Joe's Ark (1974)
1h 6m
Running Time
February 14, 1974Release Date
Joe's Ark (1974)
1h 6m
Running Time
February 14, 1974Release Date
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Plot.
The religious beliefs of pet shop owner Joe (Freddie Jones) are shaken by the terminal illness of his daughter Lucy (Angharad Rees). For Potter, this play "makes more than a wry nod at possibilities which can comprehend pain, or disgust, or the implacable presence of death itself."
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Cast & Crew.
Freddie Jones
Joe
Angharad Rees
Lucy
Dennis Waterman
Bobby
Christopher Guard
John
Edward Evans
Preacher
Edward Evans
Preacher
Patricia Franklin
Sally
Clive Graham
Doctor
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This Movie Is About.
terminal illness
Wiki.
"Joe's Ark" is the second episode of fourth season of the British BBC anthology TV series Play for Today. The episode was a television play that was originally broadcast on 14 February 1974. "Joe's Ark" was written by Dennis Potter, directed by Alan Bridges, produced by Graeme McDonald, and starred Freddie Jones.