A father crashes into his son's life for one hour that changes everything.
Twelve-year-old Jude has never met Dick, his father. One Sunday afternoon Dick impulsively engineers a meeting, which has distressing consequences.
Acting
Dorian Ford's devastating stillness as twelve-year-old Jude.
Direction
Craske's restrained, almost cruel patience with the material.
Director
Bill Craske
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of BBC's 1980 'Play for Today' tradition of unflinching working-class drama that made audiences deeply uncomfortable in their living rooms.
The entire tragedy hinges on Dick's inability to see Jude as a person—the boy is merely a mirror for his own guilt and fantasy of fatherhood.
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