Still Waters

Episode aired Jan 13, 1972
55m

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

YOUR RATING

Comedy Drama Horror Mystery

A marriage can be lonely when the children have left home, as Nelson and Maud find out. Maud leaves in the middle of a unloving picnic, and Nelson follows - both sharing their stories with a... Read allA marriage can be lonely when the children have left home, as Nelson and Maud find out. Maud leaves in the middle of a unloving picnic, and Nelson follows - both sharing their stories with a series of strangers.A marriage can be lonely when the children have left home, as Nelson and Maud find out. Maud leaves in the middle of a unloving picnic, and Nelson follows - both sharing their stories with a series of strangers.

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7.4/10

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10Filmlaundrymat

Awesome find

From 1972, it may seem old and dusty but it explains a great deal about life. The Child, the young lovers, the middle aged couple, and the older widower gent. It might have been titled "the picnic" or the gathering, but the beauty of this filming location is awesome. It will make you want to go there just to experience it. None of the characters becomes a lead in this short film but it was nicely done. This makes you think back to a more simpler time before the internet, cell phones, and total media deception. This is one hour well spent. If your like me you will look for more of these shorts.

10stevadamz

The very best 'Play for Today'

'Still Waters' was voted the best 'Play for Today' of its season. It has proved unforgettable. 35 years after seeing it the memory of its gentle humour still makes me smile. The story, like all great theatre is very simple: a middle-aged husband and wife have argued and she leaves him by taking a long walk alone in a peaceful woodland area. While searching for his wife the man encounters a variety of other people, including a very 'at peace with the world and in harmony with nature' young couple. Of course the ending is a happy one and the message clear - we should appreciate those we love while we still have them. Although that may sound too simple, Julia Jones has turned out a masterpiece. Will it ever be available for viewing again? Iwish...

Trivia
Julia Jones recalled that the idea came "from a location I know very well - near our home in Wales. We've walked it a lot, and it's very beautiful. The idea actually came to me as I was walking along the stream. I just seemed to see a picture of all these people looking from behind bushes at one another. Then one day, when we were going to Wales, we stopped for a picnic - and just down the road, by a river, was an estate car. Someone had laid out his bed in the back - his sleeping bag - and everything he needed. It was just like a little room - quite beautiful. And he had gone fishing. A salesman of some sort - or he looked like one. So that character I had in mind - and the play went from there".