Series: Casualty Episode: S16Ep37 – Denial First Aired: 8 June 2002 Character: Harry Harper
Description: The doctors vie for the registrar’s job when new consultant Harry Harper holds interviews for the position – but Lara gets off to a bad start as she is forced to explain her actions after becoming emotionally attached to a patient who was raped. Charlie is shocked to see a face from the past, and asks for Dillon’s help in dealing with him.
Smoothy Simon MacCorkindale has had more than his fair share of visits to A&E
Playing the likes of Manimal’s Jonathan Chase and Falcon Crest’s Greg Reardon, actor Simon MacCorkindale has earned himself the reputation as one of TV’s eternal bachelor boys. But it’s as a family man that he’ll be seen from this week, playing Casualty’s new consultant, Harry Harper.
He’s recently moved to a new home, not far from where CASUALTY is made, and was looking for a local company to make him a mask for his character in the Sky 1 series Relic Hunter.
And it was then that he found himself wandering onto the CASUALTY set in Bristol, to meet the hospital drama’s special effects team.
Series: Relic Hunter Episode: S3Ep22 – So Shall It Be First Aired: 20 May 2002 Character: Fabrice De Viega
Description: When Sidney and Nigel are about to enter the site of a Bristol lecture, a surprisingly young author on the Celts approaches them to follow up immediately on a tip about a map to the “astronomicons”, the lost keys to the druid cult in Stonehenge, hidden since the Romans conquered Britain. They soon learn it is an occasion to steal the map from the Gurul Nataz, it comes with an armed bomb and the youngster is no author but Andreas, the honest son of Sid’s arch-enemy Fabrice De Viega – who survived, as they suspected. Junior assures them he hates his dad even more, being dumped in a boarding school since his mother’s death, but it turns out Fabrice risks everything to help them in order to save Andreas’ life – but can even this bizarre alliance brave the ruthless crime syndicate?
Simon MacCorkindale: Why I need time away from Susan
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Simon MacCorkindale is convinced he would have become the Army’s youngest general. He feels his dogged determination, dashing looks and slavish adherence to discipline would have sent him hurtling up the ranks. Indeed, thanks to his father’s contacts, a glittering military career was once guaranteed; instead, he chose to become the nearly man of British cinema, a decision he puts down to an in-built self-destruct button which he presses whenever his life is running smoothly.
To the horror of his family, Simon put showbusiness before the Army, and his role opposite Mia Farrow in Agatha Christie’s Death On The Nile in 1978 won him the Most Promising Film Actor award when he was 26. From there, anything seemed possible. Only now, years later, after disappearing from the movie actor radar, is he acting again, this time as Harry Harper, a dashing doctor in the BBC’s hospital drama, Casualty. He is expected to cause a stir with his character, who is married but has a penchant for sexy girls; a natural extension to the love-rat image from his TV heyday in the 1980s, when he played Greg Reardon in Falcon Crest.
Holby is to have a familiar face coming through its doors when actor Simon MacCorkindale joins the cast of Casualty. The former Falcon Crest and Manimal star has appeared in a long list of US productions, and is delighted to be back working in the UK. “I’ve always been a fan of Casualty” he reveals. “It’s great to be joining such an established show with a lovely bunch of people.” Simon will play consultant Harry Harper, and his first episode will be on screen in May.
Take A Break In Mauritius Before She Launches Her New Singing Career And He Prepares For A Starring Role In Hit Hospital Drama Casualty
Even the most assiduous actress needs rest and refreshment. But seven long years had passed without Susan George taking time out in the sun. “I’d almost forgotten how much I enjoyed holidays,” says the fine-boned blonde with the fierce work ethic and a long-ago romantic link with Prince Charles.
Series: Relic Hunter Episode: S3Ep14 – Hunting with the Enemy First Aired: 4 February 2002 Character: Fabrice De Viega
Description: An urn commissioned in a Cambodian monastery by the Chinese emperor for the remains of Confucius is about to be destroyed by systematic bombing of a whole province – so DeViega, tricks and kidnaps Syndey and Nigel (and their secretary on the home front, as additional blackmail leverage) to get to it through a heavily land mined area and decipher the I-ching on the way in before bombs hit it.
Series: Dark Realm Episode: S1Ep13 – Blackout, Part 2 First Aired: 15 December 2001 Character: Brad Collins
Description: Brad’s returning memories land him in jail for murder, but he soon comes to believe that no person involved in the case is really who they appear to be.
Series: Relic Hunter Episode: S3Ep3 – Sydney at Ten First Aired: 1 October 2001 Character: Fabrice De Viega
Description: St. Beatrice’s School for Girls, 1981: Sydney sees his teacher shot by a scar-faced man over an Egyptian pendant. 2001: Sydney’s roommate from school is on track of the pendant and enlists Sydney to help find it and catch the killer.
Series: Queen of Swords Episode: S1Ep15 – Runaways First Aired: 23 February 2001 Character: Captain Charles Wentworth
Description: Two slaves, Agatha and Jeffrey, assisted by Camilla, the wife of a sadistic English sea captain, escape to shore. Camilla goes on to Santa Helena to seek help from Colonel Montoya. Montoya gets involved seeking to turn the situation to his advantage in obtaining a cannon. Dr Helm discovers the captain’s wife was his bride to be. Camilla has no intention of going back to her husband but rekindles her love with Dr Helm. The Queen has to step in to save first Dr Helm and then Camilla so they can be reunited. Stars Simon MacCorkindale, Amanda Batty, Yasmin Bannerman.
Dedicating the Success of Her New Venture to Her Beloved Late Sister
Susan George Tells Why Christmas Will Be Tingled With Sadness
(Mainly a Susan George article)
It won’ t be stockings but stable duty for Susan George on Christmas morning. In “scruffy jeans and a flat cap”, she’ll be outdoors early, feeding, watering and hanging hay nets for her 20-odd Arabian horses. It’s a long way from Hollywood for the star of Straw Dogs and many other films, but the 12-acre Northants stud farm Susan shares with her husband, actor Simon MacCorkindale, is the fulfillment of a long-held dream.
Series: Earth: Final Conflict Episode: S3Ep14 – Scorched Earth First Aired: 7 February 2000 Character: Dennis Robillard
Description: Bombings begin at embassies and Liam believes they may reignite the SI (Sino-Indian) War, which ended with an armistice several years before. An old intelligence agency friend of Renee’s has interesting holographic technology.
Series: Poltergeist: The Legacy Episode: S4Ep13 – Sacrifice First Aired: 6 August 1999 Character: Reed Horton
Description: After leaving The Legacy, Kristin plans to help expose the murderous Benjamin Church after the alliance between “Doctor” Benjamin Church and Horton causes Ethan’s death. She pays the ultimate price!
Series: The Girl Next Door First Aired: 13 July 1999 Character: Steve Vandermeer
Description: There’s someone peeping through windows so Arthur has been asked to watch the neighbour’s eighteen year old daughter while her parents are away. Soon their mutual attraction develops into something that Arthur later regrets.
Series: Poltergeist: The Legacy Episode: S4Ep7 – Double Cross First Aired: 30 April 1999 Character: Reed Horton
Description: Cross proceeds with the Darkside’s scheme to infiltrate the Legacy by being appointed interim precept while the San Francisco House members mourn Derek’s apparent suicide.
Series: Poltergeist: The Legacy Episode: S4Ep6 – The Traitor First Aired: 23 April 1999 Character: Reed Horton
Description: Legacy members reopen a 20-year-old murder in which Derek is the prime suspect. The usually close-knit team turns on Derek and accuses him of killing an innocent man. Unaware that their suspicions are being controlled by a malevolent spirit trying destroy their leader, the ensuing confrontation throws into focus a series of questions and fears about what each of them is doing on a daily basis. It’s an incredibly explosive scenario and concentrates on issues that will take more than one episode to resolve
