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"Play for Today" Nuts in May (1976)



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Overview

User Rating:
7.9/10   575 votes
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Writer:
Mike Leigh (deviser)
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Original Air Date:
13 January 1976 (Season 6, Episode 12)
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Plot:
A middle-class couple go camping in Dorset, but peace and quiet elude them. full summary | add synopsis
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Carry on camping more (24 total)

Cast

  (Episode Complete credited cast)
Roger Sloman ... Keith
Alison Steadman ... Candice Marie
Anthony O'Donnell ... Ray
Sheila Kelley ... Honky
Stephen Bill ... Finger
Richenda Carey ... Miss Beale
Eric Allan ... Quarryman
Matthew Guinness ... Farmer
Sally Watts ... Farm Girl
Richard Ireson ... Policeman
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Runtime:
84 min
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Fun Stuff

Quotes:
[Keith is brandishing a big stick at Finger, to stop him making a fire which is against camp-site rules]
Keith: [ranting] Get away from me! I'll knock your head off!
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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Carry on camping, 31 January 2006
Author: jlon from Dublin

I love this movie.

Three groups camp out in a field but don't get on particularly well.

Small-scale comedy involving a couple who decide to take a break in the country. There were no mobile phones back then but people didn't have earpieces for their radios so the holiday is interrupted. Then along comes a pair that should not be allowed to camp anywhere. There are dozens of funny scenes in this movie: the hitchhiker who turns out to be the nasty neighbour, the sing-along, the fight that ends in tears, the way the couple gatecrash a dairy and quarry expecting to be treated like guests, the dialogue, the lectures on sausages and the country code. I had a cousin like that guy - all compasses and Swiss army knives. This is how good movies are done - small cast, great script and performances, no subplots, short duration, a unique perspective, simple setting, few locations, realist approach, and a sad-but-true message. Watch this movie the next time it's on TV.

Nuts in May is a great true-to-life comedy.

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