A team from numerous TV successes

Press, 30 May 1981, Page 13

A team from numerous TV successes

Martin Jarvis plays the part of Oliver and Diane Keen plays Sandy in “Rings on Their Fingers,” Two, tonight.'

The cast also includes Cheryl Kennedy, Vivienne Martin. Reginald Marsh. Rosemary Martin, Derek Waring, Tim Barrett, Donald Hewlett, Josephine Tewson,

Sylvia Coleridge, Barbara Lott and Shelia Keith. Written by Richard Waring, “Rings on their Fingers” is his ninth comedy series about marriage in 17 years. These " include “Marriage Lines,” “Not in Front of the Children,” and “The Many Wives of Patrick.” Born in Cheltenham, Martin Jarvis started out in

Manchester after training at R.A.D.A. — where he won a silver medal and a Vanburgh Award. He left for London where his stage work included “Cockade,” “Poor Bitos,” “Man and Superman,” “The Spoils of Poynton,” “The Bandwagon,” “The Prodigal Daughter” and “The Rivals.” He went on to play Ed-

ward VIII in “The Woman I Love” at Bromley and scored personal success in “She Stoops to Conquer” in Canada and at the Hong Kong Arts Festival.

Jarvis’s films include “The Last Escape” and “Ike” (in which he played George VI). He has done several radio performances and readings, and is the author of several short stories for radio.

His television performances include “Nicholas Nickleby.” “The Pallisers,” “The Forsyte Saga.” “Ross,” “After Liverpool.” “The Samaritan,” “David Copperfield,” “Enemy at the Door,” and “Zigger Zagger.”

Married to the actress, Rosalind Ayres, Jarvis’s hobbies include music, Indian food, movies, work and interior design. Brought up in Kenya, Diane Keen didn’t settle in England until she was 19, She was unknown as an actress until her role as Fliss Hawthorne in the comedy series, “The Cuckoo Waltz.” Her other television performances include “Crossroads.” “The Fall of the Eagles,” “Softly, Softly,” “Public Eye,” “The Legend of Robin Hood,” “The Sweeney,” “The Feathered Serpent,” “Country Matters,” “Crown Court” and “The Sandbaggers.” in which she played Laura Dickens, the only female member of the Sandbaggers’ team.