Housewife, 49 (2006)

Recommended

UK

Television Film

Director: Gavin Millar

Writers: Victoria Wood, Nella Last

Cinematographer: Cinders Forshaw

Composer: John Lunn

Cast: Victoria Wood, David Threlfall, Christopher Harper, Ben Crompton, Lorraine Ashbourne, Sally Bankes, Stephanie Cole

Nella Last, a Barrow-in-Furness housewife, finds that the onset of the Second World War allows her to get from under the shadow of her controlling, over-protective husband, as ‘doing her bit’ enables her to get out of the house and meet people, and as she does she manages to leave her previous emotional problems far behind her, in this well acted, beautifully crafted, and gently moving adaptation of Last’s diaries. Iain.Stott