Howard's Way (1985-1990)

Newest Review: ... going to take place this week. The show was created as a kind of British version of the successful, glossy American soaps which were being imported to our screens at the time, such as DALLAS, DYNASTY and DYNASTY II – THE COLBYS. Maurice Colbourne starred as Tom Howard (until he died before the final series was made). In the first episode Tom wins a sailing race and whilst he and his family is celebrating he informs them that he has been made redundant from his job as an aircraft designer. He decides that he is going to go into business as a ship designer. Jan Harvey played Tom’s wife Jan (wow, I bet she found it hard to rem... more

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Howard's Way (1985-1990): Catch up with the Howards (311 words)
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UK DRAMA has just started showing the 1980s BBC show HOWARDS’ WAY right from the beginning. I believe that in the ten years since the show finished being made the BBC has struggled to create a new ongoing drama to match the popularity and quality of this show. I used to love sitting and watching this on s Sunday evening with the rest of my family, wondering what scheming was going to take place this week. The show was created as a kind of British version of the successful, glossy American soaps which were being imported to our screens at the time, such as DALLAS, DYNASTY and DYNASTY II – THE COLBYS. Maurice Colbourne starred as Tom Howard ... Read the complete review

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