Funny Farm (Play for Today)

"Funny Farm" is the 13th episode of fifth season of the British BBC anthology TV series Play for Today. The episode was a television play that was originally broadcast on 27 February 1975. "Funny Farm" was written by Roy Minton, directed by Alan Clarke, produced by Mark Shivas, and starred Tim Preece.[1][2]

"Funny Farm"
Play for Today episode
Ad featuring Tim Preece
Episode no.Series 5
Episode 13
Directed byAlan Clarke
Written byRoy Minton
Produced byMark Shivas
Original air date27 February 1975 (1975-02-27)

Alan Wellbeck (Tim Preece) is a nurse in a mental hospital. His day-to-day struggles with personal feelings and troubled patients provide humour and pathos against the backdrop of a public institution.[3]

Cast

  • Tim Preece as Alan Welbeck
  • Allan Surtees as Arthur Rothwell
  • Bernard Severn as Ted Spinner
  • Michael Bilton as Sidney Charlton
  • Kenneth Scott as Jonathan
  • John Locke as Jeff West
  • Gordon Christie as Jack
  • Anthony Langdon as Les Dewhurst
  • Wally Thomas as Mr. Chadd
  • Donald Bisset as Mr. Scully
  • Terence Davies as Walter
  • Arnold Diamond as James Ball
  • Francis Mortimer as Graham
  • Helena McCarthy as Joyce
  • Michael Percival as John
  • Dorothy Frere as Edna Ball
  • Chris Sanders as Bill Spence
  • Patricia Moore as Miss Taylor
  • John Cross

References

  1. "Funny Farm (1975)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 July 2017.
  2. "Broadcast – BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 27 February 1975.
  3. "Funny Farm (1975) – British Television Drama". 31 March 2013.


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