"BBC2 Playhouse" Grown-Ups (1980)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Mike Leigh

Writer:

Mike Leigh (writer)

TV Series:

"BBC2 Playhouse" (1974)

Original Air Date:

28 November 1980 (Season 7, Episode 5)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Dick and Mandy, a young working class couple, move into a council house in Canterbury, and find Mr. Butcher...

Plot Keywords:

Number In Title

Cast

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

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

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Sarah Pia Anderson		creator

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Goofs:

Continuity: The cup handle changes sides as Christine is handing it to Gloria

The funniest programme on TV that I have ever seen.

I watched this with my parents when it came out back in 1980 and we rolled about the floor laughing. It is the funniest programme I have ever watched on TV. Brenda Blethyn was a winner way before her Secrets and Lies fame. An absolute cracker.