Adele Rose

The Unforgettable Pat Phoenix

Profile of the actress who found fame in Coronation Street and whose life offscreen was as colourful as that of Elsie Tanner, the character she played for 21 years. Close friends and co-stars including Julie Goodyear, Helen Worth, Tony Booth, and Tony Warren, the creator of Coronation Street, share their touching and hilarious memories of this larger-than-life, spirited woman.

Release Date2000-04-07

Charactersd Self

Z-Cars

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.

Release Date1962-01-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count8

Vote Count6

Byker Grove

Byker Grove was a British television series which aired between 1989 and 2006 and was created by Adele Rose. The show was broadcast at 5.10pm after Newsround on CBBC on BBC One. It was aimed at an older teenager and young adult audience, tackling serious and sometimes controversial storylines.

Release Date1989-11-08

DepartmentCrew

JobCreator

Episode Count322

Vote Count11

Heartbeat

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

Release Date1992-04-10

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count32

Together

Residents of a sheltered accommodation block run by a warden go about their business.

Release Date1980-01-24

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count15

Vote Count2

Robin's Nest

Robin's Nest is a British sitcom starring Richard O'Sullivan as Robin Tripp, one of the lead characters in the sitcom, Man About The House, which had ended on 7 April 1976. It aired for six series from 11 January 1977 to 31 March 1981, and co-starred Tessa Wyatt as Robin's girlfriend - and later wife - Vicky, and Tony Britton as her father. It was made by Thames Television and aired on ITV.

Release Date1977-01-11

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count4

Vote Count9

Special Branch

Special Branch is a British television. A police drama series, the action was centred on members of the Special Branch anti-espionage and anti-terrorist department of the London Metropolitan Police.

Release Date1969-09-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count3

Girls About Town

After seven years each of marriage, two thirty-something women of contrasting outlooks decide that it's high time their husbands took more notice of them.

Release Date1970-03-09

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count1