Rita May

Rita May

Rita May is an English film and television actress, singer, and writer, best known for playing Mrs Kemp in Threads, Jean in Early Doors and Margaret in Trollied. She's also the only original cast remember who appeared in all episodes of the children's ITV drama series "Children's Ward" from 1989 to 2000.

  • Title : Rita May
  • Popularity : 2.001
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1942-05-09
  • Place of Birth : Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
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Rita May Movies

  • 1987
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    Scab

    Scab

    1 1987 HD

    Drama based on events during the 1984/85 miners strike. One of the first dramatised accounts, it was written by Geoffrey Case and directed by Gordon...

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  • 1996
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    When Saturday Comes

    When Saturday Comes

    5.9 1996 HD

    Jimmy Muir comes from a typical gritty, northern town where there are only two options: working down the pit or in a factory. But Jimmy has other...

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  • 2009
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    Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

    Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

    6.66 2009 HD

    Yorkshire, 1974. Fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to search for...

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  • 1977
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    The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People

    The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People

    5 1977 HD

    The workers of Milton Colliery prepare for a royal visit from Prince Charles.

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  • 1984
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    Threads

    Threads

    7.7 1984 HD

    Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of...

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  • 1977
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    The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality

    The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality

    5 1977 HD

    A month after the royal visit, the workers at Milton Colliery are brought crashing back down to earth by an underground explosion.

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  • 1980
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    The Gamekeeper

    The Gamekeeper

    5.6 1980 HD

    George Purse is the gamekeeper for the duke's estate, a role he takes seriously. His position gives him a certain status, but he has an uneasy...

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  • 1981
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    Looks and Smiles

    Looks and Smiles

    6.7 1981 HD

    Thatcherism and the Irish troubles provide the backdrop for this study of Mick, a well-meaning youth in Sheffield, who has, unlike Dickens' Pip, no...

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  • 2018
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    Walk Like a Panther

    Walk Like a Panther

    6.2 2018 HD

    A group of 1980s wrestlers are forced to don the lycra once last time when their beloved local pub is threatened with closure.

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  • 1999
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    Fanny & Elvis

    Fanny & Elvis

    6.5 1999 HD

    Yorkshire writer Kate finds out her biological clock is ticking down the same day that her husband leaves her. To get over the financial crisis this...

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  • 2021
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    Everybody's Talking About Jamie

    Everybody's Talking About Jamie

    6.1 2021 HD

    Jamie New is 16 and doesn’t quite fit in—instead of pursuing a "real" career he dreams of becoming a drag queen. Uncertain about his...

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  • 2004
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    Nits

    Nits

    1 2004 HD

    A 7-year-old boy (Jonathan Mason) struggles to understand why his mother, newly returned from hospital, isn't giving him the attention he craves.

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  • 2009
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    In the Loop

    In the Loop

    7 2009 HD

    The US President and the UK Prime Minister are planning on launching a war in the Middle East, but—behind the scenes—government officials...

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  • 1982
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    England's Greens and Peasant Land

    England's Greens and Peasant Land

    1 1982 HD

    A planning decision must be made, and the motorway extension must go through on either the Golf Course or the Allotments - will the greens survive or...

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  • 1982
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    England's Greens and Peasant Land

    England's Greens and Peasant Land

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1981
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    One Hundred and Eighty!!!

    One Hundred and Eighty!!!

    1 1981 HD

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  • 2009
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    Red Riding

    Red Riding

    7.083 2009 HD

    Thrilling trilogy of films based on David Peace's cult noir novels about Yorkshire during the 1970s and 80s: a world of paranoia, corruption and the...

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  • 2011
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    Trollied

    Trollied

    6.3 2011 HD

    Set in Valco, a fictional budget supermarket in the north west of England, Trollied finds the funny in one of our most familiar surroundings and...

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  • 1996
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    Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

    Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

    7.2 1996 HD

    Instead of spending her golden years lying down, the indomitable Hetty Wainthropp found her calling late in life. Combining common sense, her...

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  • 2012
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    The Syndicate

    The Syndicate

    7.548 2012 HD

    A drama exploring how winning the lottery transforms the lives of ordinary people.

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  • 2003
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    The Royal

    The Royal

    7.6 2003 HD

    Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.

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  • 1989
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    Children's Ward

    Children's Ward

    3.5 1989 HD

    Children's Ward is a British children's television drama series produced by Granada Television and broadcast on the ITV network as part of its...

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  • 2017
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    Ackley Bridge

    Ackley Bridge

    7.3 2017 HD

    A new academy school in a Yorkshire mill town merges the lives and cultures of the largely divided white and Asian community

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  • 2003
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    Early Doors

    Early Doors

    7.7 2003 HD

    A sitcom set in a small pub in Manchester, “The Grapes”, where daily life is bound up in the issues of love, loneliness, and blocked...

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  • 2008
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    Sunshine

    Sunshine

    8 2008 HD

    Sunshine is a three-part comedy drama that began on 7 October 2008 on BBC1 from the co-writers of The Royle Family and Early Doors. These co-writers,...

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  • 1983
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    The Gathering Seed

    The Gathering Seed

    1 1983 HD

    The saga of Manchester lad Joe Henshaw, a story that takes in family life, the trials and tribulations of the Labour movement and World War Two

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  • 2018
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    Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators

    Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators

    7.4 2018 HD

    Frank Hathaway, a hardboiled private investigator, and his rookie sidekick Lu Shakespeare form the unlikeliest of partnerships as they investigate...

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  • 1992
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    Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

    7 1992 HD

    Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

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  • 1973
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    Last of the Summer Wine

    Last of the Summer Wine

    7.1 1973 HD

    Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire...

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