Nuts in May Blu-ray

First shown in BBC's legendary Play for Today strand in 1976, Nuts in May soon achieved cult status. Starring Roger Sloman and Alison Steadman.

Special features include:

• **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet with essays on the film by Mike Leigh, John Wyver and Dr Adam Scovell and writing on the archive films by Ellen Cheshire and Vic Pratt 
• Director Mike Leigh looks back on one of his most influential television plays (2026)
  
• Director and cast Q&A (2021, audio, 43 mins): Mike Leigh, Alison Steadman, Roger Sloman, Anthony O’Donnell, Sheila Kelley and Stephen Bill are reunited on stage at BFI Southbank 
• BFI London Film Festival 2024 Screen Talk: Mike Leigh (2024, 48 mins): celebrating the 2024 release of his film Hard Truths, Leigh discusses his career with writer and journalist Amy Raphael 
• The Country Comes to Town (1933, 21 mins): a documentary made to help modernise the image of the farming and the British countryside 
• Spring Comes to England (1934, 16 mins): documentary on the journey produce makes from field to market – including Candice Marie’s favourite, mushrooms 
• Winter on the Farm (1941, 15 mins): a public information film on Upton Manor Farm in Dorset 
• The Chiffy Kids: Pot Luck (1976, 19 mins): the Children’s Film Foundation favourites take a holiday under canvas 
• Play Safe: Camping and Fishing (1978, 2 mins): a safety awareness film showing the dangers lurking in the countryside