Inspired by the recent death of that gifted writer (and incurable wonanizer and chronic drunk), Brendan Behan, A Bang and a Whimper tells the tale of a visitor to the Channing campus, poet laureate, drunk,and skirt chaser Paddy Riordan, played by Robert ( The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes) Stephens. a naive and impressionable young female student, played by Susan, ( Imitaion of Life,) Kohner, has to escort hima round campus. She finds herself falling in love, but Riordan is more interested in a short-term affair.
This is another show that deserves to be realesed on DVD. Sadly, it apparently has an an even smaller following than Slattery's People.