Alan Plater at ITV

Synopsis: This anthology celebrates the diversity of Alan Plater’s work for ITV, featuring performances by Helen Mirren, Kenneth Branagh, James Bolam, Alison Steadman, Michael Gambon, Dennis Waterman and Ray Brooks, among many others. The set includes:
Single plays - Play for Love: The Party of the First Part and Coming Through;

Classic episodes from series - The Beiderbecke Affair: What I Don’t Understand Is
This... (Jazz fan Trevor Chaplin wants only one thing: a set of Bix Beiderbecke records);
Oranges and Lemons: Brotherly Love (An ex-docker is grieved that his two sons seem irreconcilable); The Loner: Dawson’s Complaint (Dawson is a man who aims is to change the world. This is the story of his failure); Flambards: Christina (Orphan Christina learns - painfully - the art of living among men); Shades of Darkness: The Intercessor
(A writer lodging in a ‘quiet’ house is disturbed by the sound of a child crying.)
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2011
Year of production: 1985
Subjects: Drama; Media studies
Keywords: archive television; television drama; Plater, Alan

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Notes: Founded in 1997, Network specialises in distributing niche television programmes, predominantly licensed from Granada Ventures and Fremantle. They have recently branched into feature film distribution. Sale via retail outlets or direct via Network’s website, which has some’web exclusive’ offers.

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