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Dec 26, 2014 · That Day We Sang: Directed by Victoria Wood. With Michael Ball, Imelda Staunton, Christopher Jordan, Conleth Hill. Musical set in 1969, with flashbacks to 1929. A middle-aged couple find love after meeting on a TV programme about a choir they both sang in as children.
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- Victoria Wood
- 2014-12-26
4/10. Song of the north. Prismark10 26 December 2014. That Day We Sang was originally devised as stage play for the Manchester International Festival. Victoria Wood has adapted her play for the small screen as writer and director. The film is set in Manchester in 1969.
In That Day We Sang, two middle-aged people who sang on a 1929 recording of a Manchester children's choir reunite in the 1960s. The album is real but the characters are not, and Wood's imagining of their lives often falls into self-parody. A song about the wonders of the Berni Inn, in particular, feels like it goes on forever, and Wood's take ...
- Victoria Wood
- Graham Williamson
Nov 23, 2021 · Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2023 I thought it was a rather strange movie and nearly turned it off a few times but kept with it because the premise was interesting. I enjoyed the parallel stories and the young boy who was the main character was very winning.
Dec 26, 2014 · The lightest possible antidote to that stodgy Christmas meal and cake and pudding you’re still eating on Boxing Day, That Day We Sang is a well-crafted TV movie that, like its down-to-earth characters, aims for the stars but keeps its feet firmly on terra Lancashire. An absolute delight. Aired at 9pm on Friday 26 December 2014 on BBC Two.
Boxing Day primetime TV; BBC1 had the network television premiere of the hugely successful Marvel's Avengers Assemble, which sees a gang of superhero comic book legends joining forces to save the world, whilst BBC2 had Victoria Wood's musical comedy drama That Day We Sang which was about two middle aged former choristers falling in love in 1969 Manchester.
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A middle-aged couple find love after meeting on a TV programme about a choir they both sang in as children. ... Film Movie Reviews That Day We Sang — 2014. That Day We Sang. 2014. 1h 29m. Not Rated.
