Funny Farm (Play for Today)

"**Funny Farm**"
"Funny Farm"
Play for Today episode
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Episode no.	Series 5; Episode 13
Directed by	Alan Clarke
Written by	Roy Minton
Original air date	27 February 1975
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"Funny Farm" is the 13th episode of fifth season of the British BBC anthology TV series Play for Today. The episode was a television play that was originally broadcast on 27 February 1975. "Funny Farm" was written by Roy Minton, directed by Alan Clarke, produced by Mark Shivas, and starred Tim Preece.^[1]^[2]

Alan Wellbeck (Tim Preece) is a nurse in a mental hospital. His day-to-day struggles with personal feelings and troubled patients provide humour and pathos against the backdrop of a public institution.^[3]

^ "Funny Farm (1975)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 July 2017.
^ "Broadcast – BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 27 February 1975.
^ "Funny Farm (1975) – British Television Drama". 31 March 2013.

[1] "Funny Farm (1975)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 July 2017.

[2] "Broadcast – BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 27 February 1975.

[3] "Funny Farm (1975) – British Television Drama". 31 March 2013.

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