The Bass Player and the Blonde is a television play directed by Dennis Vance and starring Edward Woodward and Jane Wymark. It was created by Roy Clarke and broadcast in the ITV Playhouse anthology series, first broadcast 14 June 1977.
It was followed up with a three-part serial with episodes named from musical terms: "Rondo" (8 August 1978), "Allegro" (15 August 1978), and "Andante" (22 August 1978).
Plot In the play and the series, George Mangham, a middle aged, debt ridden bass player in a jazz band, falls in love with the wealthy and much younger blonde singer Terry, much to the distress of her father.The Bass Player and the Blonde (The Memorable TV Guide to British Television)
Cast Edward Woodward as George Mangham Jane Wymark as Terry Ronald Fraser as Charlie Jeremy Sinden as Nigel Alfie Bass as the pawnbroker Sam Kydd as Max Betty McDowall as Beth George Sewell as the drummer
Credits Producer/Director: Dennis Vance Production Company: ATV Screenplay: Roy Clarke, Ian Lindsay and Phil Redmond Designer: Michael Eve
Reception Nancy Banks-Smith wrote:
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