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  • Comment: Same comments as before, not enough significant coverage in sources. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 15:47, 18 June 2025 (UTC)
  • Comment: The cited sources are quite short and provide little information about the show. I recommend finding reviews and in-depth coverage of the show other than simple listings. Ca talk to me! 14:57, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: Most references appear to be directory-like. Sincerely, Guessitsavis (she/they) (Talk) 22:02, 26 September 2024 (UTC)



The Bristol Entertainment
GenreDrama, History
Written byJohn Hale
Directed byMichael Croucher, Colin Rose
Starring
Country of originEngland
Production
ProducerMichael Croucher
Production locationBristol
EditorDavid Aliband
Running time69 minutes
Production companyBBC
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release3 December 1971 (1971-12-03)

The Bristol Entertainment is 1971 TV play starring Brian Blessed, Bernard Holley, Phyllida Law, Angharad Rees, Peter Sallis, Eric Thompson and Brian Wilde. It was made by the BBC, produced in colour and screened on 3 December 1971.[1][2]

Plot

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Set in a great city located in England named Bristol a women named Sarah Ann jumps of the Clifton Suspension Bridge to try and commit suicide after she lost her job, but she survives. Felix Farley and his Coachman friend decide to help her out. Felix Farley asks her why she did it and Sarah Ann tells him she was trying to kill herself. Felix Farley then trys talking to her that she should appreciate being alive and that everyone should always have something about them worth remembering. He then decides to tell her the history about the city of Bristol over the pass thousand years from the early 900s to 1971 present day by bringing up gossip, scandals, successes, disasters, eccentricities and cupidity from the real life incidents that happened in Bristol. He also tells Sarah Ann the history of how about how railways were built, things that were invented in Bristol, pirates who once lived in Bristol, King Henry who once came to Bristol, Slavery and much more history about Bristol. Sarah Ann then has a change of heart after learning about the history of Bristol, but doesn't know if she could get her job back, Felix Farley asks her if she can write to which Sarah says yes. Felix Farley then tells her that he wants her to work for him. Several years past by and Felix Farley's Coachman friend is currently living in a retirement home and Felix Farley is living by himself in his house feeling happy about what he has from his life worth remembering. Soon Felix Farley eventually dies peacefully outside his home in Bristol.

Cast

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Production

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Everything in the play was taken from factual records, memories and newspapers of Bristol. All of the search into the history of Bristol was provided by Suzie Fleming. Fleming was able to get all the information about the city of Bristol provided with the help of the Society of Merchant Venturers, the Bristol City Council, the Clifton Suspension Bridge Trustees, Bristol Central Library, St Mary Redcliffe, All Saints' Church, Bristol, Redmaids' High School, Ashfield Place Adventure Playground Association as well as the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery.[3]

Reception

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The play first premiered on BBC Two on 3 December 1971.[4][5] The play was later rebroadcast again a year later again on BBC Two on 23 December 1972.[6][7][8] The play is fully intact and is held in the BBC Archives as Digital Betacam videotape.[9] The play has not been released on DVD or any other home media platforms. The play is however available to watch for students on the Educational Recording Agency online website mainly because the movie has a Curriculum Connection towards History featured in the play.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "The Bristol Entertainment" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Evening Post 03 December 1971". newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "The Bristol Entertainment". BBC Genome Project. 3 December 1971. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  4. ^ "The Bristol Entertainment". BBC Genome Project. 3 December 1971. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  5. ^ "BBC Two London: 3 December 1971 at 22:10".
  6. ^ "The Bristol Entertainment". BBC Genome Project. 23 December 1972. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  7. ^ "BBC Two London: 23 December 1972 at 18:00".
  8. ^ "BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1972". ukchristmastv.weebly.com.
  9. ^ "The Bristol Entertainment (1971)". tvbrain.info. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  10. ^ "The Bristol Entertainment". era.org.uk.
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