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Widows (UK)
TV Series (1983 - 1995)
A group of women led by Dolly Rawlins decide to stage a robbery planned by their dead husbands. Everything goes according to plan until Dolly's husband Harry turns out to be alive and rather keen to get his hands on the loot.
Series Info
Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Mar. 1983
Status:
N/A
Runtime:
N/A
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Series Fun Facts
- When the programme was due to receive its first airing, TV Times, one of the UK's main TV listings magazines, wanted to paint a portrait of the four actresses for their cover. They acquired…
[show]When the programme was due to receive its first airing, TV Times, one of the UK's main TV listings magazines, wanted to paint a portrait of the four actresses for their cover. They acquired production stills with which to do that but didn't research who exactly was who. Consequently when the magazine hit the stands, the character of Linda was actually represented by the series' producer, Linda Agran.
[hide] - The producers were under the impression that they had been given full permission from the police for the filming of the raid sequence which was due to take place in an underground tunnel near…
[show]The producers were under the impression that they had been given full permission from the police for the filming of the raid sequence which was due to take place in an underground tunnel near Waterloo Bridge in London. The actresses were all running around in balaclavas, brandishing machine guns, when an armed response unit from the police suddenly showed up, having been tipped off by alarmed onlookers who believed they were witnessing a real raid taking place. It took a bit of explanation on producer Linda Agran's part to convince them that it was all a mistake.
[hide] - This was Lynda la Plante's first successful TV drama, brought about by her frustration at the parts available to her as an actress on late-1970s British TV.
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