Beast with Two Backs, A
- Synopsis
- Dennis Potter’s television drama. The story tells of an Italian showman and his dancing bear arriving in the neighbourhood at the same time a violent attack occurs. The scapegoats are the bear and a simple-minded villager. Some critics perceive striking echoes with Sam Peckinpah’s film STRAW DOGS, released three years later, but Potter’s focus is not on deliverance through machismo, but on the destructiveness of religious and sexual guilt and hypocrisy. With Patrick Barr, Dennis Carey. [71 minutes].
- Series
- Wednesday Play, The
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2015
- Year of production
- 1968
- Notes
- First shown BBC 1 20th November 1968.
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- television drama
Credits
- Director
- Lionel Harris
- Producer
- Patrick Barr (3)
- Cinematographer
- Ken Westbury
- Writer
- Dennis Potter
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Online Retailer
- Name
BBC Store
- Web
- https://store.bbc.com/ External site opens in new window
- Notes
- NB. From May 2017 programmes are no longer available to buy on BBC Store. From November 1st 2017 the store will close completely and programmes bought from BBC Store will no longer be available to watch. Customers who have bought items from BBC Store will be contacted by email and refunded for their purchases either by full cash refund or Amazon video vouchers.
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