Triangle 43 years old
Triangle was a BBC Television soap opera in the early 1980s, set aboard a North Sea ferry which sailed from Felixstowe to Gothenburg and Gothenburg to Amsterdam. A third imaginary leg existed between Amsterdam and Felixstowe to justify the programme title, but this was not operated by the ferry company. The show ran for three series before being cancelled, but is still generally remembered as "some of the most mockable British television ever produced". The scripts involved clichéd relationships and stilted dialogue, making the show the butt of several jokes - particularly on Terry Wogan's morning Radio 2 programme - which caused some embarrassment to the BBC. In 1992, the BBC screened TV Hell, an evening of programming devoted to the worst television had to offer, and the first episode of Triangle was broadcast as part of the line-up. The ferry used in the first series was the Tor Line's MS Tor Scandinavia. In the second and third series this was replaced by the DFDS vessel Dana Anglia probably because she had a less intensive schedule and the longer time she spent in port made on-board filming easier.
Credits
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| George Baker He was 49 , 80 years old when he died | |
| Dawn Addams She was 50 , 54 years old when she died | |
| Kate O'Mara She was 41 , 74 years old when she died | |
| Sandra Dickinson She was 32 , now 76 years old | |
| Tony Anholt He was 39 , 61 years old when he died | |
| Michael Craig He was 51 , now 95 years old | |
| Nigel Stock He was 61 , 66 years old when he died | |
| Diana Coupland She was 48 , 74 years old when she died | |
| Joan Greenwood She was 59 , 65 years old when she died | |
| Larry Lamb He was 33 , now 77 years old | |
| Sandra Payne She was 36 , now 80 years old | |
| Douglas Sheldon He was 45 , now 88 years old | as Arthur Parker |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|
Triangle (43 years)
Ended
- First Air Date: 1981-01-05
- Runtime: [30] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 78