Back of Beyond
7.5
Olwen lives in a tumbledown farm up in the mountains - a lonely widow, virtually a recluse. Her only human contact is with the occasional shopkeeper and young Rachel, who delivers her papers. For Rachel, her visits to Olwen are half adventure, half honest friendship. But they also mean a time to 'put aside childish things.'
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Cast
6 people
Rachel Roberts
Olwen
Known for
Picnic at Hanging Rock
This Sporting Life
Lynne Jones
Rachel
Known for
Born in Flames
Michael Griffiths
David
Also in
How Green Was My Valley
Microbes and Men
Edward Hardwicke
Gareth
Known for
Sherlock Holmes
Oliver Twist
Diana Bishop
Megan
Also in
The Love of a Good Woman
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Peter Sallis
Man (uncredited)
Known for
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
The Wrong Trousers
Desmond Davis Director · Julia Jones Writer Peter Bartlett Cinematographer
First release November 14, 1974 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
BBC
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · November 14, 1974
TV · BBC1 "Play for Today"
No release date listed for United States.
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