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2 unusual facts about BBC television drama


829 Naval Air Squadron

This led to several Wasps from the squadron, re-painted as a fictional HMS Hero Flight, being used in the popular 1970s BBC television drama series Warship.

Malcolm Hulke

The producer of the series was Sydney Newman, who was later responsible for the creation of Doctor Who as Head of Drama at BBC Television.


Madhouse on Castle Street

As was the usual method of BBC television drama production at the time, the play was produced in a multi-camera electronic studio on video cameras, although it was recorded as a 35 mm film telerecording rather than on videotape.


see also

Brean Down Fort

The fort was used as a location for filming of the second episode, "Warriors", of the BBC television drama Bonekickers.

Eliot Otis Brown Walters

Eliot Otis Brown Walters (born 4 February 1993) is a British child actor best known for his role as Ryan in the BBC television drama Summerhill about the school by the same name.

Ian Bleasdale

However, Bleasdale was best known for his role as paramedic Josh Griffiths on the BBC television drama, Casualty.

Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

The first, The Love School, was broadcast in 1975; the second is the 2009 BBC television drama serial Desperate Romantics by Peter Bowker.

The Love School

The Love School (broadcast in the U.S. as The Brotherhood) is a BBC television drama series originally broadcast in 1975 about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, written by John Hale, Ray Lawler, Robin Chapman and John Prebble.

Vaughn Edwards

Vaughn Edwards is a fictional character the BBC television drama Spooks being portrayed by actor Iain Glen.