Lynda La Plante

AKA: Lynda Marchal

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1943-03-15

Liverpool, England, UK

Biography

Lynda La Plante, CBE, is an English author, screenwriter and former actress, best known for writing the Prime Suspect television crime series.

Crew Roles

Framed

Writer

Framed

Executive Producer

Imagine Me & You

Executive Producer

Bella Mafia

Novel

Bella Mafia

Teleplay

The Prosecutors

Writer

The Prosecutors

Executive Producer

Widows

Original Story

Widows

Original Series Creator

Mind Games

Writer

Mind Games

Creator

The Warden

Writer

Widows

Series Writer

Seconds Out

Screenplay

Hidden Talents

Writer

Producer

Writer

Executive Producer

Creator

Writer

Novel

Writer

Associate Producer

Writer

Creator

Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {22}

Self

2013-06-15 0

Goodbye Granadaland

As ITV's move from its iconic base on Quay Street to the Orange Tower at MediaCityUK nears completion, this tribute looks back at 56 years of Granada television. Beginning from its inception in 1954, ...

Genre :Documentary

Young Woman

1976-10-16 0

Beasts: Special Offer

A misfit teenage checkout operator has an unrequited crush on her supermarket manager. At the same shop's cuddly cartoon mascot seems to have come alive and is causing havoc. Created as an episode of ...

Genre :Horror, TV Movie, Mystery, Drama

1996-03-02 0

An Audience with Freddie Starr

A celebrity audience pays tribute to the inimitable Freddie Starr, one of Britain's zaniest comedians. ...

Genre :Comedy

Mrs Clement

1982-11-12 7

The Draughtsman's Contract

A young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away. ...

Genre :History, Mystery, Comedy

Mrs. Roberts

1980-03-30 6.6

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

This intriguing story is set in the 1930s at a country house, where two amateur sleuths, Bobby Jones and Lady Frankie Derwent, try to unravel the mystery behind a tale of murder, suspense and false id ...

Genre :Thriller, TV Movie, Mystery

Lina

1983-03-18 5.9

High Road to China

A biplane pilot is saddled with a spoiled industrialist's daughter on a search for her missing father through Asia that eventually involves them in a struggle against a Chinese warlord. ...

Genre :Adventure, Drama, History

Cecilia Plasche (as Lynda Marchal)

1979-04-10 4.5

Coming Out

Lewis, a gay writer of romantic novels, writes an article on gay issues under the pseudonym of "Zippy Grimes." The reason for this is that he hasn't come out yet and he doesn't want to alienate his ma ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy, TV Movie

Self

1988-10-03 5.2

This Morning

This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home and garden, food, tech, live phone-ins, and competitions. ...

Genre :Talk, News

1980-04-11 6.9

The Gentle Touch

The Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television for ITV which ran from 1980-1984. Commencing transmission on 11 April 1980, the series is notable for bei ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Janey Hinden (as Lynda Marchal)

1962-01-02 7

Z-Cars

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in J ...

Genre :Drama

2004-10-11 4.6

The Paul O'Grady Show

The Paul O'Grady Show is a British comedy chat show hosted by Birkenhead-born comedian Paul O'Grady. The format was originally devised by Granada Television and was broadcast on ITV before moving to C ...

Genre :Comedy, Talk

Eve Fisher

1975-01-02 7.8

The Sweeney

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter. ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime

Young Woman

1976-10-16 7

Beasts

Beasts is a series of six television plays by Manx writer Nigel Kneale, unconnected but for a bestial horror theme, made by ATV for ITV in the United Kingdom and broadcast in 1976. ...

Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama

1970-10-15 6.3

Play for Today

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original tel ...

Genre :Drama

1983-10-09 6.3

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

Spirited dialogue, posh Roaring '20s style, and devious mysteries abound as Tommy and Tuppence Beresford mix marriage and mystery solving. ...

Genre :Mystery, Comedy, Drama

Mrs Atkins

1982-10-25 6

Educating Marmalade

Marmalade Atkins is the naughtiest girl in the world. In fact, she's so wicked that her parents and social worker decide that the only thing to do with her is to blast her into space. But, knowing Mar ...

Genre :Comedy, Family, Kids

1976-01-06 6.3

Rentaghost

Rentaghost was a British children's television comedy show, broadcast by the BBC between 6 January 1976 and 6 November 1984. The show's plot centred on the antics of a number of ghosts who worked for ...

Genre :Family, Comedy

Lisa Reynolds

1981-10-18 6.7

Bergerac

Jim Bergerac is a detective sergeant in The Foreigners Office who likes to do things his own way. While dealing with his own personal demons Bergerac has a knack of finding trouble, and sometimes cau ...

Genre :Drama

Angela

1978-07-24 7

Out

Frank Ross returns from an eight-year prison sentence for a robbery that was thwarted because somebody 'grassed' the gang. Nobody knows who put the finger on him, but Ross is determined to find out an ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

1981-09-06 5

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years is an 8-part 1981 drama serial based on the life of Winston Churchill, and particularly his years in enforced exile from political position during the 1920s and ...

Genre :Documentary

Viv Copeland

1977-12-30 7.5

The Professionals

The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama

Molly Dolan

1969-11-19 0

The Doctors

The Doctors is a British television series, produced by the BBC between 1969 and 1971. The series was set around a general practice in North London and leading cast members included: Justine Lord, Ni ...