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  • Actors: John Albasiny, Abigail Cruttenden, Maurice Dee, Alison Steadman, Robert Urquhart
  • Directors: Michael Apted
  • Format: PAL, Full Screen, Mono, Subtitled
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: 4dvd
  • DVD Release Date: 17 Sep 2007
  • Run Time: 76 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000S399IS
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,086 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang is an enchanting comedy set in post-World War Two Britain. Based on a story by Jack Rosenthal, it studies a teenage boy's relationships and period of sexual awakening. John Albasiny stars in the role of a cricket-obsessed adolescent, Alan Duckworth, who lusts after his classmate Ann (played by Abigail Cruttenden). When the pair score the lead roles in the school's drama production, Alan finds himself in the awkward situation of having to pull off a proper snog scene with his real-life crush. P'tang Yang Kipperbang is a tender but telling film, which brilliantly evokes the teenage anguish of a familiar coming-of-age story.

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43 of 44 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars "P,Tang Yang Kipperbang Uuuuhhh!" and about time too., 25 Jul 2007
By russell clarke "stipesdoppleganger" (halifax, west yorks) - See all my reviews
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I was beginning to think I had dreamt it. P,Tang Yang Kipperbang first appeared on Channel Four in 1982 as part of the "First Loves" season .Written by Jack Rosenthal of "Londons Burning " fame it was shown that November then disappeared ,though it was released on video and may have popped up on Film Four .Now its out on DVD and I have final irrefutable proof to all those people I have mentioned it to down the years , who have looked at me like I have sprouted a Boris Johnson haircut , that it wasn't some figment of my cricket mad -sex obsessed imagination.
Cricket and sex are pertinent to P,Tang Yang Kipperbang,, unlikely team mates I'll concede but there you go. Schoolboy Alan Duckworth(John Albasiny) in the England of the late 1940,s dreams of hitting the wining runs in an Ashes series .He also dreams of kissing his beautiful classmate Ann (Abigail Cruttneden) who is going out with the years smarmy pin up Geoffrey (Maurice Dee) who share a toe curling ritual every time they part . His frustrations , ennui , desires are mirrored with a cricket commentary going on in his head , voiced by the late great John Arlott. So frustration and failure are met with a duck in his imaginary game, and as he suffers many disappointments and failures gives him the nickname "Quack Quack Duckworth ", though its also an obvious play on his name.
Duckworth has a confidant in the schools groundkeeper Tommy(Garry Cooper) who injects some working class realism into the script( It's a very middle class tale) with his assertion that girls like sex as well . Tommy has something going on with acerbic teacher Miss Land (Alison Steadman) and their relationship provides a more pragmatic element that counteracts Duckworth's blue sky reverie about love and girls. His chance to get closer to Anne comes via the school play where his role requires him to kiss Ann's character at the end. But as he lies in bed at night , masturbating hand clad in a enormous boxing glove , he wonders whether he can go through with it while at the same playing out the scene in golden soft focus over and over.
P,Tang Yang KipperBang is a skilfully handled tale of an adolescents rites of passage. Some will view it's conclusion that dreams lead to disillusionment as depressing rather than poignant but it's told with such humour and delicacy it achieves a touching timbre and its very well acted by all especially Steadman and Albasiny who perfectly conveys the sweating awkwardness of adolescence. It may seem a little innocent and gauche to today's audience but has undeniable charm . Best of all it's filled with moments of tremendous humour . Duckworth's, friends Shaz(Christopher Karaliss) and Abbo,s( Mark Brailsford) reactions to Alan having to kiss Ann -"Spewosity up-throw" or "Puke Vomitude-inosty" show the sort of verbal dexterity that has become the signature of writers like Armando Ianucci or Chris Morris. The two workmen observing Duckworth's playing out of his fantasy cricket career as he comes to and from school give a priceless down-to-earth window into the drama as they shake their heads in bafflement at his cavorting
Then there is that title . A reference to the greeting the boys give each other , accompanied by a slow motion raised hand and an "Uuuuhhh" .It's completely stupid, infantile and elitist yet I have never forgotten it. Despite this being set in a place and time I have never experienced it sticks in the head like ....well a first kiss. It's one of the best things Channel Four has ever put it's name to which makes it even more of a pity the channel has descended into the tawdry disarray it's in now.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars When film used to be innocent, 30 Sep 2003
This review is from: P'tang Yang Kipperbang [VHS] [1982] (VHS Tape)
This film recalls the story of a young schoolboy. Its charm lies in the fact that he has met this girl and he fantasises about kissing her. It highlights the struggles and emotional conflicts of a young boy coping with life, parents and a continuing lust for this girl. It is nice to see a film that portrays the innocence of youth unlike todays society that is so caught up in casual relationships and life for the party.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful*!, 29 Oct 2007
This film is a delight on so many levels, it has something for everyone at whatever age. I watched it when it appeared on channel 4 now years later I rediscovered it and it has lost none of it's charm.
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4.0 out of 5 stars "You're daydreaming again"
Before Adrian Mole there was Alan "Quack Quack" Duckworth; a teenage boy who intelligently discusses the state of the world after the war, enjoys intimate moments with a boxing... Read more
Published 4 months ago by DangermouseZilla

4.0 out of 5 stars "Memories"
I loved this film. It was filmed at the all girls school I attended as a teenager in the 1940's. I have never returned to the area since and it brought back so many memories (good... Read more
Published 4 months ago by J. Seward

5.0 out of 5 stars The Grass Is Always Greener On The Other Side
P'Tang Yang Kipperbang is one of those movies you see by chance that stay with you for a long time, at least it was for me. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars - uh!
echo all of cathelsmere's words - wonderful film - let's see it on DVD!
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