'Nuts in May'
- Episode aired Jan 13, 1976
- 1h 21m
A middle-class couple go camping in Dorset, but peace and quiet elude them.A middle-class couple go camping in Dorset, but peace and quiet elude them.A middle-class couple go camping in Dorset, but peace and quiet elude them.
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- TriviaThe registration number of the Morris Minor has the letters "BY". Really used by the Croydon vehicle registration office in the days before regionalisation.
- GoofsWhen Keith stops the car to give Ray a lift it is pouring with rain, yet when they start driving the wipers are wiping a dry windscreen.
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[Keith and Candice Marie are perched next to Corfe Castle, surveying the surrounding countryside]
Keith: Look at this view, Brownsea Island, Round Island, the Lakeland of Dorset... pity about the power station in the background, never mind... there are the heaths, Newton Heath, Rempstone Heath, Witch Heath... disused railway line going up to Wareham... and the great nimbocumulus rising above it all like great puffs of cotton wool.
Candice Marie: Look at all this rubbish Keith.
Keith: What?
Candice Marie: Isn't it awful, look at all those tin cans.
Keith: [disinterested] Yes...
Candice Marie: Just imagine Keith, if all the people who lived here could come back... to all these crisp bags and sweet papers, they'd be horrified wouldn't they?
Keith: They'd find it difficult to comprehend all the changes that have taken place in the world.
Candice Marie: Do you think they do come back Keith?
Keith: What?
Candice Marie: Their ghosts.
Keith: No...
[Keith is distracted momentarily by something in the distance]
Keith: There's a car going up the B3351.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Arena: Mike Leigh Making Plays (1982)
The humour derives from the situations that the couple encounter which bring out the curious mixture of autocracy and liberalism in their characters. This reaches a climax with the arrival at the campsite of Honkey and Finger, a couple of rowdy Brummie bikers who infuriate Keith with their free and easy approach to life. When they try to light a campfire (forbidden by the camp rules), Keith attempts to lay down the law and all hell breaks loose.
The film is one long string of hilarious set pieces (still quoted in my family years after seeing it)My favourite is when Honkey and Finger shout 'get back to your tent' to Keith, who loses his temper and shows his true colours by shouting 'AND YOU GET BACK TO YOUR TENEMENTS!'
Overall a non-stop laughter session. But beware, the comedy is low key and character based. If your favourite comedy is 'The Nutty Professor' you probably won't like this much.
- hugh1971
- Oct 17, 2002