The Green Man (TV serial)

The Green Man
Genre	Supernatural, Drama
Based on	The Green Man by Kingsley Amis
Written by	Malcolm Bradbury
Directed by	Elijah Moshinsky
Starring	Albert Finney Nicky Henson Josie Lawrence Michael Culver
Composer	Tim Souster
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	3
Production
Producer	David Snodin
Running time	50 minutes
Production company	A&E Television Productions for BBC
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	28 October (1990-10-28) – 11 November 1990 (1990-11-11)

The Green Man is a three-part BBC TV adaptation of Kingsley Amis's 1969 novel of the same name, first broadcast on BBC1 from 28 October to 11 November 1990 and starring Albert Finney as the main character Maurice.

Plot

Maurice Allington is the owner of "The Green Man", a country inn that he claims is haunted by ghosts. He is usually either frightening guests with his ghost stories, or trying to seduce them, but he slowly comes to realise that some of his stories may be true.

Cast

• Albert Finney as Maurice
• Linda Marlowe as Joyce
• Sarah Berger as Diana
• Nicky Henson as Jack
• Josie Lawrence as Lucy
• Michael Grandage as Nick
• Natalie Morse as Amy
• Michael Culver as Underhill
• Robert Schofield as David
• Michael Hordern as Gramps
• Nickolas Grace as Sonnenscheim
• Sandra Caron as Mrs. Klinger
• Brian Greene as Mr. Klinger
• Anna Syke as Mrs. Underhill

Production

Locations

The serial was filmed on location with West Dorset doubling as the Cambridgeshire area^[1] and Up Cerne Manor House (and possibly Dominey's Yard by Buckland Newton) representing The Green Man hotel and other exteriors.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Reception

Awards

The series won the 1991 BAFTA for Best Original Television Music (by Tim Souster), Finney was nominated for Best Actor, and Masahiro Hirakubo was nominated for Best Film Editor.

References

1. "Dorset On Screen - British Film Centenary Report". www.south-central-media.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
2. geograph ST6502 : Up Cerne Manor House
3. Dorset On Screen: A Report On The Use Of Dorset As A Film-TV Location For The British Film Centenary 1996
4. The South-Central Region on Screen
5. Dorset in the Movies
6. ST6502 : Up Cerne Manor House

External links

• The Green Man at IMDb