A Beast with Two Backs
A young local girl is murdered by a mentally disturbed youth, but the villagers blame a stranger, an Italian traveling showman and his bear, rather than see the rot in their own camp.
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20 Nov 1968 Written By Dennis Potter Patrick Barr Terence Sewards Roger Gartland Anthony Andrews Laurence Carter Madeleine Newbury Geraldine Newman Basil Henson Ron Eagleton Rica Fox Stephen Pudge Eddie Blow Kevin Toogood Llewellyn Rees Esther Lawrence Audine Leith Rosalie Horner Christian Rodska Denis Carey The Wednesday Play was an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 for six seasons from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually original works written for television, although dramatic adaptations of fiction (and occasionally stage plays) also featured. The series gained a reputation for presenting contemporary social dramas, and for bringing issues to the attention of a mass audience that would not otherwise have been discussed on screen. Some of British television drama's most influential, and controversial, plays were shown in this slot, including Up the Junction and Cathy Come Home. The earliest television plays of Dennis Potter were featured in this slot. (Wikipedia)
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- Director
- Lionel Harris
- Starring
- Patrick Barr, Denis Carey, Laurence Carter, Madeleine Newbury, Christian Rodska, Geraldine Newman, Roger Gartland, Terence Sewards
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