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Play for Today - Just a Boy's Game
Henry Irving
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Heads up that they are repeating a lot of old Play for Today's on Tuesday nights on BBC4.
This Tuesday it "Just a boy's game" with Frankie Miller.
Brutal play about hard man culture in Greenock in the 70s.
Obviously, we're at home so set the betamax to record.
This Tuesday it "Just a boy's game" with Frankie Miller.
Brutal play about hard man culture in Greenock in the 70s.
Obviously, we're at home so set the betamax to record.
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Watched Abigail’s Party the other day, has surprisingly stood the test of time.5
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Yeah I've been watching these. There was one a couple of weeks back called the evacuees. Really good.
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Cheers for the spot Henners. This will bring back some childhood memories. Frankie Miller was quite scary.Henry Irving said:Heads up that they are repeating a lot of old Play for Today's on Tuesday nights on BBC4.
This Tuesday it "Just a boy's game" with Frankie Miller.
Brutal play about hard man culture in Greenock in the 70s.
Obviously, we're at home so set the betamax to record.0 -
Did Eamon Dunphy ever appear in a play?
I have a hazy recollection of him comforting an apprentice who was being released. He told him it could've been even worse if he'd have signed for Charlton.
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It was a TV adaptation of his biography "Just a game?"
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Ah thanks Henry.Henry Irving said:It was a TV adaptation of his biography "Just a game?"0 -
In case you go looking for it ... 'Only a Game?'.Henry Irving said:It was a TV adaptation of his biography "Just a game?"ISBN 0722652410, 9780722652411 2 -
Sure it's on YouTube too0
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Well that was a happy little play. Defy anyone to watch it without subtitles.
... thought there might have been a bit of football in it.
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Ha, I'm just watching it and put the sub titles on straight away.Raith_C_Chattonell said:Well that was a happy little play. Defy anyone to watch it without subtitles.
... thought there might have been a bit of football in it.
I'm thinking this is depressing and then I read your post.
I watched Abagail's Party yesterday, it's still just as excruciating (still on iplayer).0 -
Even I thought about switching on sub-titles and I'm normally quite good at the weegie lingo! Shows how much accents have actually softened in the past decades.1
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Thought it was good, cheers for the recommendation @h@"Henry Irving"Raith_C_Chattonell said:Well that was a happy little play. Defy anyone to watch it without subtitles.
... thought there might have been a bit of football in it.
@r@Raith_C_Chattonell watched It without subtitles without difficulty
If it was filmed in Greenock then the football ground would’ve been near the location of the cranes0 -
It started off desperately depressing and got consistently worse.
It could have had a Joy Division sound track
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Love this stuff and thanks for the heads up. Cannot imagine anything as hard hitting on terrestial tv nowadays.0
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Loved it, gritty and brutal. I had to use subtitles too in fairness.0
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There was a play on BBC back in the 70s / 80s set in the press box at the Valley. The match was a 1-1 draw with Notts County. Our goal was a penalty for handball after their player picked the ball up because he thought he had heard the whistle blow.0
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Watched it last night - I could understand the accents but it seemed to be so quiet to me, I had to have the sound turned right up!
Frankie who? Frankie Fucking Miller that's who!0 -
That was a real match - I remember the penalty incident clearly. Does that mean there might be footage of it somewhere?LawrieAbrahams said:There was a play on BBC back in the 70s / 80s set in the press box at the Valley. The match was a 1-1 draw with Notts County. Our goal was a penalty for handball after their player picked the ball up because he thought he had heard the whistle blow.0 -
Did you put on a bit of Demis Roussos afterwards ?Covered End said:
Ha, I'm just watching it and put the sub titles on straight away.Raith_C_Chattonell said:Well that was a happy little play. Defy anyone to watch it without subtitles.
... thought there might have been a bit of football in it.
I'm thinking this is depressing and then I read your post.
I watched Abagail's Party yesterday, it's still just as excruciating (still on iplayer).1 - Sponsored links:
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Watched it last night. As said had to have the sound turned right up and it took me 30 mins to really understand what they were saying but glad I stayed with it. Remember seeing Terry Reid at dingwalls about 10 years ago and there was always a spot on the balcony reserved for Frankie Miller, hope he's OK as heard he was confined to a wheelchair. The original Blackstuff tonight.
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