Sunday 29th January 4.00pm Richardson’s film adaptation of Shelagh Delaney’s play was shot on location in Salford and Blackpool, and features Rita Tushingham’s indelible screen debut as Jo, a young girl who becomes pregnant after leaving home and her floozie of a mother. Jo befriends Geoff, a gentle, kind-hearted gay man, and they move in together like two children playing house, finding an innocent but fragile happiness. Director: Tony Richardson. Starring: Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens, Rita Tushingham, Murray Melvin. UK
