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21. Juni 2011 · The Shillingbury Blowers (aka …And The Band Played On ) is set in Shillingbury, in reality Aldbury. Shillingbury has a brass band, run by an old man called Saltie (Trevor Howard). At a parish council meeting the band comes in for some criticism and Saltie resigns. Unfortunately Peter Higgins (Robin Nedwell), a music teacher by profession and ...
The film is a simple, charming, gentle comedy drama centred around a village brass band. Trevor Howard plays rather beneath him in such slight fare. However Jack Douglas is excellent (and not as over the top as in the "Carry ons") John le Mesurier is also on form and looking far more healthy than in the last series of Dad's Army two years before.
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Film Details. Also Known As. Shillingbury Blowers Genre. Comedy. Drama. Release Date. 1980 ... Shillingbury Blowers Genre. Comedy. Drama. Release Date . 1980 Technical Specs. Duration. 1h 22m Quotes. Trivia. TCM Emails. Sign Up now to stay up to date wi ...
12. Aug. 2023 · Val Guest’s film was a feature-length prequel to the hit 1980s television comedy-drama Shillingbury Tales. It stars Robin. Nedwell as Peter Higgins, a writer and musician who moves with his wife Sally (Diane Keen) to the idyllic (on the surface, at least) village of Shillingbury. Once they settle in, he’s invited to join a local brass band ...
Of course, by Ealing's admirably high standards, The Shillingbury Blowers is not only tedious and long-winded, but it lacks the wit, the sharpness, and ingratiating playing that we all expect of an Ealing farce. But on its own humble, one-joke level, "The Blowers" does offer fair entertainment. Val Guest's direction is more TV style than Ealing style, and the script is rather thin, but the ...
It was preceded by a feature length pilot episode The Shillingbury Blowers starring Trevor Howard, broadcast 6 January 1980 The series was written by Francis Essex and directed by Val Guest. Unusually for a British situation-comedy at that time it was recorded entirely on location on 16mm film and consequently there was no laughter track.
