2.5 Dominick Hide Double Bill (1980 and 1982) ”The Full Dominick”

Time Babble

This week we're babbling about two films from the BBC Play for Today series: The Flipside of Dominick Hide (1980) and its sequel Another Flip for Dominick (1982). Both plays were directed by Alan Gibson and co-written with Jeremy Paul.

The plays star Peter Firth as Dominick, Caroline Langrishe as his past love Jane, Pippa Guard as his future wife Ava, and Patrick Magee as Caleb (a.k.a. Future Scrooge).

Both ‘Flips represent the very best of BBC drama in its heyday, and an oddity for the 80s, as everyone is so damn nice to each other! Indeed, if the listener can count the number of times we say ‘nice’ during the podcast, you’ll win a prize! (you won’t).

So pour yourself a Gilbey’s gin and tonic, strap yourselves into your time-machine-UFO-special-effect and prepare to flip back to a more ‘innocent’ time, of super-young British character actors, creepy giant teddy bears, future-altering pooches, an earworm of a theme song, and far too much Brush Stroking for our liking.

Both of these films are flipping brilliant, so are well worth travelling into the future past to seek them out.

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