On The Move is a British television series made by the BBC and first broadcast in 1975 and 1976, on Sunday teatimes, in 50 ten-minute episodes.[1][2] On the surface a lightweight soap opera, it was in fact an educational programme aimed at adults with literacy problems, and linked to a national campaign at the time. Up to 17 million people watched the series, and it was credited with removing some of the stigma attached to illiteracy.[3] It was produced by David Hargreaves and directed by Barbara Derkow.
The series was partially inspired by the Italian series, Non è mai troppo tardi [it] ("It's never too late"), broadcast 1960–1968, and similarly devised to address problems of illiteracy.[2]
The series had two BBC follow-ups: Your Move (1976–1977), which was again written by Took, and Write Away (1979–1980), which was presented by Took.[4]
Cultural referencesEdit
In The Dead of Jericho (1981), the fifth novel in the Inspector Morse series by Colin Dexter, Morse discovers some On the Move publicity leaflets in the house of George Jackson, a murder victim. The find (and the absence of books in the house) persuades him that Jackson was probably functionally illiterate, and therefore not responsible for a blackmail note sent earlier in the story.[5]
move, series, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, move, series, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources On the Move TV series news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message On The Move is a British television series made by the BBC and first broadcast in 1975 and 1976 on Sunday teatimes in 50 ten minute episodes 1 2 On the surface a lightweight soap opera it was in fact an educational programme aimed at adults with literacy problems and linked to a national campaign at the time Up to 17 million people watched the series and it was credited with removing some of the stigma attached to illiteracy 3 It was produced by David Hargreaves and directed by Barbara Derkow Contents 1 Content 2 Production 3 Successors 4 Cultural references 5 References 6 External linksContent EditThe running narrative features the characters of Alf Bob Hoskins a removal man who has problems reading and writing and his colleague and friend Bert Donald Gee This narrative is interspersed with sketches and exercises featuring actors including Nigel Stock Patricia Hayes Martin Shaw Polly James Gay Hamilton Mel Martin Rosemary Leach and Norman Rossington Production EditThe series was partially inspired by the Italian series Non e mai troppo tardi it It s never too late broadcast 1960 1968 and similarly devised to address problems of illiteracy 2 The show was written by Barry Took 2 The theme tune On the Move was composed by Alan Hawkshaw and R Tempest and sung by The Dooleys Successors EditThe series had two BBC follow ups Your Move 1976 1977 which was again written by Took and Write Away 1979 1980 which was presented by Took 4 Cultural references EditIn The Dead of Jericho 1981 the fifth novel in the Inspector Morse series by Colin Dexter Morse discovers some On the Move publicity leaflets in the house of George Jackson a murder victim The find and the absence of books in the house persuades him that Jackson was probably functionally illiterate and therefore not responsible for a blackmail note sent earlier in the story 5 References Edit On the Move British Film Institute Archived from the original on 23 April 2013 a b c Evans Jeff ed 1995 The Guinness Television Encyclopedia Enfield Guinness Publishing p 391 ISBN 978 0851127446 On the Move How Bob Hoskins helped adults learn to read Magazine Monitor BBC News 3 May 2014 Retrieved 31 August 2023 Oliver John Took Barry 1928 2002 Writer Actor Presenter British Film Institute Dexter Colin 1983 1981 Chapters 25 30 The Dead of Jericho London Pan Books pp 141 164 65 ISBN 0 330 26693 4 External links EditOn the Move at IMDb YouTube episode featuring Martin Shaw and Patricia Hayes nbsp This article related to a BBC television programme is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title On the Move TV series amp oldid 1173204961, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
