did mary whitehouse�*s reaction help you, do you think?that they knew about us. there were stories in the press and there was a thing called late night line—up, which was a great show on bbc two, where if you'd been in, you created a fuss, you were on late night line—up to defend yourself. what we were trying to do there was to capture an actuality. now, we know in actual life that the important things are not the positions we stand in and the way we express ourselves. we tried to capture an actuality flavour. the sort of excitement... but it isn't actuality. no, but we tried to get as near as we could to it. this is the point. they were extraordinary times, really, now, looking back. but when you are dealing with such important issues and, as you say, you're coming straight off the back of the news and you're a young director, did it feel like a huge responsibility given the amount of people that were watching your work? it felt like an opportunity. i mean, at the time, there was, there was a whole campaign beginning about, about legalisi

did mary whitehouse's reaction help you, do you think? were trying to do there was to capture an actuality. erm... now, we know in actual life that the important things are not the positions we stand in and the way we express ourselves. we tried to capture an actuality flavour. the sort of excitement... but it isn't actuality. no, but we tried to get as near as we could to it. this is the point. they were extraordinary times, really, now, looking back. but when you are dealing with such important issues and, as you say, you're coming straight off the back of the news and you're a young director, did it feel like a huge responsibility given the amount of people that were watching your work? it felt like an opportunity. i mean, at the time, there was — there was a whole campaign beginning about — about legalising termination because of the — the backstreet abortions were appalling. they were the only recourse many women had. mm. so that was in the air. and that wasn't done lightly. i mean, you know, when i talk about it, it's with enthusias