Chance of a Lifetime (Original title)
Date: 03 January 1980 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: Giles Foster
Synopsis: Play by Robert Holman, about two brothers at a rural comprehensive in Teeside. The older brother, Gordon, joins the army and is killed by the IRA in Northern Ireland. The younger blames his father for letting Gordon join the army.
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TV Transmissions
Date: 03 January 1980Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:25-22:40Slot duration: 75 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Title: [Stage - 10 Jan 1980: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Review by Hazel Holt.
Date: 03 January 1980 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: Giles Foster
Synopsis: Play by Robert Holman, about two brothers at a rural comprehensive in Teeside. The older brother, Gordon, joins the army and is killed by the IRA in Northern Ireland. The younger blames his father for letting Gordon join the army.
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 03 January 1980Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:25-22:40Slot duration: 75 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Credits
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Production Company: BBC TV, Producer: Richard Eyre, Written by: Robert Holman, Film Cameraman: Peter Bartlett, Editor: David Martin, Designer: Geoff Powell, Music: George Fenton, Sound Recording: Dennis Panchen
Cast
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David Daker (Andrew Saville), Martyn Hesford (Gordon Saville), Richard Tolan (Philip Saville), Madelaine Newton (Jean), David Buck (Major Ian Anderson), Kenneth Macdonald (school teacher), Rachel Bell (school secretary), Stephen Greenwood (Stephen), Gary Patterson (Colin), Stuart Teale (headmaster), Oliver Maguire (Stephen Gallagher), J.G. Devlin (Old Mr Gallagher), Mollie Maureen (Old Mrs Gallagher), Christopher Denham (taxi driver), Tony Mchale, Christopher Reeks (recruiting sergeant), Max Hafler (army recruit), Norman Scace (pathologist), Peter Biddle (gardener), Joe Belcher (shift worker), Rose Hill (old lady), Alison Ambler (nurse)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Television Today 10 Jan 1980 Page: 27Title: [Stage - 10 Jan 1980: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Review by Hazel Holt.