Oxbridge Blues

Oxbridge Blues is a 1984 British television series, produced and broadcast in the UK by the BBC. It is an anthology of seven approximately 75-minute television plays by Frederic Raphael, most of which focus on relationships of one kind or another. Most of the plays except one take place in England; "He'll See You Now" takes place in the U.S., and "Sleeps Six" takes place in England and France. The series was broadcast in the U.S. on A&E in 1986 and on PBS in 1988.Blau, Eleanor. "TV Notes." New York Times. 28 April 1988. In Australia, the series was broadcast on ABC in 1987.Hooks, Barbara. "Oxbridge Blues Are Not Easy to Come By." The Age. 27 August 1987.

The series won the 1987 CableACE Award for Best Dramatic Series. The eponymous first teleplay in the series, "Oxbridge Blues", was nominated for a BAFTA television award for Best Single Drama, and other individual episodes garnered several other awards and nominations.

The seven plays were adapted by the novelist Frederic Raphael from the short stories from his own collections Sleeps Six and other stories (1979)Raphael, Frederic. Sleeps Six: And Other Stories. Jonathan Cape, 1979. and Oxbridge Blues and other stories (1980).Raphael, Frederic. Oxbridge Blues: And Other Stories. Jonathan Cape, 1980. He described the television series as "mostly kind of chamber pieces – modest dramas about love and sex and honour and marriage". Raphael directed one episode, James Cellan Jones directed four, and Richard Stroud directed two. Each episode of Oxbridge Blues is a separate and unrelated story, with different characters in each.

In December 1984, the BBC published the seven scripts together in book form, entitled Oxbridge Blues and Other Plays for Television.Raphael, Frederic. Oxbridge Blues and Other Plays for Television. BBC Books, 1984.

Episodes

Main cast Ian Charleson as Victor Geary ("Oxbridge Blues") Rosalyn Landor as Wendy ("Oxbridge Blues") Amanda Redman as Maxine ("Oxbridge Blues") Michael Elphick as Curly Bonaventura ("Oxbridge Blues") Malcolm Stoddard as Philip Geary ("Oxbridge Blues"); Michael ("Similar Triangles") Kate Fahy as Eileen ("Similar Triangles"); Lizzie ("Cheap Day") Ciaran Madden as Laura ("Cheap Day"); Rachel ("Similar Triangles") Norman Rodway as Alec ("Cheap Day"); Narrator ("Similar Triangles") Geoffrey Palmer as Fred ("Cheap Day") Christopher Good as James ("Cheap Day") Ben Kingsley as Geoff Craven ("Sleeps Six") Diane Keen as Sherry Craven ("Sleeps Six") Jeremy Child as Philip Witham ("Sleeps Six") Jackie Smith-Wood as Lady Jane Witham ("Sleeps Six") Susan Sarandon as Natalie ("He'll See You Now") Barry Dennen as Dr. Stein ("He'll See You Now") David Suchet as Colin ("The Muse") Frances Tomelty as Angela Lane ("The Muse") Carol Royle as Tory ("That Was Tory"); Ellen ("The Muse") John Bird as Clive ("That Was Tory") Joanna Lumley as GiGi ("That Was Tory")

Music The series theme music was composed by Richard Holmes, and sung by the English group Cantabile.

Awards and nominations The series won the 1987 CableACE Award for Best Dramatic Series. The first episode, "Oxbridge Blues", was nominated for a BAFTA television award for Best Single Drama.Television Nominations 1984 at BAFTA Susan Sarandon won the 1987 CableACE Award for Best Actress in a Dramatic Series for her performance in the episode "He'll See You Now". Frederic Raphael won the 1987 CableACE Award for Best Writing a Dramatic Series, for episode "Sleeps Six". Ben Kingsley was nominated for a CableACE Award for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series for his performance in the episode "Sleeps Six".Oxbridge Blues – Awards at the Internet Movie Database

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