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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play  Valerie Hobson Norman Wooland Janette Scott Jeremy Spenser and BAFTA-nominated child star Mandy Miller feature in this moving drama which sensitively explores the emotional cost of a marital breakdown Background is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio Two years of deterioration sees John and Barbara Lomax&39;s marriage reduced to bitter sniping and "keeping up appearances" for the sake of the children When John&39;s old friend Bill professes his love for Barbara the marriage finally breaks up causing their three children to react in different ways and their son secretly determined to do Bill harm

British drama looking at the impact of divorce based on the stage play by Warren Chetham-Strode and directed by Daniel Birt. After 20 years of marriage, John and Barbie Lomax (Philip Friend and Valerie Hobson) find themselves unable to maintain their relationship. John is preoccupied with becoming a barrister which takes up most of his time, leaving little for Barbie and their three children. When they amicably decide to separate for the benefit of their children John and Barbie are dismayed at how affected they are by the news. The kids concoct their own theories, targeting 'Uncle' Bill Ogden (Norman Wooland) as the cause of the separation, and begin to take matters into their own hands.