After teenager Pattie Bates is knocked-down by a hit-and-run driver, she returns from hospital unable speak or look after herself, completely dependent on her parents Tom and Amy. Michael Kitchen plays Martin, an odd young man who says he's an old friend of Pattie's and would like to look after her. But they soon begin to wonder if he's really the good samaritan he seemed to be, and their worst fears are realised when Pattie is raped. Recorded by the BBC in 1976, this adaptation of Dennis Potter's BRIMSTONE AND TREACLE was not orignally shown due to the Director of Programmes' reservations. In 1987 an edited version finally made it to the small screen, and remained powerful and shocking.
Product Identifiers
EAN
5014503141226
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30482272
Product Key Features
Film/TV Title
Brimstone and Treacle
Actor
Denholm Elliott, Patricia Lawrence, Michael Kitchen
Format
DVD
Release Year
2004
Language
English
Features
Featurette-1. Did You See? (25\08\1987)
Genre
Drama, General
Run Time
73 Mins
Additional Product Features
Certificate
15
Number of Discs
1
Reviews
The Guardian - ...We see all Potter's paradoxical drives coming fruitfully together... deeply fascinating...