Maria's Child (Original title)
Date: 28 March 1993 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: Malcolm Mckay
Synopsis: Maria, a 30-year-old dancer suddenly finds herself pregnant from a one-night stand. Striking up an imagined dialogue with the foetus, Maria vacillates between motherhood and abortion.
Genre: Comedy
Subject: Abortion
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 28 March 1993Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:05-23:40Slot duration: 95 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Title: [Variety - 18 Jan 1993: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v3 n3 March 1993 Pages: 56-57
Title: [Sight and Sound - v3 n3 March 1993: no known title]Author: LIPMAN, Amanda Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n834 22 Nov 1991 Page: 18
Title: [Screen International - n834 22 Nov 1991: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Video materials(1)
Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 93.2 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1993-03-28BFI identifier: C-728578
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Date: 28 March 1993 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: Malcolm Mckay
Synopsis: Maria, a 30-year-old dancer suddenly finds herself pregnant from a one-night stand. Striking up an imagined dialogue with the foetus, Maria vacillates between motherhood and abortion.
Genre: Comedy
Subject: Abortion
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 28 March 1993Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:05-23:40Slot duration: 95 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Credits
(23)
Production Company: BBC, Executive Producer: Mark Shivas, Producer: Kenith Trodd, Associate Producer: Matthew Hamilton, Production Manager: Linda Buxton, Location Manager: Tim Stevenson, Assistant Director: Susannah Shaw, Assistant Director: John Spencer, Assistant Director: Mervyn Gill-Dougherty, Casting: Corinne Rodriguez, Screenplay: Malcolm Mckay, Director of Photography: Sean Van Hales, Editor: John Stothart, Production Designer: Marjorie Pratt, Costume Designer: Anushia Nieradzik, Make-up: Dorka Nieradzik, Music: Philip Appleby, Choreography: Anthony Van Laast, Sound Recording: Hugh Strain, Sound Recording: Clive Derbyshire, Sound Editor: Helen Whitehead, Sound Editor: Mark Gravil
Cast
(30)
Yolanda Vazquez (Maria), David O'Hara (Michael), Jemmais Keval-Baxter (Maria's child), Sophie Okonedo (Melanie), Linda Davidson (Danielle), Rudi Davies (Jessica), Gary Mavers (Harry), Nick Woodeson (Roland), Bob Goody (compere), Ricardo Aliaga (the Spaniard), Kathryn Hunter (Margarita Guzman), Seeta Indrani (Christina Ramirez), Ray Marioni (Spanish producer), Robert Purvis (Stixman), Alec McCowen (Father McCarthy), Paul Mckay (young priest), Anna Korwin (Giuseppina), Michael Mellinger (Antonio), Anita Zagaria (Bruna), Avril Clark (Isabella), Guido Adorni (Enrico), Nancy Nevinson (Luisa), Anna Mazzotti (Gabriella), Marcello Magni (Giovanni), Fiona Shaw (Pauline), David Belcher (Mr Boyd), Usha Patel (Sally), Richard Cottan (anaesthetist), Lisa Tramontin (scrub nurse), Erika Spotswood (nurse)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(3)
In: Variety 18 Jan 1993 Page: 79Title: [Variety - 18 Jan 1993: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v3 n3 March 1993 Pages: 56-57
Title: [Sight and Sound - v3 n3 March 1993: no known title]Author: LIPMAN, Amanda Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n834 22 Nov 1991 Page: 18
Title: [Screen International - n834 22 Nov 1991: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Video materials(1)
Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 93.2 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1993-03-28BFI identifier: C-728578
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape