Joan Sims
Acting
Biography
Irene Joan Marion Sims was an English actress remembered for her roles in the Carry On films, including Carry On Nurse, Carry On Cleo, and Carry On Camping. She played Mrs Wembley, the cook with a liking for sherry in On the Up, and Madge Hardcastle in As Time Goes By.
Born: May 9, 1930
Place of Birth: Laindon, Essex, England, UK
Known For
Cilla
A mostly live weekly entertainment show starring Cilla Black and her special guests.
Pie in the Sky
Pie in the Sky is a British offbeat police comedy drama programme starring Richard Griffiths and Maggie Steed, created by Andrew Payne and first broadcast in five series on BBC1 between 13 March 1994 and 17 August 1997 as well as being syndicated on other channels in other countries, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series departs slightly from other police dramas in that the protagonist, Henry Crabbe, while still being an on-duty policeman, is also the head chef of the title restaurant set in the fictional town of Middleton and county of Westershire.
The Dick Emery Show
A British sketch comedy show broadcast on the BBC from 1963 to 1981, with frequent performers including Pat Coombs, Deryck Guyler, Roy Kinnear, Joan Sims and Josephine Tewson.
Doctor Who
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
What's a Carry On?
Documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 'Carry On' comedy film series. Archive clips and out-takes are mixed with interviews with the cast.
As Long as They're Happy
The suburban peace of the Bentley household is shattered when John Bentley is informed by his wife Stella that their two married daughters, Pat and Corrine are in trouble and need funds to come home and bring their husbands, Peter, a penniless Parisian artist and Barnaby, a Texas cowboy, with them. And the youngest daughter, Gwen, has tricked an American singer, Bobby Denver, into visiting them on the pretext that it is the home of a noted British film magnate. When all the women in the household --- including the maid --- fall for the singer's charms, Bentley consults a crackpot psychiatrist, Dr. Schneider, who almost succeeds in ousting, not the singer, but Bentley's wife, with his advice to Bentley to make her jealous by living it up with Pearl, a showgirl recruited for the purpose.
One Foot in the Algarve
The Meldrews go on holiday to Portugal with Mrs Warboys, who is hoping for romance with her penpal Alfonso. Photographer Martin Trout follows them there, believing they have a roll of film that belongs to him.
Victoria Wood
Victoria Wood was a series of six one-off situation comedies written by and starring Victoria Wood in 1989, who took a break from sketches, two years after her very successful and award winning series Victoria Wood As Seen on TV. Wood appeared as "Victoria", a fictionalised version of herself, in all six episodes - in The Library it was said that she "worked in TV" and in Over To Pam characters appeared to recognise her celebrity and in the final episode, Staying In, she was taken to a party to perform as a comedienne and was expected to go through her stand-up 'routine'. Her character often broke the 'fourth wall' of TV and spoke directly to the camera, but not in every episode. Bored with the sketch format and with a yearning to recapture previous success as a playwright, Wood came up with six individual sitcoms as a compromise. She admitted to finding the writing difficult. Though Wood was written as the central character, other lead parts were written with specific actresses in mind, like Julie Walters and Una Stubbs. "I want people to like me and the people who play my friends, and not everybody else" she said. Screenonline says of the shows "Modest in ambition and scale but rich in wit and acuity, the six playlets showcase Wood's eye for human foibles and her distinctively eccentric characters.".
Dick Turpin
Richard O'Sullivan stars as Dick Turpin in this action-filled adventure series chronicling the exploits of England's most celebrated highwayman.
The Goodies
A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy.
Filmography
as Desiree Dubarry / Chloe Moore / Cora Flange (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self - Interviewee
as (Archive footage)
as Mrs. Umney
as Adele McCarthy
as Harriet Coverly
as Mrs Nash
as Lady on Plane
as Daisy Potter
as Nurse / Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)
as Madge
as Cast - Ouija Board, Ouija Board
as Susan
as Queen Katryca
as Mrs. Thirkell
as Mrs. Thirkell
as Cat Burglar
as Clara
as 'Belle' Elmore (voice)
as Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton
as Countess of Durham
as Mrs. Dangle
as Various Characters (archive footage)
as Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe
as Fanny Pratt
as Emily
as Daphne Barnes
as Madame Olga
as Lady Isobel
as Lady Kate Houndsbotham
as Else
as Amelia Forbush
as Lady Guinevere
as Mrs MacFlute
as Dr. Janis Crunbitt
as Mrs Breeches
as Madame Desiree
as Virginia's Mother / Senna Pod / Bishop's Wife / Adelle / 6th Ballerina / Salvation Army Collector / Maid Marion / Traffic Warden.
as Connie Philpotts
as Birdie
as Miss Tipdale
as Lilian Beverly
as Maid / Lady Rhoda Cockhorse / Fiona's Mother / Madrigal Singer / Miss Esmerelda / Mephistopheles' Wife
as Cora Flange
as Madge Kettlewell
as Mrs. Tidey
as Gran
as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
as Chloe Moore
as Policewoman (segment "Avarice")
as Queen Marie
as Kitty Harriman
as Delia Capone
as Matron
as Esme Crowfoot
as Russian Captain
as Lady Evelyn Bagley
as Mrs. Ellen Moore
as Joan Fussey
as Queen of the Fairies
as Lady Joanie Ruff-Diamond
as Self
as Chloe Gibson
as Zig-Zig
as Désirée Dubarry
as Gran
as Emily Bung
as Matron Sweet
as Belle
as Mildred Gamely
as Mum
as Calpurnia
as Peggy Bennett
as Katryca
as Nellie Trotter
as Deborah Walcott
as Harriet Halfpenny
as Beryl Hoggins (aka Gale Tornado)
as Miss PacPherson, a typist
as Lily Duveen
as Colette
as Hortense
as Chambermaid
as Ann Foster
as Dawn
as Policewoman Gloria Passworthy
as Beryl
as Blodwen
as Miss Sarah Allcock
as Mrs. Pryor
as Student Nurse Stella Dawson
as Maude Pritchett
as Miriam
as Tea Lady
as Ethel Ransom
as Phoebe
as Sister O'Malley
as Mary
as Walter’s Secretary
as Beth Barton
as Lady Barber
as Abigail
as Marjorie Dawson
as Ice Cream Seller in the Park
as Nell
as Wendy Thomas
as Linda
as Telephone Operator
as Miss Dawn
as Telephone Operator, American Embassy (uncredited)
as Dolly Winch
as Hilda Tebbitt
as Nurse Rigor Mortis
as Edna
as Fairy Queen
as Beryl
as Bunty
as Marjorie Dawson