Turtle's Progress
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Turtle's Progress is a British television
series broadcast between 1979 and 1980.
The series was an ITV ATV Drama, and dealt with a petty criminal named Turtle (played by John F Landry) and his minder, "Razor" Eddie (Michael Attwell
), who by accident come into possession of the proceeds of a major bank robbery. Eddie had been told to steal a van, and the van he stole turned out to be the getaway vehicle for the robbery. Inside were a large number of safe deposit boxes.
Each episode of the show dealt with Turtle and Eddie opening one box and dealing with the contents of it.
Part of the humour came from the interplay between Turtle and Superintendent Rafferty, who knew they did the crime, had no evidence on which to act, but lurked about in hope of a break.
The offbeat humour of the show attracted a small but cult audience, and the show only ran for two series. The character of Turtle had first appeared in 1975 in "The Hanged Man
", also created by Edmund Ward.
In early 2011 the entire series was released on DVD by Networkdvd.co.uk.
- Turtle
Michael Attwell
- Razor Eddie Malone
Ruby Head - Aunt Ethel Wagstaff
Tony London - George Wagstaff
James Grout
- Superintendent Rafferty (Series 1 only)
David Swift
- Superintendent Rafferty (Series 2 only)
Tony Melody
- Colour Sergeant Arnold
Leueen Willoughby
- Miss Anthea Goodliff
British television
Public television broadcasting started in the United Kingdom in 1936, and now has a collection of free and subscription services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are over 480 channelsTaking the base Sky EPG TV Channels. A breakdown is impossible due to a) the number of...
series broadcast between 1979 and 1980.
The series was an ITV ATV Drama, and dealt with a petty criminal named Turtle (played by John F Landry) and his minder, "Razor" Eddie (Michael Attwell
Michael Attwell
Michael John Attwell was an English actor.He is possibly best known for his role as Kenny Beale in the television soap opera EastEnders....
), who by accident come into possession of the proceeds of a major bank robbery. Eddie had been told to steal a van, and the van he stole turned out to be the getaway vehicle for the robbery. Inside were a large number of safe deposit boxes.
Each episode of the show dealt with Turtle and Eddie opening one box and dealing with the contents of it.
Part of the humour came from the interplay between Turtle and Superintendent Rafferty, who knew they did the crime, had no evidence on which to act, but lurked about in hope of a break.
The offbeat humour of the show attracted a small but cult audience, and the show only ran for two series. The character of Turtle had first appeared in 1975 in "The Hanged Man
The Hanged Man (TV series)
The Hanged Man is a British crime drama series that aired on ITV in 1975. It was created and written by Edmund Ward.-Cast:*Colin Blakely - Lew Burnett*Michael Williams - Alan Crowe*Gary Watson - John Quentin*John Rees - Brian Nelson...
", also created by Edmund Ward.
In early 2011 the entire series was released on DVD by Networkdvd.co.uk.
Cast
John F LandryJohn F Landry
John Francois Landry is a British character actor born in Nairobi, Kenya.Landry is best known for roles in Coronation Street, Public Eye, The Avengers, The Sandbaggers, and Minder....
- Turtle
Michael Attwell
Michael Attwell
Michael John Attwell was an English actor.He is possibly best known for his role as Kenny Beale in the television soap opera EastEnders....
- Razor Eddie Malone
Ruby Head - Aunt Ethel Wagstaff
Tony London - George Wagstaff
James Grout
James Grout
James Grout is an English actor of radio and television.Grout was born in London, the son of Beatrice Anne and William Grout...
- Superintendent Rafferty (Series 1 only)
David Swift
David Swift
David Swift is a British actor.He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, and educated at Clifton College and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he studied law. He then embarked on a career as a businessman with his father-in-law, J.P Jacobs, whose company supplied all the elastic to Marks &...
- Superintendent Rafferty (Series 2 only)
Tony Melody
Tony Melody
Anthony John "Tony" Melody was an English television actor who appeared in a number of long running comedies and soap operas. He was a prolific character actor with over 100 television roles.-Early life:...
- Colour Sergeant Arnold
Leueen Willoughby
Leueen Willoughby
Anne Leueen Willoughby is a Canadian former actress. She was born in Vancouver, where her father was a representative of the Guinness family who helped supervise the construction of the Lions' Gate Bridge and extensive housing developments on Vancouver's North Shore...
- Miss Anthea Goodliff