Within These Walls: Nowhere for the Kids (ITV 24 Jan 1975, with Gillian Raine)

Nowhere for the Kids is the single episode of Within These Walls that seems to have fallen out of circulation. It’s not in the archives but a copy could still be floating around a foreign TV station somewhere. Unfortunately the TV Times of the week also didn’t carry a synopsis but instead had the quote “It is a very sorry state of affairs and a sad comment on society that not one but four lives should be threatened for the lack of a very basic need – four walls and a roof.” This would indicate that the episode was about what happened to the children of a mother when she is imprisoned. Another typically tough issue that the series didn’t shy away from.

This episode was chosen for a prestigious TV Times cover for the week (18 Jan 1975) and a strong three page feature/interview with Googie concentrating on both the success of the show and the fact that she, along with husband John McCallum were moving back to the UK for a time after an 18 year spell living in Australia. Both she and McCallum were big film stars during the 1940’s and moved to John’s native Australia when he was offered the job as joint managing director of a major theatre circuit and along started production company Fauna which was responsible for the hugely popular Skippy The Bush Kangaroo series.

Googie also talked about the impact Within These Walls was having and how much research she was conducting into her role as Faye. There was also plenty of coverage of Googie’s career in general.

production details
UK / ITV – London Weekend Television / 1×50 minute episode / Broadcast Friday 24 January 1975 at 9.00pm

Writer: Adele Rose / Production Design: Rodney Cammish / Director: Philip Casson

Series: Within These Walls Season 2 Episode 3

cast
Googie Withers as Faye Boswell
Jerome Willis as Charles Radley
Denys Hawthorne as Dr Mayes
Janet Lees Price as Janet Harker
Beth Harris as Miss Clarke
Michael Fletcher as Edward Bryce
Chris Leonard as Kevin
Martin Eaton as Peter Bryce
June Page as Michelle Bryce
Gillian Raine as Margaret Bryce
Diana Rayworth as Miss Berryman
Valerie Bell as Della Hardman
Lucita Lijertwood as Daisy Jones
Mia Martin as Gracie Flynn
Patricia Maynard as Beth Harris
Derek Martin as Roker
Elsie Randolph as Mrs Dobing
Helen Keating as Sheila Harris
Peter Beton as Mr Hilditch
Tony Jay as Mr Graham
Hugh Morton as Judge