Starr and Company

Starr and Company is a BBC television drama series aired in 1958. It was a soap opera, aired twice a week, Monday and Thursday. 77 episodes were made, of which only a single episode (episode 1) is known to survive.

The series was set in a buoy-making firm established by retired naval engineer Joseph Starr in the fictional town of Sullbridge in South East England.

Most of the cast were not known before or after, but there were several well-known players – Graham Crowden; Edna Doré; Edward Evans; Stratford Johns; Renny Lister; Warren Mitchell; Guy Kingsley Poynter; Arnold Ridley – either already established or who later became well-known.

The programme was broadcast live.

Episodes

1One Side of the Family The first episode of a new serial. Producer Gerard Glaister Script Bill Naughton Story associate Sheila HodgsonDavid Campton Designer Richard Wilmot Megs Turner Nancy Nevinson Gwyneth Turner Gillian Gale Hughie Turner Barry MacGregor Jim Turner Philip Ray Harry Crane Arnold Ridley First apprentice Barry Steele Second apprentice Bryan Kendrick Tom Turner Brian McDermott 2Talk at the Local Producer Gerard Glaister Director Morris Barry Script Bill Naughton Story associate Sheila HodgsonDavid Campton Designer Richard Wilmot Megs Turner Nancy Nevinson Jim Turner Philip Ray Gwyneth Turner Gillian Gale Tom Turner Brian McDermott Steve Lacey Harry Littlewood Robin Starr Michael Murray Harry Crane Arnold Ridley Hughie Turner Barry MacGregor Joe Trimmer George Roderick Rene Cremer Katherine Parr Councillor Hansford Robert Perceval Alec Cremer Michael Bird Barman Lee Richardson Tomlinson Raymond Hodge Higgins Henry Soskin Cummings Robert Vahey 3The Boss Producer Gerard Glaister Director Mervyn Pinfield Scriptwriter Allan Prior Story associate Sheila HodgsonDavid Campton Designer Richard Wilmot Jane Starr Deirdre Day Robin Starr Michael Murray Mannion Anthony Woodruff Mrs Ellis Esther McPherson Joseph Starr William Sherwood Mrs Starr Barbara Cavan Bob Jason, reporter Donald Churchill 4Sunday Outing Producer Gerard Glaister Director Morris Barry Scriptwriter Bill Naughton Story associate Sheila HodgsonDavid Campton Designer Richard Wilmot Hughie Turner Barry MacGregor Megs Turner Nancy Nevinson Jim Turner Philip Ray Gwyneth Turner Gillian Gale Tom Turner Brian McDermott Joe Trimmer George Roderick Mary Tennison Patricia Mort 5Starr's in Collision Producer Gerard Glaister Director Mervyn R. Pinfield Scriptwriter Bill Naughton Story associate Sheila HodgsonDavid Campton Designer Richard Wilmot Jim Turner Philip Ray Charlie, apprentice Barry Steele Simpson Maurice Durant Allardyce John Forbes-Robertson Tom Turner Brian McDermott Mary Tennison Patricia Mort Lacey Harry Littlewood Hazel Anne Pichon Doris Jose Read Mrs Childs Betty Cooper Joseph Starr William Sherwood Robin Starr Michael Murray Mannion Anthony Woodruff Mackie George Cormack 6The Dark Horse Producer Gerard Glaister Scriptwriter Bill Naughton Story associate Sheila HodgsonDavid Campton Designer Richard Wilmot Megs Turner Nancy Nevinson Jim Turner Philip Ray Hughie Turner Barry MacGregor Tom Turner Brian McDermott Gwyneth Turner Gillian Gale Mary Tennison Patricia Mort Harry Crane Arnold Ridley Lacey Harry Littlewood Doris Jose Read Bob Michael Wynne Anna Joy Owen Charlie, apprentice Barry Steele Sam, apprentice Bryan Kendrick 7Cross Purposes Producer Gerard Glaister Director Morris Barry Scriptwriter Bill Naughton Story associate Sheila HodgsonDavid Campton Designer Austen Spriggs Hazel Anne Pichon Doris Jose Read Robin Starr Michael Murray Bromley Martin Sterndale Simpson Maurice Durant Harry Crane Arnold Ridley Jim Turner Philip Ray Joseph Starr William Sherwood Mrs Childs Betty Cooper Lacey Harry Littlewood Mannion Anthony Woodruff Charlie, apprentice Barry Steele Sam, apprentice Bryan Kendrick 8A Decision is Taken Producer Gerard Glaister Director Mervyn R. Pinfield Script Allan Prior Story associates Sheila HodgsonDavid Campton Designer Austen Spriggs Mrs Starr Barbara Cavan Ilse Ellen Blueth Joseph Starr William Sherwood Robin Starr Michael Murray Jane Starr Deirdre Day Julia Starr Pat Ann Key 9A Secret and a Meeting Producer Gerard Glaister Director Morris Barry Script Allan Prior Story associate Sheila HodgsonDavid Campton Designer Richard Wilmot Hazel Anne Pichon Doris Jose Read Robin Starr Michael Murray Tom Turner Brian McDermott Allardyce John Forbes-Robertson Mary Tennison Patricia Mort Vera Shane Cordell Mannion Anthony Woodruff Simpson Maurice Durant Jim Turner Philip Ray Hughie Turner Barry MacGregor Megs Turner Nancy Nevinson Harry Crane Arnold Ridley Mrs Bradley Doris Yorke 10A Debt Repaid Producer Gerard Glaister Director Mervyn R. Pinfield Scriptwriter Allan Prior Story associate Sheila HodgsonDavid Campton Megs Turner Nancy Nevinson Mrs Bradley Doris Yorke Harry Crane Arnold Ridley Mr Barker Frank Pemberton Ackroyd Derek Tansley Mr Dodds John Scott Hughie Turner Barry MacGregor Anna Joy Owen Mary Tennison Patricia Mort Tom Turner Brian McDermott Jim Turner Philip Ray Gwyneth Turner Gillian Gale 11A Matter of Vanity Producer Gerard Glaister Scriptwriter Allan Prior Story associate Sheila HodgsonDavid Campton Jim Turner Philip Ray Harry Crane Arnold Ridley Charlie Barry Steele Vera Shane Cordell Forbes Glenn Williams Tom Turner Brian McDermott Joseph Starr William Sherwood Mrs Childs Betty Cooper Simpson Maurice Durant Robin Starr Michael Murray First Guild member Mona Bruce Bob Jason Donald Churchill Megs Turner Nancy Nevinson Mrs Starr Barbara Cavan Second Guild member Betty Hare Jane Starr Deirdre Day Reggie Stratton Raymond Young Mrs Ellis Esther McPherson 12I Love my Boss Producer Gerard Glaister Director Morris Barry Script Allan Prior Story associate Sheila HodgsonDavid Campton Joseph Starr William Sherwood Robin Starr Michael Murray Doris Jose Read Hazel Anne Pichon Simpson Maurice Durant Mackie George Cormack Rene Cremer Katherine Parr Vera Shane Cordell Morny Douglas Blackwell Mrs Childs Betty Cooper Jim Turner Philip Ray Harry Crane Arnold Ridley Tom Turner Brian McDermott Charlie Barry Steele Sam Bryan Kendrick Ackroyd Derek Tansley Barman Lee Richardson Forbes Glenn Williams Sales John Mahoney 13Hot Stuff Producer Gerard Glaister Director Mervyn R. Pinfield Script Bill Naughton Designer Richard Wilmot Megs Turner Nancy Nevinson Jim Turner Philip Ray Hughie Turner Barry MacGregor Joe Trimmer George Roderick Louis Donald Morley Harry Crane Arnold Ridley Lacey Harry Littlewood Gwyneth Turner Gillian Gale Town Clerk Christopher Hodge Councillor Hansford Robert Perceval 14The Law Steps In Script Allan Prior Producer Gerard Glaister Director Morris Barry Megs Turner Nancy Nevinson Gwyneth Turner Gillian Gale Jim Turner Philip Ray Hughie Turner Barry MacGregor Detective Gunn Robert Lankesheer Detective Smith Ronald Wood Policeman Michael Stainton A drunk John Herrington Mrs Brown Olga Dickie Joe Trimmer George Roderick Station Sergeant Michael Logan 15Let's Have a Party Producer Gerard Glaister Director Mervyn R. Pinfield Scriptwriter Allan Prior Designer Austen Spriggs Megs Turner Nancy Nevinson Jim Turner Philip Ray Gwyneth Turner Gillian Gale Mary Tennison Patricia Mort Isobel Pamela Abbott Hazel Anne Pichon Doris Jose Read Vera Shane Cordell Tom Turner Brian McDermott Allardyce John Forbes-Robertson Messenger Kenneth Alan Taylor Mrs Allardyce Jean Theobald 16Take Your Partners Producer Gerard Glaister Script Allan Prior Designer Austen Spriggs Mary Tennison Patricia Mort Isobel Pamela Abbott Hazel Anne Pichon Doris Jose Read Mrs Childs Betty Cooper Vera Shane Cordell Hughie Turner Barry MacGregor Bernard Kay Denis Holmes Mr Hargraves Brown Derby Allardyce John Forbes-Robertson Mrs Allardyce Jean Theobald Megs Turner Nancy Nevinson Jim Turner Philip Ray Tom Turner Brian McDermott Hector David Rees 17Bank Holiday Outing Producer Gerard Glaister Director Morris Barry Scriptwriter Bill Naughton Designer Richard Wilmot Gwyneth Turner Gillian Gale Megs Turner Nancy Nevinson Jim Turner Philip Ray Hughie Turner Barry MacGregor Tom Turner Brian McDermott Joe Trimmer George Roderick Harry Crane Arnold Ridley Jane Starr Deirdre Day Robin Starr Michael Murray Edith Starr Barbara Cavan Joseph Starr William Sherwood Charlie Barry Steele Tim John Cater Maggie Rosemary Johnson Rita Carolyn Garnham Linda Avril Leslie Rene Cremer Katherine Parr Alec Cremer Michael Bird Barman Lee Richardson Sid Stanley Platts Mary Tennison Patricia Mort Morny Douglas Blackwell Bromley Martin Sterndale 18The Botcher Producer Gerard Glaister Director Mervyn R. Pinfield Script Bill Naughton Designer Richard Wilmot Len Forbes Glenn Williams Jim Turner Philip Ray Harry Crane Arnold Ridley Lacey Harry Littlewood Bromley Martin Sterndale Mathews Leonard Williams Simpson Maurice Durant Mrs Lacey Brenda Dunrich Mary Tennison Patricia Mort Megs Turner Nancy Nevinson Gwyneth Turner Gillian Gale Robin Starr Michael Murray Tom Turner Brian McDermott Hazel Anne Pichon 19Off Sick Producer Gerard Glaister Director Morris Barry Scriptwriter Allan Prior Jim Turner Philip Ray Megs Turner Nancy Nevinson Hughie Turner Barry MacGregor Gwyneth Turner Gillian Gale Tom Turner Brian McDermott Robin Starr Michael Murray Jane Starr Deirdre Day Mrs Ellis Esther McPherson Mrs Neale Edevain Park Joe Trimmer George Roderick Election canvasser Harry Moore 20Back on the Job Producer Gerard Glaister Scriptwriter Allan Prior Designer Austen Spriggs Jim Turner Philip Ray Megs Turner Nancy Nevinson Tom Turner Brian McDermott Hughie Turner Barry MacGregor Gwyneth Turner Gillian Gale Robin Starr Michael Murray Jane Starr Deirdre Day Ackroyd Derek Tansley Harry Crane Arnold Ridley Mrs Neale Edevain Park Mrs Sharp Winifred Hill Joe Trimmer George Roderick Mary Tennison Patricia Mort Election Party Agent Hugh Stewart Forbes Glenn Williams 21First in the Field Producer Gerard Glaister Script Bill Naughton Robin Starr Michael Murray Jane Starr Deirdre Day Jim Turner Philip Ray Rocky Edward Cast Morny Douglas Blackwell Harry Crane Arnold Ridley Julia Starr Pat Ann Key Doris Jose Read Joseph Starr William Sherwood Mary Tennison Patricia Mort Tom Turner Brian McDermott Simpson Maurice Durant Bromley Martin Sterndale Francis Bruce Morton Deverson Leonard White Forbes Glenn Williams Hazel Anne Pichon 22Expect Me When You See Me Producer Gerard Glaister Director Morris Barry Script Bill Naughton Jim Turner Philip Ray Megs Turner Nancy Nevinson Gwyneth Turner Gillian Gale Tom Turner Brian McDermott Mary Tennison Patricia Mort Jane Starr Deirdre Day Robin Starr Michael Murray Rocky Edward Cast Morny Douglas Blackwell Johnson Michael Collins Forbes Glenn Williams 23Starter's Orders Producer Gerard Glaister Director Christopher Barry Scriptwriter Allan Prior Robin Starr Michael Murray Jane Starr Deirdre Day Joseph Starr William Sherwood Mrs Starr Barbara Cavan Marvin Lavery Robert Cawdron Ilse Ellen Blueth Julia Starr Pat Ann Key Roger Smythe-Wilson Derrick Sherwin Hughie Turner Barry MacGregor Tom Turner Brian McDermott Joe Trimmer George Roderick 24Into the Straight Producer Gerard Glaister Director Morry Barry Script Donald Bull Julia Starr Pat Ann Key Joseph Starr William Sherwood Robin Starr Michael Murray Mrs Starr Barbara Cavan Marvin Lavery Robert Cawdron Hazel Anne Pichon Doris Jose Read Vera Shane Cordell Jim Turner Philip Ray Tom Turner Brian McDermott Forbes Glenn Williams Mrs Childs Betty Cooper Bromley Martin Sterndale Harry Crane Arnold Ridley Charlie Barry Steele Mary Tennison Patricia Mort Mackie George Cormack