Experience Preferred... But Not Essential (1982)
A shy, introverted young girl takes a summer job at a seaside resort in Wales, where she finds the staff, the owners and patrons unlike anyone she has ever met before.
- Date of release
- 1982-12-22
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Comedy, TV Movie
- Director
- Peter Duffell
Casting
- Elizabeth Edmonds — Annie
- Sue Wallace — Mavis
- Geraldine Griffiths — Doreen
- Karen Meagher — Paula
- Maggie Wilkinson — Arlene
- Ron Bain — Mike
- Alun Lewis — Hywel
- Robert Blythe — Ivan
- Roy Heather — Wally
- Peter Doran — Dai
- Arwen Holm — Helen
- Sion Tudor Owen — Nin
Interesting facts
Experience Preferred.... But Not Essential is a 1982 British TV film directed by Peter Duffell as part of the First Love series. It is set in a Welsh hotel in 1962 where Annie, a student, arrives to spend the summer as a waitress.
Production
Like the other First Love films, Experience preferred.... was shot "in about twenty days for well under £0.5m" though the overall budget was £505,000. Goldcrest Films invested £480,000 in it and received £728,000 earning them a profit of £248,000.
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