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

The Balance of Nature
Directed byPaul Annett[1]
Written byMargaret Leclere[2]
Maggie Brooks (script) [3]
Produced byNicholas Palmer
StarringLeslie Ash
Philip Bretherton
Juliet Hammond[2]
Release date
  • 14 August 1983 (1983-08-14)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Outline

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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]

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Notes

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