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Summary

Norman 'N.V.' Standish (Michael Williams) was a brilliant student at Oxford University.

After graduating, he wrote a notable book and started what looked like being a glittering career in the diplomatic service. Then, suddenly, he disappeared.

Twenty years later, two of his fellow students, Mary Webster (Ann Bell) and her sister Louise Hobson (Jennifer Hilary), find him working in a restaurant in the Home Counties.

They persuade him to come and live with them and try to talk him into writing again.

Cast List

  Michael Williams as Norman 'N.V.' Standish
  Ann Bell as Mary Webster
  Holly Aird as Ellen Hobson
  Jennifer Hilary as Louise Hobson
  Clive Merrison as Derek
  Peter Tuddenham as William

Production Details

Written by:
John Esmonde, Bob Larbey

Directed by:
Gareth Gwenlan

Produced by:
Gareth Gwenlan

1 series, 7 episodes

Transmitted: 1988

BBC Television