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Messiah
Drama
BBC One (BBC NI/CBS Paramount)
26 May 2001 - 21 January 2008
5 series - 11 episodes
The series follows the investigations of DCI Red Metcalfe, who investigates gruesome murders. The other main regulars in the series are Kate, Duncan and Metcalfe's deaf wife Susan.
English
Cold Lazarus
Sci-fi drama
Channel 4/BBC 1 (Whistling Gypsy)
26/27 May - 16/17 June 1996
tvark.org/cold-lazarus
The cast includes:
Albert Finney
Frances de la Tour
Ciarán Hinds
Ganiat Kasumu
Grant Masters
Carmen Ejogo
Diane Ladd
Claudia Malkovich
Rob Brydon
Rupert Penry-Jones
English
The Black Candle
One-off drama
ITV (Portman/WWI TV)
26 May 1991
Based on Catherine Cookson's novel
Joe Skinner marries Lily Whitmore, the woman he has long admired, to give a name to her illegitimate child by Lionel Fillmore, the opportunistic son of an impoverished aristocrat.
English
We remember...
Peggyann Clifford - actress
23 March 1921 - 26 May 1986
Age 65
Clifford's TV work includes:
'Allo 'Allo!
Hi-de-Hi!
Alas Smith & Jones
The Flockton Flyer
The Stanley Baxter Show
Adam Adamant Lives!
Z Cars
Dixon of Dock Green
Hancock's Half Hour
The Grove Family
English
The Russ Abbot Show
Comedy
BBC 1
26 May 1986 - 29 November 1991
6 series - 60 episodes plus 6 specials
tvark.org/russ-abbot-sho…
With Russ on the series were:
Bella Emberg
Les Dennis
Tom Bright
Sherrie Hewson
Maggie Moone
Suzy Aitchison
Paul Shearer
Lisa Maxwell
Gordon Kennedy
English
Moonlighting
Comedy drama from the US
BBC 1 (pilot movie)
26 May 1986
BBC 2 (series)
From 29 May 1986
5 series 67 episodes
The series deals with cases investigated by the Blue Moon Detective Agency and its two partners, Maddie Hayes and David Addison.
tvark.org/moonlighting
English
Remembering...
Claude Akins - actor
25 May 1926 - 27 January 1994
Age 67
Claude would have been 100 today.
His TV credits include:
Eerie, Indiana
Hunter
Matlock
Hotel
Murder, She Wrote
The Love Boat
Fantasy Island
Movin' On
Mission: Impossible
The Man from UNCLE
The Fugitive
English
Full Swing
Golf-based gameshow
BBC 1
25 May - 27 July 1996
Host: Jimmy Tarbuck with Louise English
Narrator: Rosemarie Ford
Three contestants are teamed up with pro-celebrity golf players to win money or a holiday.
tvark.org/full-swing
English
25 May 2001
Elton John pulls out of appearing on BBC's Have I Got News for You at the last minute.
He is replaced by taxi driver Ray Johnson (credited as 'Ray Elton John Son') who works as a lookalike.
However, he is introduced to the audience as the genuine Elton John.
English
@hellothisisivan Currently being repeated on U&Eden, back to back episodes in transmission order.
English
Has a TV show ever been as massively popular but subsequently completely unloved as Bread?
Did You See?@TvDidYouSee
#OnThisDay 23 May 1990 - FAST FORWARD A GIPSY ON GRANGE HILL! A new character created by a competition winner. MEETING THE HITMAN'S GANG - with #Sonia, Big Fun, Yell and #MichaelaStrachan. SKOOL REPORT - Bread's Billy Boswell "constantly stared at girls in their tennis gear!!"
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@jdog_wilkins He received a credit as he created the Sontarans and they'd appeared in 4 episodes.
English
We remember...
Robert Holmes - TV scriptwriter
2 April 1926 – 24 May 1986
Age 60
Holmes wrote scripts for TV shows such as
Doctor Who
Shoestring
Armchair Thriller
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Bergerac
Timeslip
Into the Labyrinth
Blake's 7
Scene
Dixon of Dock Green
Mr Rose
Warship
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@LRoundels @NathanMkII @OldRoberts953 He was credited for creating the Sontarans who appeared in 4 episodes.
English
@NathanMkII @OldRoberts953 That's one of those - he's listed for the Sontarans on IMDB things. I'm amazed there aren't a few Fig Binish and random fan productions on there as well!!
English
@OldRoberts953 Amazing that you lot managed to get him to do an SJA after he died.
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We remember... Robert Holmes - TV scriptwriter 2 April 1926 – 24 May 1986 Age 60 Holmes wrote scripts for TV shows such as Doctor Who Shoestring Armchair Thriller The Sarah Jane Adventures Bergerac Timeslip Into the Labyrinth Blake's 7 Scene Dixon of Dock Green Mr Rose Warship
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We remember...
Bert Kwouk - actor
18 July 1930 - 24 May 2016
Age 85
Bert has made appearances in many TV shows like:
Tenko
Last of the Summer Wine
Space Precinct
The House of Eliott
There's a Lot of It About
Doctor Who
Minder
Monkey (UK Narrator)
The Water Margin (UK Narrator)
English
@pauljon49930017 He was a bit of a singer as well. Made the odd novelty single.
English
@tvark Remember Dixon of Dock Green loved it use to watch it with my nan
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We remember...
Jack Warner - actor
24 October 1895 - 24 May 1981
Age 85
Warner will always be associated with Dixon of Dock Green which ran on BBC television from 1955 until 1976.
"Good evening, all."
tvark.org/jack-warner
English