Search results
It is the story of Alan Duckworth (John Albasiny), a young cricket -obsessed boy, and his first kiss with Ann Lawton (Abigail Cruttenden). Alan's thoughts are voiced by real life BBC Radio cricket commentator John Arlott in the style of a match commentary.
P’Tang, Yang, Kipperbang (the title stems from an invented expression which the boys use as a coded greeting and catchphrase) is a humorous drama, faithfully representing a postwar schoolboy’s existence.
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang, also released as Kipperbang, is a British television film first shown on Channel 4 on its second night, 3 November 1982.
Overview. Summer, 1948. 14-year-old Alan has just three wishes: that there will be lasting peace, that England will win the Ashes, and that he will finally kiss classmate Ann.
Set in an English grammar school in 1948, P’tang, Yang, Kipperbang is an innocently nostalgic comic drama about a naive, cricket-loving 14 year-old schoolboy’s chaste infatuation with his classmate Ann.
- (503)
- Goldcrest, Enigma TV, Film4 Productions
- Michael Apted
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang: Directed by Michael Apted. With John Albasiny, Abigail Cruttenden, Maurice Dee, Alison Steadman. Alan Duckworth (known as 'Quack Quack' to his friends) is a socially awkward fourteen-year-old who is obsessed with cricket and Ann Lawton, a girl in his class.
People also ask
Who is Alan Duckworth in 'P'tang Yang Kipperbang'?
What does 'Patang-Yang-Kippa-Bang' mean?
When did Kipperbang come out?
In P’tang, Yang, Kipperbang we follow the fortunes of fourteen-year-old schoolboy Alan Duckworth (John Albasiny) during the summer term of 1948. Alan's world revolves around his hope that England will win the Ashes, his trust in post-war peace and progress, and his wish to kiss his classmate Ann (Abigail Cruttenden).
