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This production for the BBC-2's "Screen Two" series was the last of Dennis Potter's "one-shot, one-slot" plays for television. It had its origins in Potter's 1983 play "Sufficient ... See full summary »

Director:

Piers Haggard

Writer:

Dennis Potter

Stars:

John Standing, Michael Brandon, Nicola Pagett

Cast

Episode cast overview:
John Standing	...	Jack
Michael Brandon	...	Eddie
Nicola Pagett	...	Elizabeth
Glynis Barber	...	Lucy
Robert MacNaughton	...	Clayton
Mara Minniti	...	Housemaid
Christiana Sartoretti	...	Watcher
Enrico Masciolini	...	Watcher
Giorgio Pangaro	...	Watcher

Storyline

This production for the BBC-2's "Screen Two" series was the last of Dennis Potter's "one-shot, one-slot" plays for television. It had its origins in Potter's 1983 play "Sufficient Carbohydrate," about two middle-aged executives, one English, one American, who both work for the same multinational food company. Together, they vacation with their wives on a Greek island. In the TV adaptation, British businessman Jack becomes bitter as he faces the prospect of seeing his family company taken over by an American corporation. On a holiday at an Italian villa with his new manager, Eddie, he begins to stir up antagonism prompting Eddie's son Clayton to fantasize a murderous outcome.

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Plot Keywords:

family company

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 February 1987 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Polymuse, WW Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Jack: This tiny island has no Coca-Cola signs, no muzak, no hamburgers, not a sniff of cocaine or a single sud of a sodding soap opera, no muggers, nothing - no amenities whatsobloodyever. It's as though America lived in vain. Everywhere else I've been - especially ye olde England - is a pocket-sized imitation of the Land of the Free.

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