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Clive Francis starred in five TV series, and guest-starred on many others. He also appeared in many TV movies. The list below is presented in chronological order. Whether it was a TV series, guest apperance, or TV movie is indicated in the text. Entries in GREY BOXES are TV series in which Clive starred, as opposed to TV series in which he made a guest appearance. Romeo and Juliet By Shakespeare Directed by Paul Lee 1965 Notes: Role: Romeo Produced by the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Regent Polytechnic Institute Cast included Richard Wilson and Angela Scoular. Click on thumbnail to see stills David Copperfield By Charles Dickens Directed by Joan Craft 1966 BBC Notes: Role: Tommy Traddles. Dramatized in 13 episodes. Cast included George Benson, Flora Robson, Hannah Gordon, Barry Justice and Ian McKellen. This is Clive's first television appearance. Click on thumbnail to see stills To See How Far It Is By Alan Plater Directed by Gilchrist Calder 1968 BBC Notes: Role: David Donkin Cast included Nigel Davenport and Norman Rodway. Progressive Hues By Don Shaw Directed by Anne Head 1968 BBC Notes: Role: Dave Cast included Frances Cuka and Joe Melia. Strange Report Written by Don Brinkley and Edward DeBlasio Clive's episode directed by Peter Duffel 1968 ATV Notes: Television series Role: Brandt Cast included Anthony Quayle, Kaz Garas and Guy Doleman. Quayle and Garas play scientists who invesitgate the paranormal. Journey to the Unknown By Directed by Don Chaffey 1968 Hammer Films TV Series Notes: Role: Chrichton Cast included Robert Lansing, John Fraser and Gabriella Drake. Entertaining Mr. Sloane By Joe Orton Directed by Peter Moffatt 1969 Rediffusion Notes: Role: Sloane This was the first and so far only televised production of this play. It was completed just a few days after Joe Orton's death. Cast included Sheila Hancock and Arthur Lovegrove, with Edward Woodward as Ed. Click on thumbnail to see stills Middlemarch By George Eliot Directed by Joan Craft 1969 BBC Notes: Role: Fred Vincy One of the first BBC dramas to be broadcast in colour. Dramatised in 7 episodes Cast included Michael Pennington, Michele Dotrice, Hannah Gordon and Fabia Drake Click on thumbnail to see stills Sovereign's Company By Don Shaw Directed by Alan Clarke 1970 BBC Notes: Role: Dexter Cast included Roland Culver, Gareth Forwood, James Hazeldine, James Cosmo and Oliver Cotton. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austin Adapted by Denis Constanduros Directed by David Giles 1971 BBC Notes: Role: John Willoughby Dramatized in four episodes Cast included Ciaran Madden, Robin Ellis, Joanna David, Isobel Dean and Patricia Routledge Click on thumbnail to see stills Decision to Burn by Kevin Laffan Directed by Marc Miller 1971 Yorkshire Television Notes: Role: Benny Cast inlcuded Anthony Hopkins, Helen Cherry and John Welsh Click on thumbnail to see stills Fly On the Wall by Kevin Laffan Directed by Marc Miller 1971 Yorkshire Television Notes: Role: Colin Imlay Cast included Julia Foster, Roger Livesey, Christopher Timothy and Rachel Kempson. Click on thumbnail to see stills Ben Spray by Peter Nichols Directed by Tony Wharmby 1972 Yorkshire Television Notes: Role: David Riley Cast included John Alderton, Meg Wynn and Gwen Cherrell The Liver Birds by Carla Lane Directed by Sydney Lotterby 1972 ATV Notes: Role: Aubrey Cast included Polly Janes and Nerys Hughes. Crime of Passion by Roy Russell Directed by Peter Moffatt 1972 ATV Notes: Role: Modeste Cast included John Phillips, Anthony Newlands, Rosemary Leach and Colin Cant. New Scotland Yard Directed by Paul Paul Annett, Bill Bain and many others 1972-1974 London Weekend Television Notes: TV SERIES Role: Detective Sargeant Dexter Co-starred in the final season (1974) Cast included Michael Turner and a host of guest-stars Click on thumbnail to see stills The Gathering Storm Directed by Herbert Wise 1974 BBC Notes: Role: Randolph Churchill Cast included Richard Burton, Virginia McKenna, Patrick Stewart, Robert Hardy, Ian Bannen, Leslie Dunlop and Anghard Rees also called Churchill, the Gathering Storm or Walk with Destiny. This was Burton's first television appearance which was pretty apparent. He feigned sickness most of the time and only attended three rehearsals! Click on thumbnail to see stills Churchill's People by Beverly Cross Directed by Peter Hammond 1975 BBC Notes: Role: John Loxley Cast included Ian Hendry, Annette Crosbie and Bernard Hepton Click on thumbnail to see stills Mr. Oddy by Hugh Walpole Directed by Peter Moffatt 1975 BBC Notes: Role: Tommy Brown Cast included Roland Culver Click on thumbnail to see stills Poldark Adapted from books by Winston Graham 1975 BBC Notes: TV SERIES Role: Francis Poldark in the first season, drowning in episode 13 of the 16 episode series. Clive still gets fan mail 30 years later! See the episode guide with brief plot synopses at this external site: Poldark UK. Click on the thumbnail to see stills Caesar and Cleopatra By Bernard Shaw Directed by James Cellan Jones 1976 Southern Television Notes: Role: Apollodorus Cast included Alec Guinness, Genevieve Bujold and Michael Bryant Saturday Sunday Monday Play by Eduardo De Filippo Directed by Alan Bridges 1978 Notes: Role: Roberto Also known as BBC Laurence Olivier Presents Saturday Sunday Monday Cast included Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Frank Finlay and Edward Woodward Click on thumbnail to see stills As You Like It by William Shakespeare Directed by Basil Coleman 1978 Notes: Role: Oliver Cast included Helen Mirren, Angharad Ross, Richard Pasco, and James Bolam Click on thumbnail to see stills The Rear Column by Simon Gray Directed by Harold Pinter 1980 BBC Notes: Role: Troup Cast included Simon Ward, Donald Gee and John Horton Click on thumbnail to see stills Airey Neave Dramatised Documentary Directed by Ben Rea 1980 BBC Notes: Role: Airey Neave Ludovic Kennedy presented the program Click on thumbnail to see stills Masada Directed by Boris Sagal 1981 Notes: Role: Attius, Head Tribune and Vespasian's spy Cast included Peter O'Toole, Peter Strauss and Anthony Quayle Click on thumbnail to see stills Amy by Roger Milner Directed by Nat Crosby (1984) BBC Notes: TV Movie Role: Jim Mollinson Click on thumbnail to see stills Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles Directed by Don Taylor (1984) BBC Notes: Role: Theseus Cast included Anthony Quayle, Juliet Stevenson, Kenneth Haigh, John Shrapnel, Bryan Pringle Click on the thumbnail to see Youtube videos The Far Pavilions Adapted from M. M. Kaye's novel Directed by Peter Duffell 1984 Notes: Role: Kelly Cast included Ben Cross, Amy Irving, Christopher Lee, Omar Sharif, Rossano Brazzi, John Gielgug and Rupert Evert Also called "Blade of Steel" Clive played the surgeon to John Gielgud "who had to die in my arms. Every time I closed John's eyes and began to weep he would start to giggle and say I was tickling him!" Bulman 1985 Notes: Role: "Dylan Chadwick" in episode: "Pandora's Many Boxes" The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle Directed by Patrick Lau 1986 Granada Television Notes: Role: "Neville St. Clair " in episode: "The Man With the Twisted Lip" Regular cast included Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke. Click on thumbnail to see stills Yes, Prime Minister by Anthony Jay and Jonathan Lynn Directed by Sydney Lotterby 1986 BBC Notes: Role: "Luke" in episode: "A Victory for Democracy" (episode # 1.6) 2/13/1986 Cast included Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds, David De Keyster, Ronald Hines and Donald Pickering Quartermaine's Terms by Simon Gray Directed by Bill Hays 1987 Notes: TV Movie Role: Mark Sackling Edward Fox, Paul Jesson, Peter Jeffrey, Eleanor Bron, John Gielgud, and Tessa Peake-Jones Click on thumbnail to see stills Lord Peter Wimsey by Dorothy Sayers 1987 Notes: TV Miniseries Role: Norman Urquhart Cast included Edward Petherbridge and Harriet Walter The Bretts Written by Harry Duffin Directed by Baz Taylor 1987 Notes: TV Miniseries Role: ? Old Flames Written by Simon Gray Directed by Christopher Morahan 1989 Notes: TV Movie Role: Jackaboy Also starred Stephen Fry, Simon Callow and Miriam Margolies May to December By Paul Mendelson Directed by Sydney Lotterby 1989 BBC Notes: TV Series Role: Miles Henty for the first season and the first episode of the second season Cast included Anton Rodgers and Eva Matheson The Piglet Files 1990-1993 Notes: TV SERIES Role: Maurice Drummond. See the episode guide, with brief plot synopses, here. Complete synopsis and critiques of each episode will follow shortly. Click on thumbnail to see stills The 10 Percenters by Doug Naylor Directed by Marcus Mortimer 1992 - 1993 3 series Notes: TV SERIES Role: Dominic Eden Cast included Elizabeth Bennet, Colin Stinton and Benedict Taylor Click on thumbnail to see stills Lipstick on Your Collar by Dennis Potter Directed by Renne Rye 1993 Channel 4 Notes: TV Miniseries Role: Major Hedges Cast included Nicholas Jones, Nicholas Farrell, Peter Jeffrey, Douglas Henshall, Giles Thomas and Ewen McGregor Click on thumbnail to see stills Wild Justice Directed by Tony Wharmby 1993 Notes: Role: Sir Steven Cast Cast included Roy Scheider and Sam Wanamaker A TV Miniseries, never shown in the UK. Anna Lee 1993 Role: "Martin Fletcher" in episode: "Cook's Tale, The" (episode # 1.5) 3/20/1994 The Plant 1994 Role: Sharpe's Company by Charles Wood Directed by Ted Childs 1994 Notes: Miniseries (one of several Sharpe miniseries) Role: Windham Cast included Sean Bean, Michael Byrne and Pete Postlethwaite Click on thumbnail to see stills Giving Tongue by Emma Fortune Directed b Stefan Schwartz 1996 BBC Notes: TV Miniseries Role: Ian Llewellyn Groves Cast included Warren Clarke, John Bird, John Fortune, Claire Holman and Charlotte Coleman Longitude Written and directed by Charles Sturridge 2000 Notes: TV Miniseries Role: Captain Digges Cast included Michael Gambon, Jeremy Irons and Ian Hart Click on thumbnail to see stills Rosemary and Thyme UK viewers only 2005 TV Series Role: Angus Fairly, food critic, in "A Cup of Silence" Click on thumbnail to see stills INTERVIEW PROGRAMS Breakfast (2001) 1/19/2001 This page last updated November 7, 2006.