Grand Slam

Four men, members of a Welsh rugby union club, fly to Paris as part of a weekend outing to see Wales play France in the Five Nations Championship match that will decide the Grand Slam title.

One of the party is funeral director Caradog Lloyd-Evans, who briefly served in occupied Paris near the end of World War II. Caradog pays for his son Glyn’s air ticket on the proviso that Glyn  comes on a ‘pilgrimage’ to find his ‘little butterfly’ who he spent a short romantic period with during the war.

Director: John Hefin
Writer: Gwenlyn Parry & John Hefin
Producer: BBC Wales
Cast: Hugh Griffith, Windsor Davies, Dewi Morris and Sharon Morgan
Filming location: Many of the film’s interior scenes were filmed at the BBC Wales club in Newport Road, Cardiff. The airport scenes were filmed at Cardiff Airport.
Production Company: BBC Wales

Length: 62 min
Format: DVD
Language: English, Welsh, French

Date: February 1978