The African Queen (1977 film) The African Queen (1977 film) The African Queen is a television film which aired on CBS on March 18, 1977. It stars Warren Oates as Captain Charlie Allnut and Mariette Hartley as Rose Sayer, reprising roles originated by Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn in the 1951 film of the same name. Rather than being a remake, the plot continues after the events of the original story, with Allnut and Sayer being recaptured by the Germans and forced to transport a 75mm cannon. Television critic Cecil Smith described the film's concept as "maybe the silliest in the history of the medium."
Phil Sayer team. From 1976 Sayer, having adopted his stepfather’s surname as a stage name, was a newsreader on BBC North West Tonight, where he remained for ten years. After that he was a presenter on several radio stations, including Piccadilly Radio, where he began in 1976, Red Rose Radio, BBC GMR (now BBC Radio Manchester), Radio City, Jazz FM and Smooth FM. His voice is currently used at many British railway stations, including the entire South Western Railways network, almost the entire Southern network, and at a number of stations on the Northern Rail network, for the provision of announcements regarding