Pat and Margaret (1994) (TV)

Regisseur:

Gavin Millar

Drehbuchautor:

Victoria Wood (writer)

Premierendatum:

11. September 1994 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Unexpected events occur over a long weekend when Pat, a glamorous British born star of American soaps...

Plot Keywords:

Class Conflict | Reconciliation | Sister | Tragicomedy

Filmpreise:

1 win & 2 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

A Feast of Fun

Besetzung

Victoria Wood	...	Margaret
Julie Walters	...	Pat
Celia Imrie	...	Claire
Duncan Preston	...	Jim
Thora Hird	...	Jim's Mother
Don Henderson	...	Billy
Deborah Grant	...	Stella
Lynda Rooke	...	Bella
Jan Alphonse	...	Sue
Amanda Pointer	...	Daisy
Anne Reid	...	Maeve
Julie Hesmondhalgh	...	Helper in Old Age Home
Gabrielle Blunt	...	Old Lady in Home
Philip Lowrie	...	Martin - Warm-Up Man
Charles Pemberton	...	Porter

Alternativ:

Wie werde ich meine Schwester los? (Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

90 Min

Produktionsland:

UK

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Tonverfahren:

Stereo

Altersfreigabe:

Australia:PG

Firma:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Dies und das:

In the original script, Pat's PA Claire was not pregnant - 'Victoria Wood' wrote the pregnancy into the script to accommodate Celia Imrie's real-life pregnancy.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in "Comedy Connections: Dinnerladies (#4.2)" (2006)

A Feast of Fun

Thoroughly enjoyable, classic Victoria Wood. This woman is extremely talented. I have long enjoyed her stand-up comedy shows on the TV, and her half hour skits. She is surrounded by a wealth of talent in her circle of friends as well, with most of them turning up in her work. Celia Imrie is a favourite and in this production plays an enchanting, somewhat dithery, pregnant PA to Julie Walters Soap Icon. I don't know if she actually was pregnant at the time but she certainly looked it (other than the obvious cushion up her jumper) Anne Reid is another VW regular along with Duncan Preston, these both had marvellous roles. Julie Walters does what she does well and has done before in a Victoria Wood production, the VIP star who must have all the adoration and accolade due her. When she and the frumpy frizz haired Margaret meet on live TV it is not an event welcomed overly much by either. Pat wants to send Margaret home, and indeed Margaret wants to go back to her roadside café and mates, but events are taken out of their hands and they must spend the next few days together during which time they get reacquainted.

The side issues are Margarets relationship with Jim her illiterate boyfriend who still lives very much under the thumb of his mother (Thora Hird) and Pat and Margarets mother who needs to be found by them before the press catch up with her. Throw in Celia Imrie and her hormonal abberations and it is a feast of fun.