BBC series set in the offices of a glossy women's magazine. It was one of several attempts to develop a soap opera to rival Coronation Street. Until Eastenders, none took off.

Compact

BBC series set in the offices of a glossy women's magazine.

A drama series set in the offices of a stylish women's magazine, exploring the professional and personal lives of its staff.

Julia Smith

Gareth Davies

Rosemary Anne Sisson

John Pennington

Johnny Wade

David Giles

Christine Pollon

Kenneth Milne-Buckley

Kenneth Ware

Bill Craig

Bill Sellars

Robert Flemyng

Terence Stockting

Richard Martin

Roger Jenkins

Hazel Adair

Lawrence James

Bill Kerr

Beryl Cooke

Bob Stuart

Hugh Whitemore

Paddy Russell

Ted Dicks

Michael Ferguson

Waris Hussein

Donald Morley

Hugh Munro

Max Marquis

Louise Dunn

John Gorrie

Eric Paice

Peter Ling

Robert Desmond

Neil Wilson

Vincent Ball

James Doran

Janet Dunbar

Martin Worth

David Ellis

Carmen Silvera

Mervyn Pinfield

John Crockett

Basil Moss

Gerald Blake

Morris Barry

Michael Imison

James Cellan Jones

Tony Williamson

Douglas Allen

Hugh David

N.J. Crisp

Betty Cooper

Diana Beevers

John Fabian

Frances Bennett

Joan Craft

Julia Lockwood

Michael Hart

John Warwick

Scot Finch

Donald Hewlett

Ronald Allen

Moray Watson

Myles Rudge

Sheilah Ward

Gerald Wiltshire

David Whitaker

Dick Sharples

Bill Duncalf

Vere Lorrimer

Christopher Barry

Moris Farhi

Alan Tilvern

Bernard Hepton

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