Print Out - rare 1979 drama starring George Baker & Peter Davison

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Print Out - rare 1979 drama starring George Baker & Peter Davison

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Ай бұрын

Civil engineering contractor Robert Ballard (George Baker) has used bribes and slush money to buy business for his company. One day he is approached by a young man who shows him a roll of computer print-out paper. On it are the names and addresses of the clients he has bought. The intention is obvious: blackmail. But Ballard is not so easily intimidated. He realises that the computer engineer, Bernard Fermor (David Dixon), is nothing more than the messenger boy. Through an underworld contact, Ballard hires two heavies to tail Fermor and find out who is behind the blackmail attempt. The answer brings him closer to home than he would like. Chief Superintendent Hewlett has his own ideas about the uses to which this evidence can be put. Murder, violence and corruption in high places are the themes of this tautly written thriller which moves to a dramatic and inevitable climax.
Peter Davison appears in an early dramatic role, as Ballard's son-in-law Edwin Styles.
Co-starring
Peter Davison (Doctor Who)
David Dixon (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
John Ringham
Joseph Brady (Z Cars)
Bill Waddington (Percy Sugden - Coronation Street)
Bill Tarmey - (Jack Duckworth - Coronation Street)
Derek Martin (Charlie Slater - Eastenders)
Broadcast 26th May 1979

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@FiveyTristan 25 күн бұрын

Wow, thank you so much for uploading this rare gem. Love Peter Davison ❤️

@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361 Ай бұрын

Great upload ...real British days of 70s . . .cheers !

@jamiecartwright5469 Ай бұрын

Love the cars and everything else about 1979, even that snowy winter which I can just about remember, even though I was very young. 👍

@ianmax69 25 күн бұрын

Mike Morgan's Clarinet/Electronic keyboard score was just so pacey and mood setting...

@roddyteague6246 6 күн бұрын

@@ianmax69 Do you mean Mike Moran? He did a lot of theme tunes at this time & had lost The 1978 Eurovision Song Contest (with Lynsey De Paul) after some slippery voting.....

@boilerroombob Ай бұрын

Proper actors.... proper directors.....great writing ....sadly creativity in writing now a thing of the past.

@5gx673 29 күн бұрын

I agree. That racquetball scene though 🙄

@ianmax69 25 күн бұрын

Great backing track too...

@E-Kat 24 күн бұрын

8:30 that dinner part should have been redone till it's better. That lady's not very good at her profession.

@FunnyBunny-pd5xx 21 күн бұрын

It maybe be missing from The BBC and ITV but not missing from films/ series available on certain streaming services.

@iant9461 18 күн бұрын

And great soundtrack.

@moggridge1 21 күн бұрын

I met George Baker several times - only when out and about. He seemed like a very nice gentleman.

@HookBeak_66 14 күн бұрын

I met George in the village where he lived, I was his wine waiter at Dial House. Met him later in the pub opposite, at 70 he's just finished a walk for charity. He nursed his wife, & ended up in the same nursing home. He was almost chosen as James Bond. I felt privileged to make his acquaintance.

@johndrake2729 15 күн бұрын

Outstanding, man, loved it! Got a who's who here with Baker, Davison, Dixon, Martin, and others all playing their parts to perfection. I wonder why I have never heard of this film. Doesn't matter, I'm impressed. Worth watching again and again. And the music was fantastic to something that represented the late 70's well. Great companion piece to The Professionals, in my opinion.

@TT-xy2dz 27 күн бұрын

A bloody good play, and what a lot of well-known faces!

@angelacooper2661 29 күн бұрын

Doctor Who and Inspector Reg Wexford. I had never heard of this programme!

@SunburntHands 27 күн бұрын

And Ford Prefect!

@ianmax69 25 күн бұрын

And who has pinched The Chief Supers Terry's Chocolate Orange ? 😆

@johndrake2729 15 күн бұрын

Me, neither!

@dubliners0999 29 күн бұрын

So interesting. Thanks so much for uploading! So rare that I couldn't even find it on IMDB.

@newsbender 29 күн бұрын

It is on there.

@user-vj6op6zi2n 18 күн бұрын

George Baker another actor who was very good at regional accents.

@tycotrains 22 күн бұрын

I spent my first winter in Germany in 1979 while in the US Army. Hard to believe it's been 45 years

@bowernerkristiansen82 29 күн бұрын

I really felt like I was back in the 1970s while watching this TV drama. From the sway in the trousers to the men's long hair. Not to mention the excellent background music. You can't avoid George Baker either, who plays the hardboiled businessman with charisma and style maneuvering in a minefield of intrigue and questionable affairs. A really good experience.

@HookBeak_66 14 күн бұрын

Eloquently written.

@tylerhamilton-nz8qs 29 күн бұрын

6 ft 4 ( in shoes) George Baker came close to playing James Bond. Roger Moore had the best look but was like a string bean next to bigger framed Baker!

@patsyhowse1919 28 күн бұрын

Brilliant upload, thank you' I'm obsessed with 70s and 80s stuff as u find it comforting (I'm an 80s kid). Will go through tour other vids too' I'll waste half a day watching your vids hahaha

@EdVanMeyer Ай бұрын

Derek Martin is a great actor, was in Law and Order 1978, super performance

@harry2.01 Ай бұрын

King and Castle, another great series.

@BruceDanton-xw6eg Ай бұрын

Also in eastenders and eldorado later on too.

@ulsdon7 Ай бұрын

Nice to see Bill Waddington in another role other Percy Sugden in Coronation Street.

@ianmax69 25 күн бұрын

And Bill Tarmey before he sellotaped his specs together !!

@roddyteague6246 6 күн бұрын

Enjoyed this Regional Telly knocked out some absolute corkers back in the day. Also intetesting to see that people were having clutchers in The Death Chamber all those years ago......

@user-pd9yb6hd8i Ай бұрын

Excellent drama!

@davelawday6609 28 күн бұрын

That was brilliant thank you ❤

@mariusstrydom316 28 күн бұрын

Great watch!

@newsbender 29 күн бұрын

This was really good, thanks for uploading.

@harrysynnott2379 24 күн бұрын

Love it. Subbed and belled. Cheers, Harry.

@liamphillips7315 Ай бұрын

Have to agree with all the other comments about how well-written and acted this is. Is this the equivalent of the American 'ABC Movie of the Week' and such? Was there a regular flow of made-for-TV movies like this? And thanks for the upload 👍

@Spectrescup Ай бұрын

Until the mid-90's both the BBC and ITV would regularly produce programmes in this vein, until the relative expensive compared to reality TV or cooking shows made them a rarity. They weren't considered, or described, as 'TV movies' but rather 'plays'. Check out the long-running BBC series Play for Today, the majority of which on youtube have ironically been uploaded by an American.

@liamphillips7315 29 күн бұрын

@@Spectrescup Wow! Thank you for pointing the way to this treasure trove of programs! Very much appreciated 👍

@YumchaGirl 4 күн бұрын

@@SpectrescupI love Play for Today. Kisses at Fifty is my favourite so far.

@karensealy9782 Ай бұрын

Thankyou 🎉

@bertspeggly4428 23 күн бұрын

Dempsey made me laugh - he looked like one of Harry Enfield's "Scousers"!

@5gx673 29 күн бұрын

This was fun

@monnie1027 29 күн бұрын

Great movie

@wendy6512 5 сағат бұрын

Good old days

@susannah-cq8he 26 күн бұрын

Good

@maccoll3644 25 күн бұрын

Great entertainment and excellent plot! Thank you.

@MrTang-qo9wm 16 күн бұрын

Who was the soprano saxophone? Sounds a very American guy.

@marybradley7791 29 күн бұрын

I enjoyed that drama. Jim Davidson was in a BBC 2 drama called Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennet. I would really like to see it again but i cannot find a copy on dvd or on the internet, maybe you can.

@martinholmes-ue9ko 28 күн бұрын

PETER DAVISON

@lewisgreen1633 27 күн бұрын

Peter Davison was excellent as Chalkie - he nailed that character..

@Logan_Woods-zd2zi Ай бұрын

oh...a comedy

@BruceDanton-xw6eg Ай бұрын

George baker had been in the prisoner and of course later in the wexford series on itv then.

@elizabethmoriarty1661 26 күн бұрын

Don’t forget I Claudius!

@BruceDanton-xw6eg 26 күн бұрын

@@elizabethmoriarty1661 indeed so too.

@E-Kat 24 күн бұрын

It was made on zero budget, I think. Definitely it looks like it. 😊

@nkt1 15 күн бұрын

It appears to have been made with care though. For example, the windows in George Baker’s office match the exterior shot.

@bradz007 Ай бұрын

Bobby knutt red tracksuit grandad from benidorm 😂

@angelacooper2661 29 күн бұрын

Stanley in Summer Wine. He also starred in How We Used To Live!

@user-vj6op6zi2n 18 күн бұрын

@@angelacooper2661Yeah him and Dennis Blanche.

@robertshows5100 28 күн бұрын

Davison is just sexy

@amarokingtelly 25 күн бұрын

Agreed...he was on his 20s here.

@ria1636 24 күн бұрын

@@amarokingtelly In his 20's and played a despicable character.

@paddymchale4074 29 күн бұрын

Does anyone know why none of it’s existence or the actors credited are on IMDb or Wikipedia

@GalootWrangler 29 күн бұрын

Found the show on imdb as a 1979 episode of ITV Playhouse, “Print Out,” which in turn provides links to the actors. Wikipedia has entries on a number of the actors - don’t know why they didn’t turn up for you.

@paddymchale4074 28 күн бұрын

Cheers mate thought I was going mad by the way check out a similar rarity Father’s Day

@SamLowryDZ-015 27 күн бұрын

John Ringham (Everything)

@suzysandor3131 18 күн бұрын

Hard to follow, what is he being blackmailed about?

@nkt1 15 күн бұрын

He bribed individuals, no doubt politicians and the like, to award building contracts to his firm. His son-in-law gained access to this information and attempted to blackmail him via a third party.

@linzisouthernwood482 Күн бұрын

I couldnt follow it either

@johncrichton4341 Ай бұрын

Is this ...like a... knock-off / spinoff from The Sweeney?

@johncrichton4341 Ай бұрын

Because @20:31 there is Jack Regans driver.

@darryllharden9141 Ай бұрын

Incidentally John Ringham and George Baker were in a way reunited in this drama years after the First episode of Some Mothers Do Ave Em.

@angelacooper2661 29 күн бұрын

@@darryllharden9141Wasn't John Ringham originally in Dad's Army?

@darryllharden9141 29 күн бұрын

@@angelacooper2661 Yes!. he was in 5 episodes according to IMDB listings. And also as series regular Norman Warrender,Penny's Dad in 'Just Good Friends' and Mr.Blocker The Headmaster in 'Woof!.'

@gedtoon6451 Ай бұрын

what is an asf spanner?

@coopdivi 28 күн бұрын

ASF = American Standard Fine, forerunner of BSF, and one of numerous spanner size standards e.g. AF, BSW, BSF, SAE, Metric, UNC, BA, UNF, etc.

@karinvantubbergh3418 Ай бұрын

Don't like the ending.

@robertboyle2573 27 күн бұрын

Me too.

@adamhughes4442 19 күн бұрын

Few actors here who went onto Coronation Street and Eastenders. Percy Sugden and little Mo's father. And Gay man from The Full Monty.

@iant9461 18 күн бұрын

You mean Steve Huison, the redheaded one that played Eddie Windass in Coronation Street?

@adamhughes4442 18 күн бұрын

@@iant9461 Yes. Bill Tarmy spotted too , he played Terry Duckworth in Coronation Street.

@iant9461 18 күн бұрын

Terry Duckworth was placed by Nigel Pivaro. William Tarmey who played Jack Duckworth seems to be listed but I didn’t see him at all. Back then he was a background actor and had yet to make his break. As for Steve Huison, couldn’t see him either. He became active in 1986. Perhaps I’m not spotting them? If you could let me know the exact time they appear on the screen.

@adamhughes4442 18 күн бұрын

@@iant9461 I know. Mistake.

@nkt1 Күн бұрын

@@iant9461Bill Tarmey appears @48:52, blink and you’ll miss it.

@dilly1863 25 күн бұрын

Stupid shallow script with good actors trying to make it interesting!

@ianmax69 25 күн бұрын

That could have easily been a 3 hour long 3 parter that with DI Mungo uncovering what's really going on... Typical freemason corruption at the top... But alas Granada TV budgets where a bit tight that year...