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Funny Farm (Play for Today)

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Funny Farm' is a 1975 television play written by Roy Minton and directed by Alan Clarke, broadcast as part of BBC 1's Play for Today series on 27 February 1975 (91 mins).

Alan Wellbeck (Tim Preece) is a nurse in a mental hospital. His day-to-day struggles with personal feelings and troubled patients provide humour and pathos against the backdrop of a public institution.

Allan Surtees and Bernard Severn also featured in this production.