Flickers (TV series)

Television series

Flickers

Genre| Comedy drama
Written by| Roy Clarke
Directed by| Cyril Coke
Starring| Bob Hoskins
Frances de la Tour
Composer| Ron Grainer
Country of origin| United Kingdom
Original language| English
No. of series| 1
No. of episodes| 6
Production
Producers| Joan Brown
David Reid
Running time| 50 minutes
Production company| Associated Television
Original release
Network| ITV
Release| 17 September (1980-09-17) –
22 October 1980 (1980-10-22)

Flickers is a British television series which was originally broadcast on ITV in 1980. A comedy drama it stars Bob Hoskins as a pioneering filmmaker and Frances de la Tour as the wealthy, middle-class woman who backs his ambitions. Some critics compared it negatively with Pennies from Heaven which had also starred Hoskins.[1]

## Main cast

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* Bob Hoskins as Arnie Cole
* Frances de la Tour as Maud
* Fraser Cains as Llewellyn
* Philip Madoc as Jack Brewer
* Sheila Reid as Lily Brewer
* Dickie Arnold as Corky Brown
* Valerie Holliman as Cora Brown
* Granville Saxton as Max Legendre
* Jim Hooper as Percy Bowden
* Joanna Foster as Clara Brewer
* Teresa Codling as Dotty Brewer
* Tom Cotcher as Hector
* Sheri Shepstone as Violet
* Peggy Ann Wood as Nanny
* Sherrie Hewson as Letty
* Patrick Gordon as Gilbert Winslow
* Maxine Audley as Gwendoline Harper
* Andy de la Tour as Clive

## References

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1. ^ Moline p.103

## Bibliography

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* Moline, Karen Bob Hoskins: An Unlikely Hero. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1988.

## External links

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* Flickers at IMDb

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