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    Drama TV Shows - 1970s 2 Mins Read

    Cakes and Ale

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    A three-part BBC2 miniseries based on the (autobiographical) novel by British author W. Somerset Maugham about Rosie (Judy Cornwell), a barmaid with a heart of gold, who marries struggling young novelist Ted Driffield (Mike Pratt) because he needs her.

    Years later she deserts him and goes off with her most faithful lover because his need of her is greater than Ted’s.

    Ted’s second wife (Lynn Farleigh) helps to establish his reputation as the Grand Old Man of English letters and attempts to preserve this image through a slanted biography designed to minimise the importance of Rosie as his muse and creative inspiration.

    It is Willie Ashenden (Michael Hordern), a successful novelist and – as a youth – another of Rosie’s lovers – who provides the final twist.

    The plot had everything: great variety, perfect pace, charming surprises, and an excellent and highly revealing twist in the end.

    Rosie Gann
    Judy Cornwell
    Willie Ashenden
    Michael Hordern
    Edward (Ted) Driffield
    Mike Pratt
    Amy Driffield
    Lynn Farleigh
    Miss Fellowes
    Barbara Atkinson
    Alroy Kear
    Peter Jeffrey
    Lord George Kemp
    James Grout
    Willie as a Boy
    Paul Aston
    Mary-Anne
    Eileen Helsby
    Harry Retford
    Clive Graham
    Allgood Newton
    John Quarmby
    Mrs Barton Trafford
    Madge Ryan
    Lionel Hillier
    Sean Lynch

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