It might be an idea trying to watch on catch ups where adverts are cut out but on Sky catch up where they do cut adverts on Drama's catchup programmes, the amount of episodes could be limited in the amount available. Inspired by a storyline in Howards' Way, Gerard Glaister went on to create Trainer (1991–1992), set in the world of horse-racing, and also featuring several of the same cast members. I've never seen Howards Way, have tried to get round to it a few times but like Bergerac and Lovejoy, never got round to it. Edward Highmore, who was born in April 1961, is most known to Doctor Who fans for playing Vislor Turlough's brother in the 1984 adventure Planet of Fire, though he had previously featured in The Tripods as Leo Howard, a conservationist and a mediocre family man. He has two kids—including Freddie Highmore—and has been married to Sue Latimer since 1989. The actor and his wife are having a good time while supporting their son's acting endeavors.

All interiors were filmed in Studio A at the now-demolished BBC Pebble Mill studios in Edgbaston, Birmingham. Extensive two-storey sets were constructed inside the studio (the Howards and the Urquhart homes were both functioning two-floor sets). The smaller Studio B (used for regional news) was also occasionally used as an on-screen fashion photography studio. Other areas of the large 1970s TV and radio complex (opened in 1971) were used for the many board room scenes in the series, with long corridors and lifts sometimes doubling as a busy hospital and meeting rooms became lavish corporate hospitality suites.

Howards Way Cast

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The show is rated PG for Parental Guidance in Australia and PG in New Zealand for violence and coarse language. Tony Anholt, who was born in Singapore in January 1941, was inspired to pursue acting after performing Hamlet in school, yet his personal interests ensured that his path to becoming a professional actor was wholly indirect. They eventually got married toward the end of the season thanks to his developing relationship with Tracey Childs (Lynne Howard) on the show. After learning with astonishment that Anholt had passed away in July 2002 as a result of complications from a brain tumor, a memorable career spanning around thirty years came to an end. I remember the acting being somewhat variable, especially from the children, Leo and Lynne, although Jan Harvey (Jan Howard) , Susan Gilmore (Avril Rolfe) and Tony Anholt (Charles Frere) as the baddy were most entertaining. Even so, it was excruciatingly hammy in placesBeyond Howards' Way, Willoughby Gray's most famous role may be as the insane scientist in Roger Moore's final James Bond movie, A View to a Kill. However, audiences may fondly recall him as the bushy-eared friend of Sir Edward Frere and a high-powered Tarrant banker. The series combined standard melodramatic storylines involving family drama, romance and extramarital affairs (Tom and Avril, Jan and Ken) with business-related plots of corporate intrigue and scheming for power, climaxing with an end-of-series cliffhanger. I'm wondering how well it will have aged - it was very much of its time, especially the fashion. I seem to recall it being promoted as the British answer to Dallas or Dynasty Central to the plot were three yachts - The Flying Fish, a Laser 28; Barracuda of Tarrant, the prototype of the Sadler Barracuda 45, and Spring of Tarrant, the prototype of the MG Spring 25. Both the Barracuda and Spring were designed by Tony Castro. Although derided by critics [ who?] as a cheesy melodrama, Howards' Way nevertheless proved to be a hugely popular programme for the BBC, both domestically and in overseas sales. While the series was unable to compete with the likes of Dallas and Dynasty in terms of opulence, its stylistic aspects did develop as it went on, with the staging of powerboat races and fashion shows, and extensive location filming in Guernsey, Malta and Gibraltar as the storylines dictated.