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| Lords of the dance: the Fish People |
Episode 1 (8.3m)
Episode 2 (7.5m)
Episode 3 (7.1m)
Episode 4 (7.0m)
Average audience for serial: 7.48m
Patrick Troughton (The Doctor) March 25th 1920 to March 28 1987 (heart attack) See Patrick Troughton's entry on The Power of the Daleks
Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon) Born September 22nd 1944 Click here for Frazer Hines's entry on The Highlanders
CREDITED GUEST CAST
Paul Anil (Jacko) 1936 to December 29th 2014
Career highlights
Paul's other work includes It Happened Like This (1963), The Avengers (1963), The Troubleshooters (1968), Hugh and I Spy (1968), Juliet Bravo (1981), To Turn a Blind Eye (1982), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), A Passage to India (1984), King of the Ghetto (1986), Moving Portraits (1987) and The Bill (1988).
Graham Ashley (Overseer) April 26th 1927 to October 30th 1979 (anaplastic bowel cancer)
Career highlights
Graham debuted in The Pickwick Papers (1952), followed by roles in Track the Man Down (1955), Stryker of the Yard (1957), The Diary of Samuel Pepys (1958), The Tell-Tale Heart (1960), Here's Harry (1962), The Young Detectives (1963), The Bedsit Girl (1965), Danger Man (1966), The Power Game (1969), Steptoe and Son (1970), Oranges & Lemons (1973), Billy Liar (1974), Churchill's People (1975), Porridge (1974-75), Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976), Holding On (1977), Adventures of a Private Eye (1977), Scorpion Tales (1978), Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1978), Adventures of a Plumber's Mate (1978), Licensed to Love and Kill (1979) and Heartland (1979). The roles he will be most remembered for, however, are caretaker 'Grumpy' Garfield in Grange Hill (1978-80) and the small but remembered part of Gold Five (aka Pops and Davish Krail) in Star Wars: A New Hope (1977).
Average audience for serial: 7.48m
- A guide to the guest cast is at the bottom of this entry. An episode by episode review of this story can be read at Time Space Visualiser here.
Patrick Troughton (The Doctor) March 25th 1920 to March 28 1987 (heart attack) See Patrick Troughton's entry on The Power of the Daleks
Anneke Wills (Polly) Born October 20th 1941 For a full career biography for Anneke Wills, click here.
Michael Craze (Ben Jackson) November 29th 1942 to December 8th 1998 (heart attack) For a full career biography for Michael Craze, click here.
Michael Craze (Ben Jackson) November 29th 1942 to December 8th 1998 (heart attack) For a full career biography for Michael Craze, click here.
Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon) Born September 22nd 1944 Click here for Frazer Hines's entry on The Highlanders
CREDITED GUEST CAST
Paul Anil (Jacko) 1936 to December 29th 2014
Career highlights
Paul's other work includes It Happened Like This (1963), The Avengers (1963), The Troubleshooters (1968), Hugh and I Spy (1968), Juliet Bravo (1981), To Turn a Blind Eye (1982), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), A Passage to India (1984), King of the Ghetto (1986), Moving Portraits (1987) and The Bill (1988).
Graham Ashley (Overseer) April 26th 1927 to October 30th 1979 (anaplastic bowel cancer)
Career highlights
Graham debuted in The Pickwick Papers (1952), followed by roles in Track the Man Down (1955), Stryker of the Yard (1957), The Diary of Samuel Pepys (1958), The Tell-Tale Heart (1960), Here's Harry (1962), The Young Detectives (1963), The Bedsit Girl (1965), Danger Man (1966), The Power Game (1969), Steptoe and Son (1970), Oranges & Lemons (1973), Billy Liar (1974), Churchill's People (1975), Porridge (1974-75), Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976), Holding On (1977), Adventures of a Private Eye (1977), Scorpion Tales (1978), Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1978), Adventures of a Plumber's Mate (1978), Licensed to Love and Kill (1979) and Heartland (1979). The roles he will be most remembered for, however, are caretaker 'Grumpy' Garfield in Grange Hill (1978-80) and the small but remembered part of Gold Five (aka Pops and Davish Krail) in Star Wars: A New Hope (1977).
Facts
Graham was the first credited cast member of Star Wars to die, aged just 52.
Joseph Furst (Professor Zaroff) February 13th 1916 to November 29th 2005
Career highlights
Prolific Viennese-born actor who debuted on screen in Confession (1953), followed by The Tell-Tale Heart (1958), Echo from Afar (1959), Counter-Attack! (1960), Ghost Squad (1961), 55 Days at Peking (1963), The High Bright Sun (1965), The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966), Drop Dead Darling (1966), Theatre of Death (1967), Hammerhead (1968), Goodbye Gemini (1970), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), The Far Country (1972), Ryan (1973), The Evil Touch (1974), Inn of the Damned (1975), Luke's Kingdom (1976), Skyways (1979-80), The Young Doctors (1980), A Country Practice (1982), Cop Shop (1982), Special Squad (1984), The Dunera Boys (1985) and Tusitala (1986). He also played Carlo Lenzi in 56 episodes of the Australian soap Number 96 (1976).
Facts
Joseph originally studied law before becoming an actor.
Tony Handy (Zaroff's guard) July 2nd 1934 to October 7th 2025
Career highlights
Tony also had roles in United! (1966), Hugh and I (1966), The Three Musketeers (1966-67), The White Rabbit (1967), The Informer (1967) and All Gas and Gaiters (1969).
Facts
Tony later moved into public relations.
Catherine Howe (Ara) Born May 17th 1950
Career highlights
Catherine's other work includes Undermind (1965), The Newcomers (1966), A Way with the Ladies (1967), Z Cars (1971), Private Road (1971) and Can You Keep It Up for a Week? (1974).
Joseph Furst (Professor Zaroff) February 13th 1916 to November 29th 2005
Career highlights
Prolific Viennese-born actor who debuted on screen in Confession (1953), followed by The Tell-Tale Heart (1958), Echo from Afar (1959), Counter-Attack! (1960), Ghost Squad (1961), 55 Days at Peking (1963), The High Bright Sun (1965), The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966), Drop Dead Darling (1966), Theatre of Death (1967), Hammerhead (1968), Goodbye Gemini (1970), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), The Far Country (1972), Ryan (1973), The Evil Touch (1974), Inn of the Damned (1975), Luke's Kingdom (1976), Skyways (1979-80), The Young Doctors (1980), A Country Practice (1982), Cop Shop (1982), Special Squad (1984), The Dunera Boys (1985) and Tusitala (1986). He also played Carlo Lenzi in 56 episodes of the Australian soap Number 96 (1976).
Facts
Joseph originally studied law before becoming an actor.
Tony Handy (Zaroff's guard) July 2nd 1934 to October 7th 2025
Career highlights
Tony also had roles in United! (1966), Hugh and I (1966), The Three Musketeers (1966-67), The White Rabbit (1967), The Informer (1967) and All Gas and Gaiters (1969).
Facts
Tony later moved into public relations.
Catherine Howe (Ara) Born May 17th 1950
Career highlights
Catherine's other work includes Undermind (1965), The Newcomers (1966), A Way with the Ladies (1967), Z Cars (1971), Private Road (1971) and Can You Keep It Up for a Week? (1974).
Awards
1976: Ivor Novello Award for Best Middle of the Road Song (Harry)
Facts
What Cathy did next... In 1971, Catherine recorded an album called What a Beautiful Place, but just before its release, the record company went bust, and the music remained largely unheard until its belated release in 2007. However, Catherine's singing career did not fade, and she went on to become a successful folk singer-songwriter, albeit one often regarded as overlooked ("Catherine Howe was a Kate Bush before her time" - Observer, 2007). In 1975, she released her second album Harry, the title song from which won an Ivor Novello Award, and was also seen singing during the opening credits of the film Can You Keep It Up for a Week?. Her 1976 album Silent Mother Nature won the Sunday Times' Folk Album of the Year. In 1977, Catherine produced and sang the songs for the BBC series That's Life!. She also worked with Ennio Morricone and Piero Piccioni. In the 1980s, Catherine's singing career came to an end, but was revived again in 2002 with her fifth album, Princelet Street. In 2012, having secured a first class degree in history and religion through the Open University, Catherine wrote a book on the life of the 19th century secularist George Holyoake. A second book followed, Halifax 1842: A Year of Crisis (2014), about the history of her hometown of Halifax.
Colin Jeavons (Damon) Born October 20th 1929
Doctor Who credits
Played: Damon in The Underwater Menace (1967)
Played: George Tracey in K9 & Company (1981)
Career highlights
Colin debuted in Nom-de-Plume (1956), then appeared in The Black Arrow (1958), The Life and Death of Sir John Falstaff (1959), Great Expectations (1959), Bleak House (1959), The Small House at Allington (1960), Maigret (1962), Moonstrike (1963), The Baron (1966), David Copperfield (1966), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966), Frankenstein Created Woman (1967), The Oblong Box (1969), Doomwatch (1971), Billy Liar (1973-74, as Shadrack), Schizo (1976), The Fuzz (1977), The Old Curiosity Shop (1979-80), The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981), Kinvig (1981), Great Expectations (1981), Jane Eyre (1983), Bleak House (1985), Absolute Beginners (1986), Blackeyes (1989), The Blackheath Poisonings (1992) and The Man Who Cried (1993). He may be best remembered as the wily Tim Stamper in the political thriller House of Cards (1990) and its sequel To Play the King (1993). Colin also presented the children's series Play School (1965-67) and Play Away (1973-78).
Facts
Colin's son Barney was manager of the heavy metal band Reuben, and in 2007 Colin came out of retirement to appear (with full bushy beard) in the video for the band's single Blood, Bunny, Larkhall.
Noel Johnson (Thous) December 28th 1916 to October 1st 1999
Doctor Who credits
Played: Thous in The Underwater Menace (1967)
Played: Charles Grover MP in Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974)
Career highlights
Debuted in Highly Dangerous (1950), then Appointment with Venus (1951), Little Red Monkey (1955), Ivanhoe (1958), An Age of Kings (1960), The Spread of the Eagle (1963), It's a Woman's World (1964), David Copperfield (1966), The Golden Age (1967), Husbands and Lovers (1970), Fraud Squad (1970), Colditz (1972), Warship (1974), Frightmare (1974), Oil Strike North (1975), Shadows (1978), Buccaneer (1980), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Harry's Game (1982), Withnail & I (1987), Inspector Morse (1990) and A Touch of Frost (1997). Noel was the first actor to play sleuth Dick Barton in the BBC radio series (1946-49), a role he reprised for the BBC's jubilee celebrations in 1972. He also voiced Dan Dare for Radio Luxembourg between 1951-56, and on TV played J M Osborne in A for Andromeda (1961) and The Andromeda Breakthrough (1962).
Peter Stephens (Lolem) January 3rd 1920 to September 17th 1972
Doctor Who credits
Played: Cyril in The Celestial Toymaker (1966)
Played: Knave of Hearts in The Celestial Toymaker (1966)
Played: Kitchen boy in The Celestial Toymaker (1966)
Played: Lolem in The Underwater Menace (1967)
Career highlights
Further appearances by Brazilian-born Peter were in The Immortal Lady (1948), No Other Verdict (1955), The Count of Monte Cristo (1956), Whack-O! (1957), Fair Game (1958), Tales from Dickens (1959), Knight Errant Ltd (1960), Danger Man (1960/66), The Treasure Seekers (1961), Oliver Twist (1962), The Sentimental Agent (1963), Martin Chuzzlewit (1964), Out of the Unknown (1965), The Corridor People (1966), Adam Adamant Lives! (1967), Herostratus (1967), To See How Far It Is (1968), The Avengers (1969), Dombey and Son (1969), The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970), Brett (1971), Z Cars (1971), Doctor in Charge (1972), Love and Mr Lewisham (1972) and Arthur of the Britons (1973).
P G Stephens (Sean) 1923 to May 13th 2014
Career highlights
Debuted in Pat's Private Angels (1957), followed by The Exiles (1959), The Secret Kingdom (1960), The Plane Makers (1963), Our Man at St Mark's (1964), A Farewell to Arms (1966), The Newcomers (1967), Fraud Squad (1969), Scream and Scream Again (1970), The Liver Birds (1971), Once Upon a Time (1973), I Didn't Know You Cared (1978), The Vanishing Army (1978), Trenchcoat (1983), The Kenny Everett Television Show (1983), Give Us a Break (1983), The Doctor and the Devils (1985), Only Fools and Horses (1986), Ticket to Ride (1989), Murder in Eden (1991) and The Bill (1995).
Facts
The "P G" stood for Patrick Gerard.
Gerald Taylor (Damon's assistant) October 11th 1940 to December 4th 1994 Click here for Gerald Taylor's entry on The Daleks
Ralph Watson (Technician) January 20th 1936 to June 20th 2021 (cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Technician in The Underwater Menace (1967)
Played: Captain Knight in The Web of Fear (1968)
Played: Ettis in The Monster of Peladon (1974)
Played: Ben in Horror of Fang Rock (1977)
Career highlights
His first credit was Front Page Story (1965), then The Three Musketeers (1966), The Anniversary (1968), Kate (1970), A Family at War (1971), Barlow at Large (1973), Edward the Seventh (1975), Battle of the Sexes (1976), When the Boat Comes In (1976), Dave Allen At Large (1976-78), Hazell (1979), To the Manor Born (1980), Sink or Swim (1981), Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983), One By One (1985), Prospects (1986), Boon (1989), Spender (1992), The Glass Virgin (1995), Shooting Fish (1997), A Dinner of Herbs (2000), A Soldier's Tunic (2004) and Casualty (2007).
Facts
In the early 1980s Ralph worked as a supply teacher in London.
In 2016 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Ralph here.
Tom Watson (Ramo) March 21st 1932 to August 18th 2001 (cancer)
Career highlights
Debuting in The Chertsey Apprentice (1956), then Kenilworth (1957), Subway in the Sky (1959), Kidnapped (1963), Martin Chuzzlewit (1964), The Flying Swan (1965), Spindoe (1968), Take Three Girls (1969), Brett (1971), The New Road (1973), Oil Strike North (1975), The Ghosts of Motley Hall (1977), The Standard (1978), The Nightmare Man (1981), Taggart (1983/85), Hannay (1989), Prime Suspect 2 (1992), Highlander (1994), Annie's Bar (1996), Hamish Macbeth (1997), All Along the Watchtower (1999), Brotherly Love (1999-2000) and Two Thousand Acres of Sky (2001). He regularly played Ernest Docherty in Cardiac Arrest (1994-96).
Facts
Tom had been a heavy drinker in the 1970s, but gave up alcohol in 1979 and his career found renewed life. In 1997, he produced an anthology of poetry entitled Dark Whistle. Here's a 1989 interview with Tom from Scottish Television.
Roma Woodnutt (Nola) August 15th 1925 to November 17th 1997
Facts
What Cathy did next... In 1971, Catherine recorded an album called What a Beautiful Place, but just before its release, the record company went bust, and the music remained largely unheard until its belated release in 2007. However, Catherine's singing career did not fade, and she went on to become a successful folk singer-songwriter, albeit one often regarded as overlooked ("Catherine Howe was a Kate Bush before her time" - Observer, 2007). In 1975, she released her second album Harry, the title song from which won an Ivor Novello Award, and was also seen singing during the opening credits of the film Can You Keep It Up for a Week?. Her 1976 album Silent Mother Nature won the Sunday Times' Folk Album of the Year. In 1977, Catherine produced and sang the songs for the BBC series That's Life!. She also worked with Ennio Morricone and Piero Piccioni. In the 1980s, Catherine's singing career came to an end, but was revived again in 2002 with her fifth album, Princelet Street. In 2012, having secured a first class degree in history and religion through the Open University, Catherine wrote a book on the life of the 19th century secularist George Holyoake. A second book followed, Halifax 1842: A Year of Crisis (2014), about the history of her hometown of Halifax.
Colin Jeavons (Damon) Born October 20th 1929
Doctor Who credits
Played: Damon in The Underwater Menace (1967)
Played: George Tracey in K9 & Company (1981)
Career highlights
Colin debuted in Nom-de-Plume (1956), then appeared in The Black Arrow (1958), The Life and Death of Sir John Falstaff (1959), Great Expectations (1959), Bleak House (1959), The Small House at Allington (1960), Maigret (1962), Moonstrike (1963), The Baron (1966), David Copperfield (1966), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966), Frankenstein Created Woman (1967), The Oblong Box (1969), Doomwatch (1971), Billy Liar (1973-74, as Shadrack), Schizo (1976), The Fuzz (1977), The Old Curiosity Shop (1979-80), The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981), Kinvig (1981), Great Expectations (1981), Jane Eyre (1983), Bleak House (1985), Absolute Beginners (1986), Blackeyes (1989), The Blackheath Poisonings (1992) and The Man Who Cried (1993). He may be best remembered as the wily Tim Stamper in the political thriller House of Cards (1990) and its sequel To Play the King (1993). Colin also presented the children's series Play School (1965-67) and Play Away (1973-78).
Facts
Colin's son Barney was manager of the heavy metal band Reuben, and in 2007 Colin came out of retirement to appear (with full bushy beard) in the video for the band's single Blood, Bunny, Larkhall.
Noel Johnson (Thous) December 28th 1916 to October 1st 1999
Doctor Who credits
Played: Thous in The Underwater Menace (1967)
Played: Charles Grover MP in Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974)
Career highlights
Debuted in Highly Dangerous (1950), then Appointment with Venus (1951), Little Red Monkey (1955), Ivanhoe (1958), An Age of Kings (1960), The Spread of the Eagle (1963), It's a Woman's World (1964), David Copperfield (1966), The Golden Age (1967), Husbands and Lovers (1970), Fraud Squad (1970), Colditz (1972), Warship (1974), Frightmare (1974), Oil Strike North (1975), Shadows (1978), Buccaneer (1980), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Harry's Game (1982), Withnail & I (1987), Inspector Morse (1990) and A Touch of Frost (1997). Noel was the first actor to play sleuth Dick Barton in the BBC radio series (1946-49), a role he reprised for the BBC's jubilee celebrations in 1972. He also voiced Dan Dare for Radio Luxembourg between 1951-56, and on TV played J M Osborne in A for Andromeda (1961) and The Andromeda Breakthrough (1962).
Peter Stephens (Lolem) January 3rd 1920 to September 17th 1972
Doctor Who credits
Played: Cyril in The Celestial Toymaker (1966)
Played: Knave of Hearts in The Celestial Toymaker (1966)
Played: Kitchen boy in The Celestial Toymaker (1966)
Played: Lolem in The Underwater Menace (1967)
Career highlights
Further appearances by Brazilian-born Peter were in The Immortal Lady (1948), No Other Verdict (1955), The Count of Monte Cristo (1956), Whack-O! (1957), Fair Game (1958), Tales from Dickens (1959), Knight Errant Ltd (1960), Danger Man (1960/66), The Treasure Seekers (1961), Oliver Twist (1962), The Sentimental Agent (1963), Martin Chuzzlewit (1964), Out of the Unknown (1965), The Corridor People (1966), Adam Adamant Lives! (1967), Herostratus (1967), To See How Far It Is (1968), The Avengers (1969), Dombey and Son (1969), The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970), Brett (1971), Z Cars (1971), Doctor in Charge (1972), Love and Mr Lewisham (1972) and Arthur of the Britons (1973).
P G Stephens (Sean) 1923 to May 13th 2014
Career highlights
Debuted in Pat's Private Angels (1957), followed by The Exiles (1959), The Secret Kingdom (1960), The Plane Makers (1963), Our Man at St Mark's (1964), A Farewell to Arms (1966), The Newcomers (1967), Fraud Squad (1969), Scream and Scream Again (1970), The Liver Birds (1971), Once Upon a Time (1973), I Didn't Know You Cared (1978), The Vanishing Army (1978), Trenchcoat (1983), The Kenny Everett Television Show (1983), Give Us a Break (1983), The Doctor and the Devils (1985), Only Fools and Horses (1986), Ticket to Ride (1989), Murder in Eden (1991) and The Bill (1995).
Facts
The "P G" stood for Patrick Gerard.
Gerald Taylor (Damon's assistant) October 11th 1940 to December 4th 1994 Click here for Gerald Taylor's entry on The Daleks
Ralph Watson (Technician) January 20th 1936 to June 20th 2021 (cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Technician in The Underwater Menace (1967)
Played: Captain Knight in The Web of Fear (1968)
Played: Ettis in The Monster of Peladon (1974)
Played: Ben in Horror of Fang Rock (1977)
Career highlights
His first credit was Front Page Story (1965), then The Three Musketeers (1966), The Anniversary (1968), Kate (1970), A Family at War (1971), Barlow at Large (1973), Edward the Seventh (1975), Battle of the Sexes (1976), When the Boat Comes In (1976), Dave Allen At Large (1976-78), Hazell (1979), To the Manor Born (1980), Sink or Swim (1981), Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983), One By One (1985), Prospects (1986), Boon (1989), Spender (1992), The Glass Virgin (1995), Shooting Fish (1997), A Dinner of Herbs (2000), A Soldier's Tunic (2004) and Casualty (2007).
Facts
In the early 1980s Ralph worked as a supply teacher in London.
In 2016 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Ralph here.
Tom Watson (Ramo) March 21st 1932 to August 18th 2001 (cancer)
Career highlights
Debuting in The Chertsey Apprentice (1956), then Kenilworth (1957), Subway in the Sky (1959), Kidnapped (1963), Martin Chuzzlewit (1964), The Flying Swan (1965), Spindoe (1968), Take Three Girls (1969), Brett (1971), The New Road (1973), Oil Strike North (1975), The Ghosts of Motley Hall (1977), The Standard (1978), The Nightmare Man (1981), Taggart (1983/85), Hannay (1989), Prime Suspect 2 (1992), Highlander (1994), Annie's Bar (1996), Hamish Macbeth (1997), All Along the Watchtower (1999), Brotherly Love (1999-2000) and Two Thousand Acres of Sky (2001). He regularly played Ernest Docherty in Cardiac Arrest (1994-96).
Facts
Tom had been a heavy drinker in the 1970s, but gave up alcohol in 1979 and his career found renewed life. In 1997, he produced an anthology of poetry entitled Dark Whistle. Here's a 1989 interview with Tom from Scottish Television.
Roma Woodnutt (Nola) August 15th 1925 to November 17th 1997
Career highlights
Roma's short-lived acting career also included two different roles in soap The Newcomers (1966/67) and a small role in The Elusive Pimpernel (1969).
Facts
After giving up acting, Roma worked for the Society of Authors, in particular alongside the estate of George Bernard Shaw. She was married to the actor John Woodnutt, who appeared in four Doctor Who stories (1970-81).
CREW
Geoffrey Orme (writer) June 10th 1904 to January 21st 1978
Career highlights
Geoffrey's screenwriting career began with 1936's Sunshine Ahead, followed by Talking Feet (1937), Let the People Sing (1942), Here Comes the Sun (1946), The Last Load (1948), Delayed Action (1954), Ivanhoe (1958), Interpol Calling (1959), The Avengers (1963), No Hiding Place (1965) and The Long Duel (1967). However, he is best remembered for writing several Old Mother Riley films between 1941-43.
After giving up acting, Roma worked for the Society of Authors, in particular alongside the estate of George Bernard Shaw. She was married to the actor John Woodnutt, who appeared in four Doctor Who stories (1970-81).
CREW
Geoffrey Orme (writer) June 10th 1904 to January 21st 1978
Career highlights
Geoffrey's screenwriting career began with 1936's Sunshine Ahead, followed by Talking Feet (1937), Let the People Sing (1942), Here Comes the Sun (1946), The Last Load (1948), Delayed Action (1954), Ivanhoe (1958), Interpol Calling (1959), The Avengers (1963), No Hiding Place (1965) and The Long Duel (1967). However, he is best remembered for writing several Old Mother Riley films between 1941-43.
Julia Smith (director) May 26th 1927 to June 19th 1997 (cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The Smugglers (1966), The Underwater Menace (1967)
Career highlights
Julia's directing career began with Suspense in 1963, followed by Swizzlewick (1964), the soap Compact (1965), The Railway Children (1968), Dr Finlay's Casebook (1963-69), The Newcomers (1966-69), Z Cars (1971-74), Angels (1975-76), Katy (1976), EastEnders (1985-89) and Civvy Street (1988). While becoming a respected director she also worked as producer on many of the same shows, as well as The District Nurse (1984/87) and Medics (1990). Along with Tony Holland, she also helped create the BBC soaps EastEnders in 1985 (which she also produced 1985-89) and Eldorado (1992-93).
Doctor Who credits
Directed: The Smugglers (1966), The Underwater Menace (1967)
Career highlights
Julia's directing career began with Suspense in 1963, followed by Swizzlewick (1964), the soap Compact (1965), The Railway Children (1968), Dr Finlay's Casebook (1963-69), The Newcomers (1966-69), Z Cars (1971-74), Angels (1975-76), Katy (1976), EastEnders (1985-89) and Civvy Street (1988). While becoming a respected director she also worked as producer on many of the same shows, as well as The District Nurse (1984/87) and Medics (1990). Along with Tony Holland, she also helped create the BBC soaps EastEnders in 1985 (which she also produced 1985-89) and Eldorado (1992-93).
Facts
Julia's cousin is cinematographer Chris Menges, who won Oscars for his work on The Killing Fields (1984) and The Mission (1986). Julia was the real owner of Roly the poodle, a popular fixture in the early years of EastEnders.
Innes Lloyd (producer) December 24th 1925 to August 23rd 1991 (cancer) Click here for Innes Lloyd's entry on The Celestial Toymaker
Gerry Davis (script editor) February 23rd 1930 to August 31st 1991 (stomach cancer) Click here for Gerry Davis's entry on The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
Gerry Davis (script editor) February 23rd 1930 to August 31st 1991 (stomach cancer) Click here for Gerry Davis's entry on The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
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