Rent Ladies in Charge: Series (1986)
3.5 of 5 from 45 ratings
5h 59min
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- Synopsis:
This touching drama series charts the fortunes of three young women who, having returned from their voluntary service as ambulance drivers during the First World War, decide to set up a 'universal aunts' agency to help those less fortunate than themselves. This set comprises the complete series alongside the pilot episode, scripted by 'Upstairs, Downstairs' Alfred Shaughnessy and screened in 1985 as a drama in ITV's 'Storyboard' anthology. Penned by a largely female team that includes novelist Fay Weldon, 'Ladies in Charge' stars Carol Royle, Julia Hills and Julia Swift as the ladies of benevolent intent; guests include Imelda Staunton, Julian Glover, Michael Gough, Richard Vernon and, in one of his earliest television roles, Hugh Grant. - Actors:
- Carol Royle, Julia Hills, Julia Swift, Graham Chinn, James Garbutt, Vera Jakob, Thomas Kett, Lavinia Bertram, Julia Chambers, Pam Ferris, Cecily Hobbs, David Rintoul, Irene Worth, Suzanne Bertish, Nigel Davenport, Michael Müller, Matthew Sheppard, Imelda Staunton, Andrew Wilde, Tracey Blackender
- Directors:
- Richard Bramall, John Wood, Neville Green, Jane Howell
- Producers:
- Peter Duguid
- Writers:
- Julia Jones, Anne Valery, Paula Milne, Fay Weldon, Alfred Shaughnessy
- Studio:
- Network
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Classics, TV Dramas, TV Medical
