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The Open at Carnoustie in a damp and soggy Carnoustie in Scotland was won by Irishman - Harrington after a 4 hole play-off with Spain's Garcia.

Harrington won -7.

UK - BBC 1 1959 - 1965 and 1982

The magical adventures of a Norse King

Using ten-minute episodes in serial form, this characterful animation relates the story of Noggin, Prince (later King) of the Nogs, who sails to the Land of the Midnight Sun to fetch Nooka, Eskimo Princess of the Nooks, to be his Queen. His guide on this voyage is Graculus, a great green talking bird raised from an egg by Nooka, which subsequently becomes the Royal Bird.

UK- BBC 1 - 1957 - 1966 and 1974 - 1975 - ITV 1998

The maritime adventures of a blustery pirate and his crew.

Animated by John Ryan in the most basic fashion, with crudely drawn characters making the simplest of movements against a static background, Captain Pugwash was a remarkably cheap series to produce. All the same, it became a potential favourite and a great filler programme for the BBC. First appearing in 1957 and updated in colour in the 1970s, it relates tales of pirate Captain Horatio Pugwash, podgy skipper of the Black Pig. His hapless crew are work-shy and rather dense, and include able seamen Barnabas and Willy, and a loyal cabin boy named Tom. Most of the time they seek to avoid the clutches of the barbarous Cut Throat Jake, a black-bearded pirate of the worst order, and the five minute episodes run in serial form, each ending with a cliffhanger finish.

Distinguished, Doncaster-born Harrow and Oxford educated actor, first seen on TV in the 1930's in plays like Eugene O'Neill's Marco Millions. For eight years Denison was ths suave Richard Boyd in ITV's Boyd QC, Britain's answer to Perry Mason, although his later television appearances were less prominent, but included Crown Court, Private Schultz, The Agatha Christie Hour, Rumpole of the Bailey, Howard's way (Admiral Redfern) and one-off plays, including Joe Orton's Funeral Games.

UK Drama - BBC 1 - 1981 - 1983

The life of a children's nurse in the 1930's

Dreamt up by actress Wendy Craig, who submitted the idea under the pen-name of Jonathan Marr. Nanny is the story of Barbara Gray, a traditional children's carer, working in the homes of the rich and noble. She begins her new career in 1932, having trained as a nanny after the break-up of her marriage (Barbara has been unable to have children of her own). Her enlightened approach makes her a popular and trustworthy choice for wealthy parents, although she regularly moves from home to home. On her new marriage to Sam Taverner, Barbara is generally expected to give up her vocation but, contrary to the mood of the times, she prefers to continue in her profession. Craig's idea was developed into three series of scripts, most penned by the NO-HONESTLY husband and wife team of Charlotte Bingham and Terence Bingham.

UK - Police Drama - ITV - 1987 - 2000

The complicated cases of a cerebral Oxford detective.

Chief Inspector Morse (his first name concealed for many years) of the Thames Valley Police is an Oxford graduate and a lover of culture. Poetry, Wagnerian opera and cryptic crosswords are his passion, along with gallons of real ale to oil the cogs of his brilliant detective mind. Some-what squeamish for a policeman, and always with an eye for the ladies (although seldom a success with the opposite sex). Morse cruises the streets of Oxford in his 1960 Mark 2 red Jaguar, accompanied by his ever faithful sergeant Lewis, a Geordie making his way up the CID ladder. Unlike the crotchety batchelor Morse, Lewis is a family man, and the contrast between the two is well contrived. The pair enjoy a good working relationship, even if Morse cruelly patronizing at times.

UK - Situation Comedy - ITV 1974 - 1978

The inhabitants of a seedy boarding house suffer the intrusions of its even seedier owner.

Rupert Rigsby, grubby, lecherous, ignorant, nosey and tight-fisted (and those are just his good points) is the owner of a horribly run-down northern boarding house that is the home to an odd mix of lodgers. Rigsby lives on the ground floor with his cat, Vienna. Upstairs, long-haired Alan, a medical student, shares on spartan room with Philip, the son of an African tribal chief, and another room is taken by frustrated spinster Miss Jones, a university administrator. Although liberally treated to decrepit furnishings and the eponymous rising damp, the one thing Rigsby's paying guests do not receive is privacy. Given the opportunity to catch the lodgers 'at it', the snooping Rigsby does not hesitate to barge in. Whatever secrets lie in their personal lives, Rigsby prises them out into the open, and however great their hopes and dreams Rigsby is always ready to sneer and jeer at them. His own ambition, though, is to share a night of torrid passion with Miss Jones but, like his other plans, it is never realized.

UK Police Drama - BBC 1- 1992 - 1993

Two cases for a jazz-loving Midlands police officer

Charlie Resnick is a detective in Nottingham. A second generation Pole in his mid-forties, he lives alone in a house full of cats. He has been long divorced from wife Elaine, but there are no children to complicate his life. His penchant for unusual sandwiches has contributed to his podgy build and his other passion is jazz music. Despite his glum exterior, Resnick brings humour as well as plenty of experience and intuition into his investigations. In his first TV outing, he tackles a killer of lonely hearts and this three-parter was followed a year later by a two-episode tale featuring Resnick on the trail of two unorthodox burglars. Both stories were scripted by John Harvey from his own novels.

UK medical drama - BBC - 1962 - 1971

Set in and around the settlement of Tannochbrae (real-life Callander) and starting in 1928, Dr Finlay's casebook relates the ups and downs in the life of a young, ambitious Dr Alan Finlay and his crusty ex-surgeon partner, Dr Angus Cameron (who was only 65 when the series ended, despite seeming much older). In the best tradition of medical dramas, the whippersnapper with the new fangled ideas does not always see eye to eye with the stick-in-the-mud old hand; but all the same Tannochbrae is well served by its two dedicated GP's, who mutually benefit from their working arrangement. Watching over proceedings at their base, Arden House, is their trusty housekeeper, Janet, and also seen from time to time are odious Dr Snoddy and gossipy midwife Midwife Niven.