Howards' Way (1985)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Maurice Colbourne
Tom Howard
Kate O'Mara
Laura Wilde
Jan Harvey
Jan Howard
Glyn Owen
Jack Rolfe
Stephen Yardley
Ken Masters
Lana Morris
Vanessa Andenberg
Nigel Davenport
Sir Edward Frere
Susan Gilmore
Avril Rolfe
Edward Highmore
Leo Howard
Gerard Glaister
Creator
Allan Prior
Creator
Robert Vahey
Bill Sayers
Patricia Shakesby
Polly Urquhart
Dulcie Gray
Kate Harvey
Ivor Danvers
Gerald Urquhart
Tony Anholt
Charles Frere
Sarah-Jane Varley
Sarah Foster
Cindy Shelley
Abby Hudson / Abby Hudson / Abby Urquhart
Sian Webber
Emma Neesome
John Williams
Director of Photography
Colin Skeaping
Stunt Coordinator
Roy Alon
Stunt Coordinator
Tristan de Vere Cole
Director
Sarah Hellings
Director
Robert Reed
Director
Michael E. Briant
Director
Jeremy Summers
Director
Pennant Roberts
Director
Keith Washington
Director
Peter Rose
Director
Alister Hallum
Director
Frank W. Smith
Director
Matthew Robinson
Director
Marcus D.F. White
Director
Graeme Harper
Director
Roger Jenkins
Director
David Penn
Director
Peter Rose
Director
Peter Rose
Director
Beverley Mills
Editor
Brian Watkiss
Editor
Jim Hiscox
Editor
Alison Ruff
Editor
Dawn Trotman
Editor
Trudy Ashmore
Editor
Peter Snow
Editor
Ian Collins
Editor
Nigel Pardoe-Matthews
Editor
Nigel Evans
Editor
Ivor Williams
Editor
Richard Parfitt
Editor
Tim Savage
Editor
Mike Bloore
Editor
Raymond Thompson
Writer
Mervyn Haisman
Writer
Douglas Watkinson
Writer
Jeremy Burnham
Writer
Anthony Osborn
Writer
Jill Hyem
Writer
Lionel Goldstein
Writer
Arthur Schmidt
Writer
Christopher Green
Writer
Tom Needham
Writer
Patrick Carroll
Writer
Michael Robson
Writer
Colin Haydn Evans
Writer
Tracey Childs
Lynne Howard / Lynne Dupont / Lynne Howard / Lynne Dupont
Paul Maxwell
Scott Benson
Angus MacKay
Clinic Doctor
Philip Anthony
Solicitor
Sally Farmiloe
Dawn
Alan Downer
Laurie Meadows
Robert Ashby
Geoff
Sam Davies
Brian
Edmund Pegge
Basil
David Rose
Mr. Askew
John Challis
Morris
Kulvinder Ghir
Davy Malik
Tim Faulkner
Nick Holford
Kathleen Byron
Laura Deverill
Anthony Stewart Head
Phil Norton
Tony Caunter
Dave Bridger
William Ilkley
Les
Jamie Rauch
Alan
Vincent Brimble
PC Exton
Ann Queensberry
Miss Havelock
John Henry Hughes
Lorry Driver
Charles Hunter
Charlie Summerbell
Ruth Gower
Lydia
Philip Gilbert
Derek Fielding
John Lester
Art Dealer
Sarah Nash
Landlady
Xenia Rowe
Girl
Wanda Moore
Jo Penhaligon
Harry Landis
Bernie Rosen
Malcolm Jamieson
Claude Dupont
Oscar Quitak
Richard Shellet
Carole Hayman
Sonia Fielding
Renu Setna
Dr. Malik
Patrick Carter
Arthur Blackmore
Willoughby Gray
Sir John Stevens
Denise Ryan
Denise / Stunt Coordinator
Shelley Pielou
Sally
Tricia Ronane
Model
Lee Ann Harbar
Tina
Christine Kavanagh
Louise Silverton
James Richardson
Michael Anderson
David Adams
David Forsythe
Maria Eldridge
Samantha
Roy Herrick
Peter Weller
Hubert Rees
Stephen Bittens
Bruce Bould
David Lloyd
John Rolfe
James Sinclair
Peter Penry-Jones
Colin Linsdale
Andrew Hilton
Henderson
Suzie Cerys
Vicki
Lloyd Lamble
George Armstrong
Iain Rattray
Engineer
Timothy Morand
Barrister
Sarah James
Doctor
Dione Inman
Vanessa
Vikki Richards
Honey Gardiner
Michael Godley
Judge
Brogden Miller
Nathan
Sandra Kneller
Ward Orderly
Michael Ryan
Orrin Hudson
Michael Goldie
Bittens
Laura Scott
Hospital Sister
Tatyana Colombo
Emma
Richard Wilson
Viscount Cunningham
Albert Welling
Gray
Bill Thomas
Steve Windom
Russell Keith Grant
Greg
Edwina Ford
Landlady
Gareth Milne
Rescuer / Stunt Coordinator
John Ronane
Councillor Steven Moffat
Tricia Thorns
Hilary Fuller
Roy Spencer
Councillor
Mark Simpson
Young Man
Clive Gehle
Des
Sharon Akerboom
Bridget
Alan Thompson
Newspaper Editor
Aline Mowat
Amanda Ferris
David McEwan
Mr. Smith
David Brierly
Brian
Mark Crowdy
Morgan Griffiths
Tony Calvert
Yobbo
Geoff Serle
New York Barman
Joel Cutrara
YNBC Reporter
James Tillitt
Reporter
Nic D'Avirro
Reporter
Bruce Boa
Robert Hudson
Greg Hicks
Mr. West
John White
Ted
Sarah Martin
Judy
Deborah Miles
Receptionist
Philip Shelley
Reporter
Belinda Blanchard
Reporter
Frank Barrie
Mr. Kennedy
Cornelius Garrett
Mike
Dean Harris
Curtis Jaeger
Graham Pountney
Mark Foster
Christina Greatrex
Caroline Davis-Segram
Stephen Flynn
Simon Peterson
Daniel André Pageon
Pierre Butler / Pierre
Wensley Pithey
George Johnson
Madeleine Howard
Mrs. Eden
Peter Hughes
Mr. Bell
James Walker
Organist
Ian Collier
George Travis
Pamela Salem
Mrs. Travis
David Graham
Mr. Ambrose
Crispin De Nuys
Hans Mueller
Robert McBain
Andrew Norfolk
Bridget Brice
Jackie Lewis
Tony McEwan
Man with Writ
Jenny Roberts
Netta
Fraser Kerr
Robert McIntyre
Alan Mock
Adam Greenwood
Georgina Coombs
Beth Drysdale
Artro Morris
Priest / Vicar
Peter Richards
Tim Edwards
Tony Ryan
Eric Cummings
James Hayes
Auctioneer
Sarah Lam
Anna Lee
Lindsey Brook
Sandra Hay
Michael Denison
Admiral Francis Redfern
Gregory de Polnay
Werner Grunwald
Burt Kwouk
Mr. Lee
Ruth Hillier
Avril's Secretary
Francesca Gonshaw
Amanda Parker / Amanda Howard
Peter van Dissel
Anthony Brightwell
Nicholas Donnelly
Peter Melrose
Stephen Boswell
James Pitman
Ian Steele
James Leverett
Frank Tregear
Assessor
Leon Tanner
Allan Parker / Alan Parker
Jonathan Adams
Coastguard
James Warwick
Geoffrey Silberston
Beverley Walding
Ruth Silberston
Michael Irwin
Assistant Bank Manager
Auriol Smith
Dorothy Parker
Ian Gardiner
Klaus Anderberg
Bill Bailey
Karl Hanson
Michael Sarne
Paul Voss
Chris Sanders
Alvarez
John Moulder-Brown
Richard Spencer
Jeffrey Gear
D.J. Richard Mallett / Richard Mallett
Christine McEachern
Eleanor Craig
John Quarmby
Fisherman
Ralph Michael
Lord James Rannoch
Jocelyn Bain-Hogg
Photographer
Michael Loney
Michael Hanley / Mike Hanley
Joanna Lanthois
Model
Sandy Lanthois
Model
David Jackman
Reporter
Henry Cole
Reporter
David Askam
Reporter
Vincent Wong
Hitoshi Serozawa
Clinton Greyn
Otis Seymour
Roz Clifton
Gina Rosetti
Michael Walker
Andrew Chater
James Greene
Dr. O'Rourke
Peter Sands
Paul Sumner
Annie Lambert
Antonia Rogers
Billy Geraghty
Press Reporter
Conrad Phillips
Harry Sellers
Michael Simkins
Ian Cartwright
David Savile
John Soames
Jamie Roberts
Julian Fitzsimmons
Stephen Greif
John Reddings
Patrick Moore
Graham Walsh
Alexandra Mathie
Dr. Bishop
Tony Byers
Reporter
Geoff Tomlinson
News Reporter
Richard Sharp
Jackson
Pip Miller
Roy Johnson
André Winterton
Paul de Mitry
Brian Jones
Race Commentator
Victoria Burgoyne
Vicki Rockwell
Kenneth Lodge
Inspector Daniel Morris
Steven Anderson
Nurse
Andrew Bicknell
James Brooke
Andrew Burt
Thornton
Walter Sparrow
Jimmy Wilde
Harry Littlewood
George
Harry Beety
Lord Runswick
Carl Rigg
Eckhardt Sahnn
Jeff Harding
Orrin Hudson
Franco Rey
Sabio Fernandez
Fran Lima
Sophie Westbrook
Kelly George
Ted
Ian Lowe
Cavanagh / Dave Hutchinson
David Cunningham
Sergeant Ellis
John Line
Julian Burridge
Angela Down
Lee Simons
Catherine Schell
Yvette Studer
George Raistrick
Anthony Elliott
Roger Hume
Sir Alan Rockwell
Stefan Gryff
George Vassilli
Jessica Carney
Hotel Receptionist
Angus MacInnes
Robert Lazell
Donal Cox
Doctor
Matt Bradley
Navigator
Charmian Gradwell
Jenny Richards
Lee Crawford
Signor Cadorna
Terry Coates
Vicar
Paul Jerricho
Robert Hastings
Mia Ritchie
Thomas
Richard Heffer
David Relton
James Atkinson
Thomas
John Rhean
Tony Munro
David Marrick
Phillippe Bouvray
David Ashford
Vicar
Michael Cochrane
Pierre Challon
Sarah Sherborne
Reporter
Lawrence Kane
Reporter
James Coombes
Pierre Challon
Richard Bates
Vicar
Michael Lees
Hector Burrage
Louisa Woolf
Jackie Hastings
Justin Degan
Mark Hastings
Carina Barone
Brigitte Dupont
Daniel Bortoli
William Hudson
Julia Verdin
Julia
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 1, 1985
StatusEnded
Seasons6
Episodes78
Running Time50m
Filming LocationsWarsash · Swanwick · River Hamble · Hill Head · Bursledon · Hamble-le-Rice · Fareham · Lee-on-the-Solent · Southampton, United Kingdom
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
Wiki.
Howards' Way is a television drama series produced by BBC Birmingham and transmitted on BBC1 between 1 September 1985 and 25 November 1990. The series deals with the personal and professional lives of the wealthy yachting and business communities in the fictional town of Tarrant on the south coast of England, and was filmed on the River Hamble and the Solent.
The series was notable for its pioneering camerawork onboard yachts, often filming multiple yachts racing in choppy waters and high winds, and its extensive location shooting mainly on the south coast of Britain. Most of the location filming for the series was carried out in Bursledon, Hamble, Swanwick, Warsash, Hill Head, Lee-on-the-Solent, Lymington, Hythe, Southampton and Fareham—all in Hampshire. The Jolly Sailor pub in Bursledon featured in several episodes.
All interiors were filmed in Studio A at the now-demolished BBC Pebble Mill studios in Edgbaston, Birmingham. Extensive two-storey sets were constructed inside the studio (the Howards and the Urquhart homes were both functioning two-floor sets). The smaller Studio B (used for regional news) was also occasionally used as an on-screen fashion photography studio. Other areas of the large 1970s TV and radio complex (opened in 1971) were used for the many board room scenes in the series, with long corridors and lifts sometimes doubling as a busy hospital and meeting rooms became lavish corporate hospitality suites.
The whole series is being rerun on UKTV channel Drama since 2 January 2023.