Play For Today - The Long Distance Piano Player 1/10

A dingy municipal hall in a nondescript northern town plays host to Pete (Ray Davies) a phenomenon, a true one-off of Herculean proportions - at least, according to his loudmouth, cod-American manager Jack Burnshaw (Norman Rossington). Over the next few days, as Jack barks at nonplussed townsfolk through a megaphone while his gofer Alf (James 'Red Shift' Hazeldine) bangs resignedly on a drum, Pete will be attempting to break the record for non-stop piano playing. Why, apart from the 'uniqueness' of the achievement, no-one can be quite sure, least of all Pete's long-suffering wife Ruth (Lois Daine) holed up in a makeshift bedroom for the duration, within earshot of the relentless drone of Pete's playing. Locals seem none to bothered either - two old duffers dusting down the snooker tables in the hall chat idly about him because - well, he's being talked about, apparently.
Info from TV Cream.

Once you've watched it, could you give a rating out of five, just as a test.
My Rating - 4/5

Starring Ray Davies.

C. BBC Television 1970.

Category:

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[krankiekat]

Ray Davies never has disappointed me yet, God save him. - Frank Lima

[judyanddavid]

It's not old-age nostalgia (I swear!), but the quality of so many television programmes then compared to now ...........

[worldsno1drwhofan]

Is that a real fag at 1:47 or is it one of those fake powdery ones? The smoke just looked abit odd is all

[cookmoore]

Amazing work Ray has done!!

[wayneleon100]

Where is part 2?

[McGeachan]

Thank You for this

[L88BS]

Thank you so much for sharing this

[Delboywww]

Great to see this again after all these years, thankyou.

Del

[rememberedhills]

I wonder if this print eventually go through the new colourisation process that restored the Dads Army shown last December.

[Babyhowdy233]

OMFG I never imagined I'd ever get to see this:like finding pure gold in your own backyard!! :o

THANK YOU SOOO MUCH for sharing this!!!