Rent Plays for Britain: Series (1976)
3.2 of 5 from 47 ratings
5h 21min
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- Synopsis:
- This hard-hitting anthology series continued the single-play format that had proved so successful with ITV's legendary 'Armchair Theatre', presenting six contemporary plays by writers at relatively early stages in their careers. The plays are both compelling and provocative: Stephen Poliakoff's 'Hitting Town' is an intense portrayal of siblings who find refuge from their bleak lives in one incestuous night; Roger McGough's 'The Lifeswappers' is a darkly comic take on the theme of exchanged identities; Howard Brenton's 'The Paradise Run' centres on an inexperienced soldier in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.
- Actors:
- Bill Buffery, Sheila Gish, Kevin McNally, Deborah Norton, Ian Charleson, Anthony Douse, Mick Ford, Peter Egan, Lynne Miller, Sarah Porter, davidbailie, Donald Burton, Maurice O'Connell, Daphne Heard, Miriam Margolyes, John Shrapnel, Ken Sicklen, Dickie Arnold, Terence Davies, Stephen Bill
- Directors:
- Michael Apted, Les Blair, Alan Clarke, Peter Gill, Jim Goddard, Philip Saville
- Producers:
- Barry Hanson
- Writers:
- Howard Brenton, Roger McGough, Brian Glover, Stephen Poliakoff, Roy Minton, Henry Livings
- Studio:
- Network
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Classics, TV Dramas
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