"Telford's Change" (1979) TV series

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

7 January 1979 (UK)

Plot:

Telford had worked for many years in a bank, and had progressed to a senior role which involved him travelling overseas...

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Peter Barkworth	...	Mark Telford (10 episodes, 1979)
Hannah Gordon	...	Sylvia Telford (10 episodes, 1979)
Keith Barron	...	Tim Hart (7 episodes, 1979)
Nula Conwell	...	Julie (7 episodes, 1979)
Michael Maloney	...	Peter Telford (5 episodes, 1979)

Runtime:

50 min (10 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Relationship drama at its best

Almost every series I can thin of is being re-run over and over again, but this series disappeared after just one showing, although (or because?) it belongs in the category of one of the best made relationship-dramas, made the British way, with Hannah Gordon as the woman loosening up while the son is growing independent, and a husband who has kept the "stif-upper-lip". Barkworth next to Hannah Gordon definitely makes this series worth re-running (BBC PLEASE! LISTEN), although the environment - particularly the local bank - is somewhat out of date (or maybe just typical british?). Barkworth and Gordon are both at their best, which says a great deal. His speach near the end to/about the wife's lover is so sarcastic and well played, that I still remember it 24 years later!