Under the Hammer (1994) #JanFrancis #RichardWilson #KeithBarron
4. The Jolly Joker "Secrets and Seduction at a London Auction House" was the tagline for this 90's drama / comedy series, starring two well loved national treasures Richard Wilson and Jan Francis, the series was created by John 'Rumpole' Mortimer. This is episode three and it guest stars Keith Barron and it was originally broadcast on Monday 31st January, 1994 and on ITV ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dIZDaGOLiE
I always found this film so delightful and delicious, comically plays out like a satire on Russell's most critically acclaimed themes and work. Quite glorious.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs4gHRlm0OI
This two part episode from series one of Rooms focuses on the two characters that feature most prominent throughout the first series, Dorothy (Sylvia Kay) and Clive (Bryan Marshall) while a new tenant, a single mum and child move into a single room at 35 Mafeking Terrace. This episode was written by Fay Weldon author of The Life and Loves of a She Devil. Originally broadcast on the 17th December, 1974 it also stars Miriam Karlin (the Catlady in A Clockwork Orange) and Hilary Mason (Don't Look Now, The Uninvited)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wliCri5F5vU
2. Cassie.
Guy arrives to take Cassie, his second eldest sister home to his grandmother but Cassie has now become a huge star in Hollywood and goes under the name Cassie Epris-Curtis in order to forget her "Fuddle" families past. This episode was originally broadcast on the 24th October, 1985
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GevYHGDQD4
In response to the pressure for Rule, Britannia to be axed from the Last Night of the Proms.
"Britons never, never, never shall be slaves" Be hard pressed to make the lyrics much clearer.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik6U9OLft_4
5. Betton Woods
With Ann now part the crew the Flower continues its fourth day towards London. Having been warned by a lock keeper about Betton Woods being haunted, the Flower runs out of fuel and the crew are forced to spend a night wild moored alongside the woods. When Mike and Liz hear strange noises they leave the boat to find the source...
This episode was originally broadcast on the 25th October, 1967
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbH6lSCx3JI
Age Restricted content.
Three young house sharers make the dangerous mistake of assuming that a man who arrives at the door is the cousin of their absent flatmate.
Shockers was an anthology series of horror stories written by contemporary British screenwriters. The Visitor was the debut of writer Gu Burt (the creator of Alex Rider) There were only six episodes in this series and they were first broadcast on Channel 4 between 1999 and 2000
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WZfsPCHfRU
7. Treasure Trove
This is very last episode of Under the Hammer, a short lived 90's drama / comedy UK television series that focused on the "Secrets and Seduction at a London Auction House" starring two well loved national British treasures Richard Wilson and Jan Francis, the series was created by John 'Rumpole' Mortimer.
This is episode seven and the final episode of a series that only lasted one season, it was originally broadcast on Monday 21st February, 1994 and on ITV
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ5i_rch2EM
"A cut up. A strip down, of all the major epiphanies and high spots and low moments from 1988's Other Side of Midnight" Tony Wilson. The Other Side of Midnight was an influential music and arts programme made by Granada Television and broadcast on Sunday nights between 1988 and 1989 showcasing the very best from Manchester and the North West region of England.
This episode was originally broadcast on the 18th December, 1988 and features a wickedly seductive passage from Macbeth read by Francis Barber, a delightful reading of a poem about a house cat by Irina Ratushinskaya and read by Ian McDiarmid, plus a wonderful song by the band The Mekons and 'Ghosts of American Astronauts'.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuWBdkURGfE
10. The Tunnel.
As the coffin boat of the late captain Billy Hunt passes the Flower of Gloster, they prepare to follow it into Blisworth Tunnel but trouble strikes when something becomes wrapped around the prop during the one and three quarter mile long tunnel. Mike warns Ann “You know if you follow a coffin boat into a tunnel, you never come out the other end” Dick and Ann have no option than to leg the boat through the tunnel.
This episode was originally broadcast on the 29th November, 1967.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuBxVkTzgrA