B&B (TV series)
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B&B was a one off season English television programme, aired in 1992, following the lives of a father and daughter and their struggle to get their newly established BnB business working.
Produced by Thames Television
; the show was originally aired on CITV
and starred Kevin Whately
, best known for his performance as Lewis in Inspector Morse
, and Scottish actress Katy Murphy
.
, becoming fired from his job in a local architechral firm for disagreeing with his boss' Ian McNeice
blue prints for a local amusement arcade. Unemployed and with a daughter, Alice, to care for Shepherd decides to turn his large home into a B&B for financial support. Shepherd's former boss, Horace Gilbert, becomes aware after his dismissal that Shepherd's house lies right in the middle of his proposed development site and that the removal of his former employee and his home is needed to go ahead with construction. Meanwhile Shepherd's B&B is doing well and one of his guests, Billie Golden; a street busker, played by Katy Murphy
, reveals to him that she has no money and cannot pay her bill. In attampt to help her Shepherd offers her continued room and board for an unpaid working position at the B&B.
When Gilbert's ligitermet attempts to remove Shepherd from his house fail he moves onto Billie, offering her her dream motorbike in return for flooding the B&B rendering it inhabitable and when this also backfires he decides to resort to arson and attempts to burn the property to the ground. However Gilbert's secretary gets wind of what he is planning and realises he has gone too far and reports him to the police and he is arrested in the act.
Produced by Thames Television
Thames Television
Thames Television was a licensee of the British ITV television network, covering London and parts of the surrounding counties on weekdays from 30 July 1968 until 31 December 1992....
; the show was originally aired on CITV
CITV
CITV is a British television channel from ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive, as well as commissions and acquisitions. CITV itself is the programming block on the main ITV Network .The CITV channel broadcasts from 06:00 to 18:00...
and starred Kevin Whately
Kevin Whately
Kevin Whately is an English actor.Whately is known for his starring role as Neville Hope in the British television comedy Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, his role as Dr Jack Kerruish in the drama series Peak Practice, and as Robert "Robbie" Lewis in the crime dramas Inspector Morse and...
, best known for his performance as Lewis in Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse (TV series)
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis. Dexter makes a cameo appearance in all but three of the episodes....
, and Scottish actress Katy Murphy
Katy Murphy
Katy Murphy is a Scottish actress who has appeared in Mike and Angelo, Spatz, B&B, The Steamie, The River, Takin' Over the Asylum, Casualty and perhaps most memorably Tutti Frutti. She played the part of Janet in the Radio 4 series Adventures of a Black Bag, and her most recent performance was in...
.
Plot
The series started with Steve Shepherd, played by Kevin WhatelyKevin Whately
Kevin Whately is an English actor.Whately is known for his starring role as Neville Hope in the British television comedy Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, his role as Dr Jack Kerruish in the drama series Peak Practice, and as Robert "Robbie" Lewis in the crime dramas Inspector Morse and...
, becoming fired from his job in a local architechral firm for disagreeing with his boss' Ian McNeice
Ian McNeice
Ian McNeice is a prolific English screen, stage, and television character actor.-Early life:McNeice was born in Basingstoke in Hampshire. McNeice's acting training started at the Taunton School in Somerset, followed by two years at the Salisbury Playhouse...
blue prints for a local amusement arcade. Unemployed and with a daughter, Alice, to care for Shepherd decides to turn his large home into a B&B for financial support. Shepherd's former boss, Horace Gilbert, becomes aware after his dismissal that Shepherd's house lies right in the middle of his proposed development site and that the removal of his former employee and his home is needed to go ahead with construction. Meanwhile Shepherd's B&B is doing well and one of his guests, Billie Golden; a street busker, played by Katy Murphy
Katy Murphy
Katy Murphy is a Scottish actress who has appeared in Mike and Angelo, Spatz, B&B, The Steamie, The River, Takin' Over the Asylum, Casualty and perhaps most memorably Tutti Frutti. She played the part of Janet in the Radio 4 series Adventures of a Black Bag, and her most recent performance was in...
, reveals to him that she has no money and cannot pay her bill. In attampt to help her Shepherd offers her continued room and board for an unpaid working position at the B&B.
When Gilbert's ligitermet attempts to remove Shepherd from his house fail he moves onto Billie, offering her her dream motorbike in return for flooding the B&B rendering it inhabitable and when this also backfires he decides to resort to arson and attempts to burn the property to the ground. However Gilbert's secretary gets wind of what he is planning and realises he has gone too far and reports him to the police and he is arrested in the act.