Late Starter (TV series)
| Late Starter | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Brian Clark |
| Directed by | Barry Davis Nicholas Mallett |
| Starring | Peter Barkworth |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Mark Shivas |
| Producer | Ruth Boswell |
| Running time | 50 min |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1 |
| Release | 15 March – 3 May 1985 |
Late Starter is a 1985 BBC TV series that ran for 8 episodes. Peter Barkworth played a retired university professor who finds himself having to start again in a run down bedsit in North London.[1][2]
Cast[edit]
- Peter Barkworth – Edward Brett
- Akosua Busia – Nicki
- Rowena Cooper – Mary Brett
- Julia Foster – Liz Weldon
- Carol Leader – Penny Johnson
- Simon Cowell-Parker – Simon Brett
References[edit]
- ^ Jerry Roberts – 2009 Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors – Page 121 0810863782 "Hannah Gordon and Peter Barkworth starred as the Telfords, him a banker in the stoic vein. ... Davis was on board for another Peake-Jones miniseries, Cockles, and again presented Barkworth as a cuckold in Late Starter, costarring Akosua ..."
- ^ Punch – Volume 288 – Page 70 Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor – 1985 – "LATE STARTER – PETER BARKWORTH as Edward Brett JULIA FOSTER as Liz Weldon ROWENA COOK as Mary Brett ... he has now flung himself into the identical breach in Late Starter (BBC1), the pulsating story of a literature professor who is also a dimwit In the bank saga, Barkworth's character stood by while his wife cuckolded him with some oaf from show business."
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