Time Riders (ITV 1991 with Haydn Gwynne and Clive Merrison)

UK / ITV – Thames / 4×25 minute episodes / Broadcast 16 October – 16 November 1991

Writer: Jim Eldridge / Music: Debbie Wiseman / Design: Haydn Pearce / Producer: Alan Horrox / Director: Michael Winterbottom

Children’s scifi drama series. Scientist B.B. Miller is able to travel through time (on her motorbike) and has adventures during the English Civil War and Victorian times.

cast
HAYDN GWYNNE as B.B. Miller
CLIVE MERRISON as Prof Crow
KENNETH HALL as Ben Hardy
KERRY SWALE as Hepworth
BRIMLEY JENKINS as Judge
IAN McNEICE as Leather Hardbones
PAUL BOWN as Captain
JAMES SAXON as Lord Chalmerston
JULIE T. WALLACE as Lady Chalmerston
ARNOLD BROWN as Matlock
GAVIN RICHARDS as Witchfinder General

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.