Scene: Bank Holiday

📺BBC Schools TV

companyBBC

started2nd Mar 1972

last rpt29th Apr 1994

23 school years

episodes1

duration30 mins

subject ⚖️Citizenship

age rangeAge 13-16

languageenIn English

Scene

Previous unit: Sent Away from Home Next unit: The Police and You

Scene dramas

Previous drama: Just Love Next drama: Quiet Afternoon

Bank Holiday is an episode of the BBC schools TV series Scene from the 1970s and 1990s, covering citizenship for secondary school pupils.

18-year-old friends Todd and Towzer set off by motorbike to spend a Bank Holiday weekend in Scarborough. Their long hair, cut-off denim jackets, medals, badges and swastikas lead to hostility from everyone they meet, including the police.

The following episode is a documentary, The Police and You, in which police officers give their reactions to the play. One such reaction is quoted on this site's page about The Police and You.

From the teacher's notes

"Bank Holiday was written in 1972, but remains a powerful and accessibe depiction of the tensions caused when a person's individuality is ignored or threatened." - Scene teacher's notes summer 1994 p.11.

Credits

Written by

Colin Welland

In the archive

Exists. This programme is preserved in the BBC archives.

Also broadcast for a general audience, in the evening on BBC2 during the August Bank Holiday 1977, and again during DEF II's celebration of 25 Years of Scene Drama in October 1993.

Related programmes

Scene: The Police and YouThe accompanying documentary episode.

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