Diana Kent
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TELEVISION CREDITS

JASON & THE ARGONAUTS
Produced by Hallmark Entertainment. Director: Nick Willing. Cast included: Jason London, Frank Langella, Dennis Hopper, Derek Jacobi. Miniseries. Diana played POLYMELE, mother of JASON (Jason London), who is forced to marry her husband's wicked brother.(View video extract)

NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
ITV Drama Serial; Director: Stephen Whittaker. Cast included: Charles Dance, James Darcy, Liz Smith, Gregor Fisher. Diana played MRS NICKLEBY. (View video extract)

THE BEGGAR BRIDE
Drama serial. Produced by BBC. Written by: Lizzie Mickery. Produced: Kate Harwood. Directed: Dairmuid Lawrence. Broadcast 1997. Cast included: Keeley Hawes, Nicholas Jones, Joe Duttine. Diana played FFIONA OMEROD.

CROSSING THE FLOOR
Written and Directed by Guy Jenkin. Broadcast on BBC2 as part of the Screen Two series, on 5th October 1996.Won Emmy award 1997. Cast included: Neil Pearson, Tom Wilkinson, Helen Baxendale, Douglas Henshall. Diana played ALISON HANRATTY, the alcoholic wife of a Tory MP who defects to the other side in this satirical black comedy put out just before the last elections. (View video extract)

SEAFORTH
Drama serial. Produced by Initial films. Written by: Peter Ransley. Produced: Eileen Quinn. Cast included: Lia Williams, Linus Roche, Ciaran Hinds. Diana played DIANA, the bored and sexually dissatisfied wife of a successful northern businessman. (View video extract)

GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART
Episode:Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea. Alomo Productions.
Writers: Laurence Marks, Maurice Gran. Director: Robin Nash.
Cast included: Nicholas Lyndhurst, Victor McGuire, Elizabeth Carling Diana played JAYNE MANSFIELD, a man-eating estate agent, as a guest artist in this popular tv series about time travelling. A lot of fun and a chance to show her comedic talents.(View video extract)

POIROT
Episode: The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge. Directed by Renny Rye. Writing credits Agatha Christie T.R.Bowen. Cast included: David Suchet, Bernard Horsfall, Jim Norton, Shaughan Seymour. Diana played ZOE HAVERING, a murderess who impersonates her fictional housekeeper. This "second" role required a west of Ireland accent and some eerie prosthetic teeth. (View video extract)

BERGERAC
Episode: "Warriors" Written by: Tony MacNabb. Directed by: Terry Green. Broadcast: 23 Feb 81. Cast included: John Nettles, Oona Kirsch, Eamonn Walker, Ursula Howells. Drama series. Diana played DIANA, a flaky member of a strange sect who believe in the existence of Atlantis. She is convinced that she and Bergerac have been lovers in a past life (View video extract).

PALMER
Produced by Euston Films. Director: Keith Washington. Cast included: Ray Winstone, Dora Bryan. Diana played MRS PAPADOPOULOS, a greek woman who has had her child kidnapped by her brutal husband. Ray Winstone is the private eye trying to help her (View video extract).