Blade on the feather. Rain on the roof. Cream in my coffee.
Notes:
Title from set container and disc label. Blade on the feather: Kika Markham, Phoebe Nicholls, Donald Pleasence, Tom Conti, Denholm Elliott, Gareth Forword, Bill Weston. Rain on the roof: Cheryl Campbell, Malcolm Stoddard, Ewan Stewart, Madeleine Hinde, Michael Culver, Edward Lyon, David Webb. Cream in my coffee: Lionel Jeffries, Peggy Ashcroft, Martin Shaw, Shelagh McLeod, Peter Chelsom, Faith Brook. Originally broadcast on London Weekend Television in 1980. Special features: Dennis Potter interview.
Contents:
disc 1. Blade on the feather / ITV Productions Limited ; Granada International ; a London Weekend production ; produced by Kenith Trodd ; written by Dennis Potter ; directed by Richard Loncraine -- disc 2. Rain on the roof / ITV Productions Limited ; Granada International ; a London Weekend Television production ; produced by Kenith Trodd ; written by Dennis Potter ; directed by Alan Bridges-- disc 3. Cream in my coffee / ITV Productions Limited ; Granada International ; a London Weekend Television production ; produced by Kenith Trodd ; written by Dennis Potter ; directed by Gavin Millar.
Summary:
Blade on the feather: Jason is a reclusive author who is visited by Daniel. Daniel is a young admirer of Jason's. After Daniel seduces Jason's daughter, dark secrets to emerge. Both men are more than they claim to be. Rain on the roof: To get back her adulterous husband John, a disturbed Janet, begins to flirt with one of her students. Billy is the simple, mistreated young man she flirts with while giving him his reading lessons. Unfortunately, Janet's flirtation triggers aggressive behavior in Billy, which he, in turn, directs toward John. Cream in my coffee: Past and present intertwine. The past - In the early 1930s, Bernard and June are a young couple who embark on a pre-marital fling. The present - Now elderly, the same couple revisit the Grand Hotel in Eastbourne where their blossoming romance began.
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