Recent television
2023 | Wanda | Black Cake | Harpo Films | Tara Nicole Weyr |
2019 | Duchess of Richmond | Belgravia | Carnival Film | John Alexander |
2018 | Charlotte | MotherFatherSon | BBC | James Kent |
2017 | Blanche | Holby City | BBC | Jan Baur |
2017 | Lady Rose | Father Brown | BBC | Piotr Szkopiak |
2014 | Helena | Finding Jesus | Nutopia/ CNN | Nick Green |
2014 | Penny | The Missing | BBC | Tom Shankland |
2013 | Isobel | Undeniable | ITV | John Strickland |
2013 | Jacqui | Whitechapel | Carnival Film & TV | John East |
2012 | Jemima | MI High |
Kudos | Adrian McDowell |
2012 | Karina | Switch | Touchpaper TV | Tom Marshall |
2011 | Rose | World Without End | Tandem Productions | Michael Caton-Jones |
2011 | Eleanor Widener | The Titanic | Deep Indigo | Jon Jones |
2008 | Margaret King | Margaret | Gt Meadows | James Kent |
2007 | Helen | Messiah V | Gt Meadows | Harry Bradbeer |
2007 | Marie Williams | Silent Witness | BBC | Brendan Maher |
2006 | Alice Manning | Death Becomes Him | BBC | John Greening |
2005 | Lady Essex | Elizabeth 1 | Company Pictures | Tom Hooper |
2005 | Sarah | New Tricks | Wall to Wall | Paul Seed |
2004 | Barbara Armstrong | Holby City | BBC | Audrey Cooke |
2004 | Fiona Aserton | Bombshells | Shed Productions | Jim Loach |
2003 | Ellen Vassuer | Murder Squad | Granada TV | Ashley Pearce |
2003 | Ann Heldman | Midsommer Murders | Bentley Productions | Richard Holthouse |
2003 | Mrs Walshe | Ultimate Force II | Bentley Productions | Jeremy Webb |
2001 | Mrs Lamb | Band of Brothers | Dreamworks | Mikael Salomon |
2000 | Mrs Nickelby | Nicolas Nickelby | Company TV | Stephen Whittaker |
1996 | Alison | Crossing The Floor | Hat Trick Films | Guy Jenkin |
1995 | Jane Mansfield | Goodnight Sweetheart | Alomo Productions | Robin Nash |
UNDENIABLE
Miniseries scripted by Chris Lang and directed by John Strickland about a woman who recognises the man who murdered her parent when she was a child.
Cast included: Claire Goose, Peter Firth
Diana played ISOBEL HENDRIE, a woman struggling to come to terms with an abusive relationship
TITANIC
Miniseries scripted by Julian Fellowes about the ill-fated liner. Directed by Julian Fellowes and Jon Jones.
Cast included: Peter McDonald, Perdita Weeks, David Calder, Celia Imrie, Linus Roache.
Diana played ELEANOR WIDENER, an American socialite and real-life character. The shoot saw her reunited with Linus Roache, a friend from the ‘Seaforth’ series.
ELIZABETH 1
Miniseries produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4 and released by HBO in the US where it won three Golden Globes. Directed by Tom Hooper.
Cast included: Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons, Hugh Dancy, Toby Jones.
The story of Elizabeth’s intimate life and her political maneouverings filmed in Lithuania on carefully built period sets. Diana played LADY ESSEX, an ambitious noblewoman.
NEW TRICKS
BBC drama series 2005 to 2006. Directed by Paul Seed, Robert Bangura.
Cast included: Amanda Redman, James Bolam, Dennis Waterman.
Diana played SARAH LAVIN, a psychiatrist, in a couple of episodes.
MIDSOMER MURDERS
Bentley Productions 2004. Ep: “The Fisher King” Directed by Richard Holthouse
Cast included: John Nettles, Jim Carter, Jane Wymark
Diana played ANNE HELDEMAN, a murder suspect.
BAND OF BROTHERS
Miniseries produced by Dreamworks about a company of airborne infantry in Europe in World War 2. The ‘Carentan’ episode in which Diana appeared was directed by Mikael Salomon.
Cast included: Damian Lewis, Scott Grimes and Ron Livingston.
Diana, in one of very few female roles, played MRS LAMB, a laundress, in an affecting scene with Scott Grimes.
JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS
Miniseries produced by Hallmark Entertainment (2000). Director: Nick Willing.
Cast included: Jason London, Frank Langella, Dennis Hopper, Derek Jacobi.
Diana played POLYMELE, mother of JASON (Jason London), who is forced to marry her husband’s wicked brother (Dennis Hopper).
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
ITV Drama Serial (2000); Director: Stephen Whittaker.Adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens novel.
Cast included: Charles Dance, James Darcy, Liz Smith, Gregor Fisher.
Diana played MRS NICKLEBY, the excitable and silly mother of the protagonists.
CROSSING THE FLOOR
BBC 1996. Written and Directed by Guy Jenkin. Won an Emmy award 1997.
Cast included: Neil Pearson, Tom Wilkinson, Helen Baxendale, Douglas Henshall.
Diana played ALISON HANRATTY, the alcoholic wife of a Tory MP who defects to the other side in this satirical black comedy put out just before the 1996 elections.
GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART
Episode:Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea. Alomo Productions 1993. Director: Robin Nash.
Cast included: Nicholas Lyndhurst, Victor McGuire, Elizabeth Carling.
Diana played JAYNE MANSFIELD, a man-eating estate agent, as a guest artist in this popular tv series about time travelling. A lot of fun and a chance to show her comedic talents.
Other tv highlights
2012 | Diana Wilkinson | Doctors | BBC | Alexander Jacobs |
2000 | Jennifer Bennett | Heartbeat | Yorkshire Television | Gerry Poulson |
1998 | Dierdra | Close Relations | BBC | Michael Whyte |
1997 | Ffiona Ormerod | The Beggar Bride | BBC | Dairmuid Lawrence |
1995 | Patricia Lennox | The Vet | Ikona Films | Moira Armstrong |
1991 | Diana | Seaforth | Initial Productions | Stuart Burge |
1988 | Zoe Havering | Poirot | LWT | Renny Rye |
1986 | Mrs Papadopoulos | Palmer | Euston Films | Keith Washington |
1986 | Diana | Waterfront Beat | Mersey TV | AJ Quinn |
1986 | Barbara | Capital City | Euston Films | Dairmuid Lawrence |
1981 | Diana | Bergerac | BBC | Terry Green |
HEARTBEAT
Yorkshire Television 2000 Ep: “Gabriel’s Last Stand.” Directed by Gerry Poulson.
Cast included: Joanna David, William Russell, Derek Fowlds
Diana played JENNIFER BENNET, the mistress of a local rich man.
THE BEGGAR BRIDE
Drama serial. BBC 1997. Directed: Dairmuid Lawrence.
Cast included: Keeley Hawes, Nicholas Jones, Joe Duttine.
Diana played FFIONA OMEROD, a louche divorcee of a rich businessman with a gift for exploiting media attention.
SEAFORTH
Drama serial. Produced by Initial films 1991. Written by: Peter Ransley. Directed by Stuart Burge.
Cast included: Lia Williams, Linus Roche, Ciaran Hinds.
Diana played DIANA STACEY, the spoiled wife of a successful northern businessman who has an affair with the hero.
POIROT
Ep: The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge 1988. Directed by Renny Rye.
Cast included: David Suchet, Bernard Horsfall, Jim Norton, Shaughan Seymour.
Diana played ZOE HAVERING, a murderess who impersonates her fictional housekeeper. This “second” role required a west of Ireland accent and some eerie prosthetic teeth.
BERGERAC
Ep: “Warriors”. Directed by: Terry Green, 1981.
Cast included: John Nettles, Oona Kirsch, Eamonn Walker, Ursula Howells.
Diana played DIANA, a flaky member of a strange sect who believe in the existence of Atlantis. She is convinced that she and Bergerac have been lovers in a past life.
PALMER
Produced by Euston Films 1986. Director: Keith Washington. Series featuring Ray Winstone as a private eye.
Cast included: Ray Winstone, Dora Bryan.
Diana played MRS PAPADOPOULOS, a Greek woman who has had her child kidnapped by her ‘brutal’ husband.
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