Too Much of a Good Thing (radio play)

Liane Aukin, the 'midwife' of the project, a BBC radio producer, knew Leigh through her brother David, the general manager at Hampstead Theatre.

She had initially asked Leigh to revive Abigail's Party on the radio, but he preferred to supply an original piece.

Leigh rehearsed the play for three weeks with the three actors - Lesley Manville, Philip Davis and Eric Allan.

Ronald Mason was pleased with the result, but Ian McIntyre, controller of Radio 3, censored the broadcast, claiming the play was 'boring' and 'not good enough'.

[1] The critic Michael Coveney has described the radio play as "probably the least-known example of Leigh's best work, a script of unremitting black and greasy grottiness."