We Never Do What They Want

Overview

An everyday story of Alternative Society folk, beginning in 1969. It traced the developing relationship of three people from then until present 1978. Frank, a radical social worker just out of mental hospital after a nervous breakdown, was being nursed back to health by Linda, a hairdresser, in the absence of his 'girl friend. Joanna, on a social work project. By the second scene. Frank and Linda were married with a baby daughter, and Frank had opted for a cushy teaching job in a middle class school and even betrayed his Left-wing idealism to the point of joining the Labour Party.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 16, 1978

Original language

English

Production

Thames Television

Cast

Louise Hall-Taylor,Paola Dionisotti,Simon Rouse,Harry Meacher

Director

Moira Armstrong

Writer

Pam Gems,Ann Scott

Producer

Barry Hanson

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0966907