Geraldine Newman work actively in the media. Geraldine Newman Geraldine Newman (born 18 February 1934) is an English film and television actress who has acted in more than 30 television programmes and films. Her most notable television performance was in the sitcom "Ever Decreasing Circles". Newman attended drama school in Brighton. She is best known for her role as Hilda Hughes in the 1980s BBC TV series, "Ever Decreasing Circles" which ran from 1984-87 with a special, extended Christmas series finale in December 1989. She was married to fellow English actor, David Garth, who was 14 years her senior, until his death
Characters in The Railway Series Characters in The Railway Series Many characters have appeared in the books of "The Railway Series" by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry and Christopher Awdry, and in the spin-off television series, "Thomas and Friends". Only characters who appear in the books have been profiled in this article and, in the case where a character has appeared in both series, only the book aspect has been addressed. These are the railway locomotives (known universally in the books as 'engines') of the Fat Controller's railway: the North Western Railway (NWR) on the Island of Sodor. Thomas the Tank Engine is an 0-6-0 tank