Creator / Linda Regan

God help you if she doesn't get to see Bambi.

"The crime novels I write, are Police Procedural, they feature a Murder Investigation Team of detectives, based in South London, where crime is pretty tough. I write how it is - and I do a lot of research although all my work is fictional."

Linda Regan, born Linda Mary Drinkwater, (5 November 1949), is a British actress best known for playing April Wingate in Hi-de-Hi!.

Her father was Peter Regan, a bandleader and agent. Regan would assist him while he entertained, for example, she would help with Punch and Judy shows or balloon modelling. After school, she joined the Worcester Repertory Company.

Regan's acting career began in 1970, with a long string of Uncredited Roles, in series such as Z Cars, On the Buses, Doctor at Large, and Doctor in Charge. Come 1975, she began to be credited for more of her roles, such as in Dixon of Dock Green, Minder, and Bergerac. Also, during this time, she appeared in Confessions of a Pop Performer and Carry On England on the big screen.

In 1984, she joined the cast of Hi-de-Hi! in the sixth series as April Wingate, a Yellowcoat and the eventual girlfriend of camp comic Spike Dixon. Regan remained in the series until the finale in 1988. In her personal life, she married fellow actor Brian Murphy in 1995 and published her first book in 2005.

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Works on TV Tropes she appeared in:

Film

• On the Buses (1971) — Pretty Girl on Bus (Uncredited Role)
• Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975) — Brenda Climax
• Carry On England (1976) — Private Taylor
• Quadrophenia (1979) — Chief Rocker Girl (Uncredited Role)
• Run for Your Wife (2012) — Gardener

Series

• Z Cars, 2 episodes:
  • "Stop Over: Part 1" (1970) — Factory Girl (Uncredited Role)
  • "A Woman's Place" (1978) — Woman at Bus Stop
• Carry On Christmas, episode Carry On Again Christmas (1970) — Man Thursday (Uncredited Role)
• On the Buses, episode "Christmas Duty" (1970) — Edna (Uncredited Role)
• Doctor at Large, episode "Doctor Dish" (1971) — Schoolgirl (Uncredited Role)
• Doctor in Charge, episode "The Taming of the Wolf" (1972) — Girl at Dance (Uncredited Role)
• Dixon of Dock Green, episode "On a Moody Complaint" (1975) — Liz Rowley
• Minder, episode "Gunfight at the O.K. Laundrette" (1979) — Liz
• Bergerac, episode "A Cry in the Night" (1984) — Gudrun Olfsberg
• Hi-de-Hi!, 24 episodes (1984-88) — April Wingate
• Dempsey and Makepeace, episode "Blind Eye" (1985) — Gloria
• The Bill, 5 episodes:
  • "Snout" (1988) — Burnside's Girlfriend
  • "Sympathy for the Devil" (1992) — Building Society Manageress
  • "Pals" (1994) — Pub Manageress
  • "Age Gaps" (1997) — Lizzie Byrne
  • "Like Family" (1998) — Barmaid
• Birds of a Feather, episode "We'll Always Have Majorca" (1991) — Annie
• The Detectives, episode "Witness" (1994) — Barmaid
• London's Burning, 1 episode (2000) — Ivy
• Doctors, 2 episodes:
  • "What the Doctor Saw" (2004) — Norren Topper
  • "Good Guys" (2014) — Hilary Cavendish
• Holby City, episode "Past Imperfect" (2007) — Polly Hunter

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