Sam (1973 TV series)
| Sam | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama, Family |
| Written by | John Finch |
| Directed by |
Colin Cant, Les Chatfield, Bill Podmore Roland Joffé |
| Starring |
Mark McManus Kevin Moreton Barbara Ewing Ray Smith John Price Frank Mills Alethea Charlton Michael Goodliffe James Hazeldine Maggie Jones Dorothy White Jennifer Hilary Cherith Mellor Jan Harvey Ivor Roberts Alan David Stephanie Turner Simon Rouse Veronica Roberts Peter Duncan Windsor Davies Jim Norton Carol Drinkwater |
| Country of origin | UK |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 39 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Michael Cox |
| Location(s) |
Yorkshire, Gin Pit Village, Astley Lancashire |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Original release | 12 June 1973 – 25 August 1975 |
Sam is a television drama series written by John Finch and produced by Granada Television between 1973 and 1975 for broadcast on ITV. Finch also created and wrote A Family at War for Granada.
The series is based on fact, with Sam as a boy growing up in Featherstone. It was initially set in the coalfields of Yorkshire in the inter-war period but eventually progressed to the modern (then) era. Interior scenes were recorded at Granada's studios in Manchester, while many of the exterior scenes were filmed in Lancashire. For example, the railway station used for filming was Garswood, near Wigan. Local dialect is used, e.g. top-at-knob referring to North Featherstone. The series was made in a video/film hybrid format, which was common at the time.
With Kevin Moreton as Sam aged 11 to 14. It's 1934. Sam Wilson’s mother Dora has left her husband and taken Sam to her hometown of Skellerton, a Yorkshire mining village.
This series is set in the post war period; the main character is played by Mark McManus.
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All three series were issued by Acorn Media UK in 2003.
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