Dead Head was a four-part thriller transmitted on BBC2 in January-February 1986. The cameraman was John Kenway, the editor, John Rosser, and the production designer, Gavin Davies.
This is the press pack for the series, courtesy of Ann Chancellor-Davies.
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This page from the internal newspaper, Midlands News from 1992, shows what a vibrant place Pebble Mill was at this time, with both radio and television programmes winning all kinds of accolades, and even the restaurant winning an award for healthy food! Jeremy Clarkson is looking very youthful in the top right-hand corner, but down at the bottom the photographs for Countryfile‘s day out and Sarah Rowlands and Mark Decker’s digital editing session seem to have been swapped over – oops!
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This TX card is from the 1986, BBC1 drama, The Daily Woman.
Below is the entry from the Radio Times, courtesy of the BBC Genome project.
Thanks to Ann Chancellor-Davies, widow of designer, Gavin Davies, for sharing the card.
“Liz O’Prey, daily woman and mother of two, gets some cash – and uses it to fulfill a dream.
by BERNARD MAC LAVERTY
Music NIGEL HESS
Film editor OLIVER WHITE
Photography MIKE WILLIAMS, Designer GAVIN DAVIES, Producer CHRIS PARR
Director MARTYN FRIEND
Contributors
Writer: Bernard Mac Laverty
Music: Nigel Hess
Editor: Oliver White
Unknown: Mike Williams
Designer: Gavin Davies
Producer: Chris Parr
Director: Martyn Friend
Liz O’Prey: Brid Brennan
Mr Henderson: Denys Hawthorne
Max Callisher: Christopher Malcolm
Eamonn O’Prey: Colum Convey
Mrs Henderson: Doreen Hepburn
Liz’s mother: Trudy Kelly
Dinner guests: Oliver Maguire
Dinner guests: John Keyes
Dinner guests: Linda Wray
Dinner guests: Olivia Nash
First security woman: Carole Scanlan
Second security woman: Sarah Jones
Taxi driver: Dick Holland
Receptionist: Eleanor Methven
Housemaid: Brigid Erin Bates
Barman: David Coyle
Babysitter: Tracey Lynch
Ciaran O’Prey: Claran Fenton
Susan O’Prey: Susan Dorothy”
http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/36f28753fb7c4f5a80c0bf5850446e07
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This is the script front page for the 1994, BBC2, drama serial: Martin Chuzzlewit, adapted by David Lodge from Dickens’ original. Chris Parr was the producer, and Pedr James the director. This must be an early version of the script, because not all the crew are named. The rehearsal period was about ten days, in Acton, with filming taking four months.
Thanks to Ann Chancellor-Davies, the widow of production designer, Gavin Davies, for making the page available.
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This is the transmission card for the 1994, BBC2 drama serial Martin Chuzzlewit. The adaptation was written by David Lodge, produced by Chris Parr and directed by Pedr James, with Gavin Davies as the production designer.
Thanks to Ann Chancellor-Davies for sharing the TX card.
The following comments were left on the Pebble Mill Facebook page:
Ian Barber: ‘That was on location in Kings Lynn, we had an amazing time there.’
Gary Williams: ‘I believe Tony Fisher did all the graphics and I loaded up all the opening/closing credits!’
Sue Haslam: ‘Looks rather like some of Tony Fisher’s wonderful calligraphy on the title too…’
Terry Barker: ‘I had just started working for Chris Parr as the show was being edited and I well remember the difference of opinion between him and Pedr over the number of cockroaches on the opening titles. Chris won, and it was less than 12.’
Camilla Fisher: ‘If you are interested in seeing more of the artwork for Martin Chuzzlewit check out the Tony Fisher archive at the library of Birmingham.’