the book.
that be.
That means they think if they follow the instrucLIONS aisnea out in lying publications like Protect survive nuclear bomb will not harm them. When the Wind Blows, Whitehall Theatre, London. Reviewed by Bob Pennington Joe the more 'knowledgeable' one wne reads newspapers knowingly Nuclear Superiority to Hilda. She can't get it into her head that the war this time Is against the 'Russkies' not the Germans. nuclear cartoon book. The play faithfully follows It tells the story of Joe and Hilda Bloggs, two working class Tories who have utter faith, bordering on the reverential, towards authority and the powers Ken Jones and Patricia Routledge really cablulc Brigg's cartoon. As they construct their 'Inner Core unev about the last war. Looked back on it appears rather good fun. There was Vera Lynn singing away. Cuts tea the shelters, Churchill puffing nIs cigars, benign-looking Joe Stalin who Hilda liked, and of course they survived which alwavs makes things better.
In their innocent way they assume a nuclear war will be more or less a rerun ot word War Two The naive stupidity of Joe Hilda lucasure the cynical ment's precautions.
As they pack their survival tin-openers, candles, disinfectants Sallies they meet the there being no peanut butter, which incidentally none of thern like anyhow, but the instructions do recommend it. They try on ine bags they supposed wrap themselves in which even they think makes them look rather silly. Radio Then voice from Ene the radio tells them that a done in a realistically horrific flaulict. blinding flash, the wind rumbles ali manner and you are given glimpse of distant fires It's all begun, or more correctly for the majority of people it is all ending!
Despite reassuring Now with a daughter, Jill, they are active with the civil rights movement. In the third part Jill moves to London becomes involved with unemployed kids in Brixton just prior to the rIots.
An unusual mix that might work.
BBC1 West End . theatre, that part sent shivers down my spine and made me feel really queasy. Joe Hilda do survive but you see what happens to them you realise instantaneous death would have been better.
electricity and no gas. side the road has melted. All dominated by an eerie silence.
They are alone to suffer the ravages of radiation. They develop cancerous sores, they lose blood when they go to the toilet.
They start to lose their hair the vomiting starts. Wearily they get in their paper bags and crawl To the believes Joe pathetically emergency services will Nobody has . told them that what emergency services might be available will be used for different things than saving working lunch all over Charles's dinner suit?
Alexei Sayle Thursday 5 May, are Tories. In the end they try prayers but if there is a God it is certain that he is a paid ot the chat source did hoi seem source did not seem too likely. Laughed I read the book before I saw the play and I must admit I laughed a lot at Joe comerow play made me laugh less and when I did it was more often than not an uneasy спискіс In the book. Joe Hilda are drawings.
stage Ken Jones and Patricia Routledge invest LUCI with the dimension of life and watching two people slowly and painfully disintegrate can never be amusing.
This is good theatre. The characterisations excellent and it has a lot to say abuut a subject that really matters - our surtimes with Rik Mayall Sayle Co.
Certainly better than all coms that pass for comсну.
Thursday, 5 May, BBC2 SERIES about MPs! Unfortunately it seems to consist largely of the subject about first rogramm called
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