lovegod

anyone remember this TV play ?

perhaps it was the fact it was all on location
in the Norfolk Broads that fascinated me and I remember it
( and of course the nude scene )

Was nt there another TV play....... Rock of Ages ? or something
set in Cheddar Gorge, again, all outdoor location
(by that guy with the skin problem )

I think the writers of these two plays are pretty big fish
in theatre and TV ( just can t think of their names ! )

Harleybloke

No....................but I wishI did........................

Freddy

This is Way Upstream by Alan Aykbourn. The male actor is Nick Dunning.
Have a look at

Way Upstream (1987) (TV)

Also there has been another thread on this a few months back, which I looked up. So your thanks must go to Bristol UK who identified this originally.

Regards

Freddy

batman

And she is the lovely Joanne Pearce.

"Aha Mr Aubergine ... that's where you're wrong!"

lovegod

thanks, 1987 , that seems about right
(well worth another showing again , but will it happen ? )
(why don t they put these gems on podcast somewhere ? )

Now, I wonder if anyone can nail the Cheddar Gorge play
that was filmed in outside location at the gorge .
(maybe it was around 1969 ? )

oxfam1uk

Do you mean "A Beast with Two Backs" ?

It was filmed (well, the exteriors were) in the Forest of Dean, near Dennis Potter's birthplace.

The story is apparently based on a local legend, that Potter adapted for his own purposes - sexual obsession and degradation, now there's a surprise !

lovegod

thanks , you ve hit on the name Denis Potter
but this play Im thinking of must have been in the
sixties and was probably in black and white ?


It was filmed on location in Cheddar Gorge and was
basically a family outing in a car and the teenage boy
having an encounter with a well endowed young lady
(you see, Denis was sex obsessed even back then ! )

oxfam1uk

Ah, I think it must be this one "The Gorge", written by Peter Nichols.

"The Wednesday Play" The Gorge (1968)

lovegod

oops my wires are crossed
I thought it was an early Denis Potter play and that
reply about Denis confirmed me in my error

Hmm Peter Nichols, interesting, Ill have to google
that name and do a bit of research

thanks, well done for nailing one of my fond memories !


But it was nt 64, there must have been a replay
in 68 or 69