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Eyes
Down
Starts
Friday 15 August, BBC ONE at 9.00pm
Two
fat ladies, 88; all the fours, 44; two little ducks, 22 - it's Eyes
Down in Angela Clarke's new comedy about the lives, loves,
hopes and disappointments of the staff and punters at The Rio, a
Liverpool bingo palace.
Paul O'Grady is Ray, bingo caller and manager, who presides
over a motley staff.
On
catering, there's Christine, whose Chihuahua compensates for her
unfortunate love-life.
But
Christine is blind to the devotion she arouses in floor man Martin,
a mother's boy whose life is a world away from that of dandy mechanic
and ladies' man Bobby, Ray's bête noire.
Sandy, young, pregnant and not too bright, works with Martin on
the floor and has a boyfriend, Terry.
Mary,
the elderly cleaner, is an endless source of bizarre anecdotes and
skewed wisdom.
Completing
the line-up are the regular players: Kitty, Kay and Kathline.
Martin is played by Tony Maudsley, Sandy by Sheridan Smith,
Mary by Edna Doré, Christine by Rosie Cavaliero
and Bobby by Neil Fitzmaurice.
Angela
Clarke began her writing career two years ago when she sent her
first hand-written script to the BBC New Writing Scheme, an initiative
searching for new talent.
She
was promptly put through to the Women's Comedy Scheme, where she
was so successful that she was then commissioned to write her first
BBC comedy, Eyes Down.
Angela,
a Liverpudlian, is also an actor and most recently starred as Rita
in Educating Rita at the Liverpool Everyman. She is a regular at
her local bingo hall.
Eyes
Down is produced by Rosemary McGowan. The
script editor is Paul Mayhew-Archer and the executive producer is
Sophie Clarke-Jervoise. It is directed by Christine Gernon.
Eyes
Down starts on BBC ONE on Friday 15 August.
Cast
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Paul
O'Grady
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Ray
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Neil
Fitzmaurice
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Bobby
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Sheridan
Smith
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Sandy
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Edna
Doré
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Mary
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Tony
Maudsley
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Martin
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Rosie
Caveliero
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Christine
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Hazel
Douglas
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Kathline
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Margaret
John
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Kay
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Beatrice
Kelley
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Kitty
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Eugene
Salleh
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Terry
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Michelle
Butterly
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Pamela
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Production
credits
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Written
by
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Angela
Clarke
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Script
Editor
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Paul
Mayhew-Archer
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Directed
by
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Christine
Gernon
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Produced
by
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Rosemary
McGowan
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Executive
Producer
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Sophie
Clarke-Jervoise
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Episode
Synopses
Who's
Who in Eyes Down
Paul
O'Grady - Ray
Tony
Maudsley - Martin
Sheridan
Smith - Sandy
Neil
Fitzmaurice - Bobby
Rosie
Cavaliero - Christine
Edna
Doré - Mary
Angela
Clarke
Bingo
Facts
The
Cast
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