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Too Late to Talk to Billy (Original title)
Dates: 1982 (Copyright), 16 February 1982 (Television)

Countries: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Director: Paul Seed

Production company billing: ©1982. BBC [end] BBC Northern Ireland
Synopsis: Play by J. Graham Reid. The Martin family live off the Donegall Road in Belfast. The parents are estranged and the family split, in particular Billy and his father Norman. First of a trilogy of Reid's plays about the Martin family.

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TV Transmissions
Date: 16 February 1982Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:25-22:50Slot duration: 85 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 03 May 1983Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:25-22:50Slot duration: 85 minsNetwork

Credits (26)
©: BBC, Production Company: BBC Northern Ireland, Executive Producer: Neil Zeiger, Producer: Chris Parr, Assistant Floor Manager: Ian Hopkins, Production Manager: Martin Proctor, Production Assistant: Jenny Gordon, [Written] By: J. Graham Reid, Lighting: Clive Thomas, Film Cameraman: Colin Munn, Additional Film: Arthur Rowell, Studio Lighting: Clive Thomas, George Campbell, Studio Cameraman: Sam Wilson, Graphic Design: Ian Hewett, Film Editor: Angus Newton, Vision Mixer: Avril Barker, Videotape Editor: Graham Sisson, Designer: Diane Menaul, Costume Designer: Rodger Parker, Make-up: Kathy Carruth, Studio Sound: Dixie Deane, Film Sound: Dennis Panchen, Dubbing Mixer: John Hale, Fight Arrangher: Frank Maher
Cast (12)
James Ellis (Norman Martin), Kenneth Branagh (Billy Martin), Bríd Brennan (Lorna Martin), Maggie Shevlin (Janet), Tracey Lynch (Ann), Ainé Gorman (Maureen), Mary Jackson (June Boyd), Catherine Gibson (Mrs Boyd), Colum Convey (Ian), Chrissie Cotterill (Shirley), Walter McMonagle (Stevie), John Hewitt (John Fletcher)