Cockles (TV series)

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Cockles
GenreComedy drama
Written byDouglas Livingstone
Directed byBarry Davis
Tony Virgo
Starring Joan Sims
James Grout
Norman Rodway
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducerRuth Boswell
Running time55 minutes
Production company BBC
Original release
Network BBC One
Release4 January (1984-01-04) 
8 February 1984 (1984-02-08)

Cockles is a 1984 British comedy drama television series which originally aired on BBC One. [1]

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Main cast

Actors who appeared in individual episodes of the series include Trudie Styler, Tessa Peake-Jones, Perry Benson, John Welsh, Roger Brierley, Albert Moses, Clive Merrison, Judy Holt, Bernard Hepton, Gawn Grainger, Bryan Pringle, Ralph Nossek, Brenda Fricker, Julian Curry, Rowena Cooper, Shirin Taylor, William Simons, Constance Chapman, Julia St John, Sarah Crowden and Tony Selby.

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