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    Drama TV Shows - 1990s 2 Mins Read

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    1 9 9 2 – 1 9 9 3 (UK)
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    A rare BBC excursion into feminist drama. focusing on a women-only minicab firm in Dalston, London.

    Head of the firm was disillusioned, fortysomething, ex-army officer, Patrice Jenner (Jill Baker) who was trying to juggle the demands of her rebellious teenager, her lover and setting the business up.

    Her human-flotsam crew included an ex-teacher (Louise Jameson from Doctor Who); pushy Australian freelance journalist Dale (Erica Grant) who was driving in her spare time; Raquel (Suzan Sylvester) who was Turkish and fighting family pressure to conform and get married; and Aileen (Lynda Steadman), an Irish hard-nut who suspected her boyfriend of abusing her daughter and got involved in giving a ride to a child abductor.

    Meanwhile, the ladies were facing harassment from a rival (male) minicab business down the road in Hackney.

    Underneath the heavy-handed pushes of the viewers’ nose into women’s troubles and society’s difficulties, was an appealing Carla Lane-esque humour and warmth.

    The series was dreamed up by actress/writer/director Carole Hayman. A real North London all-woman minicab firm called Ladycabs acted as series consultant on the production.

    Patrice Jenner
    Jill Baker
    Janet
    Louise Jameson
    Sue-Lyn
    Katharine Schlesinger
    Dale Daley
    Erica Grant
    Aileen
    Lynda Steadman
    Hal Goldie
    Trevor Byfield
    Aggie
    Nimmy March
    Beki Jenner
    Lucy Speed
    Scarlett
    Caroline Blakiston
    Sacha
    Charlotte Avery
    George
    Nicola Cowper
    Raquel
    Suzan Sylvester
    Yvonne
    Maureen Flynn

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