Introducing
THE A'S
ALL IMAGES OPEN IN TECHNICOLOUR
Series 1 & 2
Written by
James Durose-Rayner
THE A'S
In between Series 1 and 2. The boy that thought he'd lost everything.
Mason Green on Brighton seafront with his daughter, Jenny, in her pushchair - and with the ghost of his dead father watching on.
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(Series 1) Mason Green and Gaynor Mellor in the lounge of 8 Marquis Gardens, Chiswick Green, W4
(Series 1) Gaynor Mellor and her Mini Cooper outside her home at 8 Marquis Gardens, Chiswick Green, W4
(Series 1) Angie Mellor on the morning of 12 November 2022.
(Series 2) Ana Reung with her great granddaughter, Jenny
(Series 1) Gaynor Mellor outside the Hammersmith Palais.
(Series 1) Jacob Gotleib.
The owner CEO of JSG Merchant Bank.
Jenny Mellor was he and his wife, Christie's everything. Why?
(Series 2) Jenny Mellor on the Chiswick path on the River Thames.
(Series 1) Gaynor Mellor at Ravenscourt Park Tube Station.
(Series 1) Here sits a very powerful lady.
Christie Gotleib. The 42-year old wife of the owner and CEO of JSG Merchant Bank - Jacob.
Gaynor Mellor was her protégé.
(Series 1) Gaynor Mellor. A 1960's pose.
(Series 1) Gaynor Mellor posing on her mum's new sofa. There's a story there
(Series 2) Maureen Mellor and Mason Green.
Maureen regarded Mason as the son she never had. As for Mason, Maureen was his idea of the perfect wife, mother, and indeed woman.
And as his wife Anita said, "Mason would never have anything bad said about her - ever."
The History of The A's: Anita Pallenburg
Anita speaks about Maureen Mellor and her relationship with Mason.
(Series 2) Anita Pallenburg at Hammersmith Tube Station.
Standing at 5'2, Anita is extremely petite and very much like a doll.
She has two things in her life that she loves. Mason and (our) Jenny.
(Series 1) Gaynor Mellor and Rochana Reung (Ana) in conversation. Ana was so proud of her grandson's soon-to-be fiancée.
And why shouldn't she be? Gaynor was going to university to study to be a doctor.. or so everyone thought.
Jenny Mellor Talking French Lessons and New Boots (new)
Jenny Mellor showing off her new boots
(Series 2) Jenny Mellor reading a 1973 Beryl The Peril annual
(Series 1) Gaynor Mellor posing on her fiancée's Ducati V4 in the rear courtyard of 8 Marquis Gardens, Chiswick Green, W4.
Little Jenny Mellor was absolutely gobsmacked when she found out who her mum really was, and the life that she had left behind.
(Series 2) Jenny Mellor sat waiting for her new classmates (in Group 11A French) wearing her new puffer jacket and boots which were bought for her by Neeta - Anita Pallenburg, who is of course her dad's wife. This is probably the best photograph of Jenny as she looks like both her parents.
(Series 2) Anita Pallenburg - the wife of Mason Green and Group Procurement Director of Greenford. Anita was never as clever as Gaynor at college - and she had to work extremely hard for what she got. Here she is on site doing a bit of surveying for a new development.
(Series 1) Maureen and John Mellor at the Chiswick Green Sailing Club Dinner and Dance, New Years Eve 2022.
The Wizard of Oz (Scene)
(Series 1)
Gaynor Mellor and Mason Green bantering with one another
As Angie Mellor said in her interview, "Mason was either Mr Deadpan or High as a Kite. There was no in between."
(Series 1) Gaynor Mellor and Mason Green sitting on the steps at London Underground's Ravenscourt Park Tube Station.
(Series 1) Gaynor Mellor on Boelyn Mews after picking some shopping up from her mum's. circa February 2023.
(Series 1) Angie Mellor - the elder sister of Gaynor, posing on her mum's sofa.
We Love Jenny Jenny Mellor
(Series 2)
Little Jenny Mellor knew her dad purely as Mason up until the day her Granny Maureen decided it was time to flex her muscles, so to speak. Sunday 15th September.
By the time this video was shot Mason was "Dad" and Jenny's world had completely changed... as had her mum, Gaynor's.
Blue Eyes (Scene) - The A's
(Series 2)
Little Jenny Mellor rooting around in Granny Maureen's loft
And she finds something that she didn't know was there.
(Series 2) Anita Pallenburg coming in late from work on Friday night with the shopping.
(Series 2) Just like her mum - the little Diva.
Jenny Mellor posing in front of Anita's car which is parked outside her and her dad's house in Hammersmith.
(Series 1) Gaynor Mellor flagging down a cab on King Street in Hammersmith.
