They Never Slept (Original title)
Dates: 1990 (Copyright), 31 March 1991 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Udayan Prasad
Production company billing: ©BBC
Synopsis: Send up of British stoicism during WW2. Centres around a girl who is recruited into the Secret Service run by Clapham Psychiatric Hospital. She soon finds herself mixed up in events involving the London based Free French network, a deadly German spy and Operation Fattypuff and Thinnifer.
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TV Transmissions
Date: 31 March 1991Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:00-23:15Slot duration: 75 minsNetwork - Colour
Date: April 1992Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United Kingdom
Date: 31 March 1991not specified
Title: [Variety - 19 Nov 1990: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Screen International n728 28 Oct 1989 Page: 28
Title: [Screen International - n728 28 Oct 1989: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
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Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 74 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1991-03-31BFI identifier: C-656756
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 73 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1608993
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
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Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 74 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1991-03-31BFI identifier: C-656755
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 74 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1991-03-31BFI identifier: C-656756
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: 1-inch (unspecified)BFI identifier: C-1454511
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 73 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1608993
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 73 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1608992
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Dates: 1990 (Copyright), 31 March 1991 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Udayan Prasad
Production company billing: ©BBC
Synopsis: Send up of British stoicism during WW2. Centres around a girl who is recruited into the Secret Service run by Clapham Psychiatric Hospital. She soon finds herself mixed up in events involving the London based Free French network, a deadly German spy and Operation Fattypuff and Thinnifer.
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 31 March 1991Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:00-23:15Slot duration: 75 minsNetwork - Colour
Date: April 1992Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United Kingdom
Date: 31 March 1991not specified
Credits
(39)
©: BBC, Production Company: BBC TV, Produced by: Kenith Trodd, Production Associate: Geoffrey Paget, Production Operatives Supervisor: Dave Rogers, Assistant Floor Manager: Melanie Dicks, Assistant Floor Manager: Jamie Annett, Beni Turkson, Location Manager: Dave Newcombe, Producer's Secretary: Jane Douglass, Production Assistant: Cecilia Coleshaw, 1st Assistant Director: Mervyn Dougherty, Casting Adviser: Sarah Bird, Paris Casting: Sylvie Brocheré, Script Editor: Andrena Woodhams, [Written] By: Simon Gray, Director of Photography: Chris Seager, Lighting Cameraman: Chris Seager, Assistant Camera: Andrew Dillon, Gaffer: Dave Mason, Grip: Keith Mead, Stills Photography: Caroline Mardon, Visual Effects Designer: Graham Brown, Film Editor: Ken Pearce, Designer: Bruce Macadie, Graphic Designer: Barbra Flinder, Properties Buyer: David Morris, Costume Designer: Anna Buruma, Make-up Designer: Vicky Pocock, Music: Carl Davis, Assistant Sound Recordist: Tim Boissaud-Cooke, Sound Recordist: Jim Greenhorn, Dubbing Mixer: Ron Edmonds, Dubbing Editor: Bronwen Lonnon, Stunt Co-ordinator: Clive Curtis, Consultant: Bernard Simons, Translator: Hélène Borraz, Armourer: Mark Shelley
Cast
(29)
Edward Fox (Monk), Emily Morgan (Corporal Pru Merriman), James Fleet (Bob), Patricia Lawrence (Petunia), Peter Postlethwaite (Panter), Imelda Staunton (producer), François Chaumette (Admiral), Maria Laborit (Ninette), Maurice Risch (Maurice), Patrick Fierry (Henri), Harriet Walter (cat lady/Amelia Cleverly), Alison Fielding (Helen Watson), Tam Dean Burn (sowerboy), Tony Aitken (cropper), Sue Flack (Muriel), Derek Fowlds (Cumbridge), Andrew Alston (RAF officer), Michael Mears (Frenchman), Hoof Proudfoot (pilot), Yvette Petit (Denise), Roger Collinge (announcer), Elaine Ford (Sally), Peter Czajkowski, Stanley Kowalski, Edward Kalinski, Daniel Wozniak (Pole), Patrick Blackwell (BBC commissionaire), Chris Sanders (security man), Bunny Losh (Revolting)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(2)
In: Variety 19 Nov 1990 Page: 83Title: [Variety - 19 Nov 1990: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Screen International n728 28 Oct 1989 Page: 28
Title: [Screen International - n728 28 Oct 1989: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 74 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1991-03-31BFI identifier: C-656756
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 73 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1608993
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(5)
Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 74 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1991-03-31BFI identifier: C-656755
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 74 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1991-03-31BFI identifier: C-656756
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: 1-inch (unspecified)BFI identifier: C-1454511
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 73 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1608993
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 73 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1608992
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape