Metadata
WORK ID: YFA 6094 (Master Record)
| Title | Year | Date |
| LIFESTYLE: IT'S NO JOKE LIVING IN BARNSLEY | 1976 | 1976-10-11 |
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Details
Original Format: 16mm Colour: Colour Sound: Sound Duration: 26 mins 8 secs Credits: Introduced by Brian Glover With Charlie Williams, Arthur Scargill, Dorothy Hyman, Ashley Jackson Original Music by 'Foggy' Cameras Frank Pocklington, Ken Little Sound Don Atkinson, Harry Fairburn Dubbing Mixer Terry Cavagin Film Editor Peter Fitzhugh Director Peter Jones Executive Producer John Wilford Yorkshire Television Colour Production Subject: Industry |
| Summary The comedian Brian Glover presents his home town, Barnsley in South Yorkshire, and meets his famous neighbours including Arthur Scargill, Ashley Jackson and Dorothy Hyman. In the programme Brian visits the grave of Tommy Taylor, an amateur boxing gym and Barnsley Football Club where he interviews the team in the bath tub. And an he spends an enjoyable evening at a working men's club. The programme was first broadcast on 11th October, 1976. |
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Description
The comedian Brian Glover presents his home town, Barnsley in South Yorkshire, and meets his famous neighbours including Arthur Scargill, Ashley Jackson and Dorothy Hyman. In the programme Brian visits the grave of Tommy Taylor, an amateur boxing gym and Barnsley Football Club where he interviews the team in the bath tub. And an he spends an enjoyable evening at a working men's club. The programme was first broadcast on 11th October, 1976.
Titles – Lifestyle
It’s No Joke Living in...
The comedian Brian Glover presents his home town, Barnsley in South Yorkshire, and meets his famous neighbours including Arthur Scargill, Ashley Jackson and Dorothy Hyman. In the programme Brian visits the grave of Tommy Taylor, an amateur boxing gym and Barnsley Football Club where he interviews the team in the bath tub. And an he spends an enjoyable evening at a working men's club. The programme was first broadcast on 11th October, 1976.
Titles – Lifestyle
It’s No Joke Living in Barnsley
Brian Glover Looks at His Home Town
End Credits:
It’s No Joke Living in Barnsley
Was introduced by Brian Glover
With Charlie Williams, Arthur Scargill, Dorothy Hyman, Ashley Jackson
Original Music by “Foggy”
Cameras Frank Pocklington, Ken Little
Sound Don Atkinson, Harry Fairburn
Dubbing Mixer Terry Cavagin
Film Editor Peter Fitzhugh
Director Peter Jones
Executive Producer John Wilford
Yorkshire Television Colour Production
Copyright Trident Television Ltd MCMLXXVI
Context
This funny and poignant short film, fronted by notable Yorkshire-born actor Brian Glover, presents the state of Barnsley’s contemporary cultural and social scenes. Glover uses his humour and charm to gain candid responses from local residents on both light-hearted and moving issues.
Brian Glover was a well-known figure in Yorkshire after starring in Ken Loach’s drama Kes (1969) as Mr Sugden. He went onto appear in the Hollywood film Alien 3 (1992).
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