ITV Saturday Night Theatre · SEASON 3
Paper Roses
Episode 22 · 1971-06-13
Episode overview
Facing retirement, elderly journalist Clarence Hubbard reflects on the pointlessness of a life wasted writing banal tabloid human interest, animal, and crime stories. Rather than go quietly to tend roses in a garden, Hubbard begins a series of violent actions not unlike those described in tabloids, and this is heightened by inter cutting tabloid headlines between scenes. Throughout, there are occasional shots of a television critic who watches this very play as it unfolds, and he writes a negative review filled with cleverly phrased but bitter invective.
Season 3 episodes
1. The Exiles: Jennie1970-10-10
2. The Exiles: Emma1970-10-17
3. The Exiles: Zo1970-10-24
4. Visit from a Stranger1970-10-30
5. Roll on Four O'Clock1970-12-19
6. The Policeman and the Cook1970-12-26
7. The Dead1971-01-02
8. Tales of Piccadilly: Behind the Spearmint Sign1971-01-09
9. Tales of Piccadilly: A Room Full of Holes1971-01-16
10. Tales of Piccadilly: The Way Out1971-01-23
11. Big Soft Nellie1971-02-21
12. Anna of the Five Towns1971-02-28
13. Hari-Kari and Sally1971-03-07
14. The Hotel in Amsterdam1971-02-14
15. Pandora1971-03-21
16. The Price1971-03-28
17. Arms and the Man1971-04-04
18. Love Doesn't Grow on Trees1971-04-11
19. The Silver Collection1971-05-23
20. The Shopper1971-05-30
21. Man and Boy1971-06-06
22. Paper Roses1971-06-13
23. The Prize1971-06-20
24. Square1971-06-27
25. Alice Dancing1971-07-04
26. Square One1971-07-10
27. After a Lifetime1971-07-18
28. Mr. Pargiter1971-07-24
29. One More on Top1971-08-01
30. Hamlet1971-08-08
31. The Chaps1971-08-14
32. Giants and Ogres1971-08-22
33. Green Julia1971-08-29
