The Biggest Movies and TV Coming in September

"The Gentlemen" and "Slow Horses" return this fall, while the "Reacher" spin-off series "Neagley" makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

2026 Fall TV and Streaming Watch Guide

&quot;The Gentlemen&quot; and &quot;Slow Horses&quot; return this fall, while the &quot;Reacher&quot; spin-off series &quot;Neagley&quot; makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

Get a closer look at these actors from their many TV and streaming series roles.

Streaming Stars, Then and Now

Classically-trained English comedy actress Patricia Ann Brake was a graduate of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She began her acting career at the Salisbury Playhouse in 1960. Two years later, she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon performing alongside future acting greats Ian Richardson, Diana Rigg, Judi Dench, James Booth and Ian Holm.

On television, Patricia Brake is best remembered as Ronnie Barker's on-screen daughter Ingrid in Porridge (1974) (and its sequel Going Straight (1978)). Her blonde, vivacious looks and a certain penchant for comedy (especially cockney roles) ensured that she was frequently cast in sitcoms: Vicki in Second Time Around (1974), Eth in The Glums (1978), Dolly Delights in Mann's Best Friends (1985) (tenant in a chaotic boarding house run by Porridge co-star Fulton Mackay) and Cherry in Troubles and Strife (1985). She also appeared as diverse characters in The Two Ronnies (1971) sketches. Brake's roles in classic literary adaptations have included Lorna Doone (1963) and Nicholas Nickleby (1977) (as Miss Madeline Bray, Nickleby's love interest and eventual spouse).

No stranger to soaps either, Brake delighted daytime audiences with recurring roles in Emmerdale Farm (1972),Eldorado (1992) (during the filming in Spain she met her future second husband), EastEnders (1985) and Coronation Street (1960).

She also guested in The Bill (1984), Midsomer Murders (1997) and the long-running hospital drama series Casualty (1986). Until 2002, she was active on stage at the London West End and at the Theatre Royal in her home town of Bath, Somerset.

During a 2017 interview, Brake admitted to being an avid theatre-goer herself and to greatly enjoy gardening in her spare time.

Brake died in May 2022, aged 79, after a long battle with cancer.

Patricia Brake in My Lover, My Son (1970)

(September 11, 1962) She acted in William Shakespeare&#39;s play, &quot;The Comedy of Errors,&quot; for the Stratford Theatre Festival for the Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England with Ian Richardson, Alec McCowen, Ian Hewitson, Barry McGregor, Diana Rigg, Susan Maryott, Tony Church, Peter Jeffrey, James Booth, Pauline Letts, Margaret Drabble, Peter Geddis, Gordon Honeycombe and Nerys Hughes in the cast. Clifford Williams was director.

(April 4, 1962) She acted in William Shakespeare&#39;s play, &quot;Measure for Measure,&quot; for the Stratford Theatre Festival for the Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England with Tom Fleming, Marius Goring, Judi Dench, Ian Richardson, Peter Jeffrey, Ian Cullen, Clive Swift, Paul Hardwick, Leon Sinden, Clifford Rose, Tony Church and Gordon Honeycombe in the cast. John Blatchley was director.

(1988) TV commercial for Abbey National Bank &quot;Interview with Headmaster&quot;

(Sept. 1963) Played Gwen in A Little Winter Love by Alun Owen at Gaiety Theatre, Dublin with Peter Vaughan, Edwin Richfield, T.P.McKenna, Genevive Lyons, Artro Morris &amp; Vivienne Drummond. Directed by Godfrey Quigley.

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