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Post by Arthur Pringle on Oct 2, 2016 20:31:57 GMT
The Operation ( originally shown 26 Feb 1973 )
I picked this one to mention as it stars James Bond oncer George Lazenby & is also notable for what must have been a shocking scene for tv, I don't think I need to describe what is happening in the screencap. Lazenby stars as an amoral asset stripper in a play written by Roger Smith, who wrote the screenplay for the film version of 'Up The Junction' & directed by Roy Battersby, who is married to actress Judy Loe, who was Richard Beckinsale's wife. Once again a few Sweeney faces are present including Maurice Roeves, Johnny Shannon, Tony Caunter & Patsy Smart ( Alice the Greengrocer in Poppy ). A year before this George Lazenby was in a film called 'Who Saw Her Die?' a thriller set in Venice that bears striking resemblances to 'Don't Look Now' which was released a year later. Lazenby looks shockingly thin in this film ( see below ), not sure why, maybe he was ill.
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Post by Del Boy on Oct 3, 2016 8:36:51 GMT
Blimey i wouldn't have recognised him if you hadn't said who it was. I thought that by 1973 George Lazenby had dropped off the radar. I think his Bond outing was fine and they chopped him at least a film too early. The bloke in the middle screenshot looks like football manager Harry Redknapp
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Post by Charles Bronson on Oct 3, 2016 17:27:18 GMT
Blimey i wouldn't have recognised him if you hadn't said who it was. I thought that by 1973 George Lazenby had dropped off the radar. I think his Bond outing was fine and they chopped him at least a film too early. As Del says George Lazenby is unrecognisable in those photos. I wonder how he came to lose so much weight ? This would have been about five years after his one and only James Bond film. It's a shame he didn't make few more Bonds though, O.H.M.S.S. is one of my favourites in the series, of course Diana Rigg helped the film a lot. Sorry to go off thread there. I tried to watch one of the Plays For Today last night ( The one about the famous football pools winner in the sixties who said she was going to "spend, spend, spend." ) but the BBC had banned most of it off YouTube. Charles.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Oct 3, 2016 18:24:50 GMT
I've not looked recently but years ago there was someone on Lazenby's imdb discussion board posting as Lazenby & claiming to be him. He left quite a few comments & would reply to people. Of course no one believed it was really him, but he kept claiming he was George Lazenby & that he also used other forums where he said he encountered the same problem of no one believing he was the real deal. I asked him why he looked so thin in 'Who Saw Her Die?' but I got no reply No reason why it couldn't have been him as he is an unorthodox character & quite a few 'stars' do post on imdb. The actor helping the woman find her contact lens is Michael Gover, best known for being a regular character on the 70's series 'Survivors'.
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Post by Del Boy on Oct 3, 2016 19:11:59 GMT
You would think that websites could help to verify accounts for these people either way.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Oct 4, 2016 17:18:40 GMT
Spend Spend Spend ( 15 Mar 1977 )
Tragi-comic play adapted by Jack Rosenthal from Viv Nicholson's 1976 autobiography of the same name, though it was Nicholson's husband Keith who actually won £152,319 in 1961 ( over £3 million in today's money ), it was his wife's spending & then in later life her relationship, money, alcohol & mental health problems, etc. that caught the tabloid's attention. A photograph of Viv Nicholson features on The Smiths 'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now' single cover. She died last year aged 79. Jack Rosenthal wrote 2 other Play For Todays- 'Hot Fat' in 1974 & 'Bar Mitzvah Boy' in 1976 & wrote many memorable plays for tv including 'Another Sunday & Sweet FA' ( 1972 ) 'The Evacuees' ( 1975 ) 'Ready When You Are Mr McGill' ( 1976 ) 'The Knowledge' ( 1979 ) 'P'tang Yang Kipperbang' ( 1982 ) 'The Chain' (1984 ) He also created the sitcom 'The Lovers' & the popular series 'London's Burning'. Director John Goldschmidt did 2 other PFT's- 'Speech Day' 1973 & 'Vampires' 1979. Bad Apple John Lyons stars as the Pools man. www.veoh.com/watch/v111799093NcAfgxD8
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Post by The Saint on Oct 4, 2016 18:45:32 GMT
Thanks for posting Arthur I watched Jack Rosenthal's The Knowledge last week, I had not seen it in years, but it was still as good as I remembered. The Saint
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Post by Steve Austin on Oct 4, 2016 18:57:20 GMT
Thanks for posting Arthur I remember watching The Knowledge and P'Tang Yang Kipperbang, both really enjoyable. Must dig them out and give them another viewing.
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Post by Del Boy on Oct 4, 2016 19:32:50 GMT
I'm familiar with Jack Rosenthals The Knowledge and of course London's Burning. Didn't London's Burning start off as a one off play then get commissioned as a series ?
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Oct 4, 2016 19:42:58 GMT
Thanks both. I remember P'tang Yang from Channel 4's first few days mainly because of the strange title. Certainly one of the best writers for tv, a pity his & other writers plays are not revived more often though you can get a lot of his stuff on dvd including Jack Rosenthal At ITV from Network which includes several of his best.
Yes it was originally a tv film Del. There are also two versions of both 'The Chain' ( story about removal men ) & 'Ready When You Are Mr.McGill' ( about an extra & film crew making a tv play ).
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