The final episode of Budgie revisits his past, although several characters are absent from the screen.
With Laughing Spam Fritter sent by Charlie Endell to do harm on Budgie. He legs it to his sex mad wife Jean. Only to find that she has gone off with a gay man.
Budgie then goes to see his dad only to be told that his mum has died. His dad has shacked up with a new woman and grassed him to Charlie for a few pieces of silver.
Hazel is pregnant but a beaten up Budgie does not want to know. He leaves her for Inga but she has made plans to become a showgirl in Beirut.
Budgie is all alone with only a ripped apart Bugs Bunny toy as company. His future is bleak and uncertain.
It's hard to feel sorry for Budgie. He's a dim witted loser and there is very little that's nice about him. At times he has been completely amoral.
By the end you feel a lack of sympathy for Hazel. Abandoned by a dead beat lover who has left her for a more bustier model.
It was a shame that the second series was so uneven. It also does not help that Budgie was shown to be a woman beater. Threatening both Jean and Hazel throughout the second series.
Maybe the writers should had softened Budgie instead and made him a little more lovable, so the audience might root for him more.
I watched Budgie when it was repeated by Channel 4 in the early 1980s. I never caught how dark some of the stories were and how unlovable Budgie really was. It is also more noticeable know just how limited Adam Faith's acting was.
With Laughing Spam Fritter sent by Charlie Endell to do harm on Budgie. He legs it to his sex mad wife Jean. Only to find that she has gone off with a gay man.
Budgie then goes to see his dad only to be told that his mum has died. His dad has shacked up with a new woman and grassed him to Charlie for a few pieces of silver.
Hazel is pregnant but a beaten up Budgie does not want to know. He leaves her for Inga but she has made plans to become a showgirl in Beirut.
Budgie is all alone with only a ripped apart Bugs Bunny toy as company. His future is bleak and uncertain.
It's hard to feel sorry for Budgie. He's a dim witted loser and there is very little that's nice about him. At times he has been completely amoral.
By the end you feel a lack of sympathy for Hazel. Abandoned by a dead beat lover who has left her for a more bustier model.
It was a shame that the second series was so uneven. It also does not help that Budgie was shown to be a woman beater. Threatening both Jean and Hazel throughout the second series.
Maybe the writers should had softened Budgie instead and made him a little more lovable, so the audience might root for him more.
I watched Budgie when it was repeated by Channel 4 in the early 1980s. I never caught how dark some of the stories were and how unlovable Budgie really was. It is also more noticeable know just how limited Adam Faith's acting was.