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Newsbeat

"herself"

BBC radio programme discussing the Ivory Trade Ban. Celebrity members of Elefriends, including Dennis Skinner MP, take petition to Downing Street, asking government to revoke 6 month trade extension granted to Hong Kong.
Tushingham – "Nobody needs ivory."
McKenna – "Handing in letter asking government to change its mind."
Travers – "Supporting petition."
Skinner – "Thatcher has thicker skin than an elephant – time she made clear to world that elephant is in serious danger."
Lenska – "Hopes Thatcher has enough of a conscience to do something about it."
Newsbeat (31 Jan 1990), with Rula Lenska, Virginia McKenna, Dennis Skinner, Bill Travers, Rita Tushingham, presented by Cathy Jenkins.

How Was It For You

"herself"

A look back at the 1960s.
How Was It For You (29 May 1991), with Henry Kelly, Ken Livingstone, Claire Rayner, Rita Tushingham.

Paper Marriage

Papierowe Malzenstwo

"Lou"

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A young and pretty Polish woman arrives in London to marry a British doctor whom she met in Poland, only to find that he's changed his mind. Not wanting to return to Poland, and in need of a green card, she proposes marriage to the first man she sees – a patient who happens to be in the doctor's office at the time. As they run from mobsters attempting to collect a debt from him, they rent a room from landlady Lou (Rita Tushingham).
The ground floor of Rita's hostel is an actual Bed & Breakfast in Newcastle Upon Tyne, but the rented room and adjacent corridor seen in the film were built in a Warsaw, Poland, studio.
Star Gary Kemp was unable to attend the Warsaw, Poland, premiere as he was in Los Angeles filming The Bodyguard (1992).
Paper Marriage (1991) aka Papierowe Malzenstwo, on DVD, with Gary Kemp, Joanna Trepechinska, David Horovitch, Ann Mitchell, Rita Tushingham, William Ilkley, Richard Hawley, Fred Pearson, Gary Whelan, Martin McKellan, music by Stanislas Syrewicz, cinematography by Grzegorz Kedzierski, written by Marek Kreutz, Krzysztof Lang, Lise Mayer, directed by Krzysztof Lang.
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Our Rita poses for a photo with fans Ingrid Wind, left, and Christiane Doettger at the Warsaw, Poland, premiere of Paper Marriage on 09 Mar 1992.

Gütt: Ein Journalist

"Rita"

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A semi-documentary that reconstructs the last days of Dieter Gütt, a passionate and critical journalist who worked in television and wrote for Stern magazine. Gütt took his own life on 24 January 1990 in Hamburg, Germany, at age 65. He is visited by his friend Rita, traveling from England, and welcomes her at the airport with a white lily, the death flower. She spends one of the last days of his life with the journalist, not suspecting that he is contemplating suicide.
Traugott Buhre plays the title role. Filmmakers Hans-Heinrich Ziemann and Horst Königstein invented the role of Rita (Rita Tushingham), in order to better tell the story.
Gütt: Ein Journalist (21 Dec 1991), with Traugott Buhre, Rita Tushingham, Matthias Freihof, cinematography by Udo Franz, written by Hans-Heinrich Ziemann, directed by Horst Königstein, Hans-Heinrich Ziemann.

^{Traugott Buhre}
Dieter Gütt waits at the airport for the arrival of his friend Rita.

^{Rita Tushingham, Traugott Buhre}
"Sorry Rita, I'm gonna drink both of these myself." Dieter Gütt demonstrates the famous German two-handed drinking technique.

Sunday Pursuit

Perseguição De Domingo

"Alice Fletcher"

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Thomas Wilkins (Denholm Elliott) is a widower who, after 32 years at a Savile Row menswear firm, is dismissed by the new head of the company. Seeking solace in a lonely-hearts column, he arranges a blind date for tea on the following Sunday. He meets middle-aged Alice Fletcher (Rita Tushingham) at the Palm Court tearooms.
Murray Melvin (A Taste Of Honey, Smashing Time) plays the head waiter.
Sunday Pursuit (24 Mar 1992) aka Perseguição De Domingo, with Denholm Elliott, Rita Tushingham, Simon Shepherd, David Trevena, Murray Melvin, Dana Gillespie, Brian Rawlinson, Jack Burns, music by Michel Legrand, Michael Hurd, cinematography by John Bulmer, written by N.J. Crisp, directed by Mai Zetterling.

^{Rita Tushingham}
Alice Fletcher's appearance at the Palm Court tearooms one Sunday afternoon has unexpected repercussions in the lonely life of a redundant Savile Row tailor.

A Csalás Gyönyöre

Rapture Of Deceit

"Dóra Tas"

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This film studies changes in contemporary Hungary through the lives of two women. Júlia had a good job in the old communist-ruled Hungary. She was an electrical engineer. Now she is thirty, and since the government has fallen, the rules of the game have changed. Without a job for the first time in many years, she discovers that her husband has been having an affair with his boss' daughter, so she moves in with widowed lawyer Dóra, an older woman who has been her friend for some time. After some searching, she finds a job as a waitress and becomes embroiled in the restaurant-owner's struggle to hang on to the business in the face of efforts by a local gang to take it over for themselves.
A Csalás Gyönyöre (1992) aka Rapture Of Deceit, with Rita Tushingham, Péter Andorai, György Dörner, Anikó Für, Gábor Reviczky, János Derzsi, Judit Meszléry, music by Ennio Morricone, cinematography by Gábor Balog, written by Géza Böszörményi, directed by Lívia Gyarmathy.

Hamburger Gift

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Hamburger Gift (02 Dec 1992), with Rita Tushingham, written by Horst Königstein, Cordt Schnibben, directed by Horst Königstein.

The Trouble With The Sixties

"herself"

A celebration of the decade. Live performances from Donovan, The Swinging Blue Jeans, and the Troggs. Sandie Shaw looks at fashion and Swinging London, and John Bird plays Harold Wilson reflecting upon his years in power.
The Trouble With The Sixties (16 Jan 1993), with Rita Tushingham, Michael Aspel, John Bird, Barbara Castle, Richard Ingrams, Lance Percival, Lord Sutch, Tony Blackburn, Johnny Walker, Robert Robinson, George Melly, Johnny Speight, Paul Nicholas, Oliver Tobias, Marsha Hunt, Janice Nicholls, Norman Vaughan, Stanley Unwin, Kenneth Wolstenholme, Henry Cooper, Lynn Davies, Rodney Marsh, George Best, Peter Osgood, Sandie Shaw, Jane Birkin, Gerald Thomas, Liza Goddard, Angela Down, Susan Jameson, Denis Law, Nyree Dawn Porter, Alan Freeman, Reg Presley, Mary Whitehouse, directed by Alasdair MacMillan.

Gospel According To Harry

Ewangelia Wedlug Harry'ego

Desert Lunch

"Myrna"

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The breakdown of relationships, death of emotions, and the dehumanization of human life in the near future form the central theme of the film. The Pacific ocean has dried up (the catastrophe is never explained), and California has become a desert. Wes (Viggo Mortensen) and Karen (Jennifer Rubin), a young couple, try to make the best of it, but life is hard on them. The only person who enjoys himself is Harry, the tax collector (Jack Kehoe).
A beautifully photographed but very surreal film. The action takes place in the desert, in a furnished patch of sand – as though the walls, ceiling, and floor of a dwelling had vanished, leaving just the household furniture neatly set upon the sand. Characters come and go (Rita's character comes trudging across the sand to visit daughter Karen), engage in small talk, ending with a modern-day crucifixion scene.
Though filmed in Poland, the film's dialogue is in English. Shot entirely among the sand dunes of Slowinski National Park near Leba, Poland, in 17 days.
Gospel According To Harry (1993) aka Ewangelia Wedlug Harry'ego aka Desert Lunch, on DVD, with Rita Tushingham, Viggo Mortensen, Jennifer Rubin, Jack Kehoe, Hanna Dunowska, Jeremy Flynn, Andy Rivera, Eb Davis, Herbert Moulton, Paul Sieloff, Gideon Singer, music by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, cinematography by Grzegorz Kedzierski, written by Lech Majewski, directed by Lech Majewski.
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^{Viggo Mortensen}
Wes works at his desk.

^{Jennifer Rubin, Viggo Mortensen}
Karen and Wes are having marital problems.

^{Rita Tushingham}
Myrna chides daughter Karen for having married Wes in the first place.

^{Jack Kehoe}
Harry, the tax collector.

Autumn 1993

Interviewed by RadioTimes about her typical day, Rita says,
     "I start the day with a taste of honey – a spoonful in my Earl Grey tea. I'm a vegetarian, and breakfast is usually yogurt and a piece of wholemeal toast. But I hate routine and I eat when I'm hungry. I'm usually on the move by 7:30am and I try to get out for a morning walk in Hyde Park. I was brought up in Liverpool, moved to London when I started my career and, until recently, lived in Canada. But now I've got a flat in central London and I'm happily based here again."
     "My husband Ousama has his own film production company in Toronto, my eldest daughter Dodonna is a commercials producer in Los Angeles and my youngest, Aisha, is at university in London – London, Ontario, that is. I spend a lot of time in Germany, where I've made a number of films recently and have many friends. Travel is part of my life and I'm too much of a butterfly to stay in one place for long."
     "When I'm home in London I often potter around the antiques markets or salesrooms to find things for the flat. I collect little Spode china animals from the 20s, ornamental elephants, teddy bears and antiques of all sorts. I've always done the interior designing for my houses and I like mixing the old with the new. In my bedroom, for instance, I've got a carved Tudor four-poster, complete with canopy, an Elizabethan settle with "the boys" (the teddies) on it, a large oil painting by John Tushingham – my great, great uncle, the other black sheep of the family – and two large stone owls that used to be in my garden."
     "I'll have something light to eat in the late afternoon, maybe a chunk of cake, and catch up with the faxes and phone calls to Canada – there's a five-hour time difference. I won't have a real meal until the evening, but I love to cook, Middle Eastern and Italian dishes particularly. I don't drink or smoke, never have. If I'm relaxing I'll do some tapestry or needlework – cushion covers, that sort of thing – or painting or drawing. I'm involved with a number of charities, and I give my paintings whenever I'm asked for something to auction."
     "In the evenings I might see old friends like Richard Lester, who directed me in The Knack, and his wife Deirdre, or go to a film or the theatre. I always say I'll be in bed early, but it's rarely before 12:30am. I have a nightcap of warm milk, honey and cinnamon, which really relaxes me – I've never taken a sleeping tablet – and then send out thoughts for friends and loved ones."

^{Rita Tushingham}
Rita lays out some drawings on her four-poster bed in the bedroom of her Mayfair flat.

Hollywood UK: British Cinema In The Sixties

Northern Lights

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The first in a series of five episodes telling the story of the British filmmaking boom of the Sixties. At the start of the decade, working-class heroes began to emerge in gritty dramas set in the North of England. John Schlesinger, Richard Harris, and Tom Courtenay revisit the locations of their early films, and Rita Tushingham and Julie Christie talk about the new kind of girl who came on the scene.
Hollywood UK: British Cinema In The Sixties (05 Sep 1993) episode 1.1, Northern Lights, with Rita Tushingham, Lindsay Anderson, Michael Caine, Julie Christie, Tom Courtenay, Paul Danquah, Albert Finney, Bryan Forbes, Willis Hall, Richard Harris, Joseph Janni, Murray Melvin, John Osborne, Roman Polanski, Karel Reisz, Tony Richardson, John Schlesinger, Alan Sillitoe, David Storey, John Trevelyan, Keith Waterhouse, Peter Yates, music by Steve Beresford, presented by Richard Lester.

Hollywood UK: British Cinema In The Sixties

Making It In London

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The second in a series of five episodes telling the story of the British filmmaking boom of the Sixties. British cinema turned its attention away from the class struggles of northern realist films and focused on the glamour of London, as it mirrored the unparalleled optimism and enormous changes going on in every sphere of life in the Sixties. Contains interviews with Frederic Raphael, Rita Tushingham, Julie Christie, David Warner, Dirk Bogarde, Terence Stamp, Vanessa Redgrave, Ken Loach, and Michael Caine, and clips from The Knack, A Hard Day's Night, Darling, Alfie, Poor Cow, and Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment.
Rita does not appear in the remaining three episodes of the series, which are:
- (19 Sep 1993) episode 1.3 "A Very British Picture"
  - Looks at how the British self-image was portrayed in the films of the period. Topics such as homosexuality, race, class, and revolution are discussed by Sylvia Syms, Dirk Bogarde, Ken Loach, Tom Courtenay, and Lindsay Anderson, while Harold Pinter returns to the scene of Accident to reflect on the film's critique of the middle classes.
- (26 Sep 1993) episode 1.4 "Strangers In The City"
  - Examines how London has been portrayed by different filmmakers. With the filmmaking boom of the Sixties came a new breed of foreign directors, all with different views of the city. Looks at how the city was interpreted through films such as Roman Polanski's psycho-sexual nightmare Repulsion and Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow Up, and why other directors, including Francois Truffaut and Roger Corman, came to London to make movies.
- (03 Oct 1993) episode 1.5 "The Last Wave"
  - Looks at the huge successes and costly failures of the filmmaking boom of the Sixties and follows the fortunes of those involved. Star contributors include Michael Caine, John Gielgud, James Fox, and Mick Jagger.
Hollywood UK: British Cinema In The Sixties (12 Sep 1993) episode 1.2, Making It In London, with Rita Tushingham, Jane Asher, Dirk Bogarde, Michael Caine, Julie Christie, Nell Dunn, Ken Loach, Frederic Raphael, Vanessa Redgrave, John Schlesinger, Terence Stamp, David Warner, music by Steve Beresford, presented by Richard Lester.

An Awfully Big Adventure

"Aunt Lily"

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In 1947 Liverpool, sixteen-year-old Stella Bradshaw, who lives with her Aunt Lily and Uncle Vernon, joins the crew of a theatre company as an unpaid student. Various sexual and emotional intrigues occurring backstage weave themselves into a finale of both triumph and tragedy.
An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), on DVD, with Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant, Georgina Cates, Alun Armstrong, Rita Tushingham, Peter Firth, Prunella Scales, Alan Cox, music by Richard Hartley, cinematography by Dick Pope, written by Beryl Bainbridge, Charles Wood, directed by Mike Newell.
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^{Rita Tushingham, Alun Armstrong}
Stella's guardians are Aunt Lily and Uncle Vernon.

Good Morning With Anne And Nick

"herself"

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Sarah Greene and Nick Owen present segments including Rasmussen's syndrome and epileptic fits; alternative wedding cakes and dresses with fashion expert Ollie Picton-Jones; blind pensioner Charlie Clark, the Garden Guru; a female drag act, Beatrix Von Watzdorf, who is a woman who dresses up as a man; and actress Rita Tushingham talks about her latest film, An Awfully Big Adventure.
Good Morning With Anne And Nick (04 Apr 1995) episode 1995.04.04, with Rita Tushingham, Sarah Greene, Nick Owen, Karen Binnie, Ray Binnie, Trevor Binnie, Charlie Clark, James Cronin, Ainsley Harriott, Caroline Monkman, Mike Monkman, Kypros Nicolaides, Ollie Picton-Jones, Deidre Sanders, Kate Stancombe, Beatrix Von Watzdorf, Vanessa Williams.

Sport On Four

"herself"

BBC radio programme discussing Liverpool football.
Sport On Four (20 May 1995), with Rita Tushingham, presented by Ian Payne.

The Beatles: All Together Now

"herself"

Documentary in which celebrities recall their earliest and fondest memories the Beatles. Includes a screening of the video Free As A Bird.
The Beatles: All Together Now (20 Nov 1995), with Rita Tushingham, Bill Wyman, Cilla Black, Lulu, Mary Quant, Alan Freeman, Noel Gallagher, Jarvis Cocker, directed by Julian Caidan.

The Boy From Mercury

"May Cronin"

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Set in Dublin, Ireland, circa 1960, the story centers on Harry Cronin, an eight-year-old boy who believes that he and his dog are aliens on a special mission from the planet Mercury. Fueled by his love of old Flash Gordon films, he constructs an elaborate scenario in which he must report on all aspects of Earthling life. Harry's mother is worried by her son's increasing emotional withdrawal, but nothing she does seems to help.
This is director Martin Duffy's first feature film. It is based on his childhood in Crumlin, a suburb on the southside of Dublin, Ireland.
Rita was approached for the role of the mother when the director's first choice, actress Billie Whitelaw, became unavailable due to a book-promotion tour.
The Boy From Mercury (1996), with Rita Tushingham, James Hickey, Hugh O'Conor, Tom Courtenay, Joanne Gerrard, Sean O'Flanagain, Kevin James, Irene Parsons, Patrick J. Brady, music by Stephen McKeon, cinematography by Seamus Deasy, written by Martin Duffy, directed by Martin Duffy.
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Movie artwork with the likenesses of Tom Courtenay, James Hickey, and Rita Tushingham.

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James Hickey as a Mercurian.

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Photo of the cast and crew on the film set in Tallaght. Director Martin Duffy is to Rita's immediate left (our right).

Theatre Of The Air

I’ve Been Eddie Mostyn

"Rochelle Evans"

This one-hour stage play explores the trials and tribulations of Rochelle Evans (Rita Tushingham), the owner and impresario of The Edge, a Welsh comedy club. Two of her comics are former lover Eddie Mostyn (Keith Barron) and his edgy son Marty (Andrew Howard).
A production of BBC Wales, first presented by the Made In Wales Stage Company in 1995.
Theatre Of The Air (22 Mar 1996) episode I’ve Been Eddie Mostyn, with Rita Tushingham, Keith Barron, Andrew Howard, music by Michael Storey, cinematography by John Carter, written by Peter Lloyd, directed by Dewi Humphreys.

Autumn 1996

Rita and Ousama divorced in 1996, though their marriage was pretty much over by 1994. Rita continued to live in her Mayfair flat, and began to keep company with Hans-Heinrich Ziemann, a German writer who had written Rita's 1991 TV movie Gütt: Ein Journalist. "All of my men have been quite different – Liquorice Allsorts," she jokes.
Speaking about her longtime friend Lynn Redgrave, Rita says, "When my father died recently, I asked her advice about his funeral. I said, 'I want to read something. What do you think?' She advised me against the idea. She said, 'I know that you feel you want to do it but, when it comes to it, believe me, you are not going to be able to.' She was absolutely right. I'm really so glad that I bowed to her superior judgement."

Lynn Redgrave with our Rita in 1996.

This Is Your Life

Freddie Young

"herself"

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Freddie Young's life and career are profiled in this episode of the British television series.
This Is Your Life (11 Oct 1996) episode Freddie Young, with Rita Tushingham, Michael Aspel, Freddie Young, Joss Ackland, Chili Bouchier, Stuart Clifton, Lesley Down, Christopher Frayling, Hylda Gilbert, Lewis Gilbert, Harvey Harrison, Maureen Moore, Peter O'Toole, Giles Partington, Rachel Partington, David Samuelson, Elain Samuelson, Michael Samuelson, Sydney Samuelson, Omar Sharif, Christopher Simmonds, Nicholas Simmonds, Charles Young, David Young, Joan Young, directed by Terry Kinane.

Radio Two Arts Programme

"herself"

BBC radio programme with Sheridan Morley's arts round-up and an interview with Rita Tushingham on her new film The Boy From Mercury.
Radio Two Arts Programme (02 May 1997), with Rita Tushingham, Barry Douglas, Peter Fiddick, Isabelle Fokine, Mary Millar, Sheridan Morley, Harry Ritchie, Norman Rossington, Edward Seckerson, John Taylor, Paul Theroux, Christopher Tookey.

Thirty Minute Theatre

Patty And Chips With Scraps

"Lil"

Newly widowed Lil, always married, someone's daughter or wife, contemplates life alone with Albert's chip van. She befriends Mudassar, and together they take a voyage of discovery.
A play by Mandy Precious. Winner of the Alfred Bradley Bursary Award for verse drama 1997. Recorded 24 Apr 1997.
Thirty Minute Theatre (17 Jun 1997) episode Patty And Chips With Scraps, with Rita Tushingham, Ravin Ganatra, written by Mandy Precious, directed by Kate Rowland.

Fab And 50!

"herself"

BBC radio programme discussing the post-WWII baby boom.
Fab And 50! (28 Jun 1997), with Rita Tushingham, Lynne Franks, Peter Noone, Eve Pollard, Anna Raeburn, Clodagh Rodgers, Nick Ross, Ed Stewart, presented by John Peel.

Under The Skin

Skin

Kiss Me

"Mum"

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Samantha Morton stars in this movie as Iris Kelley, the younger of two sisters, who worship their mother. When their mother suddenly dies, the two sisters are grief-stricken, but it is Iris whose behaviour begins to go off the rails. Iris immerses herself in a sex binge and stretches her relationship with her sister to its limits.
Under The Skin (1997) aka Skin aka Kiss Me, on DVD, with Rita Tushingham, Samantha Morton, Claire Rushbrook, Mark Womack, Christine Tremarco, Stuart Townsend, Matthew Delamere, music by Ilona Sekacz, cinematography by Barry Ackroyd, written by Carine Adler, directed by Carine Adler.
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The Jack Docherty Show

"herself"

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The Jack Docherty Show (16 Apr 1997) episode 1997.04.16, with Rita Tushingham, Jack Docherty, Ian Hislop.

Nächte Mit Joan

Spending Nights With Joan

"Bette"

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Nächte Mit Joan (13 May 1998) aka Spending Nights With Joan, with Rita Tushingham, Nadja Tiller, Andreas Brucker, Till Topf, Angelika Thomas, music by Hans-Peter Ströer, cinematography by Udo Franz, written by Cas Enklaar, Horst Königstein, directed by Horst Königstein.

Exclusive!

"herself"

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Contains an interview with techno musician Sash and singer Shannon on their new partnership. A filmed interview with actor Willem Dafoe on his role in Victory is presented. Also contains an investigation of the yo-yo craze. Two songs to be released for Christmas 1998 are performed, Yo-Yo Boy and Walk (The Dog) Like An Egyptian. Simon Marshall, Sean McGuire, Phil Cornwell, and Rita Tushingham are interviewed on location of their new film Out Of Depth. A filmed interview with Ian Hislop, editor of the satirical Private Eye magazine, is presented.
Exclusive! (22 Nov 1998) episode 1998.11.22, with Rita Tushingham, Mark Eccleston, Sara Cox, Sash, Shannon, Willem Dafoe, Malandra Burrows, Simon Marshall, Sean McGuire, Phil Cornwell, Mark Charnock, Ian Hislop.

Swing

"Mags Luxford"

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Musical comedy about an optimistic guy (Hugo Speer) who learns to play the saxophone in jail from a fellow inmate (Clarence Clemons), and pursues his dreams of forming a swing band upon his release and trying to win back his girl (played by real-life singer Lisa Stansfield). Meanwhile, he moves back in with Mum (Rita Tushingham) and Dad (Tom Bell). His romantic life is complicated, however, by the fact that his ex has married the policeman who locked him up.
Swing (1999), on DVD, with Rita Tushingham, Hugo Speer, Lisa Stansfield, Paul Usher, Tom Bell, Danny McCall, Alexei Sayle, Clarence Clemons, music by Ian Devaney, cinematography by Ian Wilson, written by Su Lim, Nick Mead, directed by Nick Mead.
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This Is Your Life

Rita Tushingham

"herself"

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Rita's life and career are profiled in this episode of the British television series, recorded in front of a studio audience on 23 Jul 1999, and telecast later that year.
The available copy is an unedited master, and is uncaptioned, either with opening title graphics or with the closing credits scroll and Thames production caption. At 40 minutes in length, it is ten minutes longer than the standard half-hour shows as transmitted.
Kindly provided by Rita from her own personal collection.
In this show, Rita talks about a film project called Victory Girls, based on the true story of the women from the Dick, Kerr and Company munitions factory in Preston, who formed a football team during World War I. "They did it to raise money for the war effort and ended up drawing larger crowds than the men," Rita says, "so the FA banned them." Rita planned to direct the film – her first time as a director – but though this project was under development for several years, it ultimately was never made.
This Is Your Life (13 Dec 1999) episode Rita Tushingham, with Rita Tushingham, Michael Aspel, Hazel Allen, Alun Armstrong, Trevor Baxter, Dodonna Bicknell, Caroline Blakiston, Henry Bland, Joan Bland, Jean Boht, Dora Bryan, Nick Conway, Phil Cornwell, Delia Corrie, Steve Cranny, Paul Danquah, Desmond Davis, Andrew Forsett, Lyn Forsett, Geoff Francis, Pippa Galpion, Norma Hayman, Alec Hughes, Ruth Hughes, Dewi Humphreys, Brenda Kaye, Bill Kenwright, Debbie Kidd, Horst Königstein, Carla Lane, Richard Lester, Michael Malnick, Simon Marshall, Spike Milligan, Alexandra Murphy, Helen Murphy, Nicholas Murphy, Paul Murphy, Gayle Newsham, Edna O'Brien, Jeremy Paul, George Pensotti, Dorothy Powell, Sandy Powell, Angharad Rees, Doreen Roberts, Ken Roberts, Tracy Seawood, Roger Shannon, Hugo Speer, Stan Spitzer, Aisha Tushingham, Ashley Tushingham, Beryl Tushingham, Charlotte Tushingham, Colin Tushingham, Enid Tushingham, Jayne Tushingham, Peter Tushingham, Sarah Tushingham, Stuart Tushingham, Benjamin Whitrow, Hans-Heinrich Ziemann, directed by John Gorman, Peter Wisdom.

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