"Play for Today" Country (1981)

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Director:

Richard Eyre

Writer:

Trevor Griffiths (play)

TV Series:

"Play for Today" (1970)

Original Air Date:

20 October 1981 (Season 12, Episode 1)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

In 1945, the Carlions assemble at an English country house for a family gathering. During the event...

Plot Keywords:

Political | Based On Play | Male Female Relationship

Cast

Frederick Alexander	...	Andrew Oliphant Junior (as Piers Flint-Shipman)
Jill Bennett	...	Alice Carlion
Eliza Buckingham	...	Margaret Harcourt
Suzanne Burden	...	Lindsey Carlion
Bryan Coleman	...	Edward Carlion
Richard Durden	...	Guy Wheldon
Donald Eccles	...	The Dean
James Fox	...	Philip Carlion
Joan Greenwood	...	Dollie Van der Biek
Wendy Hiller	...	Lady Carlion
Leo McKern	...	Sir Frederick Carlion
Frank Mills	...	Ashford
David Neville	...	James Blair
Tamzin Neville	...	Elizabeth Harcourt
Deborah Norton	...	Faith
Ralph Nossek	...	Mr. Joseph
Edward Rawle-Hicks	...	Teddie Harcourt (as Edward Hicks)
Tim Seely	...	Andrew Oliphant - the Father
Malcolm Storry	...	The Inspector
Aubone Tennant	...	Nigel Wheldon
Madoline Thomas	...	Nanny
Frederick Treves	...	Matthew Harcourt
Richard Vanstone	...	Hop Picker
Julian Wadham	...	Robert Carlion
Alan Webb	...	Sir Piers Blair
Penelope Wilton	...	Virginia Carlion

Runtime:

Canada:82 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Quotes:

Philip Carlion: It may not entirely have slipped your notice, gentlemen, that today - Thursday 26th of July - the people of this country have declared war on us. This whole discussion may already be obsolete. Before the year's out, we may all be living in the West Indies on such capital as we've been able to muster from the expropriation of our resources that the socialists have been elected to effect. The ship is sinking, gentlemen. That's water round your ankles.