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

Version of Consuming Passions (1988)

User Reviews

A superb example of a BBC television play

I knew very little of this play before I bought the "Ripping Yarns" DVD boxed set, on which it is included as an extra. I'm so glad to find that it was - even though it's sourced from an off-air recording, the picture quality is perfectly watchable and matters not a jot anyway when you consider the qualities of the script and the performances. Sharply written, excellently played with some superb turns from luminaries such as Warren Mitchell, David Collings and Brian Wilde, this is a brilliant example of the sort of one-off television play the BBC and indeed British television in general was once so famed for. That it was not preserved in the archives is a tragedy, but the fact that it exists in a home video format from as far back as 1973 is something to be thankful for. It does, however, sadly make one wonder just how many similar gems went out, were wiped and were not lucky enough to be preserved. This is almost worth the price of the "Ripping Yarns" set on its own, never mind the fact that that wonderful series in itself is on the discs!