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Howards' Way - Series 3 [DVD]

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The show is rated PG for Parental Guidance in Australia and PG in New Zealand for violence and coarse language. I remember the acting being somewhat variable, especially from the children, Leo and Lynne, although Jan Harvey (Jan Howard) , Susan Gilmore (Avril Rolfe) and Tony Anholt (Charles Frere) as the baddy were most entertaining. Even so, it was excruciatingly hammy in places

Although derided by critics [ who?] as a cheesy melodrama, Howards' Way nevertheless proved to be a hugely popular programme for the BBC, both domestically and in overseas sales. While the series was unable to compete with the likes of Dallas and Dynasty in terms of opulence, its stylistic aspects did develop as it went on, with the staging of powerboat races and fashion shows, and extensive location filming in Guernsey, Malta and Gibraltar as the storylines dictated.

Other major characters introduced during the first series are Kate Harvey ( Dulcie Gray), Jan's sensible and supportive mother, the millionaire businessman Charles Frere ( Tony Anholt) and the wealthy but unhappy Urquhart family. Gerald ( Ivor Danvers) is the right-hand man of Charles Frere. Polly ( Patricia Shakesby), a friend of Jan, is a bored corporate wife preoccupied with preserving her social status, and their daughter Abby ( Cindy Shelley) is a socially awkward young woman who has returned to Tarrant after completing her education at a Swiss finishing school and who establishes a friendship with Leo Howard. Unlike the comparatively close and secure Howard family, the Urquharts have secrets to hide. Gerald and Polly's marriage is a sham—an arrangement to cover the fact that Gerald is bisexual, to give him respectability in the business world and give a name to Abby, Polly's illegitimate daughter after an affair at university. Abby herself is pregnant, after a brief relationship in Switzerland. Susan Gilmore has enjoyed a somewhat more measured and quiet career after already establishing herself as one of the more attractive fixtures of BBC Birmingham's hospital drama series Angels. Her curriculum vitae appears to suggest that she chooses her roles carefully before committing to a series or serial. Daniel Topolski and the actress previously wed, and they had three kids together. She is Colin Gilbert's sister and the offspring of James and Fiona Gilbert. As of right now, Susan has a quiet life and is not very active in the media. Central to the plot were three yachts - The Flying Fish, a Laser 28; Barracuda of Tarrant, the prototype of the Sadler Barracuda 45, and Spring of Tarrant, the prototype of the MG Spring 25. Both the Barracuda and Spring were designed by Tony Castro. Beyond Howards' Way, Willoughby Gray's most famous role may be as the insane scientist in Roger Moore's final James Bond movie, A View to a Kill. However, audiences may fondly recall him as the bushy-eared friend of Sir Edward Frere and a high-powered Tarrant banker.

I've never seen Howards Way, have tried to get round to it a few times but like Bergerac and Lovejoy, never got round to it.

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I've actually got the full 6 series box set on DVD somewhere but have still managed to be caught up by the reruns on Drama and the catchups on the UKTV play app ! Stupid I know

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