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"Play for Today" Blue Remembered Hills (1979)
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Writer:
Dennis Potter (written by)
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Original Air Date:
30 January 1979
(Season 9, Episode 14)
Plot:
The title is taken from A.E. Housman's 1896 poem: "Into my heart an air that kills; From yon far country blows; What are those blue remembered hills...
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brilliant depicture of children's world
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Cast
(Episode Complete credited cast) | Colin Welland | ... | Willie |
| Michael Elphick | ... | Peter |
| Robin Ellis | ... | John |
| John Bird | ... | Raymond |
 | Helen Mirren | ... | Angela |
| Janine Duvitski | ... | Audrey |
| Colin Jeavons | ... | Donald Duck |
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72 min
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Donald Duck:
[playing house] I should bloody damn and bloody blast and bugger and bloody flaming bloody well think so and all. Give us a kiss!
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Referenced in Forever Ealing (2002) (TV)
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In a not so well-known piece of the maker of the singing detective, the group of children that is portrayed slowly yet steadily degress from just a bunch of playful kids into a sadistic bloodthirsty mob. Instead of the supposed innocence of children that Hollywood constantly tries to force on cinema audiences, this pic truly portrays children's fantasy worlds in all its crudeness. The fact that all children's roles are played by adult actors (albeit strange at first) works tremendously well.