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Originally Posted by Susan Foreman  New series on Talking Pictures TV in August
'Widows': Episode 1 airs Wed 28th August at 9pm and the series continues every Wednesday at the same time - Three members of a top British gang are accidentally killed as they are about to raid a security wagon. Their widows, Shirley Miller, Linda Perelli and Dolly Rawlins decide to carry out the plans of their deceased husbands and execute an armed robbery. A gritty crime series with strong female characters played by Ann Mitchell, Maureen O’Farrell, Fiona Hendley, and Eva Mottley with Debby Bishop, Maurice O’Connell and David Calder, Widows was one of the most influential dramas of the 1980s. It was a smash hit for ITV and the career breakthrough for Lynda La Plante who became one of television’s highest profile writers, later to write Prime Suspect |
If you haven't seen it, the film version (directed by Steve McQueen,
Hunger and
12 Years a Slave) is brilliant. I saw in the cinema and thought it was superb and have bought it to watch at home. I haven't seen the TV version, so we'll keep an eye out for that.