Brimstone and Treacle

Brimstone and Treacle

73 mins | Drama, Horror, TV Movie | Nov. 12, 1982

Produced in 1976 for BBC's Play For Today. Banned for 11 years, and finally broadcast on August 25th, 1987. It was remade, with Denholm Elliot returning to the cast, in 1982.

Brimstone and Treacle

73 mins | Drama, Horror, TV Movie | Nov. 12, 1982

Brimstone and Treacle
Produced in 1976 for BBC's Play For Today. Banned for 11 years, and finally broadcast on August 25th, 1987. It was remade, with Denholm Elliot returning to the cast, in 1982.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers BBC
Original title Brimstone and Treacle
Directors Barry Davis
Writers Dennis Potter

Cast

Michael Kitchen

as Martin Taylor

Denholm Elliott

as Tom Bates

Patricia Lawrence

as Mrs. Bates

Michelle Newell

as Patricia Bates