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Triangle was a BBC Television soap opera in the early 1980s, set aboard a North Sea ferry which sailed from Felixstowe to Gothenburg and Gothenburg to Amsterdam. A third imaginary leg existed between Amsterdam and Felixstowe to justify the programme title, but this was not operated by the ferry company. The show ran for three series before being cancelled, but is still generally remembered as "some of the most mockable British television ever produced". The scripts involved clichéd relationships and stilted dialogue, making the show the butt of several jokes - particularly on Terry Wogan's morning Radio 2 programme - which caused some embarrassment to the BBC. In 1992, the BBC screened TV Hell, an evening of programming devoted to the worst television had to offer, and the first episode of Triangle was broadcast as part of the line-up. The ferry used in the first series was the Tor Line's MS Tor Scandinavia. In the second and third series this was replaced by the DFDS vessel Dana Anglia probably because she had a less intensive schedule and the longer time she spent in port made on-board filming easier.

Date: 01/05/1981
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Michael Craig, Larry Lamb, George Baker, Sandra Payne, Sandra Dickinson, Joan Greenwood, Dawn Addams, Paul Jerricho, Scott Fredericks, Jonathan Scott-Taylor, Penelope Horner, Michael Elwyn

Michael Craig as Captain John Anderson in Triangle Michael Craig

Larry Lamb as Matt Taylor in Triangle Larry Lamb

George Baker as David West in Triangle George Baker

Sandra Payne as Christine Harris in Triangle Sandra Payne

Sandra Dickinson as Penny Warrender in Triangle Sandra Dickinson

Joan Greenwood as Judith Harper in Triangle Joan Greenwood

Dawn Addams as Mrs. Landers in Triangle Dawn Addams

Paul Jerricho

Scott Fredericks

Jonathan Scott-Taylor as Ted Anderson in Triangle Jonathan Scott-Taylor

Penelope Horner as Sarah Hallam in Triangle Penelope Horner

Michael Elwyn as Roger Powell in Triangle Michael Elwyn