The Bass Player and the Blonde

The Bass Player and the Blonde
Directed by	Dennis Vance
Starring	Edward Woodward
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Production company(s)	ATV
Release
Original release	14 June 1977 (1977-06-14)

The Bass Player and the Blonde was a television play in the ITV Playhouse series, first broadcast 14 June 1977. It was followed up with a three-part serial with the episodes given the names of musical terms: Rondo (8 August 1978), Allegro (15 August 1978), and Andante (22 August 1978). In the play and the series, George Manghan, a middle aged, debt ridden bass player in a Jazz band, falls in love with the wealthy and much younger blonde singer Terry, much to the distress of her father.^[1]

Credits

Producer/Director Dennis Vance
Production Company ATV
Screenplay Roy Clarke (also Ian Lindsay and Phil Redmond)
Designer Michael Eve

Cast

George Mangham Edward Woodward
Terry Jane Wymark
Charlie Ronald Fraser
Nigel Jeremy Sinden
Pawnbroker Alfie Bass
Max Sam Kydd
Beth Betty McDowall
Drummer George Sewell.

References

↑ The Bass Player and the Blonde (The Memorable TV Guide to British Television)

External links

Roy Clarke

Situation comedies	The Misfit (1970–71) Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010) Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt! (pilot, 1974) Open All Hours (1973, 1976–85) The Growing Pains of PC Penrose (1975) Rosie (1977–81) Potter (1979–83) The Magnificent Evans (1984) First of the Summer Wine (1988–89) Keeping Up Appearances (1990–95) Ain't Misbehavin' (1994–95) Still Open All Hours (2013–)

Other	The Bass Player and the Blonde (1977) Hawks (1988) The Sharp End (1991) A Foreign Field (1993) The Wanderer (1994)

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