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"BBC2 Playhouse" Grown-Ups (1980)
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Mike Leigh (writer)
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28 November 1980
(Season 7, Episode 5)
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Dick and Mandy, a young working class couple, move into a council house in Canterbury, and find Mr. Butcher...
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excellent film
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(Episode Credited cast) | Brenda Blethyn | ... | Gloria |
 | Philip Davis | ... | Dick |
| Lindsay Duncan | ... | Christine Butcher |
| Janine Duvitski | ... | Sharon |
| Sam Kelly | ... | Ralph Butcher |
 | Lesley Manville | ... | Mandy |
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95 min
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Continuity: The cup handle changes sides as Christine is handing it to Gloria
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if you are a mike leigh fan then this one really is a must.
it is undoubtedly dated and technically crude - it was filmed in 1980 for TV - but in a way this adds to the sense of period.
the acting is superb - both hilarious and moving in the same way that secrets and lies was. in many ways this piece is in fact the precursor to that movie. the character brenda blethyn plays is an obvious relation to the one in secrets and lies and just as touching and funny. she is the lynch-pin here and the instigator of the more farcical elements. yet the other cast members are just as good and provide the background and emotional depth to the piece.
a lot of leigh's early TV work has dimmed with the passing of time, but this is a key work which ranks amongst his best. it marks the transition from a more experimental style to the more confident approach he showed in the cinema thereafter.
i had been wanting to see grown-ups since its first transmission, as i had fond memories of it. when i finally did recently i was not disappointed. it is his most under-rated work and i think one of the crown jewels. i hope you enjoy it as much as i did.