Connie is a 1985 British television drama series. Made for ITV by Central Television, it starred Stephanie Beacham in the title role. 13 episodes were made and shown throughout the summer of 1985.
Written by Ron Hutchinson as a dry commentary on Thatcherite values in the 1980s, the series tells the story of a woman returning to the UK from Greece after years in self-imposed exile, determined to claw back control of her high street fashion chain t...
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Connie is a 1985 British television drama series. Made for ITV by Central Television, it starred Stephanie Beacham in the title role. 13 episodes were made and shown throughout the summer of 1985.
Written by Ron Hutchinson as a dry commentary on Thatcherite values in the 1980s, the series tells the story of a woman returning to the UK from Greece after years in self-imposed exile, determined to claw back control of her high street fashion chain that is now controlled by her stepsister and which is now haemorrhaging money.
The series is chiefly memorable for the high octane performance of Stephanie Beacham as the eponymous Connie, chewing the scenery and snarling her way through such campy, metaphorical 80s big business dialogue such as "My spoon is going into the gravy, my snout is going into the trough."
It was largely on the strength of Connie that Beacham won the role of Sable in The Colbys, the spin-off series from the American supersoap Dynasty which led to a subsequent high...
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