Spywatch (BBC-2 1996 with Keith Barron and Josephine D’Arby)

UK / BBC Two (for Look and Read) / 10×5 minute episodes / Broadcast 1996

Writer: Derek Farmer / Music: Peter Howell / Executive Producer: Frank Flynn / Producer/Director: Nicholas Whines

Period drama serial. During World War II a group of evacuated children think they have a spy in their midst. Shown as part of BBC School’s Look and Read series.

cast
KEITH BARRON as Starkey
JOSEPHINE D’ARBY as Lee
ROGER KITTER as CD Rom
RAYMOND PICKARD as Norman Starkey
RUSSELL TOVEY as Dennis Seales
SOPHIE WARD as Polly Hobbs
JOSIE McCABE as Mary Parker
ROSEMARY LEACH as Aunty Amy
LESLEY JOSEPH as Miss Millington
NORMAN BIRD as Cyril Jenkins
ABIGAIL THAW as Vivienne Bellins
TERENCE MAYNARD as Mike Johnson
JOSEPH ALESSI as Luigi Balzoni

Head of film reviews at The Viewers Guide with an erudite, insightful, slightly sardonic, deep appreciation for classic cinema. Has a habit of quoting obscure lines from old films in everyday conversation. He keeps a meticulously organized film logbook. He's a bit of a tea snob.