"The End of Arthur's Marriage" is a television satirical musical drama that was an episode in The Wednesday Play series first broadcast on 17 November 1965.
In a park Arthur worries that Emmy will never enjoy being spoiled and resolves to treat her to a trip to the West End of London.
After a sales pitch (in song) by a salesman, Arthur buys Emmy an expensive gold watch with a strap made of elephant hair.
Meanwhile, Mavis's parents become concerned at Arthur's disappearance with the money and ring the police to report him and Emmy missing.
Arthur's conversation with Bent shows concern about the treatment of the animals in the zoo, who were born in captivity and given euthanasia when no longer of use.
[3]) The group are shown riding down the canal on a barge and a dance begins with a singer named Lily who strips her top half so that only her bra remains.
After Arthur admits that he has used all the money that was given to him, he is prevented from entering and given his belongings in a suitcase, but Emmy is brought inside before the door is closed.
The more obscure scenes include reports of the death of tourists in a plane crash, an interview on the history of gas works, a man shaving, two prostitutes' discussing a solicitor who role-plays as Mr. Universe (a dialogue that includes a large amount of sexual innuendo) and a police officer's jumping out of his moving car to ask Arthur for a light for his cigarette.
[4] Shortly after Arthur and Emmy leave Fortnum and Masons, there is a brief scene in which a cafe worker named Harry Otana remembers his home in Africa that contains full frontal nudity.
[1] There are cameo appearances in the play by BBC journalist Kenneth Allsop and by Loach himself in the same scene outside Fortnum and Masons.