Acting
Susan Littler
Born December 31, 1947 · Fleetwood, England, UK
Died July 11, 1982 · aged 34
Fleetwood born Susan Littler was an actress who appeared in many television and stage productions (including working alongside sometime lover Ken Campbell on several pioneering theatrical performances) before her career was cut short by her premature death from ovarian cancer aged just 34 in 1982. The Daily Telegraph described Littler's early death as "the greatest premature loss (of a British ac…
Known For
Rough Cut · 1980Rough Cut
★ 5.91980
MovieAdventureComedy
Two sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels.
Taking Leave · 1974Taking Leave
1974
MovieDramaTV Movie
Mike comes home on leave from Ulster. After six years in the Army he has to decide whether to sign up again or not. His parents want him to leave the army and come home, but the family flare-ups and bickerings are not conducive to helping him choose.
A Voyage Round My Father · 1984A Voyage Round My Father
★ 7.41984
MovieDrama
A successful lawyer struck with blindness in middle age continues his battles in the courtroom with the assistance of his family. As his son deals with bitter memories of their relationship, he also seeks his father's respect and love and in the process learns to love in return.
Spend Spend Spend · 1977Spend Spend Spend
★ 5.01977
MovieDramaComedy
Based on the book "Spend, Spend, Spend" by Vivian Nicholson and Stephen Smith. Story of pools winner, Vivian Nicholson.
The Ken Campbell Roadshow · 1971The Ken Campbell Roadshow
1971
Movie
The Ken Campbell Roadshow brings entertainment to the streets and pubs of Kirkby New Town.
A Story to Frighten the Children · 1976A Story to Frighten the Children
★ 10.01976
MovieCrimeDrama
The story of a brutal crime in a high-rise estate; a girl walking home at night is raped and murdered, and the attitude of some is not always sympathetic.
The Lovers! · 1973The Lovers!
★ 6.01973
MovieComedyDrama
Reprising the television series roles which first made them household names, Richard Beckinsale and Paula Wilcox star as Geoffrey Scrimshaw and Beryl Battersby, a hesitant, inexperienced, young couple attempting to negotiate the sexual minefield of the ‘permissive’ society. This big-screen transfer of Jack Rosenthal’s hugely likeable sitcom sees old-fashioned girl Beryl continuing to slap down the advances of her frustrated boyfriend, whose clumsy attempts to initiate ‘Percy Filth’ suggest he’s not quite up to speed himself! Like everyone else, Geoffrey and Beryl want to fall in love – or they think they do; like everyone else, since Adam and Eve. But Adam and Eve didn’t live in Manchester in 1972…
Another Sunday and Sweet F.A. · 1972Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.
★ 10.01972
MovieComedyDrama
Mr. Armistead is the referee for an amateur league Sunday Football match. Disliked and abused by all the players he tries to play fair and ensure they follow the rules. By the end of the match he's had enough and really uses his head to show them that he's not as useless as they all think.
Movies
Rough Cut · 1980Rough Cut
★ 5.91980
MovieAdventureComedy
Two sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels.
Taking Leave · 1974Taking Leave
1974
MovieDramaTV Movie
Mike comes home on leave from Ulster. After six years in the Army he has to decide whether to sign up again or not. His parents want him to leave the army and come home, but the family flare-ups and bickerings are not conducive to helping him choose.
A Voyage Round My Father · 1984A Voyage Round My Father
★ 7.41984
MovieDrama
A successful lawyer struck with blindness in middle age continues his battles in the courtroom with the assistance of his family. As his son deals with bitter memories of their relationship, he also seeks his father's respect and love and in the process learns to love in return.
Spend Spend Spend · 1977Spend Spend Spend
★ 5.01977
MovieDramaComedy
Based on the book "Spend, Spend, Spend" by Vivian Nicholson and Stephen Smith. Story of pools winner, Vivian Nicholson.
The Ken Campbell Roadshow · 1971The Ken Campbell Roadshow
1971
Movie
The Ken Campbell Roadshow brings entertainment to the streets and pubs of Kirkby New Town.
A Story to Frighten the Children · 1976A Story to Frighten the Children
★ 10.01976
MovieCrimeDrama
The story of a brutal crime in a high-rise estate; a girl walking home at night is raped and murdered, and the attitude of some is not always sympathetic.
The Lovers! · 1973The Lovers!
★ 6.01973
MovieComedyDrama
Reprising the television series roles which first made them household names, Richard Beckinsale and Paula Wilcox star as Geoffrey Scrimshaw and Beryl Battersby, a hesitant, inexperienced, young couple attempting to negotiate the sexual minefield of the ‘permissive’ society. This big-screen transfer of Jack Rosenthal’s hugely likeable sitcom sees old-fashioned girl Beryl continuing to slap down the advances of her frustrated boyfriend, whose clumsy attempts to initiate ‘Percy Filth’ suggest he’s not quite up to speed himself! Like everyone else, Geoffrey and Beryl want to fall in love – or they think they do; like everyone else, since Adam and Eve. But Adam and Eve didn’t live in Manchester in 1972…
Another Sunday and Sweet F.A. · 1972Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.
★ 10.01972
MovieComedyDrama
Mr. Armistead is the referee for an amateur league Sunday Football match. Disliked and abused by all the players he tries to play fair and ensure they follow the rules. By the end of the match he's had enough and really uses his head to show them that he's not as useless as they all think.
Baby Talk · 1981Baby Talk
★ 7.01981
MovieDramaTV Movie
It's such a simple, natural thing to have a baby, thinks Mary. But she and husband Paul are preoccupied with their careers. Can their young neighbour Tessa help, or are the emotions around a new baby more complex than anyone had expected?
TV Shows
Emmerdale · 1972Emmerdale
★ 4.31972
SeriesDrama
The lives of several families in the Yorkshire Dales revolve around a farm and the nearby village. With murders, affairs, lies, deceit, laughter and tears, it's all there in the village.
Play for Today · 1970Play for Today
★ 6.61970
SeriesDrama
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.
Justice · 1971Justice
★ 7.31971
SeriesDrama
Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974. Margaret Lockwood stars as Harriet Peterson a female barrister in the North of England. It was made by Yorkshire Television and was based loosely on Justice Is a Woman, an episode of ITV Playhouse broadcast in 1969 in which Lockwood had previously also played a barrister. The theme music was Crown Imperial by William Walton.
New Scotland Yard · 1972New Scotland Yard
★ 6.31972
SeriesCrimeDrama
New Scotland Yard is a police drama series produced by London Weekend Television for ITV from 1972 and 1974. It features the activities of two officers from the Criminal Investigations Department in the Metropolitan Police force headquarters at New Scotland Yard, as they dealt with the assorted villains of the day.
Porridge · 1974Porridge
★ 8.11974
SeriesComedy
Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film also titled Porridge. Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, it stars Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale as two inmates at the fictional HMP Slade in Cumberland. "Doing porridge" is British slang for serving a prison sentence, porridge once being the traditional breakfast in UK prisons.
The series was followed by a 1978 sequel, Going Straight, which established that Fletcher would not be going back to prison again. Porridge was voted number seven in a 2004 BBC poll of the 100 greatest British sitcoms.
Hazell · 1978Hazell
★ 5.21978
SeriesCrimeDrama
Hazell is a British television drama based on the novel series by Terry Venables and Gordon Williams (collectively known as P.B. Yuill), and starring Nicholas Bell as James Hazell, a 'smart parody' of Philip Marlowe and Sam Spade. The program ran for 2 series, from January 1978 to July 1979.
Trinity Tales · 1975Trinity Tales
1975
SeriesDramaComedy
On their way to London for the Rugby League final, a group of northerners start telling each other stories, in the manner of Chaucer's pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales.
The Growing Pains of PC Penrose · 1975The Growing Pains of PC Penrose
★ 6.81975
SeriesComedy
Earnest new recruit PC Penrose has left his hometown and joined the force in the Yorkshire town of Slagcaster. He's young and naive but seasoned officer Sergeant Flagg takes him under his wing and shows him the ropes, though his methods can be a little unconventional.