The Old Devils
An adaptation of the novel by Kingsley Amis about a group of university friends reunited in retirement. Alun Weaver has found success as a celebrated London-based writer. After returning home to Wales with his alluring wife Rhiannon he reunites with old friends who chose to remain in the valleys. Long dormant romance are rekindled and rivalries resurrected in this turbulent story of ageing, friendship, lust, nostalgia and nationalism.
Andrew Davies
Tristram Powell
Casts & Crew
John Stride
Sheila Allen
Ray Smith
Elizabeth Morgan
James Grout
Anne Stallybrass
Bernard Hepton
Anna Cropper
Elizabeth Spriggs
Gerald James
Desmond Barrit
Howell Evans
Pippa Guard
Tristram Jellinek
Dilys Price
Joy Roston
Noel Williams
Simon Corris
Colin Heber-Percy
Shirley King
John Lovat
Sian Owen
Ian Puleston-Davies
Sian Rhys
Clara Salaman
Anwen Williams
James Frank Benson
Caroline Berry
Robert Blythe
David Charles
Meredith Edwards
Islwyn Evans
Bernard Latham
Anna Linstrum
Molly Parkin
Gareth Potter
John Prior
Steve Speirs
Stan Stennett
William Roberts
Dorien Thomas
Hugh Thomas
Huw Tudor
Mark Venables
Terry Victor
Jack Walters
Tony Wright
Andrea Hessayon
Also Directed by Tristram Powell
Interview with Italian film director Federico Fellini.
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A series of monologues.
Interview with director Louis Malle conducted by Wallace Shawn, produced for the BBC-TV program "Arena".
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