction television series "Doctor Who" and the police drama "Z-Cars". He made a total of five appearances on "Z-Cars", and appeared in the "Doctor Who" serials "The Seeds of Death", "The Curse of Peladon" and "The Monster of Peladon", each time playing an apparently different "Ice Lord".
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Van Williams Van Zandt Jarvis Williams (February 27, 1934 – November 28, 2016) was an actor best known for his leading role as Kenny Madison in both Warner Bros. television detective series "Bourbon Street Beat" (1959-60) and its sequel, "Surfside 6" (1960-62). He teamed for one season with the late Bruce Lee as his partner Kato, in the television series "The Green Hornet", broadcast on ABC during the 1966–67 season.
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Martin Milner Martin Sam Milner (December 28, 1931 – September 6, 2015) was an American film, stage, radio and television actor. Milner is known for his performances on two television series: "Route 66", which aired on CBS from 1960 to 1964, and "Adam-12", which aired on NBC from 1968 to 1975.