A cricket match where the real game is who's sleeping with whom.
The local social cricket team are up to bat and sometimes it seems they are one batsman short of of an eleven. There are good secrets and not so good secrets that come to light during the course of the day. Roger is the ultimate captain rallying his troops whilst ignoring his greatest strength, Miriam, who makes the 'fantastic' teas with or without the 'non-compulsory' help. The days builds to a climax where it seems that everything must change forever. But will it?
Acting
Maureen Lipman and Paul Eddington absolutely devastating.
Writing
Richard Harris's play adaptation—every line cuts twice.
Production
Surrey setting so English it hurts.
Director
Kevin Billington
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Richard Harris's 1979 play, itself drawn from his own cricket club experiences in Surrey. The 'village green' idyll was already curdling in Thatcher-era Britain.
Paul Eddington was simultaneously filming Yes Minister—his Roger is essentially Jim Hacker's nervous breakdown in whites.
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