Time After Time (1986 film)

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Time After Time
Written byMolly Keane (novel)
Andrew Davies
Produced byTerry Coles
CinematographyJohn McGlashan
Edited byDavid King
Music byJim Parker
Running time
103 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Time After Time is a 1986 British-Australian television comedy film that was broadcast as episode 3 of the second series of BBC's Screen Two . It was directed by Bill Hays and adapted from the Molly Keane novel by Andrew Davies. It features John Gielgud, Googie Withers, Helen Cherry, Ursula Howells, and Trevor Howard. [1]

Contents

Premise

A constantly bickering Anglo-Irish family live in a crumbling 'big house', when their lives are interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a German cousin. [2]

ACE award nomination

John Gielgud was nominated for a CableACE Award for Time After Time on the Arts & Entertainment network

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References

  1. Jerry Roberts (5 June 2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. p. 242. ISBN   978-0-8108-6378-1.
  2. Time After Time at the British Film Institute [ better source needed ]