The First Lady (British TV series)
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The First Lady is a British television series produced by the BBC in 1968 and 1969.
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The First Lady | |
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Genre | Drama |
Created by | Philip Levene |
Written by | Alan Plater Cyril Abraham Robert Storey |
Directed by | David Sullivan Proudfoot Brian Parker |
Starring | Thora Hird |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 39 (38 missing) |
Production | |
Producer | David Rose |
Production locations | Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom |
Running time | 50 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | BBC1 |
Release | 7 April 1968 (1968-04-07) ā 17 July 1969 (1969-07-17) |
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The series starred Thora Hird as crusading local councillor Sarah Danby and was set around the fictional borough of Furness in Lancashire.[1] Capitalising on the popularity of its lead actress, The First Lady was a down-to-earth series exploring the inner workings of local government.[2]
Due to the BBC's wiping policy of the era, the series mostly no longer exists in the BBC archives, with only one complete episode that is known to exist.[3]