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Brief Encounters - Life´s Like That

Starring: Frances Barber, Mona Bruce, Margery Mason, Malcolm Scates, Jake Seage and Peter Symonds

A selfish family overhear that their aging Aunt has won some money. Eager to plan for their future, they make a surprised weekend visit to see their good old Auntie Edith, in the hope of discovering exactly how much the old dear has won, but Edith is a sharp minded soul and not to be underestimated.

This was the first time I had been commissioned to direct drama for television with a crew who were on loan from the BBC´s afternoon soap Doctors. This was a great opportunity for me to demonstrate professionally that I can work fast, to a brief and to schedule, while still maintaining a high level of quality drama. Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity to follow this up with a stint on Doctors due to my feature film developments with Magic Light Pictures.

Colour ⁄ Digi-Beta ⁄ 16:9 ⁄ 13 min. ⁄ © BBC 2005