- A young woman from Blackpool finds her voice in the male-dominated world of the 1960s comedy and takes London by storm.
- Genuinely a lovely bio-pic of so many girls from "up-North" who tried to escape the dull drudgery of 1960's Britain in hope of fun and Bright Lights in London. Characters are well drawn, and easy to identify with, ruthless executives who control light-entertainment without a hint of comedy. Some genuinely funny lines, and physical comedy moments. As a writer myself, I understand what challenges they faced in the 60's and early 70's with Mary Whitehouse's moral crusade to clean up TV. She must be spinning in her grave with what we see on our screens today. Laugh and cry in equal measure as we follow the Blackpool beauty queen on her journey, with pitfalls and excitement along the way. Having worked in Oxford Street in the 1980s, nothing had changed in the canteens from the '60s, still very recognisable. Lots of nice original footage interlinked with the main character gallivanting through London. I watched it back-to-back on Catch-up, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.—canterburyghosttour
- In the mid-1960s, Blackpool beauty queen Barbara Parker is determined that what looks to be her path in life to working-class domestic drudgery as a housewife is not her destiny, so she moves to London--without a plan. She tries to find her voice in a career, as a person, and--arguably more importantly--as a woman in a male-dominated world. She finds that she has an inherent knack for something that belies being a beautiful woman: comedic acting. Without training or connections, will her inherent ability be noticed by anyone in a position of power so that she can carve out such a career? And will the pulls back to Blackpool overtake the reasons that she left there?—Huggo
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