Confessions from a Holiday Camp (Original title)
Date: 25 September 1977 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Norman Cohen
Synopsis: Timothy Lea is recruited to the staff of a seaside holiday centre populated with enough girls to offer compensation for low pay and spartan working conditions.
Genre: Sex comedy
Releases
Date: 1977Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 88 mins Length: 7980 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Screen International - n81 2 Apr 1977: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: (credits).
In: Films and Filming v24 n1 October 1977 Page: 36
Title: [Films and Filming - v24 n1 October 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v44 n524 September 1977 Pages: 190-191
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v44 n524 September 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n101 20 Aug 1977 Page: 16
Title: [Screen International - n101 20 Aug 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 17 Aug 1977 Page: 20
Title: [Variety - 17 Aug 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Films Illustrated v7 n73 September 1977 Page: 4
Title: [Films Illustrated - v7 n73 September 1977: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
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Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-591263
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7942 FeetBFI identifier: C-878185
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-591263
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(2)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7994 FeetBFI identifier: C-33224
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7942 FeetBFI identifier: C-878185
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Date: 25 September 1977 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Norman Cohen
Synopsis: Timothy Lea is recruited to the staff of a seaside holiday centre populated with enough girls to offer compensation for low pay and spartan working conditions.
Genre: Sex comedy
Releases
Date: 1977Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 88 mins Length: 7980 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(36)
©: Columbia Pictures Industries Inc., [Production Company]: Swiftdown Productions, Presents: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Executive Producer: Michael Klinger, Produced by: Greg Smith, Production Supervisor: Frank Bevis, Production Accountant: Brian Harris, Production Assistant: Valerie Chamberlain, Producer's Secretary: Christine Hoy, 1st Assistant Director: Bill Westley, 2nd Assistant Director: Chris Carreras, Continuity: Marjorie Lavelly, Casting Director: Weston Drury Jr, Screenplay by: Christopher Wood, Based on the Timothy Lea novel by: Timothy Lea, Director of Photography: Ken Hodges, Camera Operator: Brian Elvin, Gaffer: Steve Birtles, Stills Photographer: Joe Pearce, Film Editor: Geoffrey Foot, Assistant Editor: Bryan Tilling, Production Designer: Harry Pottle, Construction Manager: Fred Gunning, Wardrobe Mistress: Joyce Stoneman, Make-up Supervisor: Eddie Knight, Hairdressing Supervisor: Daphne Martin, Titles by National Screen Service: National Screen Service Ltd., Electrics: Elstree Lighting Ltd., Music Composed and Conducted by: Ed Welch, Sound Recording: Dennis Whitlock, Sound Mixer: Bill Rowe, Sound Editor: Tony Lenny, Dialogue Editor: Roy Lafbery, Unit Publicist: Chris Nixon, Made at: EMI-Elstree Studios
Cast
(36)
Robin Askwith (Timothy Lea), Anthony Booth (Sidney Noggett), Doris Hare (Mum), Bill Maynard (Dad), Sheila White (Rosie), Colin Crompton (Roughage), Liz Fraser (Mrs Whitemonk), Linda Hayden (Brigitte), John Junkin (Mr Whitemonk), Lance Percival (Lionel), Nicola Blackman (Blackbird), Nicholas Owen (Kevin), Caroline Ellis (Glad), Sue Upton (Reen), Penny Meredith (married woman), David Auker (Alberto Smarmi), Mike Savage (Kevin's dad), Janet Edis (Kevin's mum), Deborah Brayshaw (go-kart girl), Kim Hardy (announcer), John Bryant (young man), Charlie Stewart (Piper), Carrie Jones, Julia Bond (bikini girl), Betty Hare, Winifred Braemar, Bertie Hare (mourner), Margo Field (Mrs Dimwiddy), Marianne Stone (waitress), Leonard Woodrow (chaplain), Lauri Lupino Lane (mayor), Ingrid Bower, Robert Booth, Michael Segal (holidaymaker), Matt Kilroy (chauffeur), Jake Cooper (Jason)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(6)
In: Screen International n81 2 Apr 1977 Page: 15Title: [Screen International - n81 2 Apr 1977: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: (credits).
In: Films and Filming v24 n1 October 1977 Page: 36
Title: [Films and Filming - v24 n1 October 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v44 n524 September 1977 Pages: 190-191
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v44 n524 September 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n101 20 Aug 1977 Page: 16
Title: [Screen International - n101 20 Aug 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 17 Aug 1977 Page: 20
Title: [Variety - 17 Aug 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Films Illustrated v7 n73 September 1977 Page: 4
Title: [Films Illustrated - v7 n73 September 1977: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-591263
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7942 FeetBFI identifier: C-878185
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-591263
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(2)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7994 FeetBFI identifier: C-33224
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7942 FeetBFI identifier: C-878185
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)