ScreenPlay: Journey To Knock
- TV comedy
- BBC Two
- 1991
- 1 episode
Two residents of a Nottingham hospice, disabled by motor neurone disease, set out on a pilgrimage hoping for a miracle cure. Stars John Hurt and David Thewlis.
Key details
- Genre
- Comedy
- Broadcast
- 1991
- Channel
- BBC 2
- Episodes
- 1
- Stars
- John Hurt and David Thewlis
- Writer
- William Ivory
- Director
- David Wheatley
- Producer
- George Faber
- Company
Two residents of a hospice in Nottingham, disabled by motor neurone disease, set out on a pilgrimage for Knock in Ireland, hoping for a miracle cure.
This unsentimental and comic account of the trials of serious disability was written by William Ivory - best known as Eddie Ramsden in Coronation Street - whose own mother died from the disease.
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
- Picture
- Colour
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Wednesday 18th September 1991 at 9pm on BBC Two
- Episode length
- 75 minutes