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Flickers (TV series)

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Flickers
GenreComedy drama
Written byRoy Clarke
Directed byCyril Coke
StarringBob Hoskins
Frances de la Tour
ComposerRon Grainer
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducersJoan Brown
David Reid
Running time50 minutes
Production companyAssociated Television
Original release
NetworkITV
Release17 September (1980-09-17) –
22 October 1980 (1980-10-22)

Flickers is a British television series which was originally broadcast on ITV in 1980. A comedy drama it stars Bob Hoskins as a pioneering filmmaker and Frances de la Tour as the wealthy, middle-class woman who backs his ambitions. Some critics compared it negatively with Pennies from Heaven which had also starred Hoskins.[1]

Main cast

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References

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  1. ^ Moline p.103

Bibliography

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  • Moline, Karen Bob Hoskins: An Unlikely Hero. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1988.
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