Paper Roses
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Facing retirement, elderly journalist Clarence Hubbard reflects on the pointlessness of a life wasted writing banal tabloid human interest, animal, and crime stories. Rather than go quietly to tend roses in a garden, Hubbard begins a series of violent actions not unlike those described in tabloids, and this is heightened by inter cutting tabloid headlines between scenes. Throughout, there are occasional shots of a television critic who watches this very play as it unfolds, and he writes a negative review filled with cleverly phrased but bitter invective.
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Cast
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Bill Maynard
Clarence Hubbard
Known for
Robin and Marian
The Plague Dogs
Donald Gee
John Chart
Also in
Born and Bred
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Aimée Delamain
Mrs Hubbard
Known for
Fawlty Towers
Santa Claus: The Movie
John Carson
Joe
Known for
Shaka Zulu
The Plague of the Zombies
Dudley Jones
The Critic
Also in
Doctor Who
Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet
Desmond Perry
Harold Bladdy
Known for
Sacco & Vanzetti
Joe Gladwin
Messenger
Also in
Last of the Summer Wine
Nearest and Dearest
Barry Davis Director · Dennis Potter Writer Don Kelly Editor
First release June 13, 1971 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
Granada Television
Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · June 13, 1971
TV
No release date listed for United States.
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