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The First Lady: All Right for Other People

on BBC One London

by Hugh Forbes
Starring Thora Hird, Robert Keegan, James Grout and Henry Knowles

Peggy Tarrant, Will's daughter, arrives home emotionally disturbed after an unhappy love affair in London. After discovering that her father is in Stockholm at a trades union conference, she breaks down and a policeman finds her weeping in the street.
She is subsequently taken to a hostel for the after-care of mental patients. She is, in fact, one of the first women residents to be accepted as an experiment in group therapy. This experiment is strongly opposed by a Residents' Association which has previously succeeded in keeping the hostel out of their area. Their bigotry is based on the all-too-familiar fear of anything connected with mental disturbance.
The additional unconventional element of mixing the sexes serves as another excuse to attack the object of their fear. Worse still, Will Tarrant returns home determined that his daughter shall not be left in a home. It's all right for others - not for his daughter.

Contributors

Writer:
Hugh Forbes
Series devised by/From an initial idea by:
Alan Plater
From an initial idea by:
Philip Levene
Script Editor:
Gerry Davis
Designer:
Daphne Shortman
Producer:
Terence Dudley
Director:
Ben Rea
Peggy Tarrant:
Susan Mitchell
Sarah Danby:
Thora Hird
Dr. Hobbs:
John Ringham
Michael Benson:
Geoffrey Hibbert
David:
David Collings
Roger:
Clive Rust
Harry:
Roger Hammond
Arthur:
Lane Meddick
Hardiman:
Joby Blanshard
Tom Danby:
Henry Knowles
Kendrick:
Derek Tansley
George Kingston:
James Grout
Lumsden:
Kenneth Edwards
Mrs. Benson:
Nancie Jackson
De Quincey:
Walter Horsbrugh
Will Tarrant:
Robert Keegan

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