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A Beast With Two Backs - Dennis Potter
A Beast With Two Backs is a television play by Dennis Potter, first broadcast on BBC1 on 20 November 1968[1] as part of The Wednesday Play strand.
The play is a fictional account of an event that happened in the Forest of Dean in the 1890s when four Frenchmen came over the border from Gloucester with dancing bears, who were subsequently killed by miners coming off the late shift in retaliation for an unrelated attack on a young local girl.
Synopsis
In the 1890s, Joe - a travelling Italian showman - and his dancing bear Gina make their way over the border from Gloucester to the Forest of Dean; hungry and penniless from their poor reception in the last town, Joe hopes to drum up more business. As they make their way to Berry Hill, a group of schoolchildren racially abuse Joe. After Joe threatens to set Gina on them, the children disperse. Watching from the undergrowth are miner Mickey Teague and his mistress Rebecca. Mickey is reluctant to leave his wife to be with Rebecca, but Rebecca is pregnant and threatens to reveal him as her unborn child's father unless he comply with her wishes. As she rushes towards the town, Mickey brains Rebecca with a rock and leaves her to die in the woods.
In Berry Hill, the townsfolk enjoy the revelry of a Sunday afternoon at the local tavern. Amongst them is Rufus, the village 'simpleton', who once again is dancing on tables to the amusement and goading of the villagers. The local preacher Ebeneezer, Rufus' guardian, arrives and removes him. Rufus is beaten severely by Ebeneezer, and flees into the woods where he discovers Rebecca. Ebeneezer follows and upon seeing Rebecca's body assumes Rufus has attempted to kill her. As Rebecca is still alive, the preacher fears that she will implicate Rufus and kills her.
Later that day, Joe and Gina arrive in Berry Hill and entertain the townsfolk. False rumours are circulating that Gina had mauled one of the schoolchildren the pair had encountered on their arrival over the border. The townsfolk pelt Joe and Gina with stones and force them to flee the village. Back in the forest, Rebecca's body has been discovered and the local constabulary set to work interviewing the residents of the nearby towns. As the shocked villagers gather together back at the tavern, a desperate Mickey convinces the townsfolk that the bear was responsible.
The townsfolk gather at the chapel for evening prayers where a guilt-stricken Ebeneezer delivers a sermon on 'the beast within'. As the preacher calls on the congregation to vanquish the beast in their midst, the villagers choose to see this as a reference to Joe and Gina and a group of miners head off in pursuit of their quarry. Ebeneezer hangs himself and Rufus, upon discovering the body, flees towards the forest. Arriving at the clearing where Joe and Gina have settled down for the evening, the miners throw stones and heavy rocks at the bear before advancing on Gina and beating her to death. Moved by Joe's tears, the men offer him recompense; Joe declines and asks to be left alone with his dead friend. As the miners return to the village they pass a frightened Rufus, and pause to consider his terror.
The play is a fictional account of an event that happened in the Forest of Dean in the 1890s when four Frenchmen came over the border from Gloucester with dancing bears, who were subsequently killed by miners coming off the late shift in retaliation for an unrelated attack on a young local girl.
Synopsis
In the 1890s, Joe - a travelling Italian showman - and his dancing bear Gina make their way over the border from Gloucester to the Forest of Dean; hungry and penniless from their poor reception in the last town, Joe hopes to drum up more business. As they make their way to Berry Hill, a group of schoolchildren racially abuse Joe. After Joe threatens to set Gina on them, the children disperse. Watching from the undergrowth are miner Mickey Teague and his mistress Rebecca. Mickey is reluctant to leave his wife to be with Rebecca, but Rebecca is pregnant and threatens to reveal him as her unborn child's father unless he comply with her wishes. As she rushes towards the town, Mickey brains Rebecca with a rock and leaves her to die in the woods.
In Berry Hill, the townsfolk enjoy the revelry of a Sunday afternoon at the local tavern. Amongst them is Rufus, the village 'simpleton', who once again is dancing on tables to the amusement and goading of the villagers. The local preacher Ebeneezer, Rufus' guardian, arrives and removes him. Rufus is beaten severely by Ebeneezer, and flees into the woods where he discovers Rebecca. Ebeneezer follows and upon seeing Rebecca's body assumes Rufus has attempted to kill her. As Rebecca is still alive, the preacher fears that she will implicate Rufus and kills her.
Later that day, Joe and Gina arrive in Berry Hill and entertain the townsfolk. False rumours are circulating that Gina had mauled one of the schoolchildren the pair had encountered on their arrival over the border. The townsfolk pelt Joe and Gina with stones and force them to flee the village. Back in the forest, Rebecca's body has been discovered and the local constabulary set to work interviewing the residents of the nearby towns. As the shocked villagers gather together back at the tavern, a desperate Mickey convinces the townsfolk that the bear was responsible.
The townsfolk gather at the chapel for evening prayers where a guilt-stricken Ebeneezer delivers a sermon on 'the beast within'. As the preacher calls on the congregation to vanquish the beast in their midst, the villagers choose to see this as a reference to Joe and Gina and a group of miners head off in pursuit of their quarry. Ebeneezer hangs himself and Rufus, upon discovering the body, flees towards the forest. Arriving at the clearing where Joe and Gina have settled down for the evening, the miners throw stones and heavy rocks at the bear before advancing on Gina and beating her to death. Moved by Joe's tears, the men offer him recompense; Joe declines and asks to be left alone with his dead friend. As the miners return to the village they pass a frightened Rufus, and pause to consider his terror.
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Monty was a middle aged man with learning difficulties in the Forest of Dean. It is a snapshot of life in the forest in 1981 and captures the attitudes and lives of the people at the time. Property of Derek Jones, I made this film in 1981. When Channel 4 came on air in 1982, I was hoping they would show it. The channel's offices were set up in Charlotte Street in London but the staff had not ye...
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Ahloa I’m shanebearddj Cute 😊 Awww
I love how Harry and Hermione love each other like siblings.
Ahhh ... that has just reminded me of all those vending machines that used to be down the back of the Bon Marche (long before it was Debenhams) ....
Wonderful!! Such a great portal into the past!
Fantastic to see some colour footage of Gloster Aircraft Company! My grandfather worked for GAC until it closed, but continued to work on Brockworth site afterwards with his GAC colleagues for a firm called Gloucester Design Services that emerged out of the aircraft company.
There is a great scene, my favorite part where it cut off during the storm
As a kid who was born in 2008 and lives in Gloucester I wish I lived in the 70s 😩
If I was with Harry and Hermione in the Forest, I would wear my flannel jacket my Dad got for me for Christmas. It's very comfortable.
5 CONDITION,ACCURATE.
I picked grapes there, it’s very beautiful there
🤯🤣☝️😺 Brilliantly done, Harry! This scene has so many levels of information...
Ahhh, wonderful how some things seldom change and how valid the old tour guide books remain. 😍☕🌊😊 Great Britain has some of the most beautiful and historic landscape. ❤
Great series...some things almost stay the same! Keep touring! 🤗😊🌊☕🍏❤️🐇😍🔥
I’ve always felt like Harry and Hermione were the better match.
Yea me too
Same
See Rapido Trains for models of those GRC&Wco. Subway cars.
I felt so nostalgic with her for no particular reason. This scene was really touching and felt weirdly nostalgic.
Facts this scene lives in my head rent free and the music for this scene too is just ugh love it!
I'm 1000% sure that the bridge weighs more than "800 tons".
"The single track was obviously a severe limitation" Well the bridge was built wide enough to accommodate double tracks...
Seems that those were hard but peaceful times.... calling sheep stupid ?? look ate the world today...looks like we human beings are the most stupid...
When Hermione accidentally broke the wand, Harry seems annoyed, yet he says "It's fine." 10 seconds later: "Give me everything you have Hermione, everything you and I earned together, I'm taking it, you just relax, you know., chill out.."
Cut the music
Thx for posting
Why they are here?aren't they always in hogwarts?
Nope. They are searching for horcuxes
The Magic Roundabout was actually due to start that night at Cinderford...
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This is fab!!
1:44 Speaking of which, where is my wand?
1:49: Where's my wand, Hermonie?
Some reason this forest came up while searching back in my family's history with 5 members being knights (there's several more to this date of course). A "royal" forest?? How so?
When the snake jumped it gave me a jump scrae
Great bit of film - very atmospheric.
Is it me or there is a subtle detail about harry feeling ashamed in this scene cause when she said not even me harry turn his eyes away for a split second like he considers himself responsible for hermione,s parents memory loss
Can I ask a question? On the middle there’s a picture of people working on Lydbrook Rec. I’m assuming that’s not part of the story?
when was the photograph at 0:41 taken? It looks Edwardian but a part of me is hoping its 1913/14, as three of my relatives were employed at company at this time. One of those employed was 19 year old Sid Causon who later died in the First World War.
My great grandfather "spickie Kight" was a well known slaughter man in Cinderford, he would kill the pigs with a pick axe hence the spickie in his name ,"what dim die of old butt ,nothing serious,,,,lol
Meanwhile in Cromwell street
NAH THESE COMMENTS ARE JOKES 🤣
Hermione literally gave Harry a free pass there🙆🤦♂️
Fr and people say they didn't have romantic feelings
@@lamisholi1503 they didn’t, she said that because she had no family after everything. And the only family she had was harry as a close person to her. Her parents forgot everything about her because of the spell she did. She removed all trace of her existence in their lives. She could never go back to them, even if she convinces them they could never really be as close. Ron left. It was clear she was super moved by that. They seemed to be going no where with what they are doing. That thought I think was induced mainly by the locket. And she just thought since the place held a few of her most happiest memories with her parents, she’d just grow old there with the only current person she had. It’s pretty same with harry. He can’t show himself. He needs to keep himself hidden. Plus he has pretty much no family either. I guess she forgot about Ginny for him. But it was a dark thought about how now that Ron left and she has no family either. She’ll be all alone anyway. And everything seems to be going nowhere even though they are running purely on hope.
Thank you, whoever put this video on. I am at about 5.20, standing by the sandpit, head bent forward as the other children out sand in my hair! Then I straighten up, looking cross! Four years old.
this is fascinating, wow, neither schools seem to have changed much. I went to both
Harry Potter eu só amiga Hermione
I get my boots from Gloucester
Ah the midland bank before those other lot took over and fkd it
im sorry but i ship them
Yeah same here! It's funny cause JK Rowling regrets not putting them together
i can remember monty in the 90s .. he was certainly a character. pete hale would bring him to darts at the George in mitcheldean (only to put the imposing team off .. monty never shut up and had a real loud laugh ). i cant believe the amount of stick he had from the kids . saddens me watching this . ialways thought foresters looked out for their own
The reason why Hermione said this line about growing old with Harry was because despite who she truly wants, she considers Harry an easy and logical option. Someone to settle for. But it would not bring her true happiness or contentment. She would be betraying herself. It's like a choice between what's right and what's easy. Ron was the right choice for her and Harry would've been easy choice. Hermione's line about giving up and staying behind, grow old really came from her longing and love for Ron. In this moment she realizes that she wants to grow old with Ron, spend her life with him. Harry would've been easy to settle for because there aren't real feelings involved. She just didn't want to be alone. Harry's expression after what she said was pretty much a rejection to her. Harry definitely for a second thought about giving up, who wouldn't in such a dire situation, but not being with Hermione. He doesn't want to take advantage of her because that's what he would be doing and so would she. It would've been so easy for them to go down that road because there's nothing going on between them.
Monty was a middle aged man with learning difficulties in the Forest of Dean.
The little kids are anoying him
all of you pay respects to monty and his caravan
Do you know something like that fanfics?