Rita May
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Known For:Acting
Birthday:1942-05-09
Place of Birth:Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
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Scab (1987)
Drama based on events during the 1984/85 miners strike. One of the first dramatised accounts, it was written by Geoffrey Case and directed by Gordon...

The Gamekeeper (1980)
George Purse is the gamekeeper for the duke's estate, a role he takes seriously. His position gives him a certain status, but he has an uneasy...

The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People (1977)
The workers of Milton Colliery prepare for a royal visit from Prince Charles.

When Saturday Comes (1996)
Jimmy Muir comes from a typical gritty, northern town where there are only two options: working down the pit or in a factory. But Jimmy has other...

Looks and Smiles (1981)
Thatcherism and the Irish troubles provide the backdrop for this study of Mick, a well-meaning youth in Sheffield, who has, unlike Dickens' Pip, no...

Threads (1984)
Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of...

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009)
Yorkshire, 1974. Fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to search for...

The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality (1977)
A month after the royal visit, the workers at Milton Colliery are brought crashing back down to earth by an underground explosion.

Walk Like a Panther (2018)
A group of 1980s wrestlers are forced to don the lycra once last time when their beloved local pub is threatened with closure.

Fanny & Elvis (1999)
Yorkshire writer Kate finds out her biological clock is ticking down the same day that her husband leaves her. To get over the financial crisis this...

Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2021)
Jamie New is 16 and doesn’t quite fit in—instead of pursuing a "real" career he dreams of becoming a drag queen. Uncertain about his...

Nits (2004)
A 7-year-old boy (Jonathan Mason) struggles to understand why his mother, newly returned from hospital, isn't giving him the attention he craves.

In the Loop (2009)
The US President and the UK Prime Minister are planning on launching a war in the Middle East, but—behind the scenes—government officials...

England's Greens and Peasant Land (1982)
A planning decision must be made, and the motorway extension must go through on either the Golf Course or the Allotments - will the greens survive or...

Red Riding (2009)
Thrilling trilogy of films based on David Peace's cult noir novels about Yorkshire during the 1970s and 80s: a world of paranoia, corruption and the...

Trollied (2011)
Set in Valco, a fictional budget supermarket in the north west of England, Trollied finds the funny in one of our most familiar surroundings and...

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996)
Instead of spending her golden years lying down, the indomitable Hetty Wainthropp found her calling late in life. Combining common sense, her...

The Syndicate (2012)
A drama exploring how winning the lottery transforms the lives of ordinary people.

The Royal (2003)
Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.

Children's Ward (1989)
Children's Ward is a British children's television drama series produced by Granada Television and broadcast on the ITV network as part of its...

Ackley Bridge (2017)
A new academy school in a Yorkshire mill town merges the lives and cultures of the largely divided white and Asian community

Early Doors (2003)
A sitcom set in a small pub in Manchester, “The Grapes”, where daily life is bound up in the issues of love, loneliness, and blocked...

Sunshine (2008)
Sunshine is a three-part comedy drama that began on 7 October 2008 on BBC1 from the co-writers of The Royle Family and Early Doors. These co-writers,...

The Gathering Seed (1983)
The saga of Manchester lad Joe Henshaw, a story that takes in family life, the trials and tribulations of the Labour movement and World War Two

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators (2018)
Frank Hathaway, a hardboiled private investigator, and his rookie sidekick Lu Shakespeare form the unlikeliest of partnerships as they investigate...

Heartbeat (1992)
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

Last of the Summer Wine (1973)
Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire...