The Bass Player and the Blonde (1978)
The Bass Player and the Blonde was a television play in the ITV Playhouse series, first broadcast 14 June 1977. It was followed up with a three-part serial with the episodes given the names of musical terms: Rondo, Allegro, and Andante. In the play and the series, George Manghan, a middle aged, debt ridden bass player in a Jazz band, falls in love with the wealthy and much younger blonde singer Terry, much to the distress of her father.
The Bass Player and the Blonde: Season 1 - 3 Episode s
1x1 - Rondo
August 8, 1978
George Mangham (Edward Woodward) is a talented world-weary jazz composer who has fallen on hard times and lives in a seedy world. He now works as a bass player at 'Larry's Club' in London.George lives alone with his cat, drinks endlessly and gambles. He plans on marrying a woman he does not love. He is forever being harassed by gangsters who he owes money to.
1x2 - Allegro
August 15, 1978
1x3 - Andante
August 22, 1978