"May to December" (1989) TV series 1989-1994

Creator:

Paul Mendelson
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

2 April 1989 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Alec Callendar, a Pinner solicitor who likes talking to Perry Mason, meets and falls in love with Zoe Angel...

Plot Keywords:

Secretary | Law | Sitcom

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Anton Rodgers	...	Alec / ... (39 episodes, 1989-1994)
Frances White	...	Vera / ... (39 episodes, 1989-1994)
Rebecca Lacey	...	Hilary (33 episodes, 1989-1993)
Paul Venables	...	Jamie / ... (30 episodes, 1989-1994)
Lesley Dunlop	...	Zoe / ... (26 episodes, 1990-1994)
Chrissie Cotterill	...	Debbie / ... (24 episodes, 1989-1994)
Kate Williams	...	Zoe's Mother / ... (20 episodes, 1989-1994)
Paul Raynor	...	Roy (17 episodes, 1989-1993)
Carolyn Pickles	...	Simone / ... (16 episodes, 1989-1994)

Series Directed by
Sydney Lotterby		(13 episodes, 1989-1990)
Paul Harrison		(12 episodes, 1991-1993)
John Kilby		(6 episodes, 1992)

Series Writing credits
Paul Mendelson		(31 episodes, 1989-1993)
Geoff Deane		(5 episodes, 1993)
Brian Leveson		(unknown episodes)
Paul Minett		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Verity Lambert	....	executive producer (31 episodes, 1989-1993)
Sharon Bloom	....	producer / associate producer (26 episodes, 1990-1993)
Sydney Lotterby	....	producer (13 episodes, 1989-1990)

Series Original Music by
Mark Warman		(28 episodes, 1989-1993)

Series Film Editing by
John Jarvis		(9 episodes, 1989-1990)
Mike Houghton		(7 episodes, 1990-1991)

Series Casting by
Laura Scott		(18 episodes, 1991-1993)

Series Production Design by
Carol Golder		(14 episodes, 1990-1991)
Valerie Warrender		(6 episodes, 1989)
Graham Lough		(6 episodes, 1992)
Richard Brackenbury		(5 episodes, 1993)

Series Costume Design by
Martine Cooper		(14 episodes, 1990-1991)
John Hearne		(6 episodes, 1989)
Laura Ergis		(6 episodes, 1992)

Series Makeup Department
Anne Rayment	....	makeup designer (31 episodes, 1989-1993)

Series Production Management
Janice Thomas	....	production manager (20 episodes, 1989-1991)
Stacey Adair	....	production manager (11 episodes, 1992-1993)

Series Art Department
Linda Sherwood-Page	....	graphic designer (31 episodes, 1989-1993)
Bill Bonner	....	properties buyer (7 episodes, 1990)
Pamela Hoffman	....	properties buyer (7 episodes, 1991)
Nick Barnett	....	properties buyer (6 episodes, 1992)
Francis Smith	....	properties buyer (5 episodes, 1989)
Leigh Craig	....	properties buyer (5 episodes, 1993)

Series Sound Department
John Hooper	....	film sound / film recordist / ... (18 episodes, 1989-1993)
Peter Barville	....	sound (10 episodes, 1989-1990)
John A. Parry	....	sound recordist / film sound (8 episodes, 1990-1993)
John Downes	....	sound supervisor / sound (7 episodes, 1990-1992)
John Delany	....	sound (7 episodes, 1991)
John Mooney	....	sound (6 episodes, 1989)
Laurie Taylor	....	sound supervisor (5 episodes, 1993)
Alan Machin	....	sound (2 episodes, 1990)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Ron Bristow	....	lighting / lighting director (25 episodes, 1989-1992)
Peter Goldring	....	camera supervisor (12 episodes, 1991-1992)
Keith Burton	....	film cameraman (10 episodes, 1990-1991)
Douglas Watson	....	camera supervisor (8 episodes, 1989-1990)
Mike Radford	....	location camera (6 episodes, 1992)
John Baker	....	film cameraman (5 episodes, 1989)
Terry Brett	....	lighting director (5 episodes, 1993)
Chris Miller	....	camera supervisor (5 episodes, 1993)
John Record	....	location camera (5 episodes, 1993)
Mike Harrison	....	camera supervisor (2 episodes, 1990-1991)

Series Editorial Department
Chris Wadsworth	....	videotape editor (31 episodes, 1989-1993)
Hilary Briegel	....	vision mixer (12 episodes, 1991-1993)
Sue Thorne	....	vision mixer (8 episodes, 1989-1990)
Sue Collins	....	vision mixer (8 episodes, 1990-1992)
Bill Morton	....	vision mixer (3 episodes, 1989)

Series Other crew
Richard Wilson	....	technical coordinator / resource coordinator (30 episodes, 1989-1993)
Jez Nightingale	....	assistant floor manager (14 episodes, 1990-1991)
Vanessa Sharples	....	production assistant (13 episodes, 1991-1992)
Judy Loe	....	production assistant (12 episodes, 1989-1990)
Katie Wilkinson	....	production secretary (11 episodes, 1992-1993)
Amanda Church	....	production secretary (7 episodes, 1990)
Caroline Thomas	....	production secretary (7 episodes, 1991)
Christine Crow	....	assistant floor manager (6 episodes, 1992)
Sharon Porter	....	assistant floor manager (5 episodes, 1989)
Susan Silburn	....	production assistant (5 episodes, 1993)
Charles Whaley	....	assistant floor manager (5 episodes, 1993)

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• Cinema Verity

Runtime:

30 min (39 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Quotes:

Dorothy 'Dot' Burgess, Zoe's Mother: [to a customer about Zoe] I dropped her on her head once when she was a baby, unfortunately not hard enough.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Verity Lambert: Drama Queen (2008) (TV)

Classic comment

The secrectary pleayed by the lovely Rebecca Lacey - and she said to Miss Flood in one episode Hell have no fury like a woman's corns Instead of Woman Scorned hilarious

It was a delightful comedy and as as been said - a great shame that it is not available on DVD - Miss flood trying desperately to get her young secrectary into line and to behave as one should and Zoe trying to get her man up to date with life -

The Garfudge - i.e. the garage in an advertisement for a house that they were buying was typical gentle humour

Another classic comment - How can I have any pride when I support Partick Thislte