[pressgang] How to Make a Killing and Both Sides of the Paper

[Vince Deehan]

Claire, you are so right about Paul in the film LET HIM HAVE IT. It was
made in 1991 and
starred a then pretty much unknown Christopher Eccleston and Paul Reynolds
was the co-lead
actor. Paul gives a superb performance, in this very serious drama about a
real life crime and miscarriage
of justice. I just watched the trailer and spotted Charlie Creed-Miles, who
plays Danny in Press Gang,
also has a small role in the film. You can see him with Paul, towards the
end of the trailer.

Charlie Creed-Miles has gone on to have a lengthy acting career and is
frequently popping up in dramas.
Paul Reynolds never could shake off the comedy roles, it seems. His high
profile work was very short-lived, sadly.

https://youtu.be/f7kjmN2SFGo

Vince




On Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 11:06 AM Claire Douglas <dipskitcomedy at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Laura
>
> I'm always happy to second a complaint about a lack of Colin. ;-)
>
> Absolutely agree re Paul Reynolds. Such a fabulous comedy actor (and not
> bad at drama, given his early role in Let Him Have It).
>
> Cheers
>
> Claire
>
> On 19/03/2022 4:25 am, Laura Nunn wrote:
> > We watched these a week apart over the last couple of weeks.
> >
> > How to Make a Killing was never a favourite of mine as a teenager, but
> > I appreciated it more as an adult, I think. I remember it feeling
> > "preachy" at the time ("drugs are bad, kids") but actually, compared
> > with children's TV these days, it's not particularly sanctimonious,
> > and I really like the fact the focus is put on the people who
> > shouldn't be selling the solvents rather than those who are taking
> > them. Eldest girl felt this episode suffered from a lack of Colin, but
> > she still liked it.
> >
> > Both Sides of the Paper - this was a funny one for me. When I first
> > watched it, I was too young to have experienced the horror of public
> > exams. As an adult who still regularly has anxiety dreams about French
> > Literature A-level revision, Sarah's dream sequences seem all too
> > real. The plot is a bit odd - surely it's not the school children's
> > job to plan ahead and shut down during exam time - that should have
> > been scoped out by the adults when they set the JG up.
> >
> > Also, Lynda is doing a really weird combination of A-levels (Maths,
> > Physics, History, English), but that's by the by. She doesn't strike
> > me as someone who'd be particularly good at science, given her later
> > ineptitude with a mobile phone.
> >
> > Eldest girl really liked this episode - plenty of Colin to amuse her -
> > she loved that his exam kits kept getting more and more expensive.
> >
> > I noticed that over the last few episodes, Spike and Lynda's
> > relationship is changing from Spike propositioning Lynda and being
> > repeatedly rebuffed (would be considered harassment these days!) to a
> > more give-and-take friendship. It's handled nicely.
> >
> > Paul Reynolds continues to act everyone else off screen. I'm surprised
> > he never got a big break - there's star quality there beyond his years.
> >
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