The Liver Birds "Man is the dog, and woman is the bone. He eats the best of you, and buries the rest of you, and when his dish is empty—he'll dig you up again." This would be the last series with Beryl; as Polly James explained: "The reason I left the programme in the end was that I felt I was in danger of caricaturing what was already a pretty outrageous character." Producer Sydney Lotterby had to find a new leading actress to keep the series going after Polly James' departure. In 1971 he'd replaced Pauline Collins with Nerys Hughes, and Hughes herself
Polly James actress "Once More with Music" in 1976, appeared as a soubrette in Alan Clarke's 1982 production of "Baal", and in "Doctor Who" in 1984. She appeared, too, in the West End musicals "I and Albert" and "Anne of Green Gables". In 1971, James appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company in "The Merchant of Venice" with Judi Dench. She was particularly praised for her performance as Jenny Wren in the 1976 BBC adaptation of Dickens's "Our Mutual Friend". She is divorced and has one child. Polly James Polly James (born 1941) is an English actress with a career in theatre, film,