| Release Date: | Jan 1983 |
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| Genres: | Crime / Musical |
| Cast: | Rosemary Ashe (Lucy Lockit), Peter Bayliss (Lockit), John Benfield (Jailer), Isla Blair (Jenny Diver), Gaye Brown (Mrs. Trapes), Tim Brown (Robin of Bagshot), Jeannie Crowther (Mrs. Coaxer), Roger Daltrey (Macheath), Jacqueline Davis (Molly Brazen), Derek Deadman (Drawer), Don Estelle (Crook Fingered Jack), Gawn Grainger (Ben Budge), Carol Hall (Polly Peachum), Bob Hoskins (Beggar), Stratford Johns (Peachum), Paddy Navin (Suky Tawdry), Anthony Pedley (Matt of the Mint), Patricia Routledge (Mrs. Peachum), Leslie Sarony (Nimming Ned), Iris Saunders (Betty Doxy), Elayne Sharling (Dolly Trull), Lucy Skeaping (Mrs. Slammekin), Peter Spraggon (Harry Paddington), Kay Stonham (Mrs. Vixen), Ken Stott (Jemmy Twitcher), Richard Suart (Wat Dreary), Gary Tibbs (Filch) |
A historical adaptation of John Gay's 18th Century ballad opera, exuberantly performed for BBC television. With its story of a condemned highwayman, it brings to life the greed, lust and corruption of low-life London.
