The Fishing Party
- TV comedy
- BBC One
- 1972
- 1 episode
Three miners plan a blameless weekend fishing at Whitby. Stars Brian Glover, Ray Mort, Douglas Livingstone, Jane Freeman, Frank Moorey and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Comedy
- Broadcast
- 1972
- Channel
- BBC 1
- Episodes
- 1
- Stars
- Brian Glover, Ray Mort, Douglas Livingstone, Jane Freeman, Frank Moorey, John Comer, Deirdre Costello and James Garbutt
- Writer
- Peter Terson
- Director
- Michael Simpson
- Producer
- David Rose
- Company
"We ain't pigs, lads, we ain't pigs. No brown aleing, no being sick over the wall, no signs of wear and tear - we'll show our wives we can be civilised without them."
Three miners plan a blameless weekend fishing for cod off Whitby. Their arrival in the port town is met with near bemusement by the proprietor of the guest-house they are pointed towards: she's never catered for a fishing party before, and certainly not out of season!
All three are keen to get out on their private trip to a nearby cod hotspot with a local fisherman, but it's not long before their journey on the open waves takes a turn for the decidedly odd.
Additional details
- Also known as
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- Play For Today: The Fishing Party
- Production
- Location
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Thursday 1st June 1972 at 9:20pm on BBC One
- Episode length
- 55 minutes