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The Piano (Original title)
Date: 28 January 1971 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: James Cellan Jones

Synopsis: Play about an elderly couple who don't want to be moved from the house in which they have lived all their lives, but may be forced to as they live in a designated redevelopment area. The major point as far as they're concerned is that their piano won't fit in one of the new council places they have been offered.

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TV Transmissions
Date: 28 January 1971Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:20-22:25Slot duration: 65 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 10 August 1972Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:25-22:30Slot duration: 65 minsNetwork

Credits (7)
Production Company: BBC TV, Producer: Graeme McDonald, Script Editor: Ann Scott, Script: Julia Jones, Designer: Peter Kindred, Music: Richard Holmes
Cast (8)
Glyn Owen (Willie), Janet Munro (Mabel), Leo Franklin (Edgar), Hilda Barry (Ada), James Cossins (Jeremy), Brian Wilde (Ted), Roy Barraclough (Claud), Harry Littlewood (Enoch)