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    Drama TV Shows - 1970s 2 Mins Read

    Foundation, The

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    26 x 60 minute episodes

    This ATV drama series was set in the cut-throat world of big business where Davinia Prince (Lynette Davies) took her late husband’s place in the boardroom of property firm the Prince Organisation.

    Successful tycoon Don Prince (Keith Barron) – who founded the organisation – died of a heart attack in the first episode, leaving Davinia everything.

    Rather than sell off the company, she opted to run it herself even though she had no real business experience. Her decision brought her into conflict with the other board directors but also brought new admirers, keen to get their hands on her wealth.

    The first series showed Davinia on her way to the top and asserting her authority.

    The second series revealed a more vulnerable boss lady: vulnerable to the effects of love and to the threat of a take-over by Sam Wyatt – the canny boss of a rival building firm, (played by Fulton Mackay).

    Regular characters included the Chairman, Sir Clive Farmer (John Barron), Managing Director Ronnie Bartlett (Geoffrey Whitehead), company solicitor Gareth Brown (William Gaunt), family doctor Richard Montagu (Peter Copley) and Davinia’s daughter, Emma (a young Patsy Kensit).

    Romance was provided by Mark McManus (later of Taggart fame) who played Bill Wood, the construction manager of Sam Wyatt’s rival organisation.

    The Foundation was critically acclaimed and popular with viewers throughout its two-season run.

    An attempt was made to produce an American version, with Elizabeth Montgomery (from Bewitched) as Davinia, but it went no further than the pilot stage.

    Lynette Davies drowned in 1993 – aged just 45 – at Lavernock Point, on the coast of the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales. The cause of death was later determined as suicide.

    Davinia Prince
    Lynette Davies
    Emma Prince
    Patsy Kensit
    Ronnie Bartlett
    Geoffrey Whitehead
    Sir Clive Farmer
    John Barron
    Gareth Brown
    William Gaunt
    Gwynneth
    Helen Cleaves
    Dr Richard Montagu
    Peter Copley
    Geoffrey Tatum
    Ellis Dale
    Paul Prince
    Andrew Dove
    Terry Bickles
    Gerald Sim
    Annie
    Anthea Holloway
    Eddie Prince
    Bernard Lee
    Patricia Wyatt
    Janet Spencer-Turner
    Tom Pearson
    Michael Craig
    Sam Wyatt
    Fulton Mackay
    Bill Wood
    Mark McManus
    Charlotte
    Christine Schofield
    Carole Baxter
    Rosemary Williams
    Douggie Taylor
    Nicky Henson
    Mary Francis
    June Ellis
    Philippe de Vries
    Sandor Eles

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