
Three long-married couples in northern England discover that their marriages are in fact invalid, causing much re-evaluation and chaos. This was the fourth television film version made by the BBC of this comedy by J. B. Priestley. It featured several actors repeating their rôles from the earlier 1951 version including Frank Pettingell, Helena Pickard and Eileen Beldon.

as Henry Ormonroyd

as Annie Parker

as Councillor Albert Parker

as Lottie Grady

as Clara Soppitt

as Maria Helliwell

as Mrs. Northrop

as Gerald Forbes

as The Rev. Clement Mercer

as Alderman Joseph Helliwell

as Fred Dyson

as Ruby Birtle

as Nancy Holmes