Old Blackpool comedian Alfie Duffell allegedly wrote a song called 'Put a Bit of Treacle on my Pudding Mary-Ann', which might have made him famous, had he not sold it years ago, for five pounds. Now it is up to his grandson Stephen to take the song into the eighties.
Acting
Freddie Davies' weathered pathos as forgotten entertainer Alfie.
Direction
Chelsom's early gift for finding heart in grimy seaside settings.
Director
Peter Chelsom
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Peter Chelsom made this as his graduation film from NFTS before directing 'Hear My Song' and 'Shall We Dance?'—you can already see his obsession with showbiz has-beens.
The real 'treacle' songs were actual Blackpool workingmen's club staples; Chelsom grew up nearby and based Alfie on the faded comedians who'd haunt the piers.
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