The war's over, the beer's gone, and someone's fleeing to Argentina—cheers, love!
VE Night, 1945. In a Yorkshire pub not everyone is in a mood to celebrate. Lorna Thorpe 's ' All-Star' dance band is missing two members, the beer has run out-and some influential friends on the city council have booked flights to Buenos Aires
Acting
Lynn Farleigh anchors the chaos with weary, knowing authority.
Writing
Wearing's script simmers with unspoken wartime guilt.
Director
Michael Wearing
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Screened once on BBC2 in 1981, then vanished—no commercial release, no streaming. A true ghost.
Michael Wearing later produced 'Edge of Darkness'—this early work shows his fascination with institutional rot.
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