Trapped
Executive Produced by Tim Firth & Alan Brodie
Devised by Tim Firth
A trio of single comedy plays written by Tim Firth, Simon Nye and Jonathan Harvey.
All three films in this ITV series are linked by the common theme of being 'trapped'.
VON TRAPPED by Jonathan Harvey
A Co-production by by Granada Television and 6th Floor Productions
Executive Producer: Carolyn Reynolds
Producer/Director: Morag Fullarton
Maria Moogan is obsessed with The Sound of Music, having watched it the night she was jilted at the altar 16 years ago. In a bid to confront her demons, she decides to travel to Salzburg, but with her mother and teenage offspring in tow she gets more than she bargained for.
BEAUTY by Simon Nye
A Talkback Thames Production
Producer: Margot Gavan Duffy
Director: Ben Bolt
Tom Fitzhenry is an ugly and reclusive aristocrat who lives on his own in a large mansion. He despairs of ever having a relationship with a woman... Until Cathy comes into his life when she and her father come to repair the house's ageing plumbing.
KING OF FRIDGES by Tim Firth
Dedicated to Jack Rosenthal
Produced by Baby Cow
Executive Producer: Alison MacPhail
Director: Gavin Millar
The story of Alan, Assistant Manager of electrical superstore Rocket, who gets the chance to be Store Manager on a busy Bank Holiday whilst his boss is off. However, it seems his boss has laid a trap when he gets saddled with 65-year-old trainee Frank, who knows nothing about electrical goods.
Cast:
Richard Wilson
Mark Benton
Joan Kempson
Anna Keaveney