Ready When You Are, Mr McGill

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Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Directed by	Mike Newell
Written by	Jack Rosenthal
Starring	Joe Belcher Joe Black Wenda Brown Christine Buckley
Distributed by	Granada Television
Release date(s)	1976
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
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Ready When You Are, Mr McGill is a feature length TV drama, written by Jack Rosenthal. ITV produced two versions, in 1976 and 2003.

1 Plot
2 1976 version
3 2003 version
4 External links

[edit] Plot

The Ready When You Are, Mr McGill story is centered around the filming of a movie. A television actor-extra (Mr McGill) is finally given a line to say to camera. While filming a collection of comical mishaps occur to create chaos on-set.

[edit] 1976 version

In the 1976 adaptation Joe Black takes the lead role of Joe McGill. It aired on ITV on January 11, 1976. The story is based around a British soldier and his relationship with a suspicious School Mistress, set in 1940. McGill's line is "I've never seen that young Lady in my life before and I've lived here fifty years".

[edit] 2003 version

Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Directed by	Paul Seed
Produced by	Lynn Horsford Analisa Barreto
Written by	Jack Rosenthal
Starring	Amanda Holden Bill Nighy Tom Courtenay Sally Phillips
Music by	Martin Phipps
Cinematography	John Kenway
Editing by	Dave King
Distributed by	ITV
Release date(s)	2003
Running time	95 mins
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
IMDb profile

In the 2003 adaptation Tom Courtenay takes the lead role of Joe McGill. The story is centered around the filming of a movie starring Amanda Holden as a police officer. McGill's line was, "I've never seen the young man before in my life, and I've worked here 40 years".