Overview
- Never Too Late, a 45‑minute single drama, premiered on Channel 5 at 9pm on 13 November as the first film in the revived Play for Today strand.
- Early national reviews from The Times and The Independent criticised the writing as lightweight and the comedy as weak, while noting strong turns from Anita Dobson and Nigel Havers.
- The story follows a fiercely independent woman relocated to a retirement village who pushes against the rules and reconnects with a past flame, without revealing key plot turns.
- Anita Dobson leads the cast alongside Nigel Havers, Tracy‑Ann Oberman, Nina Wadia, Michael Fenton Stevens and Natasha Williams.
- Channel 5 frames the project as public‑service support for emerging, often lower‑income talent behind the camera, with further films to tackle school pressures, life after a lottery win and a real‑time psychological thriller.