Information about Jack May

Jack May (23 April 1922 — 19 September 1997) was an English actor most well known for his portrayal of wine bar owner Nelson Gabriel in the long-running BBC radio drama, The Archers. He was also the regular character of the butler William E. Simms in two series of the BBC1 fantasy / adventure television series Adam Adamant Lives! from 1966–67.

A noted voice actor, he provided the voice for Igor, long-suffering butler to Count Duckula in the cartoon series of the same name. He also appeared as the waiter Garkbit in the television version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Théoden in the 1981 BBC Radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, as General Hermack in the 1969 Doctor Who serial The Space Pirates and in Bachelor Father.

Jack May had a long list of credits in film and television, such as Dr. Denny in the 1960 miniseries, The Citadel, and the District Commissioner in The Man Who Would Be King (1975).

External links

• Jack May at the Internet Movie Database
• Times Obituary

Adam Adamant Lives!
Juliet Harmer — Gerald Harper — Jack May Character: Georgina Jones Creator: Sydney Newman — Producer: Verity Lambert

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Year 1922 (MCMXXII
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• 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I.

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Motto
Dieu et mon droit   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is "God Save the Queen".
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actor, actress, or player (see terminology) is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity.
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BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. For a history of BBC radio prior to 1927 see British Broadcasting Company, Ltd.
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The Archers

Genre Soap Opera
Running time 15 minutes, later 12 minutes
Country  United Kingdom
Language(s) English
Home station BBC Light Programme, later BBC Home Service, now BBC Radio 4

Creator(s)
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BBC Television Service
_{1936 → 1960}

BBC tv
_{until April 1964}
Sister channel(s) BBC Two,
BBC Three,
BBC Four
Website www.bbc.co.
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Adam Adamant Lives! was a British television series that ran from 1966 to 1967 on the BBC. Proposing that an adventurer from the early 20th century had been revived from hibernation in 1966, the show was a comedy adventure that took a satirical look at life in the 1960s
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Count Duckula is an animated television series created by British studio Cosgrove Hall, and a spin-off from DangerMouse, a show in which an evil version of the Count Duckula character was a recurring villain.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy series created by Douglas Adams. Originally a radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978, it was later adapted to other formats, and over several years it gradually became an international multi-media
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Théoden is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel, The Lord of the Rings. He first appears in The Two Towers and remains an important character in The Return of the King.
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The Lord of the Rings

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Genre Radio drama
Running time 30 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language(s) English
Home station BBC Radio 4

Starring Ian Holm
Michael Hordern
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Various Doctors
(currently David Tennant)
Various companions
Opening theme Doctor Who theme music
Ending theme Doctor Who theme music (reprise)
Country of origin  United Kingdom
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049 - The Space Pirates
Doctor Patrick Troughton (Second Doctor)
Writer Robert Holmes
Director Michael Hart
Script Editor Derrick Sherwin
Producer Peter Bryant
Executive producer(s) None
Production code YY
Series Season 6
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Bachelor Father was a British sitcom starring Ian Carmichael that aired for two series from 1970 to 1971. It was written by Richard Waring.

Background

Bachelor Father was loosely based on the life of Peter Lloyd Jeffock.
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The Citadel is a 1983 BBC television adaption written by Don Shaw from A. J. Cronin's novel The Citadel, which was originally published in 1937. It was produced by Ken Riddington.
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The Man Who Would Be King is a 1975 film adapted from the Rudyard Kipling story of the same title. It was adapted and directed by John Huston and starred Sean Connery as Daniel Dravot, Michael Caine as Peachey Carnehan, Saeed Jaffrey as Billy Fish ,
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Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. IMDb launched on October 17, 1990 and in 1998 was acquired by Amazon.com.
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Adam Adamant Lives! was a British television series that ran from 1966 to 1967 on the BBC. Proposing that an adventurer from the early 20th century had been revived from hibernation in 1966, the show was a comedy adventure that took a satirical look at life in the 1960s
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Juliet Harmer (born 11 May 1943 ^[1]) is an English actress who was best known in the role of Georgina Jones in the BBC TV series Adam Adamant Lives! (1966-7).
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Gerald Harper (born 15 February 1929 in London, England) is an actor, best known for his work on television, having played the title roles in both Adam Adamant Lives! (1966–67) and Hadleigh.
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Miss Georgina Jones was a fictional modish young woman living in the Soho area of London in the mid 1960s. Played by Juliet Harmer (b.1943), she was the main supporting character in the BBC television adventure series, Adam Adamant Lives!
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Sydney Cecil Newman OC (April 1, 1917–October 30, 1997) was a Canadian film and television producer, best remembered for the pioneering work he undertook in British television drama from the late 1950s to the late 1960s.
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Verity Lambert OBE (born November 27 1935) is a British television and film producer. She is best known as the founding producer of the science-fiction series Doctor Who, a programme which has become a part of British popular culture.
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