A pleasure postponed after being pulled off air at the last minute for legal reasons last year, though having just seen Matthew McNulty and Peter Wight in 'The Paradise' this was unfortunate rescheduling. This is one drama that flies in the face of Mark Lawson's alarum over the dominance of bonnets on the air. Joe Lampton (McNulty) for those who haven't read Braine's novel or seen the 1957 film, is a working class anti-hero on the make, railing against the stultifying social codes of post-war Britain and taking his women wherever and however he finds them. Think 'Alfie' with anger and less swinging, or Jimmy Porter with more sex and less vitriol. Not a bonnet in sight, and very apposite in view of the current widening of the gap between the Lamptons and their supposed betters.
Not a green teacup, a marcel wave or a fluffy jumper out of place.
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