Rita, Sue and Bob Too: A snapshot of 1980s Britain - BBC News

It is 30 years since the low-budget comedy Rita, Sue and Bob Too was released, angering many people in Bradford. How is the film seen today?

Image source, Bradford UNESCO City of Film Image caption, Rita, Sue and Bob Too depicted life on a Bradford estate in a darkly comic tale Billed as "Thatcher's Britain with her knickers down", British film comedy Rita, Sue and Bob Too was an unexpected hit when it was released 30 years ago. This darkly comic tale of two sexually confident working-class Bradford teenagers might have charmed the critics - but many closer to home failed to see the joke. Originally written for the stage in 1982 by Andrea Dunbar, the story depicted life on the deprived Buttershaw estate where she grew up - and did

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