ITV PLAYHOUSE -- Mr. Axelford's Angel ( 7th Season )

[@deborahrobertson8606]

This is a beautiful piece. It reminds me of the world I knew as a teenager. Television was superb then. It is heart breaking to have lived through such a collapse in cultural standards. Thank you.

[@thadtuiol1717]

Ain't it just! Despite all the problems we had back then, I'd go back in a hearbeat if offered the chance. Today is just wretched in the UK

[@michaelrock5615]

This gem from the past really highlights how TV and culture has deteriorated. I found this by accident and so glad I did.

[@mjones4083]

I remember seeing this first time around in the 70s . (Couldn't agree more with your comment .)

[@vivevers3357]

@@mjones4083ditto a real gem. Loved it

[@thehighpriestess978]

That's so true, and the reason I haven't watched anything new in a long time.

[@smithofsmiths1872]

I think this is one of the best TV dramas I've ever seen. It's a work of art. Brilliant writing, brilliant performances. A truly beautiful piece of work.

[@69Phuket]

Defo mate.. Sheds tears this one is ...Sick.

[@thehighpriestess978]

@@69Phuket 😄

[@flashtheoriginal]

Just magnificent. English drama with extra depth Really enjoyed this. First class acting and writing

[@69Phuket]

Aye.

[@Lot-4656]

True.

[@Traveller69]

Quite wonderful stuff. For British viewers, Julia Foster is Ben Fogles mother. This Play won an International Emmy Award for best Fiction Programme in 1974 and Michael Bryant was nominated for a BAFTA.

[@vintagebrew1057]

Did'nt Julia do a version of Moll Flanders in the 70's? I seem to remember a very good production of it.

[@andrewgoodbody2121]

Ahh GB, the hime of sheer unbridled nepotism

[@69Phuket]

@@andrewgoodbody2121 What is nepotism? Sometimes its a heart and soul that counts.

[@dee2251]

I never realised that. I well remember her from tv dramas etc back in the day.

[@mjones4083]

Remember seeing it then . Rewatching it now it hasn't lost its appeal and charm it's charm .In fact quite the opposite considering the dross around today .

[@kevinwood5005]

What a miraculous thing you tube is. All these long buried forgotten brilliant films and plays resurrected to enjoy👍

[@charliesmith_]

Smiled constantly just watching them connecting. Am going to watch it again at 5pm. She's so lovely and hes so smitten! Am going to spend my whole day smiling 🙂😊

[@69Phuket]

Still smiling after three weeks ;)

[@thehighpriestess978]

Me too! and I am rarely affected in that way. 😊

[@MS-zu8ds]

Crikey, I think I saw this the first time around. A lovely, charming piece, super acting particularly Michael Bryant; one of our finest. I've just watched this again, the performances are even better.

[@bowemarch8239]

Good god…didn’t know that.

[@RobertHaynes-kw2sk]

From an era (50 years ago) when drama was clean, and easy to understand properly. Yorkshire Television had a great track record for that kind of drama set in the right kind of environment. Pretty girl...but she had very slippery hands though. Loved that cardie she worn in the office.

[@charliesmith_]

Yes! 'it was the _best of times'_ viewing wise 🙋🏻‍♀️💫

[@Desmo900SS]

Another TV gem from back in the day . Used to see so many excellent plays on the box.

[@Moomin360]

Never seen this before. Glad I came across it. Really wonderful show.

[@JohnHonda101]

Classy, no sex, no swearing no shouting or violence.

[@executivedecision6141]

Not this particular episode.... 🙃

[@robertsmith3672]

Yes that's what I missed

[@thegerman3480]

Damn! I had a crush on Julia Foster

[@richardcummins5465]

Magical. From an era wheh Television was actually worth watching. ❤

[@alvindimes4729]

This brings back memories , I remember watching this when it was first broadcast . Cant remember exactly when, sometime in the 70s. 😮

[@jamesvickers5998]

So good. I wish they would bring back Playhouse and Play for today. Give young writers and actors a chance to showcase. Plus better than brain dead reality tv and shorts.

[@charliesmith_]

Absolutely! 👏

[@michellefalleur960]

Too right, excellent idea

[@silverlaptop2022]

Well said. I agree completely😊

[@alvindimes4729]

A nice piece of good old fashion romance, two lonely souls finding each other, no smutt, just plain old romance, gets my vote.

[@thesmithsmaf]

It was good but needed a bit more smut in my opinion, not smutty enough

[@69Phuket]

@@thesmithsmaf Aye lol ;)

[@CJBerry-ph6cx]

Mr.Bryant was excellent as the ruthless guy in 'The Stone Tape' and Bosola in 'The Duchess of Malfi'. I didn't know he could be loveable. Thank you for this.

[@mjones4083]

He was also excellent in Sartre's Roads to Freedom (early 70s too ) . (Recently re-shown on BBC4) ,

[@vintagebrew1057]

@@CJBerry-ph6cx He also did a good job reading the ghost stories of M.R. James in the Spine Chillers series. They are all on KZbin.

[@erbl6779]

Peter Whitbread, writer - never heard of him! - one of the best romances I've ever witnessed. bravo! and the level of skill of all concerned, sets, lighting, costumes - that double scene in the resto where the next table eavesdrops on the proposal - beautiful. made me cry.

[@mattmanjack]

Bought a tear to my eye,gov.😢

[@susanfriend-k5m]

really enjoyed great play. This takes you back to when TV was good.

[@GabrielleSaunt-v1r]

Takes me back to the old format of drama. So much more when it leaves it to the imagination a bit.

[@bartleby4957]

Thanks for posting this. I remember seeing it on an old black and white TV decades ago. Oh for the days of brown paper carrier bags and good manners

[@MartysWhiteSuit]

I remember seeing this years ago and so grateful to have another viewing. It was quality TV and has lost none of the quality.

[@69Phuket]

Brilliant innit? x

[@MusiciansWithVision]

Adored the ending!

[@richardcummins5465]

Wonderful entertainment. Miss Foster one of my absolute favourites. What a girl ❤. Thanks for posting.

[@katrinakitty52]

Saw this when it first came to the US. Looked for it over the years. So pleased that it is back in circulation and can be enjoyed by others. Never have enough of romance in life.

[@parthasur6018]

On PBS?

[@katrinakitty52]

@@parthasur6018 found it on daily motion.

[@stevenmcghee6649]

Oh my. That was wonderful. They were made for one another. It does take me back to 1987 when I didn't have Mr.Axelford's persistence. And regretted it ever since.

[@CarlStJohn-x9w]

It's when your retired like me and you see things like this you realise life is too short .

[@69Phuket]

Grab a granny! ;)

[@DorothyHolden-fo5ek]

Magic, it takes you away to a happier world 😊

[@valerieHamilton-wt3jf]

Awww so happy for dear Mr Axelford ❤

[@69Phuket]

Aye...In a distant Universe this is real. Julia Roberts, great Actress. X

[@stevenmcghee6649]

@@69Phuket Julia Foster!

[@seriousros7280]

I reckon they're a match made in heaven

[@69Phuket]

Aye...She da Boss

[@silverlaptop2022]

Tacoma Washington state West coast U.S.A. Here. That was weirdly refreshing. I must say, I've never seen anything like this. I liked it😊

[@vintagebrew1057]

@@silverlaptop2022 You might also enjoy Daisies in December, Love Song, Enchanted April and A Follower for Emily. All excellent British plays and on KZbin for free.

[@mandyjane1234]

I have been looking for for decades, thank you thank you so much !!!!!

[@londondaze]

A lovely treat to have found such a sweet and charming Play. I enjoyed every minute of it. But am a little sad that I know I probably won't be lucky enough to find anything this good for quiet a while. They are few and far between.

[@ria1636]

Quite!

[@69Phuket]

Rejoice in other's good fortune. It's quite simple. I know its hard if depressed. Yeah, Grils are few and far between. But ....We wait ... We wait .....Keep the vibrations upon your Holy self.. We are God...We are Buddha. All good things come from Buddhas! Om many lifes i endure?

[@Johnny_Seven]

Thanks for the upload. I saw this when it first came on TV, not sure what year but it seems a long time. Just a great story and Julia Foster was lovely.

[@jeanscott1536]

I think it was 1974

[@vintagebrew1057]

Did'nt Julia do a version of Moll Flanders in the 70's?

[@rebeccahayes1007]

​@@vintagebrew1057 yes she did. It was racey for the time.

[@richardcummins5465]

I absolutely LOVE this girl. ❤

[@HerFatherDidntLikeMe]

I really enjoyed that. Dialogue is very entertaining. The acting is good quality. Thanks for uploading.

[@roystonhesketh3987]

Thanks for this. Massive crush on Julia foster back in the day😅😊

[@vanessahawarden9028]

Just genuinely great!

[@kirstenabootorabi852]

Just loved it!

[@neonwind]

Brilliant! Timeless! Modern Mythology. Thank you for uploading this. I remember seeing it on the telly as a kid.

[@snowdog9954]

Thank you, I really enjoyed this one

[@kiviuq3495]

Nice to see Julia Foster again.

[@AmandaLewis-m9s]

My favourite play of all time❤

[@michellefalleur960]

Loved this, Excellent, beautiful story, and brilliant acting ♥️

[@clipstone]

~~This was an especially good one. Thanks for posting!

[@LouiseMannigel]

Loved this one. Thanks for all the many great uploads!

[@trh2-f7v]

o my goodness...this was one of the best I have ever seen...never heard of this...Im in the States and enjoyed this tremendously .... Thank you from Texas for sharing..🤠

[@S7EVE_P]

I think she would have charmed me as well. The wonderful Julia Foster and Michael Bryant are just brilliant in this. Thanks for sharing👍

[@TheRobynbrown]

Truly wonderful - it's hard to find anything with a happy ending these days.

[@nancya.nelson5810]

These are such good viewing! Thank you.

[@sozanmarshall2832]

Great actors Great story

[@tanithkershaw]

Brilliant. Thank you

[@surreygirl2075]

Bought back memories for me thank you😅

[@69Phuket]

Boris is Agent Smith. :/ With a huge heart and sense of humour. ;) Angel is understanding spirit child of age of Aquarius All our hearts desires...X Well Done Yorkshire TV

[@alansmith1989]

Caught this first time around in the mid 1970s. It`s as enjoyable today as it was back then.

[@dadodydo]

All life is a risk. Indeed.

[@juliejk4603]

❤ loved it

[@ahmadkazemi8728]

Fairy tales can give hope to young people . That's what fairy tales for.

[@69Phuket]

Aye x

[@jeremypearson6852]

I remember having a crush on Julia Foster growing up in the UK. Now I’m 62 and living in Florida, I can see why. She just has a natural beauty.

[@stevenmcghee6649]

She's wonderful in the poignant 1968 movie "Interlude" starring opposite Oskar Werner. Not dissimilar to the storyline in this play but a very different ending.

[@cajsheen2594]

Watched this 3 times and really enjoy it! ❤ XXX

[@neildyer4433]

Julia foster really was sweet

[@michellefalleur960]

@@neildyer4433 She's So lovely 🌹

[@vintagebrew1057]

Michael Bryant is hilariously sweet!

[@michellefalleur960]

@@vintagebrew1057 I LOVE his ( attempt ?!) at telling her a joke, over the restaurant table, too adorable for words !!!

[@madeleine1972]

The sitting layout in the Indian restaurant would give me so much anxiety.

[@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts]

Why? I watched with great trepidation to see what was going to happen in the restaurant..it all looked quite normal to me?

[@Traveller69]

Absolutely agree Madeleine! It was the first thing I thought too. Infact I would never have sat down. 😂

[@snowdog9954]

Me too but i do remember often having to share a table if a place was busy!

[@mgtb2951]

This was normal then, tables were shared. Nothing to be anxious about...busy bustling and no space. All pretty norm then.

[@69Phuket]

Restos are kinda like that unfortunately 😮

[@alexandramassey9258]

Absolutely brilliant,thankyou

[@dieselgav]

11:35 This actress who plays Elsie is Katy Wild, and she was in a fair few Australian series in the 70s to the mid-90s, including the 'Sons and Daughters' 1983 season cliffhanger where she shoots her ex-husband several times at close range with a hunting rifle and then turned sepia..... as you do....

[@BMscallywag]

Loved this. Great acting all round. Couldn't happen today in the office even if he is a millionaire he'd probably get some kind of a lawsuit; still it's the stuff that many young women dreamt of and maybe still do. I certainly dreamt of it but unfortunately none of my bosses were nice enough or available, so I missed out. I am so glad that I saw it and have hit the pause button several times.

[@dennishill8356]

Thanks for the treat. "Am I fired?" "No.(You're way too cute.)""

[@rosemaryallen2128]

I wondered what the catch was going to be - drama doesn't do dreams coming true in this cynical age! (I've just watched 'Deception'!) I shall watch this again sometime to relish the pure, heart-warming romance of it.

[@andrewkendall7814]

I remember Mr Bryant's great performance in Colditz, as a guy that tries so hard to fake madness that by the time he's freed, everyone realises he's actually no longer pretending.

[@georgemcconnachie477]

Never thaught see this again Am 70 now lovely play.

[@mariomarcou6411]

Wonderful

[@ClaraDbanvl]

She's like Frank Spencer.

[@MissPrudence100]

With a stalker 😂

[@Jonanny1]

Love this

[@albertinerehoune1908]

Lovely story

[@RG-jj7yz]

Perfect and wonderful.

[@teresathompson1114]

The "when i was a young un "brigade are alive and kicking, rickets,polio,diphtheria, TB Them wa the days.

[@stingray4real]

Julia Foster co starred in the musical film Half A Sixpence with Tommy Steele.

[@michellefalleur960]

@@stingray4real She was also in 'Alfie ' , with Michael Caine, she's a Good actress , ( also in one of the ' doctor ' episodes, with Barry Evans )

[@commonwunder]

This plays with the same ideas found in the 'Sandy Dennis and Anthony Newley' film from 1968 - Sweet November.

[@roseoreillysievers6057]

I was a Secretary and knew shorthand. Brought back memories

[@giraffebecky]

Cute!!!

[@Crazeyfor67]

I understand Mr. Axelford, I fell in love with Angel too.

[@Taliesin-xd7ke]

Back in the sexy mesozoic 😂

[@singingcrafter1520]

So glad she accepted. Love a happy ending. And I don't mean in the Thai massage sense of the word. 😅😅

[@carlasilva8098]

Good God. Impossible character that girl.

[@crosseyedone7960]

You can't beat a happy ending.

[@MrYorickJenkins]

This is sooo 1970's its amazing. But all said and done they were better times. I thank God I was born in the 1950's and not have to grow up in these dreary puritanical freedom hating eras of prudery, fear of life and taking the moral high ground. I am sure that this film replays moments out of the lives of many people in the 1970's "I never knew it hurt physically to be in love" struck home. A facetious question maybe but do young people in the 2020's fall in love at all ? They don't seem to. So far as I can see, they seem to spend all their time looking at their dreary "smart phones" instead of flirting with their eyes the way everyone did back in the 1970's.

[@someroob7915]

“Dreary puritanical freedom-hating era of prudery, fear of life, and taking the moral high ground”.... Far out! You really encapsulated how I’ve been feeling about the 21st century recently. 👌

[@MrYorickJenkins]

@@someroob7915 Thank you for your comment. Are you interested in the literary classics? I have an online webinar group where we have readings every month on a Sunday in the month (no charge) and talk about mostly classical literature,an implicitly unmodern group you might say. But most of us are not in the first flush of youth. If you are interested, let me know.

[@someroob7915]

@@MrYorickJenkins Thanks for the invite. Maybe another time ;)

[@MrYorickJenkins]

@@someroob7915 Alas, "another time" is nearly always never

[@michellefalleur960]

@@MrYorickJenkins Brilliant point, perfectly put

[@stephaniemurria5534]

Loved this❤❤

[@englishweather9763]

good one 😊

[@Chillmax]

1974 - An unexpected May to September romance where a happy-go-lucky, somewhat down on her luck gal, is pursued by a rich tycoon, his affections are spurned, but he fights for her love, and after some trials, they marry & live happily ever after. 50 years later, 2024 - Victim of unwanted attention at work reports her boss to police, he's arrested, imprisoned and his business & reputation are ruined, he loses everything, whilst the female victim is put on antidepressants and never works again, the end. Umm, yeh, I know which I prefer. Thanks world, I want to get off.

[@DadgeCity]

tbf he forces himself on her!

[@Chillmax]

@@DadgeCity That's called courting, and she was lucky to have such a suitor after her. If you go down your route, civilisation will end, I think I put it quite well in my first comment.

[@MrPercy112]

@DadgeCity: oh do give it a rest.

[@Chillmax]

@@MrPercy112 What a helpful and explanatory comment, how would we manage without such nuggets of wisdom, and I'm still right.

[@MrPercy112]

@Chillmax: eh? I was supporting your comment; did you disapprove?

[@thehighpriestess978]

My favourite yet, and I don't usually go for that sort of thing. ( you know what I mean. 😊)

[@realsteviem]

OMG. I hadn't seen this since it first aired in the 1970's. Yet I could still rember the plot and outcome. There will never be Television drama like this anymore, it would upset the lefties. Marvelously scripted and very well acted. So much of our culture has been lost, becuase of elites who want to run the world as they see it.

[@Jackie-fw9nu]

Agreed, a great play, but why would it upset the lefties?

[@realsteviem]

@@Jackie-fw9nu most likely because he would be seen as a chauvinist or misogynist by leftards

[@rebeccahayes1007]

​@Jackie-fw9nu I'm asking the same question. I'm a massive lefty and I thoroughly enjoyed it .

[@MrYorickJenkins]

@@rebeccahayes1007 In answer to your question-because of the power relationships also related to age beztween the two and the fact that the man is a man and a woman woman. It would not upset genuine socialists if that is what you are. at all. I think by "lefty" the person meant the MEtoo generation the lgbt supporters not those who want social justice and equity in reward for labour. THAT kind of socialism, is dead in the contemporary Labour partyand THAt kidn of socialist would not be and is not in the least offended by this play. Come to think of it to decide whether a person is a socialist or modern lefty a fair litmus test might be testing their reactions to this play!

[@MrYorickJenkins]

​@@Jackie-fw9nu Because of the power relationships also related to age beztween the two and the fact that the man is a man and a woman woman. I think by "lefty" the person meant the MEtoo generation the lgbt supporters not those who want social justice and equity in reward for labour. THAT kind of socialism, is dead in the contemporary Labour partyand THAt kind of socialist would not be and is not in the least offended by this play. Come to think of it, to decide whether a person is a socialist or modern lefty, a fair litmus test might be testing their reactions to this play

[@markosborne3869]

Implausible ending. Still rather beautiful and moving though…

[@MsMounen]

I love this story.

[@miladydewinter7770]

What a strange little story

[@69Phuket]

In a strange little dream we call life.

[@jetblack.7186]

What year was this. I remember watching at the time

[@BMscallywag]

About 1975

[@Lot-4656]

Thanks.

[@helenlauer9545]

lovely.

[@antonchristian873]

That,s exactly how I wanted it to end !

[@mariomarcou6411]

Great

[@JohnCrowder-js8qz]

This what we are missing a good play not some silly game show even a decent sitcom would be nice not nonsense like love island