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The Last Romantics (Original title)Q (Working title)
Date: 29 March 1992 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Jack Gold

Production company billing: BBC Films for Screen 2 In Colour
Synopsis: Story of love and betrayal set in the academic world of Cambridge during the 1960s. Based on the real-life characters of F.R.Leavis and Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch.

Subjects:
University of Cambridge, 1960s, Leavis, F.R. (1895-1978)

Series title:

TV Transmissions
Date: 29 March 1992Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:00-23:30Runtime: 89 mins 24 secs - Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 29 March 1992not specified

Credits (32)
Production Company: BBC Enterprises, Production Company: BBC Films, Production Company: BBC TV, Executive Producer: Barry Hanson, Executive Producer: Jo Lustig, Producer: David M. Thompson, Production Associate: Robin Gardiner, Location Manager: Gilly Hayward, Production Assistant: Caroline Houghton, Assistant Director: Martin Hutchings, Assistant Director: Peter Eryl Lloyd, Assistant Director: Psyche Ranson, Bill Baggs, Casting Adviser: Joyce Nettles, Script: Nigel Williams, Photography: David Feig, Visual Effects: Steve Lucas, Graphic Designer: Pippa Jones, Editor: Paul Tothill, Production Designer: Rob Hinds, Costume Designer: Jeremy Turner, Make-up Designer: Karen Thomas, Music: Carl Davis, Music Director: Carl Davis, Sound Recording: Keith Marriner, Sound Recording: Roger Slater, Sound Editor: Debbie Pragnell, Stunts: Dave Cronnelly, Stunts: Bill Weston, Stunts: Nicholas Powell, Stunts: Gareth Milne
Cast (11)
Ian Holm (Frank Raymond Leavis), Sara Kestelman (Queenie Leavis), Leo McKern (Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch), Alan Cumming (Tulloch), Rufus Sewell (Costain), John Lloyd Fillingham (young Leavis), Helga Brindle (young Queenie), Miranda Forbes (Miss Greve), Charles Dale (ambulance driver), Alice Douglas (Girton girl), Sean O'Callaghan (police constable)