UK / ITV – Thames / 1×80 minute episode / Broadcast 2 March 1982
Writer: John Mortimer / Music: Marc Wilkinson / Production Design: David Marshall / Executive Producer: John Frankau / Producer and Director: Alvin Rakoff
Drama. The true story of the writer’s life (John Mortimer) as he grew up with his blind father Clifford.
cast
Laurence Olivier as Father
Alan Bates as Son
Jane Asher as Elizabeth
Elizabeth Sellars as Mother
Michael Aldridge as Headmaster
Alan Cox as Son As A Boy
Norman Bird as Ham
Albert Welling as Japhet
James Downer as Reigate
Susan Littler as Miss Cox
Gay Wilde as Miss Baker
Anthony Sharp as Film Director
Ann Davies as ATS Girl
Judy Riley as ATS Girl
Jonathan Newth as Boustead
Malcolm Terris as Thong
Jennie Goossens as Witness
Harold Goodwin as Ringer Lean
Patrick Barr as Doctor
Esmond Knight as Judge
Raymond Huntley as Judge
