This is a series that I own by accident,
because I only bought the disc to get the 1982 LWT version of Richard Harris'
original play. Watching this episode (in which the team spend the night at a
lavish seaside hotel on the eve of a match) I'm very much struck by how of its
time it is televisually.
Taxonomically, it’s really a lot more of a comedy-drama than an actual comedy programme, and if it were an hour rather than 30 minutes, it would probably have got classified as one. It has the classy trappings of quality television drama of his time - film, location rather than sets (so no audience laughter), incidental music. What it doesn't really have is anything much in the way of actual scenes, but rather little character vignettes which build towards a larger plot. The most interesting aspects of it seem to come from the player's wives, their interactions with each other and insights into how their marriages work (or don't).
Taxonomically, it’s really a lot more of a comedy-drama than an actual comedy programme, and if it were an hour rather than 30 minutes, it would probably have got classified as one. It has the classy trappings of quality television drama of his time - film, location rather than sets (so no audience laughter), incidental music. What it doesn't really have is anything much in the way of actual scenes, but rather little character vignettes which build towards a larger plot. The most interesting aspects of it seem to come from the player's wives, their interactions with each other and insights into how their marriages work (or don't).
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