Bernard Atha
Bernard Atha CBE was an actor known for his many appearances in Ken Loach films and various notable Play for Today productions. He also served as a Labour councillor for the Kirkstall ward in Leeds for 57 years (1957-2014) and was once the Lord Mayor of the city. He trained in ballet and law before taking up his career in acting and politics. He died aged 94 on 22nd October 2022.
Kes
as Youth Employment OfficerBullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother,...
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Family Life
as uncreditedA young woman, Janice, is living with her restrictive and conservative parents, who lead a dull...
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Leeds United!
as Radio ReporterThe true story of a strike in 1970 by female textile-factory workers in Leeds who wanted to be...
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It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
as uncreditedBased on James Herriot's books about life as a 1930s veterinarian in Yorkshire, John Alderson...
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The Lady's Maid's Bell
as PharmacistBased on a short story by Edith Wharton. A lady's maid named Hartley finds employment with Mrs....
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Kisses at Fifty
as Social Security ManA father leaves his grown-up family to move in with his lover in the south, alienating himself...
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The Spongers
as Councillor ConwayIn the days leading up the Queen's Silver Jubilee, Pauline, a recently separated single mother,...
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The Rank and File
as Personnel OfficerWilkinsons glass-works dominates a Staffordshire town. After a small walkout over pay...
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The Cold War Killers
as Hotel PorterA missing 1950s era airplane is found 27 years later at the bottom of a lake. British and Soviet...
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There Is a Happy Land
as Park RangerKeith Waterhouse's near autobiographical tale about characters from his childhood.
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Sherlock Holmes
as Dr CarthewSherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the...
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All Creatures Great and Small
as Jack AlmondAll Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British...
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All Creatures Great and Small
as Henry DicksonAll Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British...
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Days of Hope
as VicarDays of Hope is a BBC television drama serial produced in 1975. The series dealt with the lives...
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The Beiderbecke Affair
as Returning OfficerThe Beiderbecke Affair is a television series produced in the United Kingdom by ITV during 1985,...
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Bill Brand
as Mr. HollinsFollowing the death of the sitting Labour Party Member of Parliament, Bill Brand is selected as...
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