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Mike Leigh (writer)
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Original Air Date:
1 November 1977 (Season 8, Episode 3)
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A TV play based on the Hampstead Theatre production. Beverly has invited her new neighbours, Angela and Tony... more | add synopsis
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love it or hate it you'll never forget it more (22 total)
Cast
(Episode Complete credited cast) | Alison Steadman | ... | Beverly |
| Tim Stern | ... | Laurence |
| Janine Duvitski | ... | Angela |
| John Salthouse | ... | Tony |
| Harriet Reynolds | ... | Susan |
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102 min
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Alison Steadman was heavily pregnant with her and Mike Leigh's son while playing this role, but the flowing evening dress disguises the bump. more
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Angela:
I got very drunk on champagne at our wedding, do you remember?
[Tony remembers it all too clearly]
Tony:
[with feeling] Yeah.
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Featured in All About 'Abigail's Party' (2007) (TV) more
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Forever and Ever more
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for "Play for Today" (1970)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| cramp | kathmaxwell828586 |
| The Candelabra | adriancollins |
| Favourite Quotes | susieq19 |
| BEVERLY | MKHDP |
| Piece of music | Bon_Jovi_chick |
| That piece of music | simoncatweazle |
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i was an avid watcher of 'play for today' because the next day at work everybody would talk about it.in the case of abigail's party people still talk about it now.
when the wonderful alison steadman created the social climbing hostess beverly,she created a monster.as she strutted her stuff we cringed.her awful taste in music,her walking all over her husband,her unsubtle attempts to seduce tony,her thanking sue for the bottle of red wine and putting it in the fridge.
when the play was re-screened two years later it captured an audience of 16 million.it has since become a favourite for brave amateur drama groups.my favourite story concerning this is the group that decided to stage the play and use real alcoholic drinks-they never made it to act 2.