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-David Savile
Biography
David Savile is known for Warship (1973), Pride and Prejudice (1967) and Doctor Who (1963). He has been married to Lois Baxter since 1974.
Filmography
Agatha Christie's Poirot
8.156
Overview:
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.Doctor Who
7.9
Overview:
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.Softly, Softly
5
Overview:
Softly, Softly is a British television drama series, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1 from January 1966. It centred around the work of regional crime squads, plain-clothes CID officers based in the fictional region of Wyvern, supposedly in the Bristol area of England.Crown Court
5.4
Overview:
Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.Casualty
6.1
Overview:
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.Bergerac
6.667
Overview:
Jim Bergerac is a detective sergeant in The Foreigners Office who likes to do things his own way. While dealing with his own personal demons Bergerac has a knack of finding trouble, and sometimes causing it.Howards' Way
5.625
Overview:
The BBC's answer to Dynasty, Howards' Way was launched in 1985 with an enormous 1 million pound budget. The main characters in the show were 'best boat designer in the world' Tom Howard, his boutique running wife Jan Howard, 'I'll have a drink' Jack Rolfe and a nasty man called Ken Masters. It starred Maurice Colbourne.Peak Practice
6.1
Overview:
Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton as Dr Beth Glover and Simon Shepherd as Dr Will Preston, though the roster of doctors would change many times over the course of the series. Cardale was based on the Staffordshire village of Longnor for the final series, but was previously based in the Derbyshire village of Crich, although certain scenes were filmed at other nearby Derbyshire towns and villages, most notably Matlock, Belper and Ashover.New Tricks
7.4
Overview:
New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.The Bill
6.7
Overview:
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.UFO
7.6
Overview:
A secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders.Between the Lines
5.6
Overview:
Detective Superintendent Tony Clark is an ambitious member of the Complaints Investigation Bureau, an internal organisation that investigates claims of corruption inside the police in England and Wales. Along the way Clark overcomes strong influence from his superiors and problems in his private life, most notably the break-up of his marriage following an affair with WPC Jenny Dean.Wycliffe
6
Overview:
Wycliffe is a British television series, based on W. J. Burley's novels about Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe. It was produced by HTV and broadcast on the ITV Network, following a pilot episode on 7 August 1993, between 24 July 1994 and 5 July 1998. The series was filmed in Cornwall, with a production office in Truro. Music for the series was composed by Nigel Hess and was awarded the Royal Television Society award for the best television theme. Wycliffe is played by Jack Shepherd, assisted by DI Doug Kersey and DI Lucy Lane. Each episode deals with a murder investigation. In the early series, the stories are adapted from Burley's books and are in classic whodunit style, often with quirky characters and plot elements. In later seasons, the tone becomes more naturalistic and there is more emphasis on internal politics within the police.The Main Chance
7.7
Overview:
The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.Shine on Harvey Moon
7.583
Overview:
Shine on Harvey Moon! is a British comedy-drama series made by Central Television for ITV from 8 January 1982 to 23 August 1985 and briefly revived in 1995 by Meridian. This generally light-hearted series was created by comedy writers Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. The series is set in the East End of London shortly after the Second World War. Upon being demobbed RAF serviceman Harvey Moon, played by Kenneth Cranham, returns home and finds his family involved in various troubles. His wife Rita, played by Maggie Steed, is not interested in resuming their relationship, and works in a seedy nightclub frequented by American servicemen. He becomes involved with the Labour Party and the union movement. The name of the series is a wordplay on the title of the popular 1908 song 'Shine On, Harvest Moon'. The first series was commissioned and recorded by ATV at their Elstree studios with the remaining series filmed at newly constructed facilities in Nottingham.Dempsey and Makepeace
6.4
Overview:
Dempsey and Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham. The leading roles were played by Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber, who later married each other on 18 November 1989. The series combined elements of previous series such as the mis-matching of British and American crime-fighters from different classes as seen in The Persuaders! and the action of The Professionals.Warship
5.5
Overview:
Warship was a popular British television drama series produced by the BBC between 1973 and 1977. The series dealt with life on board a Royal Navy warship, the fictional HMS Hero.C.A.T.S. Eyes
5.7
Overview:
C.A.T.S. Eyes is a British television series made by TVS for ITV between 1985 and 1987.Pride and Prejudice
9
Overview:
BBC's 150th anniversary production of Jane Austen's novel of the same name.Father Brown
6.6
Overview:
Father Brown was a Catholic priest who doubled as an amateur detective in order to solve mysteries.Miss Jones And Son
5
Overview:
Miss Jones and Son was a comedy series first broadcast on ITV in 1977. It starred Paula Wilcox, Christopher Beeny, Charlotte Mitchell and Norman Bird. It was written by Richard Waring and produced and directed by Peter Frazer-Jones.Out
7
Overview:
Frank Ross returns from an eight-year prison sentence for a robbery that was thwarted because somebody 'grassed' the gang. Nobody knows who put the finger on him, but Ross is determined to find out and seeks revenge on those who betrayed him. Little by little, Ross pieces together the trail that leads to a dramatic conclusion.Kinvig
6.5
Overview:
Kinvig is a sci-fi comedy television series made for British television in 1981. Ineffectual dreamer Des Kinvig (Tony Haygarth) runs a rundown little electrical repair shop in the small town of Bingleton where he lives with his mumsy, scatterbrained wife Netta (Patsy Rowlands) and oversized pet dog Cuddly. One day his shop is visited by the beautiful, sharp-tongued Miss Griffin (Prunella Gee) who seems at first just another dissatisfied customer. However, after encountering a flying saucer while walking the dog one night, Kinvig discovers she is actually a scantily-clad alien from the planet Mercury who desperately needs the help of the scruffy, bearded Des' "exceptional brain" to stop an invasion of the evil ant-like Xux who are replacing people with robot duplicates. (information obtained from Wikipedia)White Nights
6.719
Overview:
After his plane crashes in Siberia, a Russian dancer, who defected to the West, is held prisoner in the Soviet Union. The KGB keeps him under watch and tries to convince him to become a dancer for the Kirov Academy of Ballet again. Determined to escape, he befriends a black American expatriate and his pregnant Russian wife, who agree to help him escape to the American Embassy.Quatermass and the Pit
6.641
Overview:
A mysterious artifact unearthed below a London subway station proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.The Big Sleep
5.906
Overview:
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a case of blackmail involving the two wild daughters of a rich general, a pornographer and a gangster.The Walking Stick
7.5
Overview:
A young woman's highly ordered and structured life is turned upside-down when she meets a handsome stranger at a party. Friendship soon develops into romance and for the first time in her life she is truly happy. This happiness is short lived, however, as little by little she discovers her partner has been lying to her about his past. It is soon revealed that he and his friends have been planning to rob the auction house that she works for and they require her inside knowledge in order to pull off the crime.The Ties That Bind Us
NYR
Overview:
A look at the subtle (and not so subtle!) links to the show's past and future contained within the story of The Five Doctors.The Young Poisoner's Handbook
6.6
Overview:
Graham Young is a teenage misfit living in suburban London in the 1960s. He hates his stepmother but loves chemistry, and the two impulses unite in a wicked plot to slowly poison her. After she dies, he's found guilty and sent to a psychiatric hospital, where an idealistic doctor thinks he can be cured.Acting
2024Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour as Lt Carstairs (archive footage)
2008The Ties That Bind Us as Colonel Crichton (archive footage)
2005Tan Lines as Geoff
2004New Tricks (1 Episode) as Ian Gordon
1995The Young Poisoner's Handbook as Chief Medical Inspector
1994Wycliffe (1 Episode) as Garforth
1993Peak Practice (2 Episodes) as Consultant
1992Between the Lines (1 Episode) as Unknown
1991Red Fox as Sir David Adams
1989Agatha Christie's Poirot (1 Episode) as Summerhaye
1988Hard Road as Max's Father
1986Casualty (1, 1 Episode) as Mr. Stevens, Derek Parrish
1985White Nights as Pilot
1985Howards' Way (1 Episode) as John Soames
1985C.A.T.S. Eyes (1 Episode) as Unknown
1985Dempsey and Makepeace (1 Episode) as Sir Toby Millwood
1984The Bill (1 Episode) as Unknown
1983Doctor Who: The Five Doctors as Colonel Crichton
1982Shine on Harvey Moon (2 Episodes) as Estate Agent
1981Bergerac (1 Episode) as Gurney
1981Kinvig (1 Episode) as Unknown
1978Out (1 Episode) as Slater
1978The Big Sleep as Rusty Regan
1977Miss Jones And Son (12 Episodes) as Unknown
1974Father Brown (1 Episode) as Unknown
1973Warship (45 Episodes) as Unknown
1972Crown Court (2 Episodes) as Peter Oldbury
1971Persuasion (5 Episodes) as Mr. Elliot
1971Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos as Winser
1970UFO (1 Episode) as Hospital Doctor
1970The Walking Stick as David Talbot
1970Hell Boats as Lieut. Wallace, R.N.
1969Doctor Who: The War Games as Lt Carstairs
1969The Main Chance (1, 1 Episode) as Buckley, Edward Bellingham
1967Quatermass and the Pit as Army Officer
1967Pride and Prejudice (6 Episodes) as Mr. Bingley
1966Softly, Softly (1 Episode) as Unknown
1966Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World as Chauffeur
1965The Counterfeit Man as Gerry
1965Treasure Island as Job Anderson
1963Doctor Who (0, 2, 9 Episode) as Unknown, Winser, Lieutenant Carstairs