Biting the Hands - Cast (original) (raw)

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The Play on One

Biting the Hands (Season 2, Episode 8)

TV Episode | 75 min |Drama

A comedy about two Scottish women, doing a feminist cabaret act in a seedy pub, who have to choose between principle and profit when success on the alternative cabaret circuit beckons.

Director

Carol Wilks

Writer

Rona Munro (writer)

Producer

Norman McCandlish (producer)

Production Designer

Dugald Findlay

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Updated 1989 Apr 11

Release date

Apr 11, 1989 (United Kingdom)

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15 cast members
Name Known for
Judy Sweeney primary photo Judy SweeneyLinda (as Judith Sweeney) Linda (as Judith Sweeney) See fewer Taggart (1983)
Louise Beattie primary photo Louise Beattie Gail Gail See fewer The Ferguson Theory (1994)
Anne Kristen primary photo Anne Kristen Sheila Sheila See fewer Swallows and Amazons Forever!: Coot Club (1984)
Ewan Stewart primary photo Ewan Stewart Phil Phil See fewer Titanic (1997)
Stephanie Fayerman primary photo Stephanie Fayerman Karen Karen See fewer Screenplay (1986)
Andrew Robertson primary photo Andrew Robertson Jim Jim See fewer Colin's Sandwich (1988)
Tony Roper primary photo Tony Roper Gordon Gordon See fewer The Wicker Man (1973)
Billy McElhaney primary photo Billy McElhaney Joe Joe See fewer The Acid House (1998)
Audrey Jenkinson primary photo Audrey Jenkinson Jackie Jackie See fewer Bitter Taste (2022)
Hilary Maclean primary photo Hilary Maclean Student Student See fewer Torchwood (2006)
Douglas Anderson primary photo Douglas Anderson Paul Paul See fewer Truck Turner (1974)
Kerry Arthur primary photo Kerry Arthur Wendy Wendy See fewer The Play on One (1988)
Marcus Railton primary photo Marcus RailtonFirst squaddie First squaddie See fewer Screen Two (1984)
Kenneth McFadyen primary photo Kenneth McFadyenSecond squaddie (as Kenny McFadyen) Second squaddie (as Kenny McFadyen) See fewer Screen Two (1984)
David Tennant primary photo David TennantThird squaddie Third squaddie See fewer Doctor Who (2005)

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