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"Play for Today" The Flipside of Dominick Hide (1980)
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9 December 1980
(Season 11, Episode 8)
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Dominick Hide, a time traveller from the year 2130, is studying the London transport system of 1980...
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Cast
(Episode Cast) (in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Peter Firth | ... | Dominick Hide |
 | Caroline Langrishe | ... | Jane |
| Pippa Guard | ... | Ava |
| Patrick Magee | ... | Caleb Line |
| Trevor Ray | ... | Alaric |
| Sylvia Coleridge | ... | Great Aunt Mavis |
| Jean Trend | ... | Helda |
| Timothy Davies | ... | Jim Bone |
| Denis Lawson | ... | Felix |
| Bernadette Shortt | ... | Midge |
| Tony Melody | ... | Harry |
| Bill Gavin | ... | Brian |
| David Griffin | ... | Carl |
| Karl Howman | ... | Geoffrey |
| Jenny Donnison | ... | Carole |
| Michael Carter | ... | 1st Youth |
| Philip Davis | ... | 2nd Youth |
 | Mark Wingett | ... | 3rd Youth |
| Nicholas McArdle | ... | Policeman |
| Sylvia Brayshay | ... | Ida |
| Colin Cunningham | ... | Gordon |
| David Beale | ... | Barman |
| Gary Bramble | ... | Jonathan |
| Sarah Carthy | ... | Anxious mother |
| Ysanne Churchman | ... | Soo (voice) |
| Myrtle Devenish | ... | Market woman |
| James Gilbey | ... | George |
| Andrew MacLachlan | ... | Commuter |
| Jason Savage | ... | Young Dominick |
| Robert Spencer | ... | Hologram musician |
| Roderick Skeaping | ... | Hologram musician |
| Andrew van der Beek | ... | Hologram musician (as Andrew Van Der Beek) |
| Mitchell Dalton | ... | Guitarist |
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Directed by | |||
| Alan Gibson | |||
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| Jeremy Paul | (written by) and | |
| Alan Gibson | (written by) | |
| Alan Gibson | (idea) | |
Produced by | |||
| Chris Cherry | .... | producer | |
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| David Martin | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Roger Murray-Leach | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Rosalind Ebbutt | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Dorka Nieradzik | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Geoffrey Paget | .... | unit production manager | |
Art Department | |||
| Ray Ogden | .... | graphic designer | |
Sound Department | |||
| Ron Brown | .... | sound | |
| Richard Chubb | .... | sound | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Dave Jervis | .... | video effects | |
| Peter Wragg | .... | visual effects | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| John Green | .... | lighting technician | |
| Dave Mutton | .... | senior camera operator | |
| Nigel Walters | .... | camera operator | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Dennis Collett | .... | editor: video tape | |
| Jim Stephens | .... | vision mixer | |
Other crew | |||
| Joanna Gueritz | .... | assistant floor manager | |
| Rod Litherland | .... | technical manager | |
| Peter Rose | .... | assistant floor manager | |
| Andrew Whitman | .... | production assistant | |
| Glenys Williams | .... | assistant to director | |
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- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (original airing)
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The soundtrack features several Beatles songs, including "Yesterday", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and "Here Comes the Sun". By a quirk of fate, this production was originally broadcast on December 9, 1980, one day after John Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman.See more »
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Followed by "Play for Today: Another Flip for Dominick (#13.8)" (1982)See more »
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You'd Better Believe it, BabeSee more »
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When this film was shown as part of the BBC's 'Play for Today' season I had some French homework to do for school the following day.
The story which took time travel, a genre which was and always has been popular with science fiction writers, to a new level. Concentrating on the characters in the story (and an excellent story it is), rather than the sci-fi elements themselves made this compelling viewing. It actually made the science fiction elements appear to be more 'real'.
I'm sure if I were to see it again it would seem a little dated, but at the time (and a few years later when it was repeated as a prologue to the inferior, but nonetheless interesting and worth watching sequel 'Another Flip for Dominick') it was way ahead of anything else on the screen (small or large).
Needless to say, I failed to complete my French homework and received some extra work to do as a punishment - but it was worth it.