The Grove Family, the Glossary
The Grove Family was a British television series soap opera, generally regarded as the first of its kind broadcast in the UK, made and broadcast by the BBC Television Service from 1954 to 1957.[1]
Table of Contents
40 relations: Anna Wing, Armchair Theatre, BBC, BBC Four, BBC One, BBC Two, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Butcher's Film Service, Christopher Beeny, Consumerism, Coronation Street, Doctor Who, Edward Evans (actor), Eric Spear, Hendon, History of the United Kingdom (1945–present), Home security, It's a Great Day, Jon Pertwee, Kellie Bright, Leslie Grantham, Lime Grove Studios, Lower middle class, Michael Pertwee, Mortgage, Nan Braunton, Nick Berry, Nigel Rees, Peter Bryant, Post-war consensus, Roland Pertwee, Ruth Dunning, Sally Ann Matthews, Science fiction on television, Soap opera, Sue Johnston, Talking Pictures TV, Television in the United Kingdom, Tommy Reilly (harmonica player), Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series).
- 1950s British television soap operas
- 1954 British television series debuts
- 1957 British television series endings
Anna Wing
Anna Wing (30 October 1914 – 7 July 2013) was an English actress who had a long career in television and theatre, known for portraying the role of Beale family matriarch Lou Beale in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
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Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. The Grove Family and Armchair Theatre are Black-and-white British television shows.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
BBC Four
BBC Four is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC.
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BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC.
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BBC Two
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC.
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British Academy of Film and Television Arts
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom.
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Butcher's Film Service
Butcher's Film Service was a British film production and distribution company that specialised in low-budget productions.
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Christopher Beeny
Christopher Winton Beeny (7 July 1941 – 3 January 2020) was an English actor and dancer.
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Consumerism
Consumerism is a social and economic order in which the aspirations of many individuals include the acquisition of goods and services beyond those necessary for survival or traditional displays of status.
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Coronation Street
Coronation Street (colloquially referred to as Corrie) is a British television soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The Grove Family and Coronation Street are Black-and-white British television shows and British television soap operas.
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Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The Grove Family and Doctor Who are BBC television dramas and Black-and-white British television shows.
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Edward Evans (actor)
Albert Edward Walker Evans (4 June 1914 – 20 December 2001) was an English film and television actor.
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Eric Spear
Eric Spear (18 April 1908 – 3 November 1966) was an English composer best known for his film scores and the theme of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.
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Hendon
Hendon is an urban area in the London Borough of Barnet, northwest London northwest of Charing Cross.
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History of the United Kingdom (1945–present)
For general overviews of British politics since 1945, see.
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Home security
Home security includes both the security hardware placed on a property and individuals' personal security practices.
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It's a Great Day
It's a Great Day is a 1955 British comedy film directed by John Warrington starring Ruth Dunning, Edward Evans and Sid James.
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Jon Pertwee
John Devon Roland Pertwee (7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996), known professionally as Jon Pertwee, was an English actor.
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Kellie Bright
Kellie Denise Bright (born 1 July 1976) is an English actress.
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Leslie Grantham
Leslie Michael Grantham (30 April 1947 – 15 June 2018) was an English actor, best known for his role as "Dirty" Den Watts in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
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Lime Grove Studios
Lime Grove Studios was a film, and later television, studio complex in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England.
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Lower middle class
In developed nations around the world, the lower middle class is a subdivision of the greater middle class.
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Michael Pertwee
Michael Henry Pertwee (24 April 1916, Kensington, London – 17 April 1991, Camden, London) was an English playwright and screenwriter.
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Mortgage
A mortgage loan or simply mortgage, in civil law jurisdictions known also as a hypothec loan, is a loan used either by purchasers of real property to raise funds to buy real estate, or by existing property owners to raise funds for any purpose while putting a lien on the property being mortgaged.
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Nan Braunton
Minnie Malinda "Nan" Braunton (4 April 1895 – 27 March 1978) was a British actress who had a prolific stage career during the 1930s and 1940s but who is best remembered for playing Cissy Godfrey in the BBC comedy Dad's Army.
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Nick Berry
Nicholas Berry (born 16 April 1963) is a retired English actor and pop singer.
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Nigel Rees
Nigel Rees (born 5 June 1944 near Liverpool) is an English writer and broadcaster, known for devising and hosting the Radio 4 panel game Quote... Unquote (1976–2021) and as the author of more than fifty books, mostly works of reference on language, and humour in language.
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Peter Bryant
Peter Bryant (27 October 1923 – 19 May 2006) was an English television producer, script editor and former actor.
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Post-war consensus
The post-war consensus, sometimes called the post-war compromise, was the economic order and social model of which the major political parties in post-war Britain shared a consensus supporting view, from the end of World War II in 1945 to the late-1970s.
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Roland Pertwee
Roland Pertwee (15 May 1885 – 26 April 1963) was an English playwright, film and television screenwriter, director and actor.
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Ruth Dunning
Ruth Dunning (17 May 1909 – 27 February 1983), born Mary Ruth Dunning, was a Welsh actress of stage, television, and film.
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Sally Ann Matthews
Sally Ann Matthews (born 19 September 1970) is an English actress.
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Science fiction on television
Science fiction first appeared in television programming in the late 1930s, during what is called the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
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Soap opera
A soap opera, daytime drama, or soap for short, is typically a long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality.
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Sue Johnston
Susan Pammenter OBE (born 7 December 1943), better known by her stage name Sue Johnston, is an English actress.
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Talking Pictures TV
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Television in the United Kingdom
Television broadcasts in the United Kingdom began in 1932, however, regular broadcasts would only begin four years later.
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Tommy Reilly (harmonica player)
Thomas Rundle Reilly MBE (August 21, 1919 – September 25, 2000) was a Canadian-born harmonica player, predominantly based in England.
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Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)
Upstairs, Downstairs is a British drama television series produced by London Weekend Television (LWT) for ITV.
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See also
1950s British television soap operas
- Emergency Ward 10
- Sixpenny Corner
- Starr and Company
- The Appleyards
- The Grove Family
1954 British television series debuts
- And So to Bentley
- Ask Pickles
- BBC Weekend News
- Billy Bean and His Funny Machine
- Crime on Our Hands
- Dear Dotty
- Fabian of Scotland Yard
- Find the Link
- Gravelhanger
- Happy Holidays (TV series)
- Running Wild (1954 TV series)
- The Cabin in the Clearing
- The Grove Family
- The Name's the Same
- The Three Musketeers (1954 TV series)
- Zoo Quest
1957 British television series endings
- Andy Pandy
- Escape (British TV series)
- Five Names for Johnny
- Hour of Mystery
- Kenilworth (TV series)
- Mister Charlesworth
- Motive for Murder
- Muffin the Mule
- Nicholas Nickleby (1957 TV series)
- Out of Step (TV series)
- Overseas Press Club – Exclusive!
- Teacher Didn't Tell Me
- The Adventures of Aggie
- The Adventures of Peter Simple
- The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
- The Adventures of a Jungle Boy
- The Appleyards
- The Buccaneers (1956 TV series)
- The Crime of the Century (TV series)
- The Gay Cavalier (TV series)
- The Gentle Killers
- The Grove Family
- The Jimmy Wheeler Show
- The Music Box (TV series)
- The Tony Hancock Show
- The Winifred Atwell Show
- Together Again (TV series)
- Vanity Fair (1956 TV series)
- Yes, It's the Cathode-Ray Tube Show!