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Screen Two: East of Ipswich (BBC, 1987)
"You'll be leaving us very shortly, and before boys go out into the difficult and dangerous world of senior schools, I give them what is called a 'sex talk'. I expect you've already heard boys talking about sex, have you?"
"Having babies, sir?"
"Yes. Reproduction. Good, good."
"I sort of know a bit. We've got a dog."
"Good. Good."
#screen two#east of ipswich#michael palin#single play#bbc#1987#tristram powell#john nettleton#pat heywood#edward rawle hicks#allan cuthbertson#rosemary macvie#oona kirsch#pippa hinchley#joan sanderson#graham crowden#janine duvitski#timothy bateson#john wagland#roger brierley#a gently comic‚ slight but enjoyable bit of coming of age drama from Palin (coming directly between his years as a comic performer and#actor‚ and his reinvention as the king of the travelogue at the end of the decade). fairly autobiographical in nature‚ Palin was inspired#by his own family holidays as a teenager on the English coast; in particular‚ the play apparently closely mirrors his own meeting with his#future wife Helen (who sadly passed last month). i couldn't tell you which of the girls in the story represents her however‚ nor am i#convinced Palin didn't play with the narrative to subvert expectations (the girl with whom he seems ideally suited is not the one with whom#he is finally united). a very gentle‚ subtle humour pervades: allusions to Mr Burrill's gastric issues‚ the desperate snobbishness of the#assembled guests and the blockheadedness of Duvitski's maid character. it's a far cry from some of the other work Screen Two were putting#out at this point (eg Alan Clarke's seminal Contact or Simon Gray's acidic Quatermaine's Terms) but it's cosy and quite a comforting watch#the highlight for me is the all too brief appearance by Graham Crowden as the boy's hopelessly uncomfortable headmaster delivering#a horrific sermon on sex whilst repeatedly grasping at his knee in desperation or discomfort. it's a beautifully comic bit
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Coming This Halloween
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