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Potter had praised the storylines and sense of urgency of the ITV hospital soap ''[[Emergency – Ward 10]]'' in his television reviews for ''[[Daily Herald (UK newspaper)|Daily Herald]]''. He was inspired to write a play that connected his experiences in a [[National Health Service|National Health]] hospital with events depicted in the series. The play featured —specified in Potter's script— an "[[Alf Garnett]]-type" character who suddenly finds himself sharing a ward with a black man. The play was controversial for its unflinching depiction of institutionalised racism but was critically applauded. |
Potter had praised the storylines and sense of urgency of the ITV hospital soap ''[[Emergency – Ward 10]]'' in his television reviews for ''[[Daily Herald (UK newspaper)|Daily Herald]]''. He was inspired to write a play that connected his experiences in a [[National Health Service|National Health]] hospital with events depicted in the series. The play featured —specified in Potter's script— an "[[Alf Garnett]]-type" character who suddenly finds himself sharing a ward with a black man. The play was controversial for its unflinching depiction of institutionalised racism but was critically applauded. |
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The play was repeated eighteen months after its first transmission.<ref>W. Stephen Gilbert ''The Life and Work of Dennis Potter'', Woodstock & New York: Overlook Press, p.137, 333</ref> For many years, a recording was thought not to have survived, but the play has resurfaced and was screened at the BFI's [[Missing Believed Wiped]] event in December 2011.<ref>John Wyver [http://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/2011/10/potter-play-preserved/ "Potter play preserved"], Illuminations website (blog), 24 October 2011</ref> |
The play was repeated eighteen months after its first transmission.<ref>W. Stephen Gilbert ''The Life and Work of Dennis Potter'', Woodstock & New York: Overlook Press, p.137, 333</ref> For many years, a recording was thought not to have survived, but the play has resurfaced and was screened at the BFI's [[Missing Believed Wiped]] event in December 2011.<ref>John Wyver [http://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/2011/10/potter-play-preserved/ "Potter play preserved"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331085315/http://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/2011/10/potter-play-preserved/ |date=31 March 2012 }}, Illuminations website (blog), 24 October 2011</ref> |
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Revision as of 07:32, 20 September 2017
Emergency – Ward 9 is a Dennis Potter television play first broadcast by the BBC in the Thirty-Minute Theatre series on 11 April 1966.
Potter had praised the storylines and sense of urgency of the ITV hospital soap Emergency – Ward 10 in his television reviews for Daily Herald. He was inspired to write a play that connected his experiences in a National Health hospital with events depicted in the series. The play featured —specified in Potter's script— an "Alf Garnett-type" character who suddenly finds himself sharing a ward with a black man. The play was controversial for its unflinching depiction of institutionalised racism but was critically applauded.
The play was repeated eighteen months after its first transmission.[1] For many years, a recording was thought not to have survived, but the play has resurfaced and was screened at the BFI's Missing Believed Wiped event in December 2011.[2]
References
- ^ W. Stephen Gilbert The Life and Work of Dennis Potter, Woodstock & New York: Overlook Press, p.137, 333
- ^ John Wyver "Potter play preserved" Archived 31 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Illuminations website (blog), 24 October 2011
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