The Liver Birds and Series 1 starred Pauline Collins as Dawn and Polly James as Beryl Hennessey. In Series 2, Nerys Hughes debuted as Sandra Hutchinson, replacing Dawn for the rest of the programme's run. The Beryl-and-Sandra pairing is generally regarded as the programme's best period. Beryl was the more 'common' one, while Sandra was soft-spoken and more refined, due to the influence of her snobbish, overbearing mother (Mollie Sugden). Carla Lane drew on her own mother for the character – "Mrs Hutchinson, I think she was my mother. I'm sure she was my mother". Beryl's 'common' mother (the Hennesseys live in Bootle,
Polly Pocket 2: Cool at the Pocket Plaza Polly Pocket 2: Cool at the Pocket Plaza Polly Pocket: 2 Cool at the Pocket Plaza is a 2005 direct-to-DVD film based on the Polly Pocket line of dolls. It is the second film in the series, sequel to "Polly Pocket: Lunar Eclipse", and preceding "PollyWorld". Like the first film, "2 Cool at the Pocket Plaza" had an obscure reception in United States. It was packaged with the 2 Cool At the Pocket Plaza Polly and Pia doll pack. The film has some scene cameos of the 2004 film . Mr. Pocket opens a new hotel, the Pocket Plaza, also