TOM MAY Play for Today Writer: David Edgar; Producer: Margaret Matheson; Director: Mike Newell This essay continues from Part 1. Part 2: Production and reception Production of the Play for Today version David Edgar has observed that, although the theatre version has been placed in the lineage of the “rather inaccurately dubbed ‘state-of-England’” plays by … Continue reading ‘An ideology red, white and blue in tooth and claw’: David Edgar’s Destiny (1978) – Part 2 of 3
THE OTHER WOMAN (6 Jan 1976) wr. Watson Gould pr. David Rose dr. Michael Simpson NUTS IN MAY (13 Jan 1976) wr. Mike Leigh pr. David Rose dr. Mike Leigh Nuts in May was released on DVD by the BBC/2Entertain in 2011 (as part of Mike Leigh at the BBC) DORAN’S BOX (20 Jan 1976) … Continue reading Episode guide: 1976
ALMA MATER (7 Jan 1971) wr. David Hodson pr. Irene Shubik dr. James Ferman No recording exists CIRCLE LINE (14 Jan 1971) wr. W. Stephen Gilbert pr. Graeme McDonald dr. Claude Whatham No recording exists HELL’S ANGEL (21 Jan 1971) wr. “David Agnew” [pseudonym] pr. Graeme McDonald dr. Alan Cooke No recording exists THE PIANO … Continue reading Episode guide: 1971
DAVID ROLINSON Play for Today Writer: Rhys Adrian; Director: Philip Saville; Producer: Irene Shubik “I have a great fondness for the past, the way things were.” The Foxtrot offers further proof of the wide variety of approaches and subject matter in Play for Today: a self-aware sex comedy about a ménage-a-trois between Michael Bates, Donald … Continue reading The Foxtrot (1971)
‘MR WOLF’ Play for Today Writer: Rhys Adrian; Director: Piers Haggard; Producer: Graeme McDonald ‘How old do you think I am? Go on – guess…’ In contrast to a lot of the heavier entries in Play for Today, Evelyn is a bit of a volte face, especially given its transmission just one week after that … Continue reading Evelyn (1971)
