They Disappear When You Lie Down
A TV play by Tony Perrin
Transmission date: 11th June, 1974
Lewis’s character: Bobby
Synopsis: A story of four top-class table tennis players, all members of a Teacher Training College team, whose private lives are not altogether compatible with their professional careers.
Cast:
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| Susie | - | Virginia Clarke |
| Morag | - | Sally Grace |
| Bobby | - | LEWIS COLLINS |
| Jerry | - | Stephen MacKenna |
| Linda | - | Caroline Dowdeswell |
| Mike | - | Peter Armitage |
| Harold | - | David Hill |
| Frieda | - | Jennifer Jones |
| Terry | - | Jeffrey Cliff |
Trivia:
Several other actors were turned down for the parts as they could not meet the table tennis standard required.
Lewis’s comment:
Lewis has said that this rôle was responsible for him being offered the part of Gavin in The Cuckoo Waltz.