English File | A Taste of Honey: Part 2

Based on A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney 

Jo's boyfriend visits her at the flat, and asks her to marry him. She refuses. A few months later she meets Geof, a gay student and asks him to stay.

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  • Type: Adaptation
  • Channel: BBC One
  • Duration: 29'49''
  • Broadcast date: 1984
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UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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English File | A Taste of Honey

English File | A Taste of Honey: Part 1

English File | A Taste of Honey: Part 1

1984 | 29'52''

A three part of Shelagh Delaney's classic play. In this part, Jo, a 17 year old girl and her mother Helen, a semi-whore move into an ...

English File | A Taste of Honey: Part 2

English File | A Taste of Honey: Part 2

1984 | 29'49''

Jo's boyfriend visits her at the flat, and asks her to marry him. She refuses. A few months later she meets Geof, a gay student and a...

English File | A Taste of Honey: Part 3

English File | A Taste of Honey: Part 3

1984 | 29'49''

Helen visits Jo at Geoff's request. All three end up arguing. Peter arrives and starts insulting Geoff. Helen asks Jo to go and live ...

English File | A Taste of Honey: Part 1

English File | A Taste of Honey: Part 1

1984 | 29'52''

A three part of Shelagh Delaney's classic play. In this part, Jo, a 17 year old girl and her mother Helen, a semi-whore move into an ...

English File | A Taste of Honey: Part 2

English File | A Taste of Honey: Part 2

1984 | 29'49''

Jo's boyfriend visits her at the flat, and asks her to marry him. She refuses. A few months later she meets Geof, a gay student and a...

English File | A Taste of Honey: Part 3

English File | A Taste of Honey: Part 3

1984 | 29'49''

Helen visits Jo at Geoff's request. All three end up arguing. Peter arrives and starts insulting Geoff. Helen asks Jo to go and live ...
Other Archive resources
A Taste of Honey | BBC Television | 1960

Monitor | Shelagh Delaney

Item in which Shelagh Delaney, twenty-one-year-old author of 'A Taste of Honey', looks at Salford, where she grew up and where the action of her plays takes place.
A Taste of Honey | BBC One | 1984

English File | A Taste of Honey: Part 3

Helen visits Jo at Geoff's request. All three end up arguing. Peter arrives and starts insulting Geoff. Helen asks Jo to go and live with her and Helen.