Shine on Harvey Moon 2614434 224765104 2008-07-10T09:20:12Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other {{Infobox television| | show_name = Shine on Harvey Moon | image = | caption = | format = [[Television program|Series]] | picture_format = | runtime = 30 minutes | creator = [[Laurence Marks]], [[Maurice Gran]] | starring = [[Kenneth Cranham]],<br>[[Maggie Steed]],<br>[[Linda Robson]],<br>[[Elizabeth Spriggs]].<br>[[Lee Whitlock]],<br>[[Nigel Planer]],<br>[[Leonard Fenton]],<br>[[Suzanne Bertish]],<br>[[Pauline Quirke]] | channel = [[ITV1|ITV]] | country=[[United Kingdom]] | first_aired = 1982 | last_aired = 1985 | num_series = | num_episodes = 35 | producer = [[Central Television]] | related = | imdb_id = }} '''''Shine on Harvey Moon''''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[television]] series made by [[Central Television]] for [[ITV]] from 1982 to 1985. This generally light-hearted series was created by comedy writers [[Laurence Marks]] and [[Maurice Gran]]. The series is set in the [[East End of London]] shortly after the [[Second World War]] with former army serviceman Harvey Moon being demobbed, his family think he has been killed and upon returning to [[London]] finds his family involved in various troubles. His wife Rita, played by [[Maggie Steed]], is working in a seedy nightclub frequented by [[United States|American]] servicemen. He becomes involved with [[The Labour Party (UK)|The Labour Party]] and the [[Union movement]]. The name of the series is a wordplay on the title of the popular 1908 song '[[Shine On, Harvest Moon]]'. ==Regular cast== * Harvey Moon - ([[Kenneth Cranham]]) * Rita Moon - ([[Maggie Steed]]) * Maggie Moon - ([[Linda Robson]]) * Violet "Nan" Moon - ([[Elizabeth Spriggs]]) * Stanley Moon - ([[Lee Whitlock]]) * Lou Lewis - ([[Nigel Planer]]) * Harriet Wright - ([[Fiona Victory]]) * Erich Gottlieb - ([[Leonard Fenton]]) * Frieda Gottlieb - ([[Suzanne Bertish]]) * Veronica - ([[Pauline Quirke]]). The series was revived by [[Meridian Television]] in 1994, this time set during the 1950s, with [[Nicky Henson]] taking over the role of Harvey. ===DVD Release=== ''Shine On Harvey Moon'' (Series 1 and 2) is currently available on DVD as a 3 disc set and Series Three is also available from 29 October 2007 as a 3 disc set. ==External links== * {{imdb title|id=0083478|title=Shine on Harvey Moon}} [[Category:ITV television programmes]] [[Category:Period television series]]