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Paradise Postponed Episode 4 Living in the Past (Original title)
Date: 06 October 1986 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Alvin Rakoff

Synopsis: Henry and Agnes marry in Los Angeles, and when Agnes returns to England pregnant, Fred reassures her about the past. Leslie and Charlotte's shotgun wedding has proved unfruitful, but Leslie's business ventures are helping him climb the Young Conservative ladder.

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Date: 06 October 1986Broadcast channel: ITVCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:00-22:00Runtime: 52 mins 30 secs - Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound

Credits (8)
Production Company: Euston Films, Executive Producer: Lloyd Shirley, Executive Producer: Johnny Goodman, Producer: Jacqueline Davis, Script: John Mortimer, Designer: Michael Stringer, Transmission Company: Thames Television
Cast (37)
Peter Egan (Henry Simcox), Eleanor David (Agnes Simcox), David Threlfall (Leslie Titmuss), Zoë Wanamaker (Charlotte Titmuss), Peter Shelley (Fred Simcox), Jill Bennett (Lady Grace Fanner), Colin Blakely (Dr Salter), Michael Hordern (Simeon Simcox), William Hootkins (Benjamin K. Bugloss), Sylvia Coleridge (Mrs Amulet), Richard Vernon (Sir Nicholas Fanner), Thorley Walters (Doughty Strove), Annette Crosbie (Dorothy Simcox), Harry Towb (Jack Polefax), Albert Welling (The Rev. Kevin Bulstrode), Frances White (Monica Bulstrode), Harold Innocent (Jackson Cantelow), Ben Aris (TV News Reader), Sylvia Kay (Elsie Titmus), Dave Atkins (Ted Lawless), Thomas Heathcote (Tom Nowt), Bryan Pringle (Percy Bigwell), Tom Chadbon (Terry Fawcett), Richard Howard (Denis Kitson), Andrew Bicknell (Kempenflatt), George Belbin (Lord Naboth), Patrick Jordan (Brooks), Dominic Jephcott (Magnus Strove), Marsha Fitzalan (Jennifer Battley), Margaret Courtenay (Lady Naboth), Alan Rowe (Ryebrow), Patricia Lawrence (Elspeth Fairhazel), Donald Eccles (`Contessa'), Nicholas Amer (Contessa's Friend), Graham Young (Reporter), Ivan Beavis (Ben Leverett), Hugh Walters (Mayor)
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: DVDLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1485514
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access



Digital materials(1)
Description: MOVDuration: 00:52:23 minutesV210 - BFI identifier: N-3644597
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file



Video materials(2)
Description: DVDLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1485514
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access


Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 52.23 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1483762
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape