Primi Townsend is a British

United Kingdom

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 actress.

She was a regular cast member on the sitcom Lame Ducks

Lame Ducks (TV series)

Lame Ducks is a British television sitcom made by the BBC in 1984 and written by Peter J. Hammond.One of the more dark and surreal plotlines, it starred John Duttine as Brian Drake, a man who, when suffering a serious injury after being hit by a truck, can no longer work and decides to head off to...

and is also remembered for her role in the Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...

serial The Pirate Planet

The Pirate Planet

The Pirate Planet is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 30 September to 21 October 1978. It forms the second serial of The Key to Time...

.

Other TV credits include: Z-Cars

Z-Cars

Z-Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby in the outskirts of Liverpool in Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.-Origins:The series was developed by...

, Minder

Minder (TV series)

Minder is a British comedy-drama about the London criminal underworld. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television and shown on ITV...

, 1990

1990 (TV series)

1990 is a British then-futuristic political drama television series produced by the BBC and shown in 1977 and 1978.- Plot :The series is set in a dystopian future in which Britain is under the grip of the Home Office's Department of Public Control , a tyrannically oppressive bureaucracy riding...

, Blake's 7

Blake's 7

Blake's 7 is a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC for its BBC1 channel. The series was created by Terry Nation, a prolific television writer and creator of the Daleks for the television series Doctor Who. Four series of Blake's 7 were produced and broadcast between 1978...

and Bergerac

Bergerac (TV series)

Bergerac was a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and screened on BBC1, it starred John Nettles as the title character Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac, a detective in "Le Bureau des Étrangers" Bergerac was a British television show...

and a major role in TV series written by Ted Whitehead "Worlds End" 13 eps on BBC 2

She recently appeared recounting her appearance in Doctor Who in a documentary on the season 16 story The Pirate Planet

The Pirate Planet

The Pirate Planet is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 30 September to 21 October 1978. It forms the second serial of The Key to Time...

 which was released in 2007.

Primi appeared in many stage shows, both West End and regional as well as touring overseas. She played the part of "Rita" in Educating Rita opposite Gareth Thomas who had been the original Blake in Blake's 7 (although they did not appear in the series together).

Television

Dates	Title	Character
1991	Grange Hill Grange Hill Grange Hill is a British television drama series originally made by the BBC. The show began in 1978 on BBC1 and was one of the longest running programmes on British television...	Miss Steel
1981	Life Without George Life Without George Life Without George was a BBC comedy series written by Penny Croft & Val Hudson and starring Simon Cadell and Carol Royle. The series ran from 1987 to 1989.-Cast:*Larry Wade- Simon Cadell *Jenny Russell - Carol Royle...	Natasha
1991	Five Children and It Five Children and It Five Children and It is a children's novel by English author Edith Nesbit, first published in 1902; it was expanded from a series of stories published in the Strand Magazine in 1900 under the general title The Psammead, or the Gifts. It is the first of a trilogy...	Miss George
1984	Lame Ducks Lame Ducks (TV series) Lame Ducks is a British television sitcom made by the BBC in 1984 and written by Peter J. Hammond.One of the more dark and surreal plotlines, it starred John Duttine as Brian Drake, a man who, when suffering a serious injury after being hit by a truck, can no longer work and decides to head off to...	Mrs Drake
1984	Bergerac Bergerac (TV series) Bergerac was a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and screened on BBC1, it starred John Nettles as the title character Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac, a detective in "Le Bureau des Étrangers" Bergerac was a British television show...	Linda O' Dell
1980	Blake's 7 Blake's 7 Blake's 7 is a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC for its BBC1 channel. The series was created by Terry Nation, a prolific television writer and creator of the Daleks for the television series Doctor Who. Four series of Blake's 7 were produced and broadcast between 1978...	Zee
1978	Doctor Who Doctor Who Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...  serial The Pirate Planet The Pirate Planet The Pirate Planet is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 30 September to 21 October 1978. It forms the second serial of The Key to Time...	Mula
1978	1990 1990 (TV series) 1990 is a British then-futuristic political drama television series produced by the BBC and shown in 1977 and 1978.- Plot :The series is set in a dystopian future in which Britain is under the grip of the Home Office's Department of Public Control , a tyrannically oppressive bureaucracy riding...
1982	Crown Court Crown Court (TV series) Crown Court was an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984....	WPC Downs
1984	Minder Minder (TV series) Minder is a British comedy-drama about the London criminal underworld. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television and shown on ITV...	Sharon
	Romany Rye (Play for Today)	Belle

Film

Dates	Title	Character
	Love is in the Air	Mother
1981	Very Like A Whale	Stewardess
1982	Witness for The Prosecution Witness for the Prosecution (1982 film) Witness for the Prosecution is a 1982 TV version of Agatha Christie's short story and play, and also a remake of the classic Billy Wilder 1957 film Witness for the Prosecution....	Blonde Girl in the Gallery
	Manifesto	Mary

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