Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today (2020)
Marking Play for Today’s 50th anniversary, Drama Out of a Crisis is a compelling exploration of the series, its origins, achievements, controversies and legacies. Featuring a rich and surprising range of archive extracts and original interviews with many who created the series, including producers Kenith Trodd, Margaret Matheson and Richard Eyre, and directors Mike Leigh, David Hare and Ken Loach.
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Cast
Martina Laird
as Narrator (voice)
Ken Loach
as Self – Director
Kenneth Charles Loach (born 17 June 1936; Nuneaton) is a retired British film director, screenwriter and producer. His humanist values and socialist political views are evident in his film treatment o...
Mike Leigh
as Self – Filmmaker
Mike Leigh (born 20 February 1943) is a retired British writer and director of film and theatre. He studied theatre at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and studied further at the Camberwell School o...
Richard Eyre
as Self – Director & Producer
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Sir Richard Charles Hastings Eyre CBE (born 28 March 1943) is an English director of film, theatre, television, and opera.
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David Hare
as Self – Writer & Director
Dennis Potter
as Self – Writer (archive footage, 1973 & 1977)
Dennis Christopher George Potter (17 May 1935 – 7 June 1994) was an English television dramatist, screenwriter and journalist. He is best known for his BBC TV serials Pennies from Heaven (1978), The S...
Director
John Wyver