Too Late to Talk to Billy

Graham Reid’s play follows the lives of the Martin family, living off the Donegall Road in Belfast. There are serious issues between a number of family members, particularly the estranged parents, and father Norman and his son Billy (played by a young Kenneth Branagh).

Original transmission: BBC1 16/02/1982 (85mins)

This play is the first in a trilogy of’ ‘Billy’ plays, shown as part of the ‘Play for Today’ series. The trilogy also includes ‘A Matter of Choice for Billy’ (1983) and ‘A Coming to Terms for Billy’ (1984).

An insight into the stresses of life in a working class Protestant community.

Clip courtesy of BBC Motion Gallery