Neil Roberts – What Was Pebble Mill?

The Afternoon Play – Coming Up For Air

This screen grab is from The Afternoon Play, Coming Up For Air, it was transmitted on 28th Jan 2003.

Here is the entry from the Radio Times for the drama, courtesy of the BBC Genome project:

A strange occurrence befalls grieving husband Tom Rourke in Spain.
Written by Matthew Parkhill ; Producer Carson Black ; Director Dominic Keavey

Contributors:

Written By: Matthew Parkhill
Producer: Carson Black
Director: Dominic Keavey
Tom Rourke: Jeremy Sheffield
Iris Rourke: June Whitfield
Sarah: Mandana Jones
Maisey Rourke: Isabella Melling
Jack Rourke: Bruno Melling
Kay Caroline: Lee Johnson

http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3e0f449297a04046a97252ba13ec3090

The play was edited by Neil Roberts.

Thanks to VT editor Ian Collins for making the still available.

The Afternoon Play – Turkish Delight

This screen grab is from a drama series with the working title of Popcorn. The series was renamed as The Afternoon Play, and this episode was entitled, Turkish Delight.

Thanks to VT Editor, Ian Collins, for making them available.

Thanks to Neil Roberts and Dawn Trotman for adding information about this production.

Here is the entry from the Radio Times, courtesy of the BBC Genome project:

‘Turkish Delight. Carol turns her mundane life around when she learns belly dancing.
Written by Rowan Joffe ; Producer Carson Black ; Director Adrian Bean

Contributors:

Written By: Rowan Joffe
Producer: Carson Black
Director: Adrian Bean
Carol Haye: Denise Welch
Trevor Haye: Tim Dantay
Brenda: Glynis Barber
Inez: Rae Baker
Suzie: Charlie Hayes
Malcolm: Neil Newbon
Ahmed: Anatol Yusef
Sirous: Michael Tezcan’

http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f9e752fdec7e4ad3b3d06e15d8c99f96

Grease Monkeys

Grease Monkeys was transmitted on BBC 3 in 2003-4. The comedy drama featured Ace Bhatti, as Dave Dhillon, shown in these photos. The series tells the story of a dysfunctional Asian family in Manchester.

Will Trotter was the producer of ten episodes, and the editors included James Hey, Adam Trotman, Neil Roberts, Dan Wardle, Russell Parker and Mark Davies.

Thanks to VT editor Ian Collins, for making these screen grabs available.

Doctors – Faith’s Wedding 2002

Photo by John Waldron, no reproduction without permission

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John Waldron took this photo in September 2002 of nurse Faith (played by Eva Fountaine), marrying fireman, Jerry, in the continuing drama series, Doctors.

The episode was edited by Neil Roberts, and the wedding dress was made by Anne-Marie Palmer.

Included in the photo are Lawrence Penry Jones, Corrine Wicks, Eva Fountaine, Arion Bakare, Maggie Cronin and Natalie Robb.

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Don Leaver – The Chain

The Chain. Photo by Willoughby Gulachsen, no reproduction without permission

The Chain. Photo by Willoughby Gullachsen, no reproduction without permission

“I read just read that the director Don Leaver sadly died back in December. Responsible for some of the best telly including Police Surgeon, the first series of The Avengers, The Protectors, Hammer House of Horror, and Armchair Theatre among much more. I had the good fortune to meet him as a 2nd assistant film editor on The Chain, which was made at Pebble Mill in 1989/90. Produced by Carol Parks it was film edited by John Rosser.”

Neil Roberts

Here is the link to Don Leaver’s obituary in The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/dec/22/don-leaver

Here is the entry from the Radio Times for The Chain, from the BBC Genome project: http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b217a5f921884ca8892f412ae9b43864

“A tense thriller by Desmond Lowden.
1: Ten years of property boom in the rich south. Lots of losers, lots of tough cases for Crown Prosecutor Cassidy. Then the mysterious McRae arrives with the first pieces in a jigsaw of murder and corruption that takes over their lives.
Stunt arranger Alf Joint Music Courtney Pine
Script editor Brian Wright Designer Nigel Jones
Photography John Kenway Producer Carol Parks Director Don Leaver BBC Pebble Mill

Written by: Desmond Lowden.
Editor: Brian Wright
Robert McRae: Peter Capaldi
Michael Cassidy: Robert Pugh
Sonia Cassidy: Julia Hills
Phil Benson: Michael Troughton
Marianne Benson: Susan Kyd
Barry: Henry Goodman
James Denton: Terence Budd
Hickman: Kenneth MacDonald
Sergeant Roderick: Aran Bell
Samantha: Auriol Goldingham
Chief Prosecutor Royston: Tony Mathews
Assistant police commissioner: Graham Weston
Pike: Sean McKee
Pike’s mate: Ian Burfield
Court clerk: Colin Rix
Social worker: Karen Benjamin
Alison Cassidy: Anna Day
Jo-Ann: Viveka Dagnell
Dorinda: Eniola Jaiyeoba

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