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''Howards' Way'' is a television drama series produced by BBC Birmingham and transmitted on BBC One between 1 September 1985 and 25 November 1990. The series deals with the personal and professional lives of the wealthy yachting and business communities in the fictional town of Tarrant on the South Coast of England, and was filmed on the River Hamble and the Solent. Most of the location filming for the series was carried out in Bursledon, Hamble, Swanwick, Warsash, Hill Head, Lee-on-the-Solent, Southampton and Fareham—all in Hampshire. ==History== ''Howards' Way'' was created and produced by Gerard Glaister and Allan Prior with lead writer, Raymond Thompson as story and script consultant—at a point in the BBC's history, when the organisation was making a concerted populist strike against ITV in its approach to programming. Howards' Way debuted on BBC One in 1985, the same year that the BBC launched their first ongoing soap opera ''EastEnders'' as a challenge to the ratings supremacy of ITV's ''Coronation Street''. Although Howards' Way is commonly cited as an attempt to provide a British alternative to glossy American sagas such as ''Dallas'' and ''Dynasty'', it also acts as a continuation of plot themes explored in a previous Gerard Glaister series, ''The Brothers'', which involved a family's personal and professional crises running a road haulage firm and embraced several soap opera touches in its characterisations and storylines. The original working title for the series was "The Boatbuilders", which was ultimately rejected when it was felt that it sounded like a documentary series and wouldn't grab viewers’ attention. The subsequent title, ''Howards' Way'', included a play on words, a 'way' being what boats and ships are launched down. The theme music was composed by Simon May and performed by his orchestra. Marti Webb reached number 13 with "Always There", the lyrical version of the theme tune, in 1986. Inspired by a storyline in ''Howards' Way'', producer Gerard Glaister went on to create ''Trainer'' (1991–1992) set in the world of horse-racing, and also featured several of the same cast members. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Howards' Way」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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