Shine on Harvey Moon
Shine on Harvey Moon | |
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Created by | Laurence Marks Maurice Gran |
Starring | Suzanne Bertish Kenneth Cranham Leonard Fenton Nicky Henson Nigel Planer Pauline Quirke Linda Robson Colin Salmon Elizabeth Spriggs Maggie Steed Fiona Victory Lee Whitlock Derek Benfield[1] |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 5 |
No. of episodes | 41 (List of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer | Allan McKeown |
Producers | Central Television (1982–1985) Meridian Broadcasting (1995) Witzend Productions (1982–1985, 1995) |
Running time |
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Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 8 January 1982 18 August 1995 | –
Shine on, Harvey Moon is a British television series made by Witzend Productions and Central Television for ITV from 8 January 1982 to 23 August 1985 and briefly revived in 1995 by Meridian Broadcasting.
This generally light-hearted series was created by comedy writers
far right Union Movement
, after his mother expresses support for the UM albeit briefly.
The name of the series is a wordplay on the title of the popular 1908 song "
Elstree studios, with the second series recorded in the same studios under the ownership of Central Television and with the remaining series filmed at Central's new facilities in Nottingham
.
Cast
Regular
- Frieda Gottlieb – Suzanne Bertish
- Harvey Moon – Kenneth Cranham and Nicky Henson
- Erich Gottlieb – Leonard Fenton
- Lou Lewis – Nigel Planer
- Veronica – Pauline Quirke
- Maggie Moon – Linda Robson
- Violet "Nan" Moon – Elizabeth Spriggs
- Rita Moon – Maggie Steed
- Harriet Wright – Fiona Victory
- Stanley Moon – Lee Whitlock
The series was revived by
Meridian Television in 1995, this time set during the 1950s, with Nicky Henson taking over the role of Harvey. It also brought in a new regular character, Noah Hawksley, played by Colin Salmon
, an old friend of Harvey's who was facing racial prejudice.
Guests
DVD releases
Three 3-disc DVD box sets have been released by
Acorn Media UK
. The first comprises all episodes from series 2 and selected episodes from series 1 and the other, released in 2007, contains all episodes of series 3.
In 2012 a three disc set was released containing all episodes of series 4.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Shine on Harvey Moon (1982)".
- ^ "Shine on Harvey Moon (1982)".
- ^ "Shine on, Harvey Moon! Series 1 & 2". Acorn Media. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ "Shine On Harvey Moon Series 3". Acorn Media. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
External links
- Shine on Harvey Moon! at IMDb.