Rain on the Roof (1980)
Another of Dennis Potter's "visitation dramas": Adultery by John disturbs Janet, so she flirts with the simple, mistreated Billy during the middle of giving him a reading lesson. Unfortunately, it triggers aggressive behavior in Billy which he directs toward John.
- Date of release
- 1980-10-26
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Genres
- TV Movie, Drama
- Director
- Alan Bridges
Casting
- Cheryl Campbell — Janet
- Malcolm Stoddard — John
- Michael Culver — Malcolm
- Madeleine Hinde — Emma
- Ewan Stewart — Billy
Interesting facts
Rain on the Roof is a television drama by Dennis Potter, broadcast by ITV on 26 October 1980.
Production
Rain on the Roof was the second play in a proposed series of nine dramas produced by Potter and Kenith Trodd's own production company Pennies From Heaven Ltd. to be broadcast on ITV between 1980 and 1981. Commissioned by Michael Grade and distributed through London Weekend Television, six of the plays would be written by Potter while the remaining three were to be shared between Jim Allen and an undisclosed writer.
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