Rita May
Rita May is an English film and television actress, singer, and writer, best known for playing Mrs Kemp in Threads, Jean in Early Doors and Margaret in Trollied. She's also the only original cast remember who appeared in all episodes of the children's ITV drama series "Children's Ward" from 1989 to 2000.
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
as Aunty WinYorkshire, 1974. Fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie...
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Threads
as Mrs. KempDocumentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of...
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The US President and the UK Prime Minister are planning on launching a war in the Middle East,...
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Jamie New is 16 and doesn’t quite fit in—instead of pursuing a "real" career he dreams of...
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When Saturday Comes
as MabelJimmy Muir comes from a typical gritty, northern town where there are only two options: working...
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Walk Like a Panther
as Mabel HigginsA group of 1980s wrestlers are forced to don the lycra once last time when their beloved local...
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The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
as Kath StoreyA month after the royal visit, the workers at Milton Colliery are brought crashing back down to...
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The Gamekeeper
as MaryGeorge Purse is the gamekeeper for the duke's estate, a role he takes seriously. His position...
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Looks and Smiles
as ReceptionistThatcherism and the Irish troubles provide the backdrop for this study of Mick, a well-meaning...
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Fanny & Elvis
as Rick's MotherYorkshire writer Kate finds out her biological clock is ticking down the same day that her...
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The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
as Kath StoreyThe workers of Milton Colliery prepare for a royal visit from Prince Charles.
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Nits
as NanA 7-year-old boy (Jonathan Mason) struggles to understand why his mother, newly returned from...
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England's Greens and Peasant Land
as PatA planning decision must be made, and the motorway extension must go through on either the Golf...
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Heartbeat
as Mrs. Nelly SneddonSet during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...
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Last of the Summer Wine
as CeliaUnencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never...
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Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
as Emilia MerchantFrank Hathaway, a hardboiled private investigator, and his rookie sidekick Lu Shakespeare form...
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Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Supermarket ShopperInstead of spending her golden years lying down, the indomitable Hetty Wainthropp found her...
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Ackley Bridge
as Julie "Nana" BoothA new academy school in a Yorkshire mill town merges the lives and cultures of the largely...
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Trollied
as MargaretSet in Valco, a fictional budget supermarket in the north west of England, Trollied finds the...
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Children's Ward
as MagsChildren's Ward is a British children's television drama series produced by Granada Television...
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The Syndicate
as NannaA drama exploring how winning the lottery transforms the lives of ordinary people.
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Red Riding
as Aunty WinThrilling trilogy of films based on David Peace's cult noir novels about Yorkshire during the...
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Early Doors
as Jean DixonA sitcom set in a small pub in Manchester, “The Grapes”, where daily life is bound up in the...
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Sunshine
as DoreenSunshine is a three-part comedy drama that began on 7 October 2008 on BBC1 from the co-writers...
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The Gathering Seed
as Martha KilbrideThe saga of Manchester lad Joe Henshaw, a story that takes in family life, the trials and...
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The Royal
as Aunt Mary GrahamFollows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled...
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