"Hold the Back Page" (1985) TV mini-series 1985-1986

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

12 November 1985 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Newspaper | TV Mini-Series

Cast

David Warner	...	Ken Wordsworth (10 episodes, 1985-1986)
Eric Allan	...	Reg (10 episodes, 1985-1986)
Gil Brailey	...	Alison (10 episodes, 1985-1986)
Lee Whitlock	...	Charlie Wordsworth (10 episodes, 1985-1986)
David Horovitch	...	Russell de Vries (10 episodes, 1985-1986)
Peter-Hugo Daly	...	Steve Stevens (10 episodes, 1985-1986)
Richard Ireson	...	Frank McNab (10 episodes, 1985-1986)
Tilly Vosburgh	...	Ruby (10 episodes, 1985-1986)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Good fun if you are into Sport

One of the series that was being churned out by the BBC in the early eighties. Ken Wordsworth (Warner) is a sports journalist who after going through a divorce needs a pay rise. He leaves the quality newspaper he writes for and joins a very low market Tabloid. His salary increases as a result and this fuels some legendary drinking sessions in a pub called 'The Inkwell'. Amongst the people he now mixes with is a journalist from another tabloid called Steve Stevens. He proves nothing is too low for a tabloid journalist and will stop at nothing for a story. Each episode was about a different sport - particularly watch out for the horse racing episode. Overall, good fun if you are a sportsbuff, fairly dull if you are not. Well acted - presumably only one series got made because they ran out of different sports to cover !!