Speech Day (1973) Play for Today written by Barry Hines.
Friday, 16 December 2011
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Land of Green Ginger
Land of Green Ginger (1973) by Alan Plater
Semi-documentary style Play for Today which records Hull at the point of relocation of the working class from terraced housing to council estate.
Features a soundtrack and an appearance by the folk group The Watersons.
Parents
Parents (1989). Bob Balaban
"What are we eating?"
"Leftovers"
"We've had leftovers every day since we arrived, what was it before it was leftovers?"
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Sunday, 11 September 2011
Saturday, 3 September 2011
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Tales Out of School
Tales Out of School was a series of four plays by David Leland which were screened on TV in the early eighties. The most famous was 'Made in Britain' with Tim Roth.
'Birth of a Nation' featured Jim Broadbent as a newly qualified teacher who is appalled at the level of corporal punishment being doled out at a comprehensive school.
The whole series has recently been released on DVD.
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