Acting
Clifford Kershaw
Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
An actor and Oldham market trader of linens, Clifford Kershaw starred in a series of films and TV serials set mainly in the North of England throughout the 1970s including Coronation Street and several Mike Leigh productions.
Acting credits
NRDuring Wakes Week in the Potteries, the factory is deserted except for three electricians on an emergency maintenance job.
Shut Down
1973
A lonely, elderly lady strikes up a friendship with a driving instructor.
Love Affair
1974
NRTwo women, looking for amusement on their afternoons off, visit a drinking club.
Wednesday Love
1975
8.0Writer and Director Mike Leigh discusses the techniques used to create his plays.
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
6.2Second theatrical spin-off from the popular 1970's police series. Regan and Carter head a Flying Squad investigation into a series of bank raids by a team of well-armed villains who are flying in from the continent.
Sweeney 2
1978
6.1One hot June day, three friends decide there is nothing they would like to do more than to get away from London. A boating holiday with lots of fresh air and exercise would be just the very thing, or so their doctors tell them. So, after debating the merits of hotel or camp beds and what to pack, they set off on their voyage - a trip up the Thames from Henley to Oxford - but very quickly find themselves ill-equipped for the trials of riverbank life.
Three Men in a Boat
1975
6.7A quiet and put-upon house cleaner breaks her silence.
Hard Labour
1973
8.0Based on James Herriot's books about life as a 1930s veterinarian in Yorkshire, John Alderson plays the kindly doctor who ministers to animals in this enjoyable family film. Sequel to the 1975 film All Creatures Great and Small.
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
1976
9.0Mr Mockler and Mrs Acland have never met, but gradually Mrs Acland 's ghosts begin to take over Mr Mockler 's life.
Mrs. Acland's Ghosts
1975
7.0Mr and Mrs Cooper are staying at a boarding-house in the seaside resort of Morecambe with their small children, Colin and Jennifer. Mr Cooper has just been made redundant, but the family are trying to keep this a secret from the other guests. Also staying at the hotel are Keith and Jo, a young couple on their honeymoon, and an older couple, Mr and Mrs Thornton. Waking early one morning, Colin amuses himself by dangling one of his sister's sandals out of the window on a piece of string. The sandal accidentally lands on a flat roof just outside the window of the honeymooning couple, and his father's now straitened financial circumstances mean Colin has to get it back, by fair means or foul.
All Day on the Sands
1979
8.5Eric Olthwaite is so boring that his family all leave home to escape him. Then one day he is accidentally caught up in a bank robbery and discovers that the robber shares his interests in shovels, black pudding and rainfall so they team up to make daring raids to steal rainfall records. As a result Eric becomes famous and is considered interesting again, so much so that he is made the mayor of Denley Moor.
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
1977
7.5A married couple, after a life time of work and bringing up a family, retire and awaken to the fast changing world around them, the habitual nature of their relationship, and what they have left.
Sunset Across the Bay
1975
NR1972: striking miners converge on London's power stations. Among them, the huge, dignified figure of Joshua.
Pit Strike
1977
6.5Trevor is an extremely shy undertaker's assistant. He always tags along with his good friend Ronnie, when he goes to the pub with his girlfriend Sandra. Sandra introduces Trevor to her more forward friend Linda. Linda has a difficult time getting Trevor to go out with her, but she finally gets him to go to a disco; he won't dance, so Linda dances with Ronnie.
The Kiss of Death
1977
6.3Man of leisure Sir Richard receives notification that his Uncle has died, bequeathing him his stately country manor and all its lands. On his return to England he immediately sets about taking stock of all legal matters concerning his new property, but during these dealings Sir Richard seems to be more than a little distracted, he hears strange noises from the ash tree outside his bedroom window.
The Ash Tree
1975
3.0Alan Bleasdale’s television debut, this beautifully observed drama stars Alison Steadman as a woman having a passionate tryst with the boy next door while her husband is at work.
Early to Bed
1975