Saturday, July 10, 2021

CELEBRATING 70 YEARS! : TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED / A GIRL CAN'T ALWAYS HAVE EVERYTHING .. ANGLIA TELEVISION . . UK 1980 ..


 ANGLIA TELEVISION

Presents

TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED

 A GIRL CAN'T ALWAYS HAVE EVERYTHING! 

Starring
JOAN COLLINS as Suzy Starr
PAULINE COLLINS as Pat Lewis 
BREWSTER MASON as Herbert Millette 
JAMES FAULKNER as Patrick 
NANCY NEVINSON as Grande Dame

Directed by Graham Evans

When actress Suzy Starr attracts a rich admirer, she looks forward to all she can get... While friend and co-star Pat is always a shoulder to cry on..until the day Suzy chooses a bed to die on! When a friend is in need..you will find A Girl Can't Always Have Everything!!..


This was Joan's third episode of 'Tales of the Unexpected' and her first time to work with Pauline Collins, of course Joan would team up with Pauline many years later for the delightful British film release 'The Time Of Their Lives'. At the time of filming this episode of 'Tales', Joan recalled..

'' It was vital for the story that the girl's had a rapport.. I did not know Pauline, though of course I had worked with her husband John Alderton in an earlier episode .."GeorgyPorgy"..I also enjoyed her in "Upstairs Downstairs".. It worked perfectly..The chemistry was right and we got on like a house on fire.."

Joan with Pauline Collins & Brewster Mason

Part of the episode was filmed in the Wimbledon Theatre..now the New Wimbledon...
Pauline commented on her role in the episode..


" Appearing with Joan was great fun.. She and I became great friends.. She is very funny, very witty and very immediate.. She plays a sophisticated girl who is out to get her man! I'm also after him but Joan wins because she has more oomph!"


At the time this episode was screened in Britain in November 1980, Joan was starring in the West End production of 'The Last Of Mrs Cheyney' with another Upstairs Downstairs star Simon Williams. It's a fun episode with Joan on sparkling form and up to her wicked ways with a sting in the tail! ..






You can buy this episode of the series on a box set from Network featuing the complete series here!

BUY TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED COMPLETE SERIES HERE!


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