Marks (1982)

1982 | UK | Alan Bennett | ★★★

Produced for the BBC2 Playhouse strand and shown during the Objects of Affection season, Alan Bennett's bold and unusual Marks is a visually interesting and well-acted though only mildly engaging television drama that just about gets by on ambition and moxie.

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"Les is an aimless young man, unemployed and still living with his mother. He decides to give her a present – her name tattooed on his arm…" BBC


See also:
BBC2 Playhouse (1973–83)
Objects of Affection (1982)

Say Something Happened (1982)

1982 | UK | Alan Bennett | ★★★★★

Alan Bennett's gently funny, quietly affecting Say Something Happened is a small, beautifully crafted BBC play, featuring fine photography, wonderful scripting, and a trio of adroitly observed performances (Thora Hird, Hugh Lloyd, Julie Walters).

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"Mr and Mrs Rhodes have a caller - a social worker pestering them about hypothermia. Unfortunately June isn't a very good social worker." BBC


See also:
BBC2 Playhouse (1973–83)
Objects of Affection (1982)

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Rolling Home (1982)

1982 | UK | Alan Bennett | ★★★★

Shown during the Objects of Affection season, Alan Bennett's melancholically witty Rolling Home is a beautifully written, sensitively acted BBC2 Playhouse drama, packed with mordant social commentary, thoughtful characterisation, and potent symbolism.

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"Dad has ended up in a corporation home - nice food, good grounds, but Dad simply gazes at the outside wall. Donald, the nurse, knows what's on the other side but he's not telling." BBC


See also:
BBC2 Playhouse (1973–83)
Objects of Affection (1982)