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Sammy Meets the Girls
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Sammy Meets the Girls
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Harpers West One
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All these photos are likely publicity shots taken on the set of the show:  Wendy's dress is the same in all the pix.  The question of whether the dress is a costume or her own outfit remains open -- Wendy probably owned the high-heel shoes visible in the fourth photo, since she can be seen wearing them in publicity photos shot around the same time at her home.

 The actor with Wendy in the second photo is Gordon Ruttan, who played colleague Jeff Tyson in the series.  Ruttan seems better known for a bit part he played nine years later in Bond-film Diamonds Are Forever.

Harpers West One
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Harpers West One
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Harpers West One
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Harpers West One
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Hugh And I
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A good example of Wendy's look in the mid-1960s (though since I don't know which episode of Hugh And I this is, I can't vouch for the exact year of the image).  The two gentlemen with Wendy here are the series' main protagonists, played by Terry Scott (left) and Hugh Lloyd (right).

The second montage, from a comedy sketch Wendy did on The Arthur Haynes Show, is probably from either December 1962 or April 1963.

In the bottom two photos, Wendy's hair is suspiciously dark -- she might have been wearing a wig.

The Arthur Haynes Show
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ITV Television Playhouse: "The Wedding Dress"
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ITV Television Playhouse: "The Wedding Dress"
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Danger Man: "Don't Nail Him Yet"
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In Danger Man, Wendy appears with Keith Bell (as Bill, on her right) and Leonard Monaghan (as Lennie, on her left).  Interestingly, her character's appearance was not a creation of the show's wardrobe department. The clothes and jewelry were all Wendy's own.

The short educational film The Contact is probably from 1964, though that's not certain.

The short TV movie Don't I Look Like A Lord's Son was one of six rather avante-garde films produced in 1964 by BBC2 as a series (though each short piece stands independent of the others).  These two images from one of the movies appeared as stills during a 2009 BBC tribute to Wendy after she passed away.  The man is probably actor Brian Walsh.

The Contact:
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Six:  Don't I Look Like A Lord's Son?
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Six:  Don't I Look Like A Lord's Son?
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Help! (never shown)
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(And a tip o' the hat to Miss Jackson for the second of the two color Help! shots.)

Help! (never shown)
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Help! (never shown)
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Help! (never shown)
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Help! (never shown)
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The Likely Lads
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The 2nd image here is interesting for a couple of reasons:  the first is the way that James Bolam is checking out the quality of the material of Wanda Ventham's overcoat; and the second is the fact that Wendy is wearing driving gloves -- even though in real life she'd never learned to drive a car.

The Likely Lads
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The Newcomers
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I don't know for certain yet whether these images from The Newcomers are from 1965; Wendy's appearance in both photos just seems to be about right for that year.  (See also 1967, below)

The Newcomers
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Doctor In Clover
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Different sources list Doctor's release year as either 1965 or 1966; it's probably the latter, since publicity material distributed for Weaver's Green in mid-1966 refer to Doctor in Clover as a contemporary release.  In any case, I believe this set of shots are of Wendy.

Doctor In Clover
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Pardon The Expression: "Rustle of Spring"
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Note that Wendy can be seen wearing the same dress in this publicity photo, and the same boots here while tending bar.

Weaver's Green
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A montage of images from the series. Wendy told me that the left and right photos are publicity shots for the show, and that the man in the middle image, sitting next to her, is the late Maurice Kaufman, who was married to Avengers sidekick and Goldfinger co-star Honor Blackman.

Weaver's Green
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A delightful collection of official publicity photos for the series, probably from May of 1966.  All the black-and-white shots were certainly done at the same time and place.  Your webmeister recognizes the background of a couple of the pictures:  that's Richmond Bridge behind Wendy, which pegs the location as on the Thames River in west London, 6.5 miles east of Heathrow Airport.  The photoshoot probably took place at the motorboat business that is still there today, on the east bank immediately north of the bridge.

The two top photos are captioned on their reverse sides, indicating they were copies specifically distributed to news outlets to publicize the show and especially Wendy's appearance.
The caption of the first (left) photo reads exactly as follows:  "Another New Face In Weavers Green -- Wendy Richard's Mum owns a London public house, so it is natural that Wendy would spend quite a lot of time behind bar.  But this barmaid activity is only part of Wendy's life, for she is a very competent actress as you will realise when she is seen shortly in an episode of the Anglia Television serial Weavers Green.  Playing with her is Maurice Kaufmann, husband of the famous Honor Blackman.  The scenes which were shot with Maurice Kaufmann were taken on the Norfolk Broads and this is the bikini and hair piece that Wendy wears in the scenes."
Similarly, the second photo where Wendy's more clearly leaning against the boat's windscreen was also captioned (with a date of 23rd May 1966):  "Barmaid Wendy does a quick change for TV -- Life all go for blonde Wendy Richards . . . a girl with three jobs.  In the mornings, she helps her mother to run a hotel near London's St. Pancras railway station.  At lunchtime, she serves behind the bar at a pub near Trafalgar Square -- and a very efficient barmaid she is.  Wendy is now busy rehearsing for her third job -- acting.  She wears the spotted bikini for her part in an episode of the Anglia TV serial Weavers Green which viewers will see soon.  Wendy, 19 [webmeister's note:  Wendy would actually have been 22 at this time], also has a part in the current Doctor film -- Doctor in Clover."

Though Wendy's wearing the same two-piece outfit in the trio of color photos at the bottom, this was certainly a different session.  The boat is larger, and Wendy is wearing earrings this time.  It's probably the same shoot that produced the left-hand photo in the image montage and may in fact have taken place on-location up in Norfolk.

Weaver's Green
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Weaver's Green
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Weaver's Green
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Weaver's Green
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Weaver's Green
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Weaver's Green
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Weaver's Green
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Weaver's Green
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Turn Out The Lights:  "A Big Hand For The Little Lady"
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These all appear to be publicity photos shot on the set of the show.  Since Wendy plays a showgirl, this may well be her character's dressing room.  In the last photo one can clearly see the false nature of the brick wall; evidence of the ephemeral quality of the theatrical set.

Turn Out The Lights:  "A Big Hand For The Little Lady"
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Turn Out The Lights:  "A Big Hand For The Little Lady"
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The Newcomers
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This photo is said to be of Wendy and actor Michael Redfern.  If so, then it's probably from the episode of 7 Dec 67, which is the only time Redfern appeared on The Newcomers.

Your webmeister was unsure initially this woman was indeed Wendy.  The 2nd image here is a overlay composite of the B&W photo with a known pic of Wendy (from The Fenn Street Gang, 1972) in almost exactly the same pose.  Yes, it's her.

The Newcomers
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