Play for Today Love on a Gunboat (Season 7, Episode 8)
TV Episode | 79 min | Comedy, Drama

Play for Today

Love on a Gunboat (Season 7, Episode 8)

TV Episode | 79 min | Comedy, Drama

In 1956 Britain staggers through crises in Suez and Cyprus while Leslie Potter pursues and marries Monica Dobbs. Twenty years later the nation has still not recovered. Neither has Leslie.

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Updated Jan 4, 1977

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Jan 4, 1977 (United Kingdom)

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16 wins & 16 nominations

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19 cast members

Name	Known for
Stephen Moore Leslie Potter Leslie Potter See fewer	The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Barbara Flynn Monica Potter Monica Potter See fewer	Miss Potter (2006)
Josephine Welcome Fay Fay See fewer	Agony (1979)
Andrew Downie Hamish Hamish See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
Mikel Lambert Elaine Elaine See fewer	Spy Trap (1972)
Terry Taplin Group Leader (as Terence Taplin) Group Leader (as Terence Taplin) See fewer	Sherlock Holmes (2009)
James Hazeldine Dennis Horncastle Dennis Horncastle See fewer	Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
Arwen Holm Dora Horncastle Dora Horncastle See fewer	The Final Conflict (1981)
Gerard Ryder Forcett Forcett See fewer	BBC2 Playhouse (1973)
Denis Holmes Mr. Potter Mr. Potter See fewer	Sabrina (1995)
Cherry Morris Mrs. Potter Mrs. Potter See fewer	Footballers' Wives (2002)
Christopher Coll Interviewer Interviewer See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
Julian Fellowes Interviewer Interviewer See fewer	Gosford Park (2001)
Jane Freeman Knitting Lady Knitting Lady See fewer	Last of the Summer Wine (1973)
Bernard Gallagher Mr. Biffen Mr. Biffen See fewer	Casualty (1986)
Julia McCarthy Nun Nun See fewer	Erik the Viking (1989)
Christine Ozanne Mrs. Bone Mrs. Bone See fewer	Fighting with My Family (2019)
John Salthouse Bus Conductor Bus Conductor See fewer	An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Lloyd McGuire Jazz Enthusiast Jazz Enthusiast See fewer	Eh Brian! It's a Whopper (1984)