I remember watching this 1st time around on Channel 4 way back in the early 80's. To those who asked exactly what P'tang Yang Kipperbang means, you weren't watching the film closely enough or paying attention at all.
The main boy and his friends all used made up words to substitute for normal every day words so PTYK was obviously something they made up for hello and goodbye. Listen to him when he is in the chip shop!
The girl and Whittaker had their "Manyana, Mayana - Mayana's not soon enough for me". You clearly heard Whittaker say with great indignation "I don't do P'Tang Yang Kipperbang!".
To the person who asked about the boxing glove on the bed? All the scenes of the main boy in bed talking to God, wasn't it obvious when he was talking about "thinking about that" he was referring to masturbating. Wearing boxing gloves in bed was an old public school method of stopping boys who were frantic or avid nocturnal masturbators.
I had forgotten about Alison Steadmans relationship with the school groundsman, the fact that he was a deserter and her pregnancy scare. I did remember the play but I thought he kissed her hand or kissed her on the cheek.
It was nice to see early appearances by Eric Richard playing a road-worker (who would go on to find fame in The Bill as Sgt. Bob Cryer) and Peter Dean (who would go on to mega fame playing Pete Beale in Eastenders!)
The main boy and his friends all used made up words to substitute for normal every day words so PTYK was obviously something they made up for hello and goodbye. Listen to him when he is in the chip shop!
The girl and Whittaker had their "Manyana, Mayana - Mayana's not soon enough for me". You clearly heard Whittaker say with great indignation "I don't do P'Tang Yang Kipperbang!".
To the person who asked about the boxing glove on the bed? All the scenes of the main boy in bed talking to God, wasn't it obvious when he was talking about "thinking about that" he was referring to masturbating. Wearing boxing gloves in bed was an old public school method of stopping boys who were frantic or avid nocturnal masturbators.
I had forgotten about Alison Steadmans relationship with the school groundsman, the fact that he was a deserter and her pregnancy scare. I did remember the play but I thought he kissed her hand or kissed her on the cheek.
It was nice to see early appearances by Eric Richard playing a road-worker (who would go on to find fame in The Bill as Sgt. Bob Cryer) and Peter Dean (who would go on to mega fame playing Pete Beale in Eastenders!)