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From: Renia <>
Subject: Re: OT children's programme/book
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 15:32:05 +0200
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TOF wrote:
> If you are sure Keith Michell was in it, have you tried a search of his CV?
> Must be online somewhere I would have thought
> Ann

Not me asking. Someone else. But as I said:
>>I did a search in the Internet Movie Database.
>>http://www.imdb.com/

Renia

>
> "Renia" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>
>>OK, how about Grendel Grendel Grendel? This was a cartoon aired in 1981
>>about Beowolf. The voice of Grendel was Peter Ustinov.
>>
>>I did a search in the Internet Movie Database.
>>http://www.imdb.com/
>>
>>Renia
>>
>>Michael wrote:
>>
>>>Renia wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I remember Captain Pugwash but I don't remember Keith Michell ever being
>>>>in a kid's series. Much too serious an actor, surely?
>>>>
>>>>What was the general plot of the series you are after? Captain Pugwash
>>>>was a cartoon, where a ship bobbed about on a sort of static wiggly sea.
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi Renia
>>>
>>>Someone has suggested that it was Captain Beaky and at first I thought
>>
> that
>
>>>was the programme I was after. However, having done a Google search on
>>
> that I
>
>>>am not 100% convinced. The TV programme I am thinking of I am sure was
>>
> a one
>
>>>off. I seem to recall the performers stood in a semicircle and I have
>>
> clear
>
>>>memories of the cast being fabulous. I thought Keith Michell and others
>>
> of
>
>>>similar standard were involved. I am now aware of recordings of
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> "Captain
>
>>>Beaky and his band" and it cerainly includes Keith Michell and members
>>
> of the
>
>>>King's Singers and others. However, the thing that bothers me is that I
>>
> am
>
>>>fairly sure that the TV programme I am thinking of had a rather long
>>
> title
>
>>>which included a boy's name. I thought it was based on a series of
>>
> children's
>
>>>books but I may be mistaken about that. The memories are rather dim.
>>>
>>>Does that make sense and ring any bells with anyone?
>>>
>>>Regards
>>>Michael in sunny Hamilton, NZ
>>>
>>
>
>

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