Murder Rap
- Episode aired Jan 31, 1980
- 1h 29m
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6.9/10
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An Englishman's home is his castle, and Wally aims to prove it.An Englishman's home is his castle, and Wally aims to prove it.An Englishman's home is his castle, and Wally aims to prove it.
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An interesting, gritty drama.
Wally and Lillian have barricaded their front door and refuse to leave, Wally sits armed with a gun and an axe, it transpires that a compulsory purchase order has been made, and the pair are being evicted.
Very gritty, very well acted, fairly bleak, and definitely worth an hour and a half of your time.
I saw the title, Murder rap, and expected some sort of Whodunnit, a murder mystery, but as always with Play for Today, it's not what I was expecting.
A story about integration, or rather the lack of it, and it's a story that's perhaps as relevant today, as it was back in 1980.
Of course it's of its time, and there is some abhorrent content and language, it feels like a gritty, realistic look at that very real prejudices that existed at the time.
A top notch cast, with some excellent performances, another gritty Play for today entry.
7/10.
Very gritty, very well acted, fairly bleak, and definitely worth an hour and a half of your time.
I saw the title, Murder rap, and expected some sort of Whodunnit, a murder mystery, but as always with Play for Today, it's not what I was expecting.
A story about integration, or rather the lack of it, and it's a story that's perhaps as relevant today, as it was back in 1980.
Of course it's of its time, and there is some abhorrent content and language, it feels like a gritty, realistic look at that very real prejudices that existed at the time.
A top notch cast, with some excellent performances, another gritty Play for today entry.
7/10.
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