Two youthful travellers from the North of England – Joe (Victor Henry) and Ginger (Richard Moore) – took a trip to London to see what was going on in the nation’s capital. Joe arrived with £3 – 15 shillings in his pocket, while Ginger had just over a fiver “being as he did not smoke”.
“We arrived in London on a wet foggy morning. All we wanted out of life was a bird, a pad and some money”.
The programme – with interspersed still photography set to music, voiceover monologues and pseudo-cinematic capers – was heralded as a revolution in television drama.
The six-part Saturday night BBC1 series was the work of Z Cars writers Troy Kennedy Martin and John McGrath.
A vicar by the name of Tom Richardson complained to the BBC about the series, describing the programme as “filth and depravity” and deploring it as an intrusion into his home.
Other viewers wrote to The Guardian recommending that the good reverend should contact his local television engineer and he would discover that his TV set, in common with others, could be switched on and off at will . . .
Joe Victor Henry Ginger
Richard Moore Rose
Nerys Hughes Mr Silver
Roy Godfrey Mr Gold
Leslie Dwyer Oscar Truscott
John Warner Uncle Arthur
Will Stampe Big Jim
Wally Patch Fred
Jean Marsh Bank manager
Frank Williams Police Constable
Glynn Edwards
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The programme – with interspersed still photography set to music, voiceover monologues and pseudo-cinematic capers – was heralded as a revolution in television drama.
