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A Respectable Widow Takes To Vulgarity. Image shows from L to R: Craig McLean, Anne Kidd
A Respectable Widow Takes To Vulgarity

A Respectable Widow Takes To Vulgarity

  • TV comedy drama
  • BBC Scotland
  • 2019
  • 1 episode

Comedy play about a recently widowed elderly lady. Stars Anne Kidd and Craig McLean.

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A Respectable Widow Takes To Vulgarity. Image shows from L to R: Craig McLean, Anne Kidd

Key details

Genre
Comedy Drama
Broadcast
2019
Channel
BBC Scotland
Episodes
1
Stars
Anne Kidd and Craig McLean
Writer
Douglas Maxwell
Company

This play depicts a recently widowed elderly lady, who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young lad at her husband's company, and goes on a mission to learn how to give verbal vent to her repressed emotions.

It has been written by seasoned playwright Douglas Maxwell. His many plays include Yer Granny, Fever Dream: Southside, and Mancub and have been staged internationally from New York to South Korea, from New Zealand to Hong Kong. A Respectable Widow Takes To Vulgarity will be his first work in recent times to have been shown on television.

Additional details

Part of

A Play, A Pie & A Pint

Also known as
  • A Play, A Pie & A Pint: A Respectable Widow Takes To Vulgarity
Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Multi-camera
Picture
Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Sunday 15th September 2019 at 10pm on BBC Scotland
Episode length
1 hour
All previous repeats
  • Sunday 16th February 2020 at 11:00pm on BBC Scotland

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