Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973
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Death of a Stranger: Directed by Peter Cregeen. With John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard. Fox hunting, taxidermy and Oscar Wilde are part of the backdrop as Barnaby and Troy investigate a series of murders, beginning with that of a tramp in the woods.
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- Peter Cregeen
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- John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Jane Wymark
James Christopher Bolam MBE (born 16 June 1935) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Terry Collier in The Likely Lads and its sequel Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Jack Ford in When the Boat Comes In, Roy Figgis in Only When I Laugh, Trevor Chaplin in The Beiderbecke Trilogy, Arthur Gilder in Born and Bred, Jack Halford in New Tricks and the title character of Grandpa ...
YearTitleRoleNotes2023Mr. DakinEpisode: "Carpe Diem"2023Sir Rowleigh Pryce6 episodes [17]2022DadEpisode: "A Cleaner Christmas"2022Gerry3 episodesJames Fitzroy: Jennifer Hilary ... Sarah Fitzroy: Dominic Mafham ... Grahame Tranter: Diane Fletcher ... Marcia Tranter: Sarah Winman ... Kate Tranter: James Bolam ... Ron Pringle: Janet Dale ... Betty Pringle: Jeanne Hepple ... Linda Wagstaff: Peter Bayliss ... Tramp: Jane Wood ... Cathy Gurdie: Fred Ridgeway ... Ben Gurdie
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While Barnaby is away on holiday his replacement, the soon-to-be-retired Ron Pringle, arrests Billy Gurdie for the murder of a tramp who lived in the woods near the village of Upper Marchwood. When Billie's fatheris also found dead in the same woods some three weeks later, an apparent suicide, Barnaby seriously questions the coincidence. When the p...
It's nighttime. It's raining and lightning outside. Linda Wagstaffis sewing in her home, an old railway carriage. A tramp pounds on the window. "Let me in!" says the tramp. "Go away! Go away. I don't know you. You leave me alone," Linda says. The tramp pounds on the door. "Go away. Go away. I don't know you. I don't know you," Linda says. In the mo...
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The episode appears to take cues from the giallo film Blood and Black Lace, where a wife and her lover kill the woman's husband, and a series of murders follow to cover up the crime.This is the first episode where a member of law enforcement is killed, albeit retired in the present case.Fifth episode where Cully Barnaby is in a play- The Importance of Being EarnestThe voice of Kreacher and voice of Dobby from the Harry Potter films both appear in this episode. Kreacher was by Simon McBurney and Dobby was by Toby Jones.Linda Wagstaff Jeanne Hepple offers DCI Tom Barnaby and Sgt. Gavin Troy elderberry cordial, which should be red. The cordial is white, which would make it elderflower not elderberry.
Billy Gurdie : Billy to a chosen few. Ron Pringle : Yes, I've heard of you, Billy Gurdie. You're known to make trouble. Well, a word of advice, don't make trouble with me. Even when I'm retired I'll still have friends. Billy Gurdie : [softly after Ron leaves] Git.
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Shortly before his retirement, Superintendent Pringle (James Bolam) arrests a local poacher for the murder of a tramp during a fox hunt in woodland close to the village of Upper Marshwood. But DCI Barnaby is unsure that the poacher was the real killer.
Peter Cregeen. Douglas Livingstone. When a tramp dies fleeing from fox hunters, the investigation uncovers a trail of murderous deceit.
