Post by RitaLittlewood on May 19, 2008 21:21:35 GMT
Filth – The Mary Whitehouse Story
Wednesday 28 May
9.00-10.30pm BBC TWO
In 1963 an unknown housewife and teacher from the Midlands, Mary Whitehouse, embarked on a mission to clean up British television. Her crusade led her into battle with the man she held responsible for a tide of "filth" – Sir Hugh Carleton Greene, Director-General of the BBC, culminating in a bitter fight to broadcast the word "knickers" in The Beatles' song I Am The Walrus.
With Julie Walters starring as Mary Whitehouse and Hugh Bonneville playing her arch-enemy, BBC Director-General Sir Hugh Carleton Greene, Filth – The Mary Whitehouse Story is a 90-minute drama inspired by real events that will bring to life the battle for Britain's morals that raged in the Sixties.
Remarkably, in the middle of such a liberal decade – an era that spawned Carnaby Street, the Profumo scandal and the Fab Four – Mary Whitehouse was the voice of a majority that had no desire to join the permissive age. Armed only with her own sense of good Christian values and a sharp tongue, Mary Whitehouse embarked on a David versus Goliath mission to stop "filth" entering family homes via the television. Backed by her loyal husband Ernest (Alun Armstrong), Mary set out to fight an almighty war with some heroic and surprising victories along the way.
Written by Amanda Coe (Shameless and Elizabeth David – A Life In Recipes) and directed by Andy de Emmony (BAFTA-nominated Fantabulosa! and The Canterbury Tales), the film has at its heart two great, and very strong-willed, characters – Mary Whitehouse who leads her "Clean-Up TV" campaign clad in her best coat and hat, versus BBC Director-General Sir Hugh Carleton Greene, who was determined to modernise British television.
SB
Wednesday 28 May
9.00-10.30pm BBC TWO
In 1963 an unknown housewife and teacher from the Midlands, Mary Whitehouse, embarked on a mission to clean up British television. Her crusade led her into battle with the man she held responsible for a tide of "filth" – Sir Hugh Carleton Greene, Director-General of the BBC, culminating in a bitter fight to broadcast the word "knickers" in The Beatles' song I Am The Walrus.
With Julie Walters starring as Mary Whitehouse and Hugh Bonneville playing her arch-enemy, BBC Director-General Sir Hugh Carleton Greene, Filth – The Mary Whitehouse Story is a 90-minute drama inspired by real events that will bring to life the battle for Britain's morals that raged in the Sixties.
Remarkably, in the middle of such a liberal decade – an era that spawned Carnaby Street, the Profumo scandal and the Fab Four – Mary Whitehouse was the voice of a majority that had no desire to join the permissive age. Armed only with her own sense of good Christian values and a sharp tongue, Mary Whitehouse embarked on a David versus Goliath mission to stop "filth" entering family homes via the television. Backed by her loyal husband Ernest (Alun Armstrong), Mary set out to fight an almighty war with some heroic and surprising victories along the way.
Written by Amanda Coe (Shameless and Elizabeth David – A Life In Recipes) and directed by Andy de Emmony (BAFTA-nominated Fantabulosa! and The Canterbury Tales), the film has at its heart two great, and very strong-willed, characters – Mary Whitehouse who leads her "Clean-Up TV" campaign clad in her best coat and hat, versus BBC Director-General Sir Hugh Carleton Greene, who was determined to modernise British television.
SB
