Wednesday's Child (1970) Part One  

I love the stillness of this eras tv studio drama, it really allows you to zoom in on a character, really highlights the quality of the acting too

It has a similar mood to Rooms. I'm sure fans of that series would enjoy this one.

I love a single play, its a pity so many are in archives or lost. There is a sort of sequal to this, although the other show was shown first! There's an episode of Public Eye called 'My Lifes My Own', which follows on from where this play ends however it was shown in 1969 and this 1970. In Public Eye the part of Shirley is played by Stephanie Beecham.

A lot of people (myself included) say they like this style of play the way it is filmed which very much represents the style of programmes of the 70’s. I particularly like it because it is shot in the studio, built up sets with no flash filming that wizzes past before you get the chance to absorb what you are supposedly looking at, unlike most films and plays today. Then you have the style of storyline that is pure theatre and not all the realistic films and characters we are inundated with now. TV was all about ‘stories’ not real life and this is why I stopped watching television years ago.

Lovely!

Excellent, many thanks for this.

The bunny design in the opening credits - I am certain that exact illustration used to decorate baby's cots in the 1970's. I was a child in the 80's and recall thinking they were qaint...I remember the balloons reminded me of lollipops!

Not a bit like a nurse for as soon a she enters that home, she takes over, a little narcissism going on. I like a lot of 70’s programmes and miss the style.