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ITV Network-London Weekend
Television (for Saturday Night Theatre) / 1x60 minute episode /
Broadcast Saturday 18 January 1969 @ 8.10pm
Writer: Colin Welland /
Producer: Kenith Trodd / Director: John McKenzie
Drama. A rugby team's
annual tour looks like descending into chaos when three of the players
have a falling out; Tommy and Jack are more than a little put out when
they discover their brother-in-law Dave has a mistress. This was Colin
Welland's debut as a TV writer (broadcast under the Saturday Night
Theatre Banner and touches on many of the themes that he would continue
with for the rest of his career. Incidentally, Welland, a real Rugby
enthusiast, co-created a game called Matchbox Rugby.
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Del Henney as Tommy / Robert Booth as Jack / Donald Webster as Dave / June Ellis as
Mother / Christine Hargreaves as Sheila / Geraldine Sherman as Dick's
girl / Terence Rigby as Topper / Ray Smith as Pete / Bruce Myles as Dick
/ Paddy Frost as Jean / Duncan Rasburn as Tiger / Colin Welland as Bill
/ Jill Kerman as Tommy's girl / Adrienne Frame as Pete's girl / Lesley Daine as
Topper's girl / Philip Ross as Police Sergeant
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