Funny Farm (Play for Today)

"**Funny Farm**"
"Funny Farm"
Play for Today episode
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Episode no.	Series 5; Episode 13
Directed by	Alan Clarke
Written by	Roy Minton
Original air date	27 February 1975
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"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]

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

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

External links

"Funny Farm" at IMDb

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[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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