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	'''''The Love Ban''''' is a 1973 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Ralph Thomas]] and starring [[Hywel Bennett]], [[Nanette Newman]] and [[Milo O'Shea]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/62956 \|title=BFI \| Film & TV Database \| it's a 2'6" ABOVE THE GROUND WORLD (1972) \|website=ftvdb.bfi.org.uk \|access-date=17 January 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126050950/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/62956 \|archive-date=26 January 2009 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was based on a play by [[Kevin Laffan]]. It is also known under the [[alternative title]]s of '''''It's a 2'6" Above the Ground World''''' and '''''Anyone for Sex?'''''		'''''The Love Ban''''' is a 1973 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Ralph Thomas]] and starring [[Hywel Bennett]], [[Nanette Newman]] and [[Milo O'Shea]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/62956 \|title=BFI \| Film & TV Database \| it's a 2'6" ABOVE THE GROUND WORLD (1972) \|website=ftvdb.bfi.org.uk \|access-date=17 January 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126050950/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/62956 \|archive-date=26 January 2009 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was based on a play by [[Kevin Laffan]]. It is also known under the [[alternative title]]s of '''''It's a 2'6" Above the Ground World''''' and '''''Anyone for Sex?'''''

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{{short description|1973 film by Ralph Thomas}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Love Ban
| image = File:The Love Ban.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| director = [[Ralph Thomas]]
| producer = [[Betty E. Box]]
| writer =
| based_on = the play ''It's a 2'6" Above the Ground World'' by [[Kevin Laffan]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Hywel Bennett]]<br />[[Nanette Newman]] <br /> [[Angharad Rees]]
| music = [[Stanley Myers]]
| cinematography = [[Tony Imi]]
| editing = [[Roy Watts]]
| studio = Welbeck Films
| distributor = [[British Lion Films]]
| released = 25 January 1973
| runtime = 96 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
'''''The Love Ban''''' is a 1973 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Ralph Thomas]] and starring [[Hywel Bennett]], [[Nanette Newman]] and [[Milo O'Shea]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/62956 |title=BFI | Film & TV Database | it's a 2'6" ABOVE THE GROUND WORLD (1972) |website=ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126050950/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/62956 |archive-date=26 January 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It was based on a play by [[Kevin Laffan]]. It is also known under the [[alternative title]]s of '''''It's a 2'6" Above the Ground World''''' and '''''Anyone for Sex?'''''

==Plot==
A married couple with six children experience marital difficulties. Wife Kate refuses to sleep with husband Mick until he uses birth control, while their live-in au-pair falls pregnant.

==Cast==
* [[Hywel Bennett]] as Mick Goonahan
* [[Nanette Newman]] as Kate Goonahan
* [[Milo O'Shea]] as Father Andrew
* [[Angharad Rees]] as Jackie
* [[Nicky Henson]] as Baker
* [[Georgina Hale]] as Joyce
* [[Madeline Smith]] as Miss Partridge
* [[Peter Barkworth]] as Bra Factory Director
* [[John Cleese]] as Contraceptives Lecturer
* [[Marianne Stone]] as Customer In Chemists
* [[Nina Baden-Semper]] as Skyline Waitress
* [[Cheryl Hall]] as Pregnant Woman
* [[Jacki Piper]] as Pregnant Woman
* David Howey as Barber
* [[Tommy Godfrey]] as Barber
* James Leith as Policeman
* [[Tony Haygarth]] as Policeman

==Production==
The film was based on a 1969 play by [[Kevin Laffan]], ''It's a 2'6" Above the Ground World''. Laffan was one of 14 children from a devout Roman Catholic family and his critical view on the Church's stance on birth control was a recurring theme of his work. The play starred Prunella Scales in a production at the [[Bristol Old Vic]], and was a hit, moving to the [[Wyndham's Theatre]].<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1425635/Kevin-Laffan.html Kevin Laffan obituary] at The Telegraph</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/kevin-laffan-122891.html Kevin Laffan obituary] at ''The Independent''</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/09/03/playwright-kevin-laffan/|title=Playwright Kevin Laffan|first=Margaret|last=Maclean}}</ref><ref>THEATRE: A popular giant
Bryden, Ronald. The Observer (1901- 2003) [London (UK)] 07 Dec 1969: 40D.</ref>
===Filming===
It was shot at [[Shepperton Studios]] with sets designed by the [[art director]] [[Anthony D. G. Pratt|Anthony Pratt]].

==References==
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==External links==
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