Hold the Back Page Old Partners (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | Drama

Hold the Back Page

Old Partners (Season 1, Episode 4)

TV Episode | Drama

With memories of watching cricket as a child, Ken heads off to the Test match. When rain ends the days play, Ken meets his hero Doug Stout. He finds Stout's old opening partner Maurice Gibbons and discovers how he was left a broken man.

Director

Adrian Shergold

Writers

Stan Hey | Andrew Nickolds

Producer

Evgeny Gridneff

Composer

Gordon Giltrap

Production Designer

Dacre Punt

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 3, 1985

Release date

Dec 3, 1985 (United Kingdom)

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
David Warner Ken Wordsworth Ken Wordsworth See fewer	Titanic (1997)
Eric Allan Reg Reg See fewer	Emmerdale Farm (1972)
Gil Brailey Alison Alison See fewer	The Car (2005)
Lee Whitlock Charlie Wordsworth Charlie Wordsworth See fewer	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
David Horovitch Russell de Vries Russell de Vries See fewer	The Young Victoria (2009)
Peter-Hugo Daly Steve Stevens Steve Stevens See fewer	Made in Dagenham (2010)
Richard Ireson Frank McNab Frank McNab See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
Tilly Vosburgh Ruby Ruby See fewer	The Awakening (I) (2011)
Wilfred Grove Cedric Gibbons Cedric Gibbons See fewer	The Avengers (1961)
Peter Hughes Doug Strout Doug Strout See fewer	Evita (1996)
Ralph Michael Percy Percy See fewer	A Night to Remember (1958)
John Normington Maurice Gibbons Maurice Gibbons See fewer	Rollerball (1975)