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Red Letter Day: Season 1, Episode 1Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill (11 Jan. 1976)A film extra has won a chance for the big break in his career. He has two crucial lines in a television film, but nothing goes according to plan. Director:Mike Newell |
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Title: Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill (11 Jan 1976)
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Diana Davies | ... |
Val
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Joe Belcher | ... |
Gaffer
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Mark Wing-Davey | ... |
Terry
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Stanley Lebor | ... |
Don
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Jim Bywater | ... |
Geoff
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Fred Feast | ... |
Kenneth - Sound Recordist
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Peter Russell | ... |
Colin
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Joyce Kennedy | ... |
Deirdre
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John Proctor | ... |
Milkman
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Wenda Brown | ... |
Shirley
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Eileen Davies | ... |
Jean
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Marty Cruikshank | ... |
Betty
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A film extra has won a chance for the big break in his career. He has two crucial lines in a television film, but nothing goes according to plan.
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11 January 1976 (UK) See more »Filming Locations:
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The TV drama which should have been screened again following writer Jack Rosenthal's recent death, but TV being what it is at the moment, no chance. Well, that's a loss to today's audience.
Mike Newell directed this very funny tale of an extra finally given a line to say. Mr McGill of course is the extra from hell, from his enthusiasm for being given something constructive to do to the really funny spectacle of watching him try to get his line right. Joe Black has just the right note for Mr McGill.
As the egotistical Phil the Director, Jack Shepherd is hilarious; while Mark Wing-Davey does a fair bit of scene-stealing as the assistant director who has to deal with all the hassle of a shoot from invading kids to an over-sensitive sound man (Fred Feast, best known as Fred Gee in Coronation Street).
Watch the man painting the building where the cameras are rolling. Never has watching paint dry been so funny!