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Actor Bill Kerr dies aged 92

ATV Today August 29, 2014 BBC One Bill Kerr Compact Doctor Who Hancock’s Half Hour Nine Network The Dam Busters The Young Doctors

Actor Bill Kerr, who appeared in a range of productions including science fiction drama Doctor Who and soap operas Compact and The Young Doctors, has…

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Keep it up Downstairs comes to DVD

ATV Today February 25, 2013 Aimi Macdonald Compact Crossroads Diana Dors Downton Abbey Emergency Ward 10 Françoise Pascal Hazel Adair Jack Wild Mary Millington Peter Ling Upstairs Downstairs Willie Rushton

With the success of Downton Abbey for ITV it isn’t surprising the spoof of 1970s period drama Upstairs Downstairs is coming to DVD. Keep it…

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From Crossroads and the Rag Trade to Made in Dagenham – event celebrates working women on TV

Mike Watkins October 5, 2011 Career Girls on the Small Screen Compact Crossroads Emergency Ward 10 Harpers West One The Liver Birds The Rag Trade

A nostalgia trip celebrating television’s portrayal of women in the work place in the 60s and 70s is being laid on by academics from the…

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ATV Icon: Julia Smith

ATV Today February 10, 2010 Angels Compact Doctor Finlay’s Casebook Doctor Who EastEnders Eldorado Julia Smith Spy Trap The District Nurse The Newcomers The Railway Children Z Cars

This month BBC One soap EastEnders celebrates its 25th anniversary and to celebrate this landmark we take a look at one of the soaps creators,…

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