Funny Farm (Play for Today)

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13th episode of the 5th series of Play for Today

"Funny Farm"

Play for Today episode

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Episode no.

Series 5
Episode 13

Directed by

Alan Clarke

Written by

Roy Minton

Original air date

27 February 1975 (1975-02-27)

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"Funny Farm" is the 13th episode of fifth season of the British BBC anthology TV series Play for Today. The episode was a television play that was originally broadcast on 27 February 1975. "Funny Farm" was written by Roy Minton, directed by Alan Clarke, produced by Mark Shivas, and starred Tim Preece.

Alan Wellbeck (Tim Preece) is a nurse in a mental hospital. His day-to-day struggles with personal feelings and troubled patients provide humour and pathos against the backdrop of a public institution.

Cast

Tim Preece as Alan Welbeck
Allan Surtees as Arthur Rothwell
Bernard Severn as Ted Spinner
Michael Bilton as Sidney Charlton
Kenneth Scott as Jonathan
John Locke as Jeff West
Gordon Christie as Jack
Anthony Langdon as Les Dewhurst
Wally Thomas as Mr. Chadd
Donald Bisset as Mr. Scully
Terence Davies as Walter
Arnold Diamond as James Ball
Francis Mortimer as Graham
Helena McCarthy as Joyce
Michael Percival as John
Dorothy Frere as Edna Ball
Chris Sanders as Bill Spence
Patricia Moore as Miss Taylor
John Cross

References

"Funny Farm (1975)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 July 2017.
"Broadcast – BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 27 February 1975.
"Funny Farm (1975) – British Television Drama". 31 March 2013.

External links

"Funny Farm" at IMDb

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Films directed	Scum (1979) Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire (1987) Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987) The Firm (1989)
Television plays	Horace (1972) Penda's Fen (1974) Funny Farm (1975) Scum (1977) Made in Britain (1982)
Short films	Elephant (1989)

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Robin Redbreast (1970) Alma Mater (1971) The Foxtrot (1971) The Rank and File (1971) Traitor (1971) Edna, the Inebriate Woman (1971) Evelyn (1971) Home (1972) The Operation (1973) Hard Labour (1973) Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (1973) Joe's Ark (1974) Penda's Fen (1974) The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil (1974) Leeds — United! (1974) The Evacuees (1975) Gangsters (1975) Funny Farm (1975) Just Another Saturday (1975) Days of Hope (1975) Rumpole of the Bailey (1975) Nuts in May (1976) The Other Woman (1976) Willie Rough (1976) Double Dare (1976) Bar Mitzvah Boy (1976) Kiss of Death (1977) Spend, Spend, Spend (1977) The Price of Coal (1977) Abigail's Party (1977) Licking Hitler (1978) Red Shift (1978) The Spongers (1978) Our Day Out (1978) The After-Dinner Joke (1978) Blue Remembered Hills (1979) Comedians (1979) Just a Boys' Game (1979) A Gift from Nessus (1980) The Black Stuff (1980) The Imitation Game (1980) The Flipside of Dominick Hide (1980) Home, Sweet Home (1982) Another Flip For Dominick (1982) Z for Zachariah (1984) Brimstone and Treacle (1987, completed 1976) Scum (1991, completed 1977)
Associated	Play for Tomorrow (1982 series)

Play for Today

Robin Redbreast (1970)
Alma Mater (1971)
The Foxtrot (1971)
The Rank and File (1971)
Traitor (1971)
Edna, the Inebriate Woman (1971)
Evelyn (1971)
Home (1972)
The Operation (1973)
Hard Labour (1973)
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (1973)
Joe's Ark (1974)
Penda's Fen (1974)
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil (1974)
Leeds — United! (1974)
The Evacuees (1975)
Gangsters (1975)
Funny Farm (1975)
Just Another Saturday (1975)
Days of Hope (1975)
Rumpole of the Bailey (1975)
Nuts in May (1976)
The Other Woman (1976)
Willie Rough (1976)
Double Dare (1976)
Bar Mitzvah Boy (1976)
Kiss of Death (1977)
Spend, Spend, Spend (1977)
The Price of Coal (1977)
Abigail's Party (1977)
Licking Hitler (1978)
Red Shift (1978)
The Spongers (1978)
Our Day Out (1978)
The After-Dinner Joke (1978)
Blue Remembered Hills (1979)
Comedians (1979)
Just a Boys' Game (1979)
A Gift from Nessus (1980)
The Black Stuff (1980)
The Imitation Game (1980)
The Flipside of Dominick Hide (1980)
Home, Sweet Home (1982)
Another Flip For Dominick (1982)
Z for Zachariah (1984)
Brimstone and Treacle (1987, completed 1976)
Scum (1991, completed 1977)

Associated

Play for Tomorrow (1982 series)

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