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The Duchess of Duke Street is a BBC television drama series set in London between 1900 and 1925. It was created by John Hawkesworth , previously the producer of the ITV period drama Upstairs, Downstairs . [ 1 ]
The first series was filmed in Dublin, Ireland, [1] [4] with exteriors of Eliza's home shot on Mount Pleasant Square, Ranelagh. The distinctive green dome of Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners Church , Rathmines is visible in some street scenes.
Welsh was born in Wexford.After an early stage career in Dublin, he moved into British film and television in the 1950s. [1] His roles included James Forsyte in the 1967 BBC dramatisation of John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga and Sir Pitt Crawley in Thackeray's Vanity Fair, as well as the waiter, Merriman in The Duchess of Duke Street, Sgt. Cuff in The Moonstone and a brief scene as the barber ...
Following this, he produced the BBC drama The Duchess of Duke Street (1976–77), and created as well as produced the 1979 Euston Films series Danger UXB (1979) for Thames Television. During the 1980s, he produced many television programmes including By the Sword Divided (1983), The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984) and Oscar (1985).
He succeeded his father as earl in 1371, and was created Marquess of Dublin in 1385. The next year he was created Duke of Ireland. He was thus the first marquess, and only the second non-princely duke (after Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster in 1337), in England. King Richard's close friendship with de Vere was disagreeable to the ...
Duke Street looking north towards Manchester Square The Lacoste shop in Duke Street. Duke Street is a street crossing the western half of Oxford Street, London and connecting Wigmore Street and Grosvenor Square. It is best known as the setting for the TV series The Duchess of Duke Street and has been the headquarters of the Artists' Rifles, a ...
Duke of Ireland is a title that was created in 1386 for Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford (1362–1392), the favourite of King Richard II of England, who had previously been created Marquess of Dublin. Both were peerages for one life only. At this time, only the Pale of Ireland (the Lordship of Ireland) was under English control.
The First Churchills is a BBC serial from 1969 about the life of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and his wife, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough.It stars John Neville as the duke and Susan Hampshire as the duchess, was written and produced by Donald Wilson, and was directed by David Giles.