June Whitfield (1974–78) and "Terry and June" (1979–87). Since 1992, Whitfield has appeared in Jennifer Saunders's sitcom "Absolutely Fabulous" playing Edina Monsoon's mother. She played a regular character in "Last of the Summer Wine" as well as a recurring character in "The Green Green Grass". She also played Agatha Christie's Miss Marple on BBC Radio 4 between 1993 and 2001. Whitfield was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1985 Birthday Honours, Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1998 Birthday Honours, and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Quatermass and the Pit final series of "The Two Ronnies" in 1986: the sketch featured a guest appearance by Joanna Lumley. Notes Citations Bibliography Quatermass and the Pit Quatermass and the Pit is a British television science-fiction serial transmitted live by BBC Television in December 1958 and January 1959. It was the third and last of the BBC's "Quatermass" serials, although the chief character, Professor Bernard Quatermass, reappeared in a 1979 ITV production called "Quatermass". Like its predecessors, "Quatermass and the Pit" was written by Nigel Kneale. The serial continues the loose chronology of the Quatermass adventures. Workmen excavating a site in Knightsbridge, London,