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    Comedy Drama TV Shows - 1990s 2 Mins Read

    Waiting For God

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    1 9 9 0 – 1 9 9 4 (UK)
    47 x 30 minute episodes

    Stephanie Cole and Graham Crowden starred in the adventures of two geriatric delinquents from the Bayview Retirement Home in Bournemouth who pass their time railing against a world where the young are revered and the elderly held in contempt.

    Acid-tongued, world-weary, former photojournalist Diana Trent (Cole) and gleeful, eccentric accountant Tom Ballard (Crowden) rebel against the lethargy of their fellow inmates and the dodgy schemes of the Bayview’s profit-hungry manager, Harvey (Daniel Hill), and his simpering assistant Jane (Janine Duvitski).

    They scuppered all Harvey’s cost-cutting measures with threats of bad publicity and goaded their fellow residents into demanding more from life.

    When finances became tight, Diana was forced to move in with Tom, but she fought tooth and nail against marriage.

    A splendid half-hour of tragi-comedy, blackly reminiscent of Mike Leigh. Also seen were Jenny (Dawn Hope), the good-natured waitress; OAP colleagues like Basil (Michael Bilton), Davey (Ross Thompson) and Jamie (Paddy Ward), and, later, spaced-out vicar Dennis Sparrow (Tim Preece).

    Diana Trent
    Stephanie Cole
    Tom Ballard

    Graham Crowden
    Harvey Bains

    Daniel Hill
    Jane Edwards

    Janine Duvitski
    Marion Ballard

    Sandra Payne
    Geoffrey Ballard

    Andrew Tourell
    Jenny
    Dawn Hope
    Basil Makepeace
    Michael Bilton
    Davey
    Ross Thompson
    Jamie Edwards
    Paddy Ward
    Reverend Dennis Sparrow
    Tim Preece

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