Des Young

And a Nightingale Sang (1989)

Set in working class Newcastle, the Stott family fight their private battles against the backdrop of the conflict of World War II. Helen Stott, over thirty and with a limp, is resigned to being left on the shelf until she meets and falls in love with Norman, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Knights
CAST:  Phyllis Logan  •  Stephen Tompkinson  •  Tom Watt  •  Joan Plowright

Set in working class Newcastle, the Stott family fight their private battles against the backdrop of the conflict of World War II. Helen Stott, over thirty and with a limp, is resigned to being left on the shelf until she meets and falls in love with Norman, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Knights
CAST:  Phyllis Logan  •  Stephen Tompkinson  •  Tom Watt  •  Joan Plowright

United Kingdom (1981)

Incendiary 1981 Play for Today, written by Jim Allen and directed by Roland Joffé that tells the story of a group of housing estate residents who attempt to organise against persistent rent rises.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roland Joffé
CAST:  Colin Welland  •  Val McLane  •  Ricky Tomlinson  •  Bill Paterson

Incendiary 1981 Play for Today, written by Jim Allen and directed by Roland Joffé that tells the story of a group of housing estate residents who attempt to organise against persistent rent rises.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roland Joffé
CAST:  Colin Welland  •  Val McLane  •  Ricky Tomlinson  •  Bill Paterson