Secrets (TV 1973)

Secrets Chocolates receive an unexpected sales boost when three maintenance workers fall into the chocolate vat and are fed through the production line.

Director:

James Cellan Jones

Writers:

Terry Jones, Michael Palin

Stars:

Hilda Barry, Brian Coburn, David Collings

Cast

Credited cast:
Hilda Barry	...	Despatch Lady
Brian Coburn	...	Foreman
David Collings	...	Atkinson
Pamela Coveny	...	Housewife
Sarah Douglas	...	Beautiful Girl
Gretchen Franklin	...	Mrs. Pitt
Julian Holloway	...	Robinson
George Innes	...	Saville
Warren Mitchell	...	Rose
Judy Robinson	...	Country Girl
Clifford Rose	...	Villon
Godfrey Talbot	...	Handsome Man
George Tovey	...	Lorry Driver
Hugh Walters	...	Jackson
Brian Wilde	...	Major Forster

Storyline

Secrets Chocolates receive an unexpected sales boost when three maintenance workers fall into the chocolate vat and are fed through the production line.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 August 1973 (UK)

Also Known As:

Black and Blue: Secrets

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

55 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Comedy Connections: Ripping Yarns (2008)

User Reviews

Interesting and entertaining from 2 ex-pythons

Around the time the Monty Python material was coming to an end and they decided to move on to other things, Terry Jones & Michael Palin were able to get the BBC to produce a series of scripts they were working on into TV movies. SECRETS is one of those, from 1973, and is a black comedy about a manufacturer of boxed chocolates in England who find themselves trying to retrieve a consignment of their product that have been contaminated when some workers fall into the machinery and their remains end up being accidentally put into the fillings. Panic ensues as the factory boss (Warren Mitchell) desperately tried to recall the product on the quiet (the accident is hushed up) but unfortunately the new and unusual taste becomes a hit with the unsuspecting British public.

SECRETS was an experimental script that was turned into the film CONSUMING PASSIONS many years later. It's quite well written by Jones & Palin, and although it is just a TV film, it is an interesting watch with Warren Mitchell producing another solid performance. Unfortunately the BBC no longer have the master copy of the tape (presumably it was wiped many years ago) and the only known existing copy is from a 30+ year old home videotape. This tape was cleaned up as far as is reasonably possible and the programme was added as an extra feature onto the RIPPING YARNS DVD released by the BBC (thats where i found out about it). RIPPING YARNS was a great show anyway but putting SECRETS as an extra is a nice little bonus for fans.