Lance Percival

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lance Percival (born 26 July 1933, Sevenoaks, Kent) is an English actor, comedian and after-dinner speaker. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lance Percival, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

Noel's Telly Years

Noel's Telly Years

Release Date:1996-01-08

Episode Count:1

5.8

Jekyll & Hyde

Henry Jekyll is a troubled man. His wife died of pneumonia. He wants his sister-in-law, but her father forbids any contact. And his experiments into the dual nature of man have yielded a personality-splitting drug that he has tested on himself, changing him into an uninhibited brute who seeks violent and undignified pleasures. Jekyll quickly becomes addicted to the sordid freedom induced by the drug. He can commit the most enjoyably revolting deeds, then return to his laboratory and use an antidote to change back to his original form, so that his lofty persona remains untarnished.

Release Date:1990-01-06

Character:Beresford Mount, Prince's Private Secretary

Vote Count:34

Countdown
5.8

Countdown

The clock is ticking as contestants compete in games of lexical dexterity and numerical agility.

Release Date:1982-11-02

Episode Count:36

Vote Count:18

6.0

An Audience with Dudley Moore

Outstanding comedian and musician Dudley Moore regales his spellbound audience in typical fashion with his hilarious edition of the long-running An Audience With series. Backed by a full orchestra - and interrupted by both Peter Cook and the Dagenham Girl Pipers - Dudley entertains his audience of celebrities (including Stanley Baxter, Martin Shaw, Clive James, Lulu and Rolf Harris) and duets with singer-songwriter Christopher Cross on the award-winning 'Arthur's Theme'.

Release Date:1981-12-26

Vote Count:1

Bullseye
7.1

Bullseye

Bullseye was a popular British television programme. It was first made for the ITV network by ATV in 1981, then by Central from 1982 until 1995, and was hosted by Jim Bowen.

Release Date:1981-09-28

Character:Self - Special Guest

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:7

Shoestring
6.8

Shoestring

Shoestring was a BBC television show set in Bristol. It featured a private detective with his own show on Radio West, the local radio station. The programme ran between 30 September 1979 and 21 December 1980, in two series with 21 one hour-long episodes. Star Trevor Eve decided not to return to the role after two series, as he wanted to diversify into theatre roles, so the same production team changed the format to be based in Jersey and created Bergerac, also about a detective returning to work after a bad period in his life.

Release Date:1979-09-30

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:4

3.0

Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse

Young Rosie Dixon starts her nurse training at St Adelaide's Hospital, but the student doctors and randy male patients just can't keep their hands off her.

Release Date:1978-02-01

Character:Jake Fletcher

Vote Count:4

5.1

Confessions from a Holiday Camp

Timmy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney Noggett are working as entertainment officers at Funfrall, a typical British holiday camp. The staff are lazy and inefficient, preferring to laze by the pool rather than organise activities for the holiday campers. A new owner, Mr. Whitemonk, an ex-prison officer, takes over the camp and is determined to install discipline into the staff. He is on the verge of dismissing Timmy and Sidney; however, Sidney's suggestion of organising a beauty contest changes his mind.

Release Date:1977-08-01

Character:Lionel

Vote Count:15

The Boy with Two Heads

Chris and Jill discover a South American shrunken head with magical powers.

Release Date:1974-01-01

Up The Workers

Up The Workers

This comedy series lets you in on the secrets of industrial relations and management-workers consultations. Or at least how they happen at the Midlands factory of Cockers Components Ltd. They mainly center on the dealings between managing director Dicky Bligh, shop steward Sid Stubbins and labor relations officer Bernard Peck.

Release Date:1973-09-04

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Character:Bernard Peck

Episode Count:[ 14 ]

Whodunnit?
7.3

Whodunnit?

Whodunnit? is a British television game show, broadcast between 1972 and 1978 for ITV by Thames Television. It was written by Lance Percival and Jeremy Lloyd, and hosted first by Edward Woodward. One of the panelists in the first series was Jon Pertwee, who took over as the show's presenter from season two. Each week it featured a short murder-mystery drama enacted in front of a panel of celebrity guests who then had to interview the remaining characters to establish who the murderer was. Patrick Mower and Anouska Hempel became the permanent panelists from season three onwards, with two guest celebrities each episode. The only clue was that only the murderer could lie. Whodunnit? originally adopted a conventional panel-game studio layout, but from series three onwards utilised the murder scene itself as the set. It was similar in format, although not officially connected to, the popular board game Cluedo. The theme to the show was written by Tony Hatch

Release Date:1973-06-25

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:3

The Cobblers of Umbridge

A parody of the long running radio show "The Archers", an everyday story of country-folk based in the fictional village of Umbridge.

Release Date:1973-01-01

Character:Ralph Beverly

6.4

Our Miss Fred

Danny La Rue stars in this 1970s drag comedy as Fred Wimbush, a Shakespearean actor who is drafted into WWII and is appearing in a camp show in France when the Nazis advance. Unless he continues in his female costume, Fred is certain to be shot as a spy. The risque gags and double entendres fly as he attempts to make his escape in the company of a troupe of Girl Guides.

Release Date:1972-12-14

Character:Smallpiece

Vote Count:8

The Adventurer
5.5

The Adventurer

The Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran for one season from 1972 to 1973. It premiered in the UK on 29 September 1972. The show starred Gene Barry as Gene Bradley, a government agent of independent means who poses as a glamorous American movie star.

Release Date:1972-09-29

Character:Carl Gardner

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:4

4.1

Up the Front

In Frankie Howerd's third Up... film it's World War I and he plays Lurk, an absolute cowerd, er coward. He's evading the call-up for all he's worth. But one evening he's hypnotised by a drunken hypnotist (Stanley Holloway) into being brave, but he fails to be released from it. So with his yellow streak gone Lurk is down that army office before you can say "titter ye not." Off to war he goes, mingling with sexy spies like Zsa Zsa Gabor and before long, the spellbound recruit is heading hot-foot back to Blighty with the Germans' plan of attack tattooed on his bum, and the Germans are bringing up the rear...! Full of sauce, knowing real-life references and witty remarks to camera, this is a cheeky incorrigible final instalment.

Release Date:1972-01-01

Character:Von Gutz

Vote Count:15

6.2

Up Pompeii

A funny thing happens to Lurcio (Frankie Howerd) on the way to the rent-a-vestal-virgin market stall. A mysterious scroll falls into his hands, listing the names of all the conspirators plotting to murder Emperor Nero. And when the upstart slave is elected to infiltrate the ringleader's den, the comical ups-and-downs lead to total uproar.

Release Date:1971-03-11

Character:Bilius

Vote Count:33

5.4

There's a Girl in My Soup

TV personality Robert Danvers, an exceedingly vain rotter, seduces young women daily, never staying long with one. He meets his match in Marion, an American, 19, who's available but refuses any romantic illusions.

Release Date:1970-12-15

Character:Willie the Bridegroom (uncredited)

Vote Count:57

6.0

The Weekend Murders

An aristocratic English family gather for the reading of their father's will. The family are dismayed to find that everything has been left to Barbara, the deceased's favourite daughter. The butler is soon found stabbed to death and Sergeant Thorpe, the local bobby, telephones Scotland Yard for assistance. Inspector Grey arrives and he and Barbara narrowly escape being shot. Cousin Ted and his wife Pauline are both killed. Sergeant Thorpe recalls some photos which Ted asked to have developed...

Release Date:1970-10-15

Character:Supt. Grey

Vote Count:24

5.5

Darling Lili

World War I. Lili Smith is a beloved British music hall singer, often providing inspiration for the British and French troops and general populace singing rallying patriotic songs. She is also half German and is an undercover German spy, using her feminine wiles to gather information from the high ranking and generally older military officers and diplomats she seduces.

Release Date:1970-06-18

Character:T.C. Carstairs

Vote Count:33

6.5

Too Late the Hero

A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a mission behind enemy lines, things don't go exactly to plan. This film differs in that some of the 'heroes' are very reluctant, but they come good when they are pursued by the Japanese who are determined to prevent them returning to base.

Release Date:1970-05-20

Character:Cpl. McLean

Vote Count:71

7.1

Yellow Submarine

The wicked Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, eliminating all color and music. As the only survivor, the Lord Admiral escapes in the yellow submarine and journeys to Liverpool to enlist the help of the Beatles.

Release Date:1968-07-17

Character:Old Fred (voice)

Vote Count:503

Cilla
10.0

Cilla

A mostly live weekly entertainment show starring Cilla Black and her special guests.

Release Date:1968-01-30

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1

4.5

Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter

Herman inherits a greyhound and decides to make his fortune by dog racing. After traveling from Manchester to London in the hope of entering a national invitational, Herman and his friends find work in a pop group, and Herman falls in love.

Release Date:1968-01-22

Character:Percy Sutton

Vote Count:6

The Beatles
5.2

The Beatles

The Beatles is an American animated television series featuring the fanciful and musical misadventures of the popular English rock band of the same name. It ran from 1965 to 1969 on ABC in the US. The series debuted on September 25, 1965 and ended on September 7, 1969. A total of 39 episodes were produced. The series was shown on Saturday mornings at 10:30 AM EST until the 1967 third season when it was moved to 12:00 PM EST. For the fourth season, which consisted of reruns, the series was shown at 9:30 AM EST on Sunday mornings. Each episode has a name of a Beatles song, so the story is based on its lyrics and it is also played at some time in the episode. The original series was rebroadcast in syndication by MTV in 1986 and 1987 and on the Disney Channel. The series was a historical milestone as the first weekly television series to feature animated versions of real, living people.

Release Date:1965-09-25

Character:Paul McCartney / Ringo Starr (voice) (uncredited)

Episode Count:52

Vote Count:8

The Lance Percival Show

The Lance Percival Show

Release Date:1965-07-06

Episode Count:12

6.7

The Big Job

A gang of hapless crooks, led by Sidney James, successfully perpetrate a robbery only to be caught after the fact. Fifteen years later they emerge from prison intent on retrieving their stolen loot - and discover a police station has been built over its hiding place.

Release Date:1965-01-01

Character:Timothy 'Dipper' Day

Vote Count:25

5.8

Joey Boy

While posters urge austerity and vigilance in wartime Britain, 'Joey Boy' Thompson has never had it better. In a cellar beneath his East London fish shop, a gambling club thrives – and austerity provides a nice black-market sideline. But the dolce vita crumbles when police arrive in a lightning raid, and offer Joey and his fellow reprobates a stark choice: sign up for active service, or face another stint inside. Thus the lads find themselves heading off to Italy, determined to make the best of it...

Release Date:1965-01-01

Character:Clarence Doubleday

Vote Count:2

6.1

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his wife as an anniversary present. The next owner is Paolo Maltese, a mafioso who purchases the car during a trip to Italy and leaves it with his girlfriend while he returns to Chicago. Finally, the car is owned by American widow Gerda, who joins the Yugoslavian resistance against the invading Nazis.

Release Date:1964-12-31

Character:Assistant Car Salesman

Vote Count:42

5.5

It's All Over Town

A series of musical vignettes formed from the dreams of a slumbering workman.

Release Date:1963-12-01

Character:Richard Abel

Vote Count:2

6.2

The V.I.P.s

Wealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal trials.

Release Date:1963-09-01

Character:B.O.A.C. Officer

Vote Count:55

That Was The Week That Was
8.0

That Was The Week That Was

That Was the Week That Was, informally TWTWTW or TW3, is a satirical television comedy programme on BBC Television in 1962 and 1963. It was devised, produced and directed by Ned Sherrin and presented by David Frost. An American version by the same name aired on NBC from 1964 to 1965, also featuring Frost. The programme is considered a significant element of the satire boom in the United Kingdom in the early 1960s. It broke ground in comedy through lampooning the establishment and political figures. Its broadcast coincided with coverage of the politically charged Profumo affair and John Profumo, the politician at the centre of the affair, became a target for derision. TW3 was first broadcast on Saturday 24 November 1962.

Release Date:1962-11-24

Episode Count:37

Vote Count:1

6.9

In the Doghouse

After 10 years of failure a bumbling vet finally graduates and takes on his own practice.

Release Date:1962-05-17

Character:Policeman (Uncredited)

Vote Count:5

6.6

Twice Round the Daffodils

Twice Round the Daffodils is a 1962 British comedy drama film directed by Gerald Thomas and starring Juliet Mills, Donald Sinden, Donald Houston, Kenneth Williams, Ronald Lewis, Andrew Ray, Joan Sims and Jill Ireland. A new group of patients arrive at a hospital to be treated for tuberculosis where they all take a fancy to one of the nurses. The film was adapted from the play Ring for Catty by Patrick Cargill and Jack Beale. Carry on Nurse from 1959 was based on the same play. The cast and production team of Twice Round the Daffodils create a noticeable similarity with the Carry On films, but the film is not an official member of the Carry On series.

Release Date:1962-04-02

Character:George Logg

Vote Count:6

6.1

Carry On Cruising

Captain Crowther's lot is not a happy one! Five of his crew have to be replaced and at such short notice before the voyage begins there isn't much to choose from. Not only does he get the five most incompetent shipmates ever to sail the seven seas, but the passengers turn out to be a rather strange bunch too. The SS Happy Wanderer will never be the same.

Release Date:1962-03-12

Character:Wilfred Haines, Ship's Cook

Vote Count:62

4.3

Postman's Knock

Likeable country postman Harold Petts gets transferred from his village to London, where on his arrival he unwittingly foils a mail train robbery. Innocent in the ways of the big city, he is thought to be a member of another gang by both the train robbers and the police, who all suspect him of trying to rob the post office where he works.

Release Date:1962-02-22

Character:Joe

Vote Count:5

6.2

What a Whopper

A writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. No publisher will take it because they all think there isn't really a monster. The writer and some of his friends make a fake monster and take photographs and then travel to Scotland to see if they can convince the locals.

Release Date:1961-10-17

Character:Policeman at Roundabout

Vote Count:13

6.2

On the Fiddle

Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedlar Pascoe, and works up a lucrative racket in conning both his colleagues and the RAF. By means of various devious schemes Pope and Pascoe manage to avoid the front lines until they are sent to France - where they find themselves making unexpected and uncomfortably close contact with the enemy.

Release Date:1961-10-10

Character:MacTaggart (Uncredited)

Vote Count:5

6.6

Raising the Wind

'Carry On' director Gerald Thomas helms this comedy caper featuring early appearances by James Robertson Justice, Sid James, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Williams, Liz Fraser and Eric Barker. The film follows the hi-jinks of a group of music students who move into a shared flat in order to cut costs and have somewhere to practice their instruments. Things get tricky when Mervyn Hughes (Phillips) accidentally sells one of his compositions to an advertising agency and risks losing his scholarship. Can he and his friends find a way to raise the money to buy back the song rights?

Release Date:1961-09-06

Character:Harry

Vote Count:8

5.3

Three on a Spree

A young man will inherit a huge fortune--8 million pounds--but to qualify, he must spend a million pounds in just two months. Easy to do? That's what you think!

Release Date:1961-06-28

Character:Stage Prompter (uncredited)

Vote Count:3

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