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Play for Today: The Fishing Party (BBC, 1972)

"There'll be entrées."

"Entrées?"

"What's entrées?"

"Don't be ignorant."

"Entrées! You've seen it on the side of a meat bottle label, haven't you?"

"I never read meat sauce bottle labels."

"You ought to start. A revelation, they are. It says on the label: to be taken with fish, cheese, meat, and entrées. And that's what we'll get. Entrées."

"Well, I don't know what entrées are!"

"Oh, well, leave it on the side of your plate."

#play for today #The fishing party #Peter terson #Michael Simpson #Single play #Brian Glover #Ray Mort #Douglas Livingstone #Jane Freeman #Frank Moorey #John Comer #Deirdre Costello #James Garbutt #The PfT team were well known for tackling controversial issues and turning a harsh light on social injustice and societal ills #What's sometimes forgotten is that they weren't above a little comedy now and then. Terson wrote this play for them in 72 and it was #Successful enough to spawn two sequels‚ also under the PfT banner. All three concern the misadventures of a trio of miners and their #Interactions with an increasingly middle class world; the three fit the classic three stooges mould‚ if somewhat softened. Glover is the #Self appointed leader‚ slightly pompous and concerned with the betterment of his two fellows. Mort is the easygoing follower‚ content to go #Along with the others. Livingstone (himself a prolific writer who had already contributed scripts to PfT) is the one more liable to #Challenge Glover or to sound a note of negativity. Regardless all three are thoroughly loveable creations and it isn't hard to see why they #Were brought back. The play is honestly a delight‚ as the trio‚ seemingly oblivious to the hostility and price gauging of their guest house #Hosts‚ attempt their best to behave well and make a good impression; as well as doing some fishing and avoiding the call of the brown ale.#Of course they can't resist too long and the fishing trip itself quickly becomes a doomed enterprise. The plot is really secondary here to #The sheer joy of spending time with these three wonderful characters‚ and hearing Terson's typical blend of the poetic with the earthily #Naturalistic‚ in the hands of three brilliant actors. Glover plays this perfectly‚ so that his character never becomes overbearing or #Frustrating (even when he insists the three should not occupy the same room at any point in the guest house‚ it just not being done) nor #Making him a total fool or figure of fun. Rather‚ his over concern with appearances and matching his middle class hosts becomes endearing #Ultimately‚ despite their attempts to present an enhanced version of themselves‚ in their simple honesty and good heartedness the three are #Already the superior to their hosts. Not that this is as patronising as I may be making it sound. Really‚ it's just a simple little tale #About three friends whose camaraderie and affection can overcome anything; even their own over enthusiasm..

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