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Aug 3, 2021 · Televised version of the Simon Gray play, Unnatural Pursuits. Produced by the BBC in association with A&E circa 1992. Comedy.
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Unnatural Pursuits: With Alan Bates, Tom Hickey, Richard Wilson, Paul Zimet. Intent on perfecting his latest play, heavy-drinking, chain-smoking author Hamish Partt travels across America attending a succession of productions.
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- 1992-12-07
- Alan Bates, Tom Hickey, Richard Wilson
Unnatural Pursuits (TV Series 1992– ) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
- Hugo Williams, Times Literary Supplement, 12th December 1992
- Craig Brown, Sunday Times, 13th December 1992
- Steve Grant, Time Out, 2nd December 1992
“Normally, writers who write about writing are as interesting as drivers who bong on about the best route from A to B via C, but Gray is no normal writer, being highly controlled and funny, defying logic to be both touching and merciless at one and the same time. His heroes tend to be so detached that they can even be detached that they can even be...
“There’s always a danger when writers start writing about what they do; but in the case of Simon Gray’s two-parter, Unnatural Pursuits, the results are simply breathtaking… anyone who’s been drunk, in a theatre or travelled across America will absolutely adore this programme; and if the future of the BBC threatens productions of this caliber, then ...
“[A] richly observant, always amusing, sometimes hilarious chronicle of a besotted, haunted, chain-smoking Brit dramatist named Hamish Partt (Bates, who’s in top, top form).”
Season 1. 1992 • 2 Episodes. Season 1 of Unnatural Pursuits premiered on December 7, 1992. I Don't Do Cuddles. (1x2, December 9, 1992) Season Finale.
Unnatural Pursuits. 1992. Cast. Alan Bates (Hamish Partt) Tom Hickey (Blossom) Richard Wilson (Hector Duff) Paul Zimet (Skateboard) Keith Szarabajka (Digby Mason) Marty Cruikshank (Jenny McDaish)...
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