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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AndyB2008" data-source="post: 405444" data-attributes="member: 26097">Tony Doyle was later cast to play Patsy Palmer's father in McCready and Daughter, the latter's post EastEnders vehicle. (I think his casting was because the BBC wanted a more known actor as they felt Patsy couldn't carry the show herself, and they had got cold feet after the failures of The Hello Girls and Crime Traveller, both with ex EastEnders stars).He died before McCready and Daughter went into production, and the role was recast with Lorcan Cranitch (again, another known actor) for the pilot and series.Ref The Hello Girls, it was originally axed due to poor ratings, but given a 2nd chance by the new BBC1 controller at the time, Peter Salmon, as he felt it had potential. The revived series saw a time jump from 1959 to 1961, but again the series flopped.</blockquote>