Bar Mitzvah Boy
| "Bar Mitzvah Boy" | |
|---|---|
| Play for Today episode | |
 | |
| Episode no. | Series 7 Episode 1 |
| Directed by | Michael Tuchner |
| Written by | Jack Rosenthal |
| Produced by | Graeme MacDonald |
| Original air date | September 14, 1976 |
"Bar Mitzvah Boy" is the first episode of the seventh season of the BBC anthology series Play for Today. The television play was originally broadcast on 14 September 1976. It was written by Jack Rosenthal, directed by Michael Tuchner and produced by Graeme MacDonald.
Starring Jeremy Steyn,
Reception
Programme notes for a Boston Jewish Film Festival screening in 2004 hailed the play as "a BBC classic... this bittersweet comedy about a British boy’s upcoming Bar Mitzvah features a strong sense of time and place [and] stellar acting", while the British Film Institute's website describes it as "a simple tale made memorable by genius writing and sympathetic performances."[1][2]
In 1977, "Bar Mitzvah Boy" won the
See also
References
- ^ "Boston Jewish Film Festival program notes". Archived from the original on 3 September 2005. Retrieved 31 August 2005.
- ^ a b "British Film Institute 100 Greatest Television Programmes". Archived from the original on 14 May 2011.
- ^ "1977 Television Single Play | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.
- ^ "DVD: Jack Rosenthal at the BBC (15)". The Independent. 7 April 2011.
External links
- "Bar Mitzvah Boy" at IMDb
- Bar Mitzvah Boy at the BFI's Screenonline
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