Hidden Talents

Story

Synopsis

Nellie (Pat Phoenix) is weak and bedridden in her aging, decrepit house due to a bad heart. Living out of her front room, Nellie is looked after by her son Harold (Tom Bell) who is going deaf and prone to eccentric and emotional outbursts following a motorbike accident some years previous. Relations are tense and fractious between Nellie and Harold, a state of affairs which isn't helped by Nellie's affectionate recollections of her estranged son Stanley (Tom Georgeson) who left many years before, taking with him Nellie's savings.

Director

Don Leaver

Writers

Lynda La Plante

Language

English

Release date

15 November 1986

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Patricia Phoenix

  Nellie

• 

  Tom Bell

  Harold

• 

  Tom Georgeson

  Stanley

• Victoria Fairbrother

  Mrs Hargreaves

• Anna Manley

  Madeleine