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BBC2 Playhouse: Season 7, Episode 27Going Gently (5 Jun. 1981)Play about two elderly cancer patients suffering in hospital. Director:Stephen Frears |
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Title: Going Gently (05 Jun 1981)
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Bernard Flood
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Sister Scarli
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Austin Miller
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Gladys Flood
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Margaret Whiting | ... |
Sister Marvin
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Peter Attard | ... |
George Flood
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Ray Hassett | ... |
Priest
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Garry Cooper | ... |
Orderly
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Ivan Steward | ... |
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Bill Dean | ... |
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John Mulcahy | ... |
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Ann Queensberry | ... |
Iris Voluntary worker
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Edward Lyon | ... |
Surgeon
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Christian Burgess | ... |
Resident
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Robert Hickson | ... |
Doctor
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Play about two elderly cancer patients suffering in hospital.
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"Going Gently" is a first class TV play which has received a new and well-deserved life on BBC's Judi Dench Collection. Dealing with two men in the terminal stage of cancer it hardly sounds like "must see" entertainment. However, I have never seen a better depiction of individuals coming to terms with illness and their mortality. It has much humour (albeit dark), and it also is comforting to see the principal characters retaining their individual personalities in spite of their environment and the discomfort and detached attitudes of hospital workers, family and others who must also cope with the reality of death. Norman Wisdom and Fulton MacKay turn in excellent performances as does Judi Dench in a somewhat secondary role. Highly recommended.