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Keep Smiling (Original title)
Date: 10 January 1980 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Paul Joyce

Synopsis: Play by Paul Joyce, about the circumstances and effects of a husband's complete mental breakdown

Subjects:
Husbands, Mental disorders

Series title:

TV Transmissions
Date: 10 January 1980Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:25-22:50Slot duration: 85 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound

Credits (8)
Production Company: BBC Birmingham, Producer: David Rose, Script Editor: Roger Gregory, Screenplay: Paul Joyce, Studio lighting: Peter Booth, Designer: Sally Williams, Music: David Greenslade
Cast (15)
Stephen Moore (Simon Hulse), Morag Hood (Mary Hulse), Morgan Sheppard (Harry Cowper), Harriet Reynolds (Cath Cowper), Matthew Stradling (Matthew Hulse), Victoria Goodwin (Lucy Hulse), John Franklyn Robbins (Shales), Ewan Hooper (doctor), Hugh Thomas (Tennant), Margaret Ford (Miss Postlethwaite), Alistair Yates (newscaster), Peter Guinness (police constable), Ralph Lawton (police sergeant), Hugh Dickson (solicitor), Alison Elliott (girl in flat)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (3)
In: Television Today 17 Jan 1980  Page: 21
Title: [Stage - 17 Jan 1980: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Review by Jennifer Lovelace.

In: Radio Times v226 n2934 2 Feb 1980  Page: 79
Title: [Radio Times - v226 n2934 2 Feb 1980: no known title]Language: English
Description: Readers letters.

In: Television Today 19 Jul 1979  Page: 18
Title: [Stage - 19 Jul 1979: no known title]Language: English


Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Video materials(2)
Description: VHS cassetteTX date: 1980-01-10BFI identifier: C-856453
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status


Description: 2-inch QuadruplexTX date: 1980-01-10BFI identifier: C-856463
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape