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ANGELS ARE SO FEW

UK / BBC1 / 1x65 minute episode / Broadcast 5 November 1970

Writer: Dennis Potter / Costume: Elizabeth Agombar / Design: Stanley Morris / Camera: John Turner / Producer: Graeme McDonald / Director: Gareth Davies

In the fantasy drama Angels Are So Few, which was an entry in the Play For Today strand Michael Biddles. begins to believe that he is an angel sent from above and targets a number of people convinced he can do good, but tragedy awaits. In an interview for Radio Times in October 1970, Potter said of it: "It's about the way we manipulate our fantasies to protect ourselves and what happens to us when they are ripped away."

cast
TOM BELL as Michael Biddle
CHRISTINE HARGREAVES as Cynthia Nicholls
BARRY COOKSON as Richard Nicholls
GODFREY JAMES as Postman
SUSAN RICHARDS as Mrs Cawser
ERIK CHITTY as Mr Cawser
BERYL COOK as Storyteller
DENISE BUCKLEY as Danish Girl
KENNETH IVES as Interviewer


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