"Play for Today" Land of Green Ginger (1973)

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Director:

Brian Parker

Writer:

Alan Plater (writer)

TV Series:

"Play for Today" (1970)

Original Air Date:

15 January 1973 (Season 3, Episode 12)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

Faced with the prospect of being sent to work abroad, Sally Brown returns home from London to Hull,...

Plot Keywords:

Male Female Relationship

Cast

Gwen Taylor	...	Sally Brown
John Flanagan	...	Mike Thurlow
Jean Heywood	...	Mrs. Brown
Michael Elwyn	...	Reynolds
Ivy Cawood	...	Mrs. Thurlow
Clive Hunter	...	Taxi Driver
Ted Denyer	...	Uncle Jack

Runtime:

50 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Hull, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

The title song, sung by Hull folk group The Watersons, was "The North-Country Maid".

Quotes:

[on the train to Hull]
Reynolds: Are you travelling to Hull?
Sally Brown: Yes.
Reynolds: Going back home?
Sally Brown: Just for the weekend. How did you guess?
Reynolds: Experience... plus instinct. People from Hull, they all have this mysterious northern mist behind their eyes.
Sally Brown: You must be clever.
Reynolds: Not really.
Sally Brown: It takes a clever feller to talk rubbish like that.
Reynolds: No, what it is, it's envy.
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