A Voyage Round My Father A Voyage Round My Father A Voyage Round My Father is an autobiographical play by John Mortimer, later adapted for television. The first version of the play appeared as a series of three half-hour sketches for BBC radio in 1963. It then became a television play with Ian Richardson playing Mortimer, Tim Good as the young Mortimer while Mark Dignam played his blind barrister father. Mortimer then adapted it for the stage and Alec Guinness was the father and Jeremy Brett the son at the Haymarket Theatre in 1971. Mortimer later (1982) turned the play back into a film for
The Cruise (TV series) The Cruise (TV series) The Cruise is a BBC observational documentary series directed by Chris Terrill. The series of 12 programmes followed a group of staff on board the luxury cruise ship "Galaxy" as it sailed the Caribbean on its maiden voyage. The first episode, "Let the Dream Begin", aired at 8pm on 13 January 1998. The series was highly popular, attracting 10.39 million viewers (41 per cent audience share). It made a celebrity of Jane McDonald, a cruise ship entertainer on "Galaxy", who went on to become a recording artist and television presenter. In August 2008, BBC Two broadcast