Kisses at Fifty

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"Kisses at Fifty"
Play for Today episode
Directed byMichael Apted
Written byColin Welland
Original air date22 January 1973 (1973-01-22)
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"Kisses at Fifty" is a British television drama, part of the Play for Today series, originally broadcast in January 1973.

It was written by Colin Welland, directed by Michael Apted,[1] and starred Bill Maynard as a man who kisses a barmaid (played by Marjorie Yates) on his 50th birthday. Rosemarie Dunham played his wife, and Lori Wells played his daughter Sandra.[2]

It dealt realistically with issues of adultery and failed marriage, and won the British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama in 1974.[3][4] In real life, Maynard was only 44.

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