Fay Weldon (born Franklin Birkinshaw; 22 September 1931 – 4 January 2023) was a British author, essayist and playwright. Over the course of her 55-year writing career, she published 31 novels, including Puffball (1980), The Cloning of Joanna May (1989), Wicked Women (1995) and The Bulgari Connection (2000), but was most well-known as the writer of The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1983) which was televised by the BBC in 1986.
Pebble Mill was a re-launched version of the 1970s daily chat show Pebble Mill (also known as Pebble Mill At One for a while) which aired on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The series premiered on October 14, 1991. The show was a mixture of celebrity guests and music. Alan Titchmarsh was a presenter on the show throughout it's complete run. Other presenters included Judi Spiers, Gloria Hunniford and Ross King.
Release Date1991-10-14
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The Alan Titchmarsh Show is a British daytime chat show presented by Alan Titchmarsh. It was first broadcast on ITV on 3 September 2007 and currently airs on weekday afternoons. The show's main focus is the "Best of British" theme with many of the shows' segments focusing on fashion, health, nature, cookery and animals.
Release Date2007-09-03
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Episode Count1
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A poetic look at the life and legacy of legendary author Philip K. Dick (1928-1982), who wrote over a hundred short stories and 44 novels of mind-bending sci-fi, exploring themes of authority, drugs, theology, mental illness and much more.
Release Date1994-04-09
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Vote Count3
An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.
Release Date1964-09-30
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Episode Count2
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A UK anthology series of single plays from major playwrights old and new. It ran from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television. Season 1 also incorporates the Plays from the 'H.M. Tennant Globe Theatre' series, some of which were incorporated and labelled in listings as official Play of the Week episodes and some of which were played in place of Play of the Week episodes in alternative ITV regions. All 8 plays have been incorporated into this entry for convenience.
Release Date1955-09-27
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JobWriter
Episode Count3
Vote Count5
An anthology of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short length, and which therefore attracted many writers who later became well known.
Release Date1965-10-07
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JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count8
ITV Playhouse is a British comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhys Adrian and Alan Sharp. The series began in black and white, but was later shot in colour and was produced by various companies for the ITV network, a format that would inspire Dramarama. Actors appearing in the series included Leslie Anderson, Gwen Nelson, Ricky Alleyne, Pat Heywood, Michael Elphick, Ian Hendry, Edward Woodward, Margaret Lockwood, Jessie Matthews and Lloyd Peters.
Release Date1967-09-25
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Episode Count3
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Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighborhood, surviving social change, political upheaval, scandals, and the horrors of the First World War.
Release Date1971-10-10
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JobWriter
Episode Count3
Vote Count32
Rooms is a 1974–77 British afternoon soap created by John Finch and produced by Thames Television for ITV. Each story is two parts, concerning the various drifters who rent rooms in a lodging-house at 35 Mafeking Terrace.
Release Date1974-11-05
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Episode Count2
Vote Count3
The Doctors is a British television drama produced by the BBC. A twice-weekly broadcast from November 1969 to June 1971, it was a highly authentic, serious medical drama set in a North London group practice, aiming to depict realistic medical environments without the antiseptic sentimentality often seen in American medical shows of the era.
Release Date1969-11-19
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Episode Count2
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In early 19th century England, Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters vie for the affections of rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, who have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to eldest daughter Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with second-eldest Elizabeth.
Release Date1980-01-13
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count5
Vote Count27
Love Story is a 60-minute British anthology television series produced by Associated Television (ATV). A total of 128 episodes aired on ITV from 1963 to 1974. Its guest stars included Vanessa Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave, Stephanie Beacham, James Bolam, Dudley Moore, Wendy Hiller, Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Macnee, John Hurt, Geoffrey Palmer, Judy Cornwell, Leo McKern, David Hemmings, Judy Parfitt, Anna Massey, Felicity Kendal, Edward Fox, Sam Wanamaker, Ian McShane, Michael Kitchen, George Maharis and Margaret Whiting.
Release Date1963-06-03
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
18 short plays written especially for TV, an opportunity for up-and-coming directors such as floor manager Alan Clarke, who ended up doing 10 of the episodes. Some top ranking performers were attracted to the series.
Release Date1967-05-16
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JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count2
Jubilee 1977 is a thirteen-part 1977 BBC One television limited series produced by Pieter Rogers, an anthology centred around the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the accession on Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952. It was celebrated with large-scale parties and parades in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth throughout 1977, culminating in June with the official 'Jubilee Days', held to coincide with the Queen's Official Birthday.
Release Date1977-03-27
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Marked Personal was a British daytime television drama created by Charles Dennis and starring Stephanie Beacham and Heather Chasen. The series was made by Thames Television and consisted of 90 episodes, shown twice weekly on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons during 1973-74. It is set in the fictional personnel department of a large company called B.Y.A.
Release Date1973-10-30
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Shadows is a British Supernatural television anthology series produced by Thames Television for ITV between 1975 and 1978. Extending over three seasons, it featured ghost and horror dramas for children. Guest actors included John Nettleton, Gareth Thomas, Jenny Agutter, Pauline Quirke, Brian Glover, June Brown, Rachel Herbert, Jacqueline Pearce and Gwyneth Strong. The series was also notable for reviving the character of Mr. Stabs. Notable writers for the series included J. B. Priestley, Fay Weldon and PJ Hammond.
Release Date1975-09-03
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JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count4
This is a series of thrillers designed to keep the audience on the edge of their seats.
Release Date1970-09-29
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Owen, M.D. is a BBC 1 television series that ran from 1971 to 1973. It centred on the eponymous lead character's new country practice, following his departure from The Doctors, which had been set in north London.
Release Date1971-09-15
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count4
A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.
Release Date1989-12-08
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Vote Count435
A series of short plays, all originally published as short stories in the 1920s.
Release Date1975-06-13
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Set in Chelsea, London, an agony aunt named Kate Graham works as a newspaper columnist where she gives advice to readers dealing with personal problems, but sometimes she can't help getting personally drawn towards the people that write to her.
Release Date1970-01-06
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count1
Mixture of fictional and non-fictional thought-provoking short films aimed at students of school and college.
Release Date1968-09-26
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count1
Time for Murder is a 1985 British anthology crime series produced by Granada Television, featuring six standalone, hour-long mystery episodes with twists, dark humour, and macabre elements, starring popular actors like Charles Dance and Claire Bloom. Each episode presents a different story, such as a tutor becoming a murder suspect or a writer's spa vacation turning sinister, all united by the theme that 'there is always a time for murder'.
Release Date1985-11-09
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JobWriter
Episode Count1
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Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.
Release Date1956-07-08
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JobWriter
Episode Count4
Vote Count6
Ladies in Charge is a 1986 British television drama, an expansion from a 1985 pilot in the Storyboard anthology programme. Produced by Thames Television for ITV, the six-episode programme stars Carol Royle, Julia Hills, and Julia Swift. After serving as World War I ambulance drivers, three women start a private agency in London to solve problems for clients, blending mystery and drama with a lighthearted tone. They take on various cases, from finding lost items to uncovering secrets, often challenging societal expectations for women of the era.
Release Date1986-05-06
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count2
Series of plays about the romantic entanglements hidden behind the public images of famous historical figures.
Release Date1975-05-02
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Leap in the Dark was a British television anthology series with a supernatural theme. It was broadcast on BBC 2. It ran for 4 seasons - in 1973, 1975, 1977 and 1980 - and over 20 episodes were shown. The first season was documentary, subsequent episodes consisted of docudramas re-enacting real-life cases of paranormal occurrences.
Release Date1973-01-09
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Trapped (1967) is a 12-episode British drama anthology series produced by Associated Television (ATV) and broadcast in the UK during the summer and autumn of 1967. The series focused on the emotional struggles and complex moral situations of characters trapped in difficult or inescapable circumstances.
Release Date1967-05-27
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Armchair 30 is an anthology drama series of short plays produced by Thames Television and broadcast in 1973. The series was a spin-off from Armchair Theatre.
Release Date1973-04-11
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JobWriter
Episode Count1
A series of plays about strong women.
Release Date1977-01-26
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Ruth Patchett has it all: a large, warty body, a standard suburban home, a couple of unruly children, a dog, a cat and a guinea pig. She also has Bobbo, her unfaithful accountant husband who resents her very existence. Bobbo wants, and is wanted by, romance novelist Mary Fisher, who lives in a lighthouse by the sea. When Bobo leaves Ruth for Mary, Ruth decides that Mary doesn't know the first thing about love, and she's gonna teach her.
Release Date1986-10-08
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Episode Count4
Vote Count10
Anthology series of plays about the tensions caused by doubt and mistrust.
Release Date1971-11-23
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
The ‘Heart of the Country’ was a four part series by Fay Weldon set in Somerset which was broadcast in spring 1987.
Release Date1987-02-25
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count4
Vote Count1
A series of plays, each reflecting an individual dilemma - sometimes serious, occasionally humorous - and each with a happy ending.
Release Date1969-11-18
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Drama series depicting a murder trial.
Release Date1971-08-26
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count13
Drama series centring the establishment of a feminist publishing house from the 1970s to the 1990s.
Release Date1998-07-02
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count4
Vote Count3
An anthology of seven plays. Against The Crowd dealt with people whose views differed from those of the majority - people who are against the crowd as it were.
Release Date1975-07-13
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Stories of girls on a Sales Promotion Team.
Release Date1978-03-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
For school leavers Laura, Annie and Carmen, life in East Anglia is as dull as it gets. The only options are marriage to the boy next door...or work in the local poultry factory. How are they going to find love and riches...?
Release Date1992-02-28
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count6
Vote Count2
Joanna once was married to Carl May, a very rich and powerful nuclear energy magnate. They love each other, but had to divorce after Joanna was caught on an incidental love affair. Since then Carl has made Joanna's life impossible. 10 years later she's fed up with the situation and decides to visit him, only to find that once he made three copies of her
Release Date1992-01-16
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Vote Count2
Architect Liffey moves to the Irish countryside with her American fiancé, Richard, to refurbish a long-abandoned cottage. Their neighbours are elderly Molly Tucker and her adult daughter, Mabs, who has three daughters but wants a son. After Richard returns to New York City, Liffey learns she's pregnant, which angers Molly and Mabs. Convinced Liffey has the baby her daughter deserves, Molly tries to use black magic to eliminate the fetus.
Release Date2007-10-28
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Vote Count21
Six new plays showcasing female writers, three set in the 1930s and three in the 1970s.
Release Date1973-09-06
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Joanna once was married to Carl May, a very rich and powerful nuclear energy magnate. They love each other, but had to divorce after Joanna was caught on an incidental love affair. Since then Carl has made Joanna's life impossible. 10 years later she's fed up with the situation and decides to visit him, only to find that once he made three copies of her.
Release Date1992-01-16
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Episode Count2
Release Date1975-03-14
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Based on a true story about a mountaineer named Lucy Walker who becomes the first woman to climb the Matterhorn in 1871.
Release Date1986-06-30
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Release Date1973-08-28
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Mrs. Weekley starts an affair with a young writer named D.H. Lawrence.
Release Date2025-08-05
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Humorous situations on location with little or no dialogue.
Release Date1968-08-11
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
The perfect middle-class couple are holding a dinner party when Nicholas gets a telephone call from Sheila, the mother of his teenage daughter Joan, saying that she can no longer stand to be with her and he must look after her now.
Release Date1966-09-05
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
A series of plays revolving around the ever-intriguing subject of sex.
Release Date1968-11-13
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
A teenage girl is sent to a women's prison, but should she really be there?
Release Date1980-12-02
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count2
A politically-active couple's involvement in an election campaign threatens their marriage through personal entanglements with the candidate and other campaigners.
Release Date1967-09-09
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
1964. During a general election campaign, lecturer Terry Iverson is forced to question his own beliefs and values when he's faced with a potentially campaign-ending family situation.
Release Date1977-05-15
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JobWriter
Nineteen-year-old Bambi is upset when her husband is late arriving to see their new-born child, especially when she discovers that the wine he has brought is not intended for her.
Release Date1970-10-13
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JobWriter
Fay Weldon's play about adultery, middle age, and ambition.
Release Date1972-05-29
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Men behave in a beastly, chauvinistic manner at an office party, turning what should be a fun break from work into an exercise in bad taste.
Release Date1971-08-17
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The programme was the successor to the long-running arts-based series 'Monitor'. It ran from 1967 until 2003, usually being transmitted on Sunday evenings. During its 35-year history, the programme won 12 Bafta awards. Among the series' best remembered documentaries are Cracked Actor, a profile of David Bowie, and Rene Magritte, a graduate film by David Wheatley, 'Madonna: Behind the American dream', a film produced by Nadia Hagger, and a profile of the British film director Ridley Scott. For a season in 1982, the series was in a magazine format presented by Barry Norman. The series was replaced by 'Imagine' hosted by Alan Yentob.
Release Date1967-10-13
Episode Count1
Vote Count9
Release Date1998-07-11
Episode Count1
In Confidence is a British television series presented by Laurie Taylor and executive produced by Victor Lewis-Smith, in which a one-on-one in depth interview with a public figure takes place over the course of about an hour. The object of the interview is to try to get to the bottom of who the subject really is and how they think. The show airs on Sky Arts in the UK.
Release Date2010-01-11
Episode Count1
