Play for Today Angels Are So Few (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | 63 min | Comedy, Drama

Play for Today

Angels Are So Few (Season 1, Episode 4)

TV Episode | 63 min | Comedy, Drama

For the BBC's WEDNESDAY PLAY series, Dennis Potter offered one of his "visitation dramas": Housewife Cynthia Nicholls is married to prudish Richard Nicholls. One day, her mundane household chores are interrupted by the arrival on her front...See moreFor the BBC's WEDNESDAY PLAY series, Dennis Potter offered one of his "visitation dramas": Housewife Cynthia Nicholls is married to prudish Richard Nicholls. One day, her mundane household chores are interrupted by the arrival on her front step of scruffy, coarse Michael Biddle. He claims to be an angel, but on the face of it, he could simply be a deranged street person. She challenges the angel Michael by pointing out that he has no wings. Written by Bhob Stewart See less

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31 cast members

Name	Known for
Tom Bell Michael Biddle Michael Biddle See fewer	The L-Shaped Room (1962)
Christine Hargreaves Cynthia Nicholls Cynthia Nicholls See fewer	An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Susan Richards Mrs. Cawser Mrs. Cawser See fewer	The Lady of the Camellias (1976)
Erik Chitty Mr. Cawser Mr. Cawser See fewer	Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Barrie Cookson Richard Nicholls (as Barry Cookson) Richard Nicholls (as Barry Cookson) See fewer	A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Godfrey James Postman Postman See fewer	The Aphrodite Inheritance (1979)
Beryl Cooke Storyteller Storyteller See fewer	Happy Ever After (1974)
John Glyn-Jones Clergyman Clergyman See fewer	Emmerdale Farm (1972)
Kenneth Ives Interviewer Interviewer See fewer	The Lion in Winter (1968)
Denise Buckley Danish Girl Danish Girl See fewer	Department S (1969)
Dorothea Rundle Old Lady Old Lady See fewer	The Wednesday Play (1964)
Matthew Davies Timothy Timothy See fewer	Hardware (1990)
Laurence Archer Non-speaking extra (uncredited) Non-speaking extra (uncredited) See fewer	The Avengers (1961)
Ernest Blyth Non-speaking extra (uncredited) Non-speaking extra (uncredited) See fewer	Six Days of Justice (1972)
Marc Boyle Lorry Driver (uncredited) Lorry Driver (uncredited) See fewer	Outland (1981)
Vi Delmar Non-speaking extra (uncredited) Non-speaking extra (uncredited) See fewer	Special Branch (1969)
Lena Ellis Nude (uncredited) Nude (uncredited) See fewer	Paul Temple (1969)
Gilly Flower Non-speaking extra (uncredited) Non-speaking extra (uncredited) See fewer	Fawlty Towers (1975)
Richard Halifax Non-speaking extra (uncredited) Non-speaking extra (uncredited) See fewer	The First Night of 'Pygmalion' (1969)
Sarah Hamilton Non-speaking extra (uncredited) Non-speaking extra (uncredited) See fewer
Kathleen Heath Non-speaking extra (uncredited) Non-speaking extra (uncredited) See fewer	My Brother Jonathan (1948)
Daphne Howgate Nude (uncredited) Nude (uncredited) See fewer
Gertrude Kaye Non-speaking extra (uncredited) Non-speaking extra (uncredited) See fewer	Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962)
Labro Non-speaking extra (uncredited) Non-speaking extra (uncredited) See fewer
Mia Martin Nude (uncredited) Nude (uncredited) See fewer	The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
Margaret McKechnie Non-speaking extra (uncredited) Non-speaking extra (uncredited) See fewer	Echo Four Two (1961)
Patrick Milner Nude (uncredited) Nude (uncredited) See fewer	The Black Tulip (1956)
Peter Moreton Non-speaking extra (uncredited) Non-speaking extra (uncredited) See fewer	The Secret Garden (1993)
Jenny Roberts Non-speaking extra (uncredited) Non-speaking extra (uncredited) See fewer	Phoelix (1979)
Jean Sadgrove Non-speaking extra (uncredited) Non-speaking extra (uncredited) See fewer	Churchill's People (1974)
Roy Scammell Van Driver (uncredited) Van Driver (uncredited) See fewer	Willow (1988)