On a weekend trip to the seaside town of Lyme Regis, two seventeen-year-old boys - Sam with an interest in ecology and Martin with an interest in girls - are the youngest residents (ever) at a guest house run by a highly eccentric old lady.
Acting
Gwen Nelson's landlady is unhinged perfection.
Writing
Dialogue that crams three cringes into every line.
Director
Roger Lambert
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was part of the BBC's 'Screen Two' anthology series, which launched careers including Kenneth Branagh's.
Lyme Regis is the real fossil capital of England and the setting of John Fowles' 'The French Lieutenant's Woman' — this short is basically its horny, unhinged cousin.
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