For The Wednesday Play, BBC1, tx. 17/11/1965

70 min, black & white

In this off-beat musical – a satire that combines fantasy, social observation and songs – a working class man goes to put a deposit on a new house only to find he prefers spending to saving and is happy to spend his money on a few hours of happiness rather than a lifetime's conventionality.

Written by poet and Private Eye contributor, Christopher Logue, with music from Stanley Myers (best known for Cavatina, the signature theme for the 1978 film The Deerhunter), the film features songs from Samantha Jones, Long John Baldry, Lesley Wood and others and locations ranging from Fortnum & Masons to a strange gas-works in the East End of London.

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