Flickers (TV series)
| Flickers | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Comedy drama |
| Written by | Roy Clarke |
| Directed by | Cyril Coke |
| Starring | Bob Hoskins Frances de la Tour |
| Composer | Ron Grainer |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Joan Brown David Reid |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Production company | Associated Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 17 September – 22 October 1980 |
Flickers is a British television series which was originally broadcast on ITV in 1980. A comedy drama it stars Bob Hoskins as a pioneering filmmaker and Frances de la Tour as the wealthy, middle-class woman who backs his ambitions. Some critics compared it negatively with Pennies from Heaven which had also starred Hoskins.[1]
Main cast
[edit]- Bob Hoskins as Arnie Cole
- Frances de la Tour as Maud
- Fraser Cains as Llewellyn
- Philip Madoc as Jack Brewer
- Sheila Reid as Lily Brewer
- Dickie Arnold as Corky Brown
- Valerie Holliman as Cora Brown
- Granville Saxton as Max Legendre
- Jim Hooper as Percy Bowden
- Joanna Foster as Clara Brewer
- Teresa Codling as Dotty Brewer
- Tom Cotcher as Hector
- Sheri Shepstone as Violet
- Peggy Ann Wood as Nanny
- Sherrie Hewson as Letty
- Patrick Gordon as Gilbert Winslow
- Maxine Audley as Gwendoline Harper
- Andy de la Tour as Clive
References
[edit]- ^ Moline p.103
Bibliography
[edit]- Moline, Karen Bob Hoskins: An Unlikely Hero. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1988.