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One-off period comedy, peeping into the lives of a South Wales family's Christmases across the 1980s, written by comedian Mark Watson and inspired by a Dylan Thomas short story. Show more

Contributors

Uncle Huw:
Steve Speirs
Uncle Gorwel:
Paul Kaye
Young Maurice:
Jamie Burch
Older Owen:
Mark Williams
Carol singer:
Alex Beckett
Producer:
Steve Doherty

Genres

Moody crime drama starring Robert Ryan and Ida Lupino. Jim Nilson, an obsessive police detective, achieves results only by the savage handling of suspects. Sent to investigate a small-town murder, he encounters Mary, a blind woman, who begins to change his life. (1951) (BW) (S)
The film noir season continues tomorrow with They Live by Night at 3.25am

Contributors

Director:
Nicholas Ray
Jim Wilson:
Robert Ryan
Mary Maiden:
Ida Lupino

BBC Two England

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