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
- 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
- ^ Moline 1988, p. 103.
Bibliography
- Moline, Karen (1988). Bob Hoskins: An Unlikely Hero. London: Sidgwick & Jackson. ISBN 978-0-28-399508-8.