Funny Farm (Play for Today) explained

Series:	Play for Today
Series No:	5
Episode:	13
Director:	Alan Clarke
Prev:	Sunset Across The Bay
Next:	Goodbye

"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.^{[1] [2]}

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.^[3]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Funny Farm (1975). https://web.archive.org/web/20170722035627/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b71c80f7a. dead. 22 July 2017. British Film Institute.
2. Web site: Broadcast – BBC Programme Index. genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 27 February 1975 .
3. Web site: Funny Farm (1975) – British Television Drama. 31 March 2013 .