Under the Skin
19821h 15min
"When you get to a man in the case, they're like as a row of pins - For the colonel's lady an' Judy O'Grady are sisters under their skins." - Kipling. Polly writes for a magazine producing glamorous makeovers for young women. Befriending a member of the women's movement prompts her to re-examine her own feminist values.
Storyline
"When you get to a man in the case, they're like as a row of pins - For the colonel's lady an' Judy O'Grady are sisters under their skins." - Kipling. Polly writes for a magazine producing glamorous makeovers for young women. Befriending a member of the women's movement prompts her to re-examine her own feminist values.
Released
January 19, 1982
Runtime
1h 15min
Director
Language
English
Production
BBC
Cast
Frances Tomelty
Polly
Michael J. Jackson
Joe
Jacqueline Tong
Deb
George Costigan
Nolan
Bill Nighy
Dave
Barbara Rosenblat
Rosie
Imogen Bickford-Smith
Kerry
Michèle Winstanley
Julie
Avril Elgar
Grace
Edna Doré
Mrs. Clark
Cotchie D'Arcy
Vicky
Tricia George
Chris
Linda Beckett
Mo
Della Finch
Janice
Graham Weston
First worker
Ian MacFarlane
Second worker