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"BBC2 Playhouse" Grown-Ups (1980)


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Overview

User Rating:
7.5/10   174 votes
Director:
Writer:
Mike Leigh (writer)
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Original Air Date:
28 November 1980 (Season 7, Episode 5)
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Plot:
Dick and Mandy, a young working class couple, move into a council house in Canterbury, and find Mr. Butcher... more | add synopsis
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Cast

 (Episode Cast)

Brenda Blethyn ... Gloria
Philip Davis ... Dick
Lindsay Duncan ... Christine Butcher
Janine Duvitski ... Sharon
Sam Kelly ... Ralph Butcher

Lesley Manville ... Mandy
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Episode Crew
Directed by
Mike Leigh 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Mike Leigh  writer

Produced by
Louis Marks .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Remi Adefarasin 
 
Film Editing by
Robin Sales 
 
Production Design by
Bryan Ellis 
 
Costume Design by
Christian Dyall 
 
Makeup Department
Jean Steward .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Liz Small .... unit production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Simon Channing Williams .... first assistant director
 
Art Department
Dinah Walker .... design assistant
 
Sound Department
Dave Baumber .... dubbing mixer (as David Baumber)
John Pritchard .... sound
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Ted Turpin .... film electrician
 
Other crew
Andrew Benson .... assistant floor manager
Christopher Cameron .... production assistant
Irene East .... assistant to director
 

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Sarah Pia Anderson  creator

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Runtime:
95 min
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Continuity: The cup handle changes sides as Christine is handing it to Gloria more

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Mike Leigh's greatest and most under-rated comedy, 17 December 2007
Author: brelliott18 from United Kingdom

The working class / chav equivalent of ' Abigail's Party ' and is even funnier.

I cannot understand why this has not been made available on DVD in UK format or video. It is one of the greatest comedies you will ever see. It is over 30 years since I last saw it with some friends and when I now rarely see them [ I have moved some distance ] we always remark that it has not been repeated or released on DVD.

The plot revolves around Dick and his girlfriend and her awful sister who is constantly visiting them much to Dick's annoyance. One of these character's ex-teachers lives next door with his frustrated wife. The husband is only interested in dinosaurs and the play revolves around their relationships.

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