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'Holding On' is a six-part adaptation for television of the best-selling novel of the same name, and tells the story of a Dockland family, the Wheelwrights, from the turn of the century to the present day. Their home, number thirty, Steadman Street is awaiting demolition. Michael Elphick plays Charlie Wheelwright, from the age of eighteen to the present day, aged seventy.
Original Release
01/16/1977
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Mary Healey | Dora / Dora Wheelwright |
| Margaret Flint | Maggie Harris |
| John Nettles | Herbert Goodings |
| Michael Elphick | Charlie Wheelwright |
| Kenneth Cranham | Ted Wheelwright |
| John Duttine | Harry Wheelwright |
| Jamie Foreman | Charlie as a youth |
| Tina Martin | Marge Naylor |
| Frank Mills | Alf Harris |
| Patricia Franklin | Ann Naylor / Wheelwright |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode #1.1 | Sunday, 16 January 1977 |
| 2 | Episode #1.2 | Sunday, 23 January 1977 |
| 3 | Episode #1.3 | Sunday, 30 January 1977 |
| 4 | Episode #1.4 | Sunday, 06 February 1977 |
| 5 | Episode #1.5 | Sunday, 13 February 1977 |
| 6 | Episode #1.6 | Sunday, 20 February 1977 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Mary Healey | Dora / Dora Wheelwright |
| Margaret Flint | Maggie Harris |
| John Nettles | Herbert Goodings |
| Michael Elphick | Charlie Wheelwright |
| Kenneth Cranham | Ted Wheelwright |
| John Duttine | Harry Wheelwright |
| Jamie Foreman | Charlie as a youth |
| Tina Martin | Marge Naylor |
| Frank Mills | Alf Harris |
| Patricia Franklin | Ann Naylor / Wheelwright |
| Patrick Holt | Sir Arnold Hawke |
| Raymond Skipp | Jack Wheelwright |
| Gary Shail | Ted Wheelwright / Ted as a Boy |
| Barry Winch | Charlie as a boy |
| Lesley Daine | Lukie Pope / Lukie |
| Lane Meddick | Waiter |
| Mark Moss | Bill Whitmarsh |
| Stanley Price | Patsy Sullivan |
| Sam Williams | Harry as a Boy |
| Kellie Twinn | Vi as a girl |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Rex Firkin | Executive Producer |
| Paul Knight | Producer |
