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The Yellow Teddy Bears (AKA Gutter Girls) | Robert Hartford-Davis | 1963

Although sometimes promoted as a schoolgirls-gone-wild exploitation movie The Yellow Teddy Bears (AKA Gutter Girls, AKA Thrill Seekers) is actually a rather earnest social (melo)drama.

A clique of girls at an English grammar school have taken to wearing yellow teddy bear brooches as a secret sign that they've lost their virginity. Good girl Pat (Georgina Patterson) tries to save her girl-in-trouble pal Linda (Annette Whiteley) from making a terrible mistake, predatory abortion fixer June Wilson (Jill Adams) lures girls to her drinks and sex parties, while young teacher Anne Mason (Jacqueline Ellis), who has discovered the secret of the teddy bears, finds her impassioned pleas for some honest communication acreoss the generational divides between teens, teachers, and parents, only serve to bring her own morals and suitability as a teacher into question.

It's a bit dated now but it's subject matter must have been pretty frank in 1963, and it's "message" pretty progressive for the time. Apparently The Beatles were offered a part in the film but gave it a swerve.

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All Gas and Gaiters  -  BBC One  -  May 17,1966 - June 17, 1971

Sitcom (33 episodes)

Running Time: 30 minutes

Stars:

William Mervyn – Bishop Cuthbert Hever

Robertson Hare – Archdeacon Henry Blunt

Derek Nimmo – Bishop’s Chaplaih Mervyn Noote

John Barron – Dean Lionel Pugh-Critchley (pilot, series 1 and 4)

Ernest Clark – Dean Lionel Pugh-Critchley (1968 special, series 2 and 3)

Joan Sanderson – Grace Pugh-Critchley (1970-71)

Ruth Kettlewell – Grace Pugh-Critchley (1967-69)

#All Gas and Gaiters #BBC One #TV #1960's #Sitcom #William Mervyn #Robertson Hare #Derek Nimmo #John Barron