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ITV Playhouse: Mr. Axelford's Angel (Yorkshire Television, 1974)

"I'm helplessly in love with you. Odd, isn't it? Love is like an illness. I'm sick at heart for you, Angel."

#Mr. Axelford's Angel #ITV Playhouse #Single play #Yorkshire Television #1974 #Peter whitbread #John frankau #Julia Foster #Michael Bryant #Lally bowers #Robert raglan #Jacqueline stanbury #Katy wild #donald sumpter #Matthew Guinness #Sally ducrow #Ruth seglow #Tariq yunus #Whitbread was first and foremost a stage actor who took odd jobs on TV to keep the coffers full; as a screenwriter he had only a handful #Of titles to his name (most notably a clutch of Emmerdale Farm episodes and the creation of well remembered children's series The Flockton #Flyer)‚ and yet he somehow hit paydirt with this freelance script for ITVs drama anthology series: Angel would go on to win rave reviews‚#Getting a repeat showing the following Valentines day‚ was nominated for two BAFTAs and won the emmy for best fiction programme 1974 #A considerable coup for a modest romantic comedy‚ filmed mostly on video tape on a couple of simple sets with a small cast. Bryant was one #Of the uks most versatile and talented character actors‚ tho he wasn't exactly a star‚ and Foster was popular but never quite broke out the #Way she should have. So why so much fuss for such average acorns? Hard to say. Not that this isn't a good play; it's very sweet‚ a classic #Culture clash romance in which working class secretary and stuffy titan of industry find themselves drawn together. But there isn't very #Much to set it apart from any other play from ITV‚ or indeed the BBC‚ in this era. These were the years of the single play‚ hundreds #Produced each year‚ and yet this is the one that for whatever reason grabbed the public consciousness. So it goes. It is rather sweet and #Both leads are very well suited to this particular brand of meet cute without taking the parts too far (he too cold and imperious‚ she too #Ditzy and free living). It's just a fairly simple story told well. Perhaps it was that simplicity that so appealed to the general public?

The Rivals Of Sherlock Holmes: The Sensible Action Of Lieutenant Holst (2.6, Thames, 1973)

"It's ironic, is it not? You have a democracy, here in Denmark. And all that I and my comrades want is to establish a similar kind of democracy in Russia - and for that we are called anarchists. And you - a sensitive and liberal man - assist the kind of tyrants your country got rid of centuries ago! I do not blame you. You are doing your duty!"

#the rivals of sherlock holmes #rivals rewatch #rivals spoilers #lieutenant holst #palle rosenkrantz #john thaw #virginia stride #catherine schell #philip madoc #anthony newlands #vernon dobtcheff #michael turner #michael beint #paul whitsun jones #peter whitbread #john gatrell #ian stirling #one of the bleaker and more downbeat episodes #unlike the other rivals #holst is never really in control of the situation #and he knows it #the action and the outcome are all dictated by greater powers #the resulting helplessness of holst is uneasy after so many episodes of genius detectives saving the day #the core four of thaw schell madoc and stride are all very good #madoc especially manages to make his character simultaneously abrasive and sympathetic #but then great actors like newlands and dobtcheff are wasted in bit parts #newlands in particular would have been a good choice for one of the more pompous rivals #the following year thaw would play jack regan for the first time for armchair cinema #a very different type of policeman to sensitive lt holst

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