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Harpers West One was an ATV television drama series about a fictional department store, Harpers, in the West 1 district of London. [1]

Associated Television British broadcast television network

Associated Television (ATV), a former British television company, was awarded the franchise by the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide the Independent Television service at weekends for the London region. This service started on Saturday, 24 September 1955, the second ITA franchise to go on air, and was extended until Sunday, 28 July 1968. ATV was also awarded the franchise to provide the weekdays Independent Television service for the Midlands region. This service started on Friday, 17 February 1956, the third ITA franchisee to go on air, and was extended until Monday, 29 July 1968.

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The show was created by John Whitney and Geoffrey Bellman [2] and ran in one-hour episodes from 1961 to 1963. [3] It was introduced by ATV while The Probation Officer , was being rested but became an immediate success. [4] Press releases described it as "shopping with the lid off". [5] [6] A combination of drama and soap opera, it has also been described as presaging corporate dramas such as The Brothers for its depiction of power struggles at board level. [7]

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The principal writers were Geoffrey Bellman, Derrick De Marney, Diana Noel, and John Whitney. Wendy Richard, who later appeared in the comedy Are You Being Served? , also set in a department store, appeared in four episodes in 1962. The show sometimes featured popular singers in the "music department" such as John Leyton who played the role of Johnny St Cyr and sang the song "Johnny Remember Me". The publicity helped him to establish his career. [8]

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Wendy Richard, was an English actress best known for playing the roles of Miss Shirley Brahms on Are You Being Served? and Pauline Fowler on EastEnders, the latter for nearly 22 years. Until the onscreen death of her EastEnders character in December 2006, she was one of only two original cast members of that programme to appear continuously from the first episode in 1985, along with Adam Woodyatt, who played her on-screen nephew Ian Beale. She died on 26 February 2009 at the Harley Street clinic where she was being treated for breast cancer.

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  1. ↑ Halliwell, Leslie & Philip Purser. (1986) Halliwell's Television Companion. 3rd ed. London: Grafton. p. 345. ISBN   0-246-12838-0
  2. ↑ McGinlay, Richard, Alan Hayes & Alys Hayes. (2017). Two Against the Underworld – the Collected Unauthorised Guide to the Avengers Series 1 (2nd ed.). Hidden Tiger. p. 145. ISBN   978-1-326-46626-8.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ Harpers West One. IMDb. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Contrast: The Television Quarterly, 1961, pp. 131-132.
  5. ↑ Richard, Wendy, & Lizzie Wiggins. (2001) Wendy Richard no 's': My life story. London: Simon & Schuster. p. 43. ISBN   978-0743218702
  6. ↑ Harpers West One. Nostalgia Central. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  7. ↑ Harpers West One. memorabletv.com Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  8. ↑ Betts, Graham. (2006) Complete UK Hit Singles 1952–2006. London: Collins. p. 481. ISBN   9780007200771
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