Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Jan Francis leads a lively cast in Beiderbecke writer Alan Plater&s definitive adaptation of JB Priestley&s celebrated novel Charting the rollercoaster fortunes of a struggling concert party Francis co-stars alongside Bryan Pringle John Stratton & Moody & Pegg&s Judy Cornwell with guest appearances by Roy Kinnear Denis Lawson & Nigel Hawthorne Priestley&s defining work & one which established him as a national figure The Good Companions has been a mainstay of English literature since its initial publication in 1929 Jess Oakroyd discontented with his home his work & his football team tears up his Insurance Card & disappears into the night He intends to go to Nuneaton but instead finds himself on the ragged edges of show business We share with him the trials & tribulations of the Good Companions as they tour seaside towns industrial cities & rural backwaters in their search for success & stardom