Gas and Candles
7.0
Black comedy play about two pensioners struggling to manage on an old-age pension and living in a high-rise block of flats.
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Cast
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Edna Doré
Betty
Known for
EastEnders
Stuart: A Life Backwards
Bert Parnaby
Bill
Also in
Blackadder
By the Sword Divided
Alvin Rakoff
Jimmy McGovern
Bill Bryden
Also in
The Story of a Recluse
Leslie Sands
Tom
Known for
The Deadly Affair
Norman McCandlish
David Henry Wilson
Simon Oates
Politician
Also in
The Terrornauts
Doomwatch
Richard Braine
Journalist
Known for
House of Cards
Hostage
Rod Culbertson
Superintendent Benson
Known for
The Escape Artist
Twelfth Night
Mark Lewis Jones
Constable Davis
Known for
Chernobyl
Baby Reindeer
Alvin Rakoff Director · Jimmy McGovern Writer
First release August 1, 1991
Production
BBC Scotland
Production
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · August 1, 1991
TV · BBC1 "The Play on One"
No release date listed for United States.
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