Peter Coke
Acting
Biography
Peter John Coke was born in Southsea, Hampshire on 3 April 1913. His father was a commander in the Royal Navy, who took his family to Kenya to run a linen plantation; however, this venture failed and he began to run a coffee plantation. Coke was educated at Stowe School and later lived with his maternal grandmother in Menton, France.
Known For
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot is a British television series first broadcast in 1956, produced by Sapphire Films for ITC Entertainment and screened on the ITV network. The series starred William Russell as the eponymous Sir Lancelot, a Knight of the Round Table in the time of King Arthur at Camelot.
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
A BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London.
Theatre Night
Bumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS Berkeley, an old World War II destroyer, to keep him out of harm's way. But together with Chief Petty Officer Doherty (Peter Sellers), Fairweather gets into more trouble than might be thought possible, with events coming to a riotous conclusion when the Admiralty turn up for an inspection of the ship.
Up the Creek
Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.
Cheer Boys Cheer
Two friends get drunk and decide to switch identities. One is a Parliamentary Secretary, and the other is the captain of a ship. The former's lack of sea knowledge causes several catastrophes, including torpedoing the First Lord of The Admiralty. The grass is always greener.... In this British comedy, two drunken comrades find out the truth of that saying when they decide to trade places for a while. One of the boozers is a public relations man who knows nothing about sailing, while the other is a captain for the Royal Navy. Comic mayhem ensues as the hapless "captain" tries to run his ship and follow orders.
Carry On Admiral
In a mansion block in Knightsbridge, a gang of middle-aged biddies decide to brighten up "the dullness of the tea time of life" by staging a series of robberies on furriers, then donating the proceeds to charitable concerns. Terry Thomas as a retired army officer leads the gang, which includes Athene Seyler and Hattie Jacques, on a series of capers that nearly go awry when their maid, Billie Whitelaw, an ex-con and also a resident of the block, falls for a police officer.
Make Mine Mink
The adventures of two children who runaway to London to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.
John and Julie
When a hit and run patient is murdered an attending doctor is placed under suspicion.
The Broken Horseshoe
An Englishwoman who writes novels meets a farmer who has just killed his nagging wife.
I Met a Murderer
An overheard conversation leads to clues that a kidnapping plot is afoot.
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
"Without leaving his own garden, a man may know the world" - an abstract study of the wildlife found in every garden.
On Closer Inspection
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The Return of Carol Deane
The story of a family house through four generations
The Blakes Slept Here
A valet thinks his master is a murder, and tries a little blackmail.