Jon Glover Movies
Originally telecast over Britain's ITV1 in 2000, the two-part mystery miniseries Thursday the 12th began with the discovery of an unidentified body on the estate of Marius Bannister (Ciaran Hinds), a wealthy dentist and politician. As an investigative TV reporter Julian Glover sifted through the particulars of the case, the viewer was introduced to the dramatis personae: Bannister; his wife, Nina (Maria Doyle Kennedy); their troubled adopted teenaged son, Martin (Jim Sturgess); and Nina's predatory sister, Candice Hopper (Elizabeth McGovern). In Rashomon fashion, a series of flashbacks indicated that any one of these worthies had motive aplenty to be a murderer -- and in fact, one of them was the victim. The key to the mystery was in the hands of Marius' supposedly senile father, Edgar Bannister (Peter Vaughan). In the U.S., Thursday the 12th first aired over the Bravo cable network on June 4, 2003. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jon Glover, Ciarán Hinds, (more)
- 1978
Debuting September 5, 1978 on Yorkshire Television, Selwyn was a spin-off of Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt, one of British TV's most popular sitcoms ever. Bill Maynard returned as well-meaning bumbler Selwyn Froggitt, who left his familiar Scarsdale environs as the story opened to become entertainment director at Paradise Valley, a Yorkshire holiday camp. Pompous camp manager Mervyn Price (Bernard Gallagher) soon learned to rue the day that Selwyn came into his life. Created by Alan Plater, Selwyn lasted for seven 30-minute episodes, the last of which aired on October 17, 1978. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
