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The History of Mr. Polly: With Andrew Sachs, Anita Carey, John Clive, Ann Beach. After he loses his shop-assistant job, Alfred Polly buys a bicycle and travels around meeting people. After an unsuccessful marriage to his cousin and a failed suicide attempt, he resumes his cycling adventures.
The History of Mr Polly: Directed by Gillies MacKinnon. With Lee Evans, Anne-Marie Duff, Julie Graham, Richard Coyle. In the early 1900s Alfred Polly, still hankering after his dream girl Christabel, marries Miriam Larkins and they open a shop, but as the years go by, the marriage becomes stale and Polly feels trapped.
The protagonist of The History of Mr. Polly is an antihero inspired by H. G. Wells's early experiences in the drapery trade: Alfred Polly, born circa 1870, a timid and directionless young man living in Edwardian England, who despite his own bumbling achieves contented serenity with little help from those around him. Mr. Polly's most ...
When Alfred Polly fails to find fulfilment as a shop keeper, he leaves his wife and sets out on the open road to see where freedom leads. Lee Evans and Anne-Marie Duff star in this adaptation of the comic novel by H G Wells.
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Polly has done a disappearing act and found work and contentment at a country inn run by a pleasant stout party. Unhappily, his future is threatened by the fat lady's fearsome ex-convict nephew, who has told Polly to clear out or else.
BBC One. Episodes. 5 (1 series) Company. BBC. Sorry, we don't yet have a full guide to this production. Additional details. Picture. Colour. Share this page. Overview. A guide to The History Of Mr Polly, the 1980 BBC One TV comedy drama.
Mr Polly is a sensitive soul. His job as a draper’s assistant does not suit him at all and when, one day he is sacked for day-dreaming, he despairs of ever finding another job. His father’s death suddenly brings him a large inheritance, and with it he purchases a bike and sets off to find adventure.
Aug 15, 2015 · At the turn of the 20th century drapers assistant Mr Polly is convinced that a better life is just around the corner, following the death of his father he opens up his own shop with his wife Miriam, however some years down the track he is has something of a mid life crisis, goes on the road and ends up working in a pub where thanks ...
Title: The History of Mr. Polly Summary: Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father to marry and to set up shop in a small town. His heart is in neither of these enterprises and he ...
