Shelagh delaney's play a taste of honey had already played in the west end and on broadway when tony richardson made his film adaptation, shot on location in salford and blackpool'. '.strtoupper('r')ita tushingham made her indelible screen debut as jo, a young girl who falls pregnant after leaving home and her floozie mother a revelatory performance by dora bryan'. '.strtoupper('j')o befriends geoff, a gentle kind hearted gay art student, they move in together like two children playing house and for a while finding an innocent fragile happiness'. '.strtoupper('r')ichardson who co wrote the screenplay with shelagh delaney, always skilled with actors, draws fine performances from the entire cast and a taste of honey remains an outstanding example of the british new wave, and was shot by its star cinematographer walter lassally'. '.strtoupper('s')pecial features presented in high definition walter lassally video essay 2002, 21 minsthe cinematographer recalls shooting a taste of honey 50th anniversary qa with rita tushingham, murray melvin and walter lassally 2011, 25 mins the team reunite for a discussion with the bfi's dr josephine botting a taste of honey from stage to screen a journey with murray melvin 2018, 25 mins the actor looks back on both his role in the original play and reprising it for cinema rita tushingham on a taste of honey 2018, 15 mins the actor reminisces about the making of the film holiday 1957, 18 mins jazz scored documentary capturing a day and night in the life of high season blackpool, in glorious colour illustrated booklet with new writing by cecilia mello and melanie williams, plus full film credits