Looking for Clancy

Looking for Clancy was a 1975 television serial broadcast on BBC2.

Based on Frederic Mullally's 1971 novel Clancy, it was dramatised in five parts by Jack Pulman and starred Robert Powell, Keith Drinkel and T. P. McKenna. Produced by Richard Beynon, the serial was directed by Bill Hays and broadcast on Saturdays, with repeats the following Thursday. The serial was repeated in 1977.

Cast

 * Robert Powell – Frank Clancy
 * Keith Drinkel - Dick Holt
 * T. P. McKenna – Marcus Selby
 * Catherine Schell - Penny Clancy
 * Eileen Helsby - Lucy Caldwell
 * John Blythe - Ted Shatto
 * John Junkin - Jim Clancy
 * James Grout - Dai Owen
 * Rosemary Martin - Aunt Rita
 * Barbara Young- Eileen Clancy
 * Paul Aston - Gordon Clancy
 * Gwen Nelson - Meg Mace
 * Mavis Walker - Madge
 * John Nightingale - Michael Clancy
 * James Bree - Guy Wall
 * Peter Halliday - Sam Cook

Title song
The title song of the same name was written by Brian Wade and Tony Cliff. It was released as a 7” single by Susanne and Me on the Beeb label, (Beeb 006) in 1975, with Like A Picture Show (prod. Mike Harding) on the B-side. The song also appeared on the 1976 album Angels and 15 other Original BBC TV Themes (BBC Records, REB 236).