Charlotte Colman, who used to be Sue in Worzel Gummige, is soon to appear in the title role of Thames TV's Marmalade Atkins. Created by Andrew Davies of ‘To Serve Them All My Days’ and ‘Bridget Jones's Diary’, Marmalade Atkins is, as described by herself, "the worst girl in the world”, a punkish youngster with lots of attitude. A hair-raising teenage rebel, Marmalade made her TV debut in the one-off Marmalade Atkins in Space broadcast in 1981 as part of the Theatre Box series. In a desperate attempt to control their unruly daughter, The Atkins’ turn to social worker Mrs Allgood (famous for her understanding smile) and child psychologist Dr Glenfiddick (John Fortune).
The nannies who reared Britain's ruling classes were also rendered as grotesques: "give them all a smack on the B.
This series definitely had a lot of amusing and anarchic moments, it was good seeing lots of guest stars joining in, and I enjoyed it a lot.
They seemed to be rather surprised by this, as if they thought that I knew about every 80s and 90s TV show, which is something I should be flattered by I suppose.They include ‘Cringe Hill’, the worst school in England, full of anarchic punks and crooks (including a brief cameo from a young Kathy Bates, typecast from the off as a Waynetta Slob type) through to schools run by nuns, and everything in-between. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.
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