Barry Reckord adapted his stage play for TV and his brother Lloyd plays the central character – a Jamaican new to London. When he begins a relationship with a white woman, he finds himself in conflict with his mother, who has great expectations for him. The very early intimate portrayal of this interracial relationship broke new ground, and is believed to feature one of the world's first examples of an interracial kiss on TV.
Lloyd Reckord
Dave Jordan
Elizabeth MacLennan
Terry Jamieson
Ida Shepley
Mrs Jordan
Charles Hyatt
Jim
Michael Robbins
Georgie
Margery Mason
Mum
Ron Falk
Danny
Pauline Devany
Jill (as Pauline Devaney)
Linda Marlowe
Partygoer (as Linda Marlow)
Barry Reckord adapted his stage play for TV and his brother Lloyd plays the central character – a Jamaican new to London. When he begins a relationship with a white woman, he finds himself in conflict with his mother, who has great expectations for him. The very early intimate portrayal of this interracial relationship broke new ground, and is believed to feature one of the world's first examples of an interracial kiss on TV.
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