Shine on Harvey Moon

7.5IMDb265 votes1982 – Ended5 Seasons41 EpisodesDrama

7.5IMDb265 votes

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Shine on Harvey Moon! is a British comedy-drama series produced by Central Television for ITV from January 8, 1982, to August 23, 1985, and briefly revived in 1995 by Meridian. 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 World War II. Upon being demobilized, RAF serviceman Harvey Moon, played by Kenneth Cranham, returns home to find his family embroiled in various troubles. His wife Rita, played by Maggie Steed, is uninterested in rekindling their relationship and works in a seedy nightclub frequented by American servicemen. He becomes involved with the Labour Party and the union movement. The title of the series is a play on the popular 1908 song 'Shine On, Harvest Moon'. The first series was commissioned and recorded by ATV at their Elstree studios, with the subsequent series filmed at newly constructed facilities in Nottingham.