"G.B.H." (1991) (mini)TV mini-series

Regisseur:

Robert Young

Drehbuchautor:

Alan Bleasdale (writer)

Premierendatum:

6. Juni 1991 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Michael Murray is an ambitious and charismatic politician, Jim Nelson is a much loved headmaster of a local school for disturbed children...

Plot Keywords:

Black Comedy | Acronym In Title | Socialism | Entire Title Is Capitalized Acronym | Female Nudity

Filmpreise:

3 wins & 7 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

engrossing, wonderful, powerful etc etc

Besetzung

Robert Lindsay	...	Michael Murray
Michael Palin	...	Jim Nelson
Lindsay Duncan	...	Barbara Douglas
Julie Walters	...	Mrs. [Lillian] Murray
David Ross	...	Mr Weller
übrige Besetzung in alphabetischer Reihenfolge:
Jake Abraham	...	Black Waiter (as Jake Abrahams)
Jean Anderson	...	Dr. Goldup
Michael Angelis	...	Martin Niarchos
Peter Armitage	...	Mr. Burns
Michelle Atkinson	...	Young Barbara
Judith Barker	...	Margie
Karl Barry	...	Fifth Thug (as Carl Barry)
Paula Bartlett	...	Rachel
Anthony Benson	...	Norman - Treasurer
Al Brierley	...	Minder 2
John Brobbey	...	Rastafarian
Tony Broughton	...	Conservative Speaker
Ray Emmet Brown	...	West Indian
Paul Butterworth	...	Terry - Director of Education
John Capps	...	Conservative Aid
Nellie Violet Clark	...	Grandmother Burns
Edward Clayton	...	Chief Constable
Keith Clifford	...	Bus Driver
Peter-Hugo Daly	...	Bubbles
Paul Daneman	...	Mervyn Sloan
Jane Danson	...	Eileen Critchley (as Jane Dawson)
Chris Darwin	...	Barry
Colin Douglas	...	Frank Twist
Hayley Fairclough	...	Jessica Nelson
Peter Faulkner	...	Stan - Radio Journalist
Michael Fernandez	...	Jake
Freddie Fletcher	...	Poacher Vic
Wayne Foskett	...	Macker Thug
William Franklyn	...	Distinguished Gent
Anna Friel	...	Susan Nelson
Bert Gaunt	...	Caretaker 1
William Gaunt	...	Hunningdon
Tom Georgeson	...	Lou Barnes
Kulvinder Ghir	...	Ravi
Debra Gillett	...	Sylvia
Jennie Goossens	...	Dr. Jacobs' Receptionist
John Graham-Davies	...	Billy - Housing Officer
Christopher Halliday	...	McKenzie
Steve Halliwell	...	Bubbles' Friend
Stephen Hall	...	Young Michael Murray [in ep. 7 credits, erroneously 'Michael Murray Jnr']
Chris Hargreaves	...	Scrawny Thug
Serena Harragin	...	Miss Hutchinson
Ian Hartley	...	Joel
John Henshaw	...	Minder 1
Cliff Howells	...	Joseph Cartwright
Alan Igbon	...	Teddy
Kelvin Jordon	...	Tommy
Vincent Keane	...	Punk
Noreen Kershaw	...	Maureen Murray (voice)
Ken Kitson	...	Vince
Al T. Kossy	...	Man in Wheelchair
Rachel Laurence	...	Hotel Receptionist
Edward Mallon	...	Mark Nelson
Daniel Massey	...	Grosvenor
Gary Mavers	...	Billy Thug
Amanda Mealing	...	Beth
Norman Mills	...	Red Neck Councillor
Dearbhla Molloy	...	Laura Nelson
Sharon Muircroft	...	Teenager
Jimmy Mulville	...	Philip - Researcher
Sean Naughton	...	Minder 3
David Nicholls	...	Poacher Terry
Paul Oldham	...	Joey Thug
Iain Ormsby-Knox	...	Two-Bouncers
Dee Orr	...	Schoolmistress
Lloyd Peters	...	Chapak Man
Jim Pope	...	TV Presenter
Gareth Tudor Price	...	Richard Grenville
Marcus Romer	...	1st Suit
Clifford Rose	...	Judge Critchley
Phil Rowlands	...	Bluff Policeman
David Scase	...	Caretaker 2
Andrew Schofield	...	Peter Grenville
John Shrapnel	...	Dr. Jacobs
Mark Spalding	...	2nd Suit
Arthur Spreckley	...	Grandfather Burns
Bill Stewart	...	Geoff
Julia St. John	...	Diane Niarchos
Daniel Street-Brown	...	Robby Burns
Will Tacey	...	Jake's Father
Kenneth Alan Taylor	...	Scarlett Man
Niall Toibin	...	Michael Murray Snr.
James Tomlinson	...	Stan
Ayesa Toure	...	Monica
Badi Uzzaman	...	Older Indian
Philip Whitchurch	...	Franky Murray

Länge:

567 Min (7 parts)

Produktionsland:

UK

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Tonverfahren:

Stereo

Altersfreigabe:

UK:15

Drehorte:

Fleetwood, Lancashire, England, UK

Firma:

Channel 4 Television Corporation

Dies und das:

The seven episodes were called: "It Couldn't Happen Here", "Only Here on a Message", "Send a Message to Michael", "Message Sent", "Message Received", "Message Understood" and "Over and Out".

Dialogzitate:

Mervyn Sloan: Parliament will open, your city will close.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in "Extras: Jonathan Ross (#2.6)" (2006)

engrossing, wonderful, powerful etc etc

I dont know what it was in the 90's but UK TV produced GBH, Our Friends in the North and Prime Suspect.

My favourite was GBH, it is so substantially long that all characters receive the fleshing out they deserve, some episodes are hard hitting drama, others are on a smaller more personal level and others are out and out hilarious (one commentator mentions the daleks scene which was verging on slapstick in the midst of high drama and yet it worked perfectly).

Simple to follow yet complicated plot, great all round performances cemented by towering contributions from Robert Lynsey and Michael Palin, while the script wears its heart on its sleeve it does not become too sentimental, nor does it lecture.

Perfect television, and criminally unreleased on dvd, Channel 4 would make a packet if they repeated it then released a spec edition.