The Balance of Nature

The Balance of Nature
The Balance of Nature
Directed by	Paul Annett
Written by	Margaret Leclere; Maggie Brooks (script)
Produced by	Nicholas Palmer
Starring	Leslie Ash; Philip Bretherton; Juliet Hammond
Release date	14 August 1983;
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Balance of Nature is a 1983 British television drama film directed by Paul Annett, starring Leslie Ash.

Outline

The film is about the beauty business, seen mostly through the eyes of a Cockney girl from a tower block. Dawn Winch (Leslie Ash) lives with her mother (Marianne Stone) and works in a West End beauty parlour. She has aspirations to win the Miss United Kingdom competition, but finds that the beauty queen game is more of a jungle than she foresaw.^[3]

Cast

Leslie Ash as Dawn Winch
Philip Bretherton as Spencer Fairfax
Juliet Hammond as Natasha
Sandy Ratcliff as Julie
David Freedman as Gregore
Marianne Stone as Dawn's mother
Hetty Baynes as Blanche
Francis Lloyd as Neville
Valerie Testa as Organiser
Sylvia Barter as Countess
Pamela Miles as Brenda

Notes

^ “Annett, Paul”, in Harris M. Lentz III, Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2017, p. 11
^ ^a ^b The Balance of Nature^{[dead link‍]} at bfi.org.uk/films, accessed 25 April 2020
^ ^a ^b ”The Diary: will Colin consider it?” in The Stage (London, England), Thursday 05 May 1983, p. 15

External links

The Balance of Nature at IMDb

[1] “Annett, Paul”, in Harris M. Lentz III, Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2017, p. 11

[bfi-2] The Balance of Nature^{[dead link‍]} at bfi.org.uk/films, accessed 25 April 2020

[diary-3] ”The Diary: will Colin consider it?” in The Stage (London, England), Thursday 05 May 1983, p. 15

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The Balance of Nature
Directed by	Paul Annett^[1]
Written by	Margaret Leclere^[2] Maggie Brooks (script) ^[3]
Produced by	Nicholas Palmer
Starring	Leslie Ash Philip Bretherton Juliet Hammond^[2]
Release date	14 August 1983 (1983-08-14)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English