Jennifer Wilson/ The Brothers

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I have just finished watching again The Brothers, I watched this series first time around and really loved it, and I had to wait till last year for the dvd of the first series to be released,I just wondered what happened to Jennifer Wilson who played

Jenifer Kingsly as she just seemed to disappear from acting after this series finished in 1976, I do know she got married about this time there is no mention of her again till 1997 in Peak Practice

[cornershop15]

Images from 'Special Branch' (1969)

Poor Marker has had to wait nearly three and a half years for a reply. It seems another ten years of credits have been added to Jennifer Wilson's filmography since that post, the last being Casualty. Oddly enough, her contemporary, Marjie Lawrence, was also last seen in 2007, again in a medical drama, Doctors. There is another question that needs answering: WHEN CAN WE EXPECT ANOTHER DVD FOR THE BROTHERS?!!

(How many more times? )



I've just finished posting at 'Miscellaneous Locations', a thread I started a few days ago, and Jennifer is included in both images, from the episode

A Date with Leonidas. She is shown, in the distance at first, on the steps of a Greek church in Camden, London, following a wedding. There is a closer view of her in the next shot which I think will be a nice addition to the thread:

This one is from her last episode ( ), Reliable Sources, and was originally used for 'Name That Face' last year:



The reason why it's a smaller size is that it's from my laptop.

I guess I'll never know why Jennifer, as Detective Sergeant Helen Webb, suddenly disappeared before the first series ended. Wensley Pithey (Detective Superintendent Eden) never came back either. His replacement was Fulton Mackay, only he was Det. Chief Supt. This was a good part for the underrated actress and it's going to be a sad occasion when I see her final appearance (second time round) in a couple of weeks.



I do have some of Jennifer Wilson's other credits on DVD, including Gideon's Way. Ironically, she was the wife of villain Derren Nesbitt, her future co-star in Special Branch of course. One of their children was played by a very young Michael Cashman. I hope to bring you some screencaps from her episode soon and those from Ghost Squad and The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder (yes, I have it now thanks to Network's sale last week!) once I've watched them.



At the moment, I have no idea what she did in The Brothers and am increasingly impatient to see this famous series - especially after this post. Unfortunately, nothing can be done about her lost episodes of A Man of Our Times, a significant show in her career. When I return here I'll prepare another of my 'Good News, Bad News' posts and find out how much of her work survives in the archives. It won't be fun. I hope Jennifer is well and look forward to seeing her many more times.



Can one of the Moderators add the other N in her first name please? Thank you in advance.

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Images from 'Special Branch' (1969)

Poor Marker has had to wait nearly three and a half years for a reply. It seems another ten years of credits have been added to Jennifer Wilson's filmography since that post, the last being Casualty. Oddly enough, her contemporary, Marjie Lawrence, was also last seen in 2007, again in a medical drama, Doctors. There is another question that needs answering: WHEN CAN WE EXPECT ANOTHER DVD FOR THE BROTHERS?!!

(How many more times? )



I've just finished posting at 'Miscellaneous Locations', a thread I started a few days ago, and Jennifer is included in both images, from the episode

A Date with Leonidas. She is shown, in the distance at first, on the steps of a Greek church in Camden, London, following a wedding. There is a closer view of her in the next shot which I think will be a nice addition to the thread:

This one is from her last episode ( ), Reliable Sources, and was originally used for 'Name That Face' last year:



The reason why it's a smaller size is that it's from my laptop.

I guess I'll never know why Jennifer, as Detective Sergeant Helen Webb, suddenly disappeared before the first series ended. Wensley Pithey (Detective Superintendent Eden) never came back either. His replacement was Fulton Mackay, only he was Det. Chief Supt. This was a good part for the underrated actress and it's going to be a sad occasion when I see her final appearance (second time round) in a couple of weeks.



I do have some of Jennifer Wilson's other credits on DVD, including Gideon's Way. Ironically, she was the wife of villain Derren Nesbitt, her future co-star in Special Branch of course. One of their children was played by a very young Michael Cashman. I hope to bring you some screencaps from her episode soon and those from Ghost Squad and The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder (yes, I have it now thanks to Network's sale last week!) once I've watched them.



At the moment, I have no idea what she did in The Brothers and am increasingly impatient to see this famous series - especially after this post. Unfortunately, nothing can be done about her lost episodes of A Man of Our Times, a significant show in her career. When I return here I'll prepare another of my 'Good News, Bad News' posts and find out how much of her work survives in the archives. It won't be fun. I hope Jennifer is well and look forward to seeing her many more times.



Can one of the Moderators add the other N in her first name please? Thank you in advance.

Many thanks for your reply Cornershop at least you have answered some of the questions about Jennifer wow 3 years to wait also I have been waiting for another series of the Brothers this was a great program and I am surprised another series has not been brought out into the light of day,perhaps the first series did not sell well ??

[chuffnobbler]

I am surprised The Brothers has not had a greater DVD appearance. I have series one but not watched cos I want to see the rest!



Ms Wilson has been at my local theatre a couple of times recently, in Bill Kenwright tours of Agatha Christie plays. I chatted to her in the theatre bar recently: she happily autographed The Brothers, and said she thought the rest of the series would be out before long. (I don't know if this is an aspiration or inside knowledge). She was delighted to sign my Special Branch DVDs, too.



Jennifer Wilson is still going strong, as is her husband, Brian Peck.

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No action on bringing out any more of this series to date but while looking on Ioffer surprise it was being offered in full by a guy in the states.
I do have the Ist commercial series on DVD but anyway this guy was offering all episode's on 20 dvds so I have taken a chance made him an offer and ordered it.
now waiting for it to come I wonder if I will get done by customs for the import fee/vat as it was well over the �18 allowance oh dear I can hear the spiders sobbing in my wallet

[chuffnobbler]

this guy was offering all episode's on 20 dvds so I have taken a chance made him an offer and ordered it.
now waiting for it to come I wonder if I will get done by customs for the import fee/vat as it was well over the �18 allowance oh dear I can hear the spiders sobbing in my wallet

Once it arrives, let me know the costs and whether it's good value. I'm intrigued to see the series.

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Once it arrives, let me know the costs and whether it's good value. I'm intrigued to see the series.

Hi will do

[maclynn]

I was a prop van driver on the brothers. I have forgotten much but remember what a charming person Jenifer was.

[midnight sheep]

I bought the 20 disc set from the guy on ioffer and they are excellent with all the adverts edited out.Am currently on series 3.
It's wonderful and my favourite character is Jenny or Miss Kingsley as Mrs Hammond refers to her with barely disguised hatred!..
(She was her late husband's mistress but you find that out right away so no spoilers here).

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I bought the 20 disc set from the guy on ioffer and they are excellent with all the adverts edited out.Am currently on series 3.
It's wonderful and my favourite character is Jenny or Miss Kingsley as Mrs Hammond refers to her with barely disguised hatred!..
(She was her late husband's mistress but you find that out right away so no spoilers here).

What a great series well worth watching

[wadey]

I thought it was on BBC

[wadsy]

I thought it was on BBC

So did I. Sunday nights IIRC!

[Geoffers]

Ms Wilson has been at my local theatre a couple of times recently, in Bill Kenwright tours of Agatha Christie plays. I chatted to her in the theatre bar recently: she happily autographed The Brothers, and said she thought the rest of the series would be out before long. (I don't know if this is an aspiration or inside knowledge). She was delighted to sign my Special Branch DVDs, too.



Jennifer Wilson is still going strong, as is her husband, Brian Peck.

Interesting to see that Jennifer and Brian appeared in quite a few TV series together, occasionally playing characters in the same episode. For example, in the BBC's 1957 production of Nicholas Nickleby, she played Kate and he played Smike. In fact, seeing as they apparently married in 1959, one wonders if this is how they met. They also played (eventual) husband and wife Vi & Sam in the BBC's version of This Happy Breed in 1962.

There does appear to be a twenty-year period when she did nothing on TV (after The Brothers) so maybe she decided to do theatre for a time? I've enjoyed watching her in Special Branch and agree it was a pity her character just disappeared without explanation.

[Mark O]

I don't recall the name of the play as I didn't go to see it, but she definitely appeared in a Theatre production at the Palace theatre, Westcliff-on-sea, Essex, last summer, then on to other smaller provincial Theatres.

[chuffnobbler]

Interesting to see that Jennifer and Brian appeared in quite a few TV series together, occasionally playing characters in the same episode.

There does appear to be a twenty-year period when she did nothing on TV (after The Brothers) so maybe she decided to do theatre for a time? I've enjoyed watching her in Special Branch and agree it was a pity her character just disappeared without explanation.

Maybe the long gap from TV was to raise a family? Lots of actresses disappear for a while, and some sadly never return ...

It's interesting to see "real" couples who appear playing couples! Caroline John and Geoffrey Beevers leap to mind. There's a whole forum thread of its own, waiting to be used!

I don't recall the name of the play as I didn't go to see it, but she definitely appeared in a Theatre production at the Palace theatre, Westcliff-on-sea, Essex, last summer, then on to other smaller provincial Theatres.

Witness for the Prosecution.

There's a new Agatha Christie doing the rounds (Verdict), without Ms Wilson. They're giving Denis Lill a rsst, too, but those warhorses Mark Wynter and Peter Byrne are still gainfully employed.

[Ray]

I have just seen her on TV in a Wiltshire Farms Foods advert with Ronnie Corbet.