It's a Great Day!

Builder Edward Evans can't get the tiles to finish his assignment for the new housing that's going up, even though they're sitting in the Council's warehouses. He tells his son Peter Bryant to buy some, someplace; Bryant gets them from a shady character, Evans finishes his work, and discovers that he, alone of all the people who worked on the project, is not invited to the opening by a Princess. Furthermore, he's being investigated. Meanwhile, his family is dealing with the disappointment.

It's a movie based on the BBC TV soap opera The Grove Family, which ran from 1954-1957, filled with pawky humor, Sid James as a used car salesman, and a very aerodynamic Vera Day as a girl who knows something but won't tell. Michael and Roland Pertwee get the writing credits -- they created the TV series -- and series producer and occasional director John Warrington is in charge of the shoot, in which the TV family repeats their roles. It's light and harmless, and probably intended for people who didn't own their own TV set, but had heard of the series.