Karaoke (1996– )

Daniel Feeld is a screenwriter with pains in his gut and a new screenplay called "Karaoke", about a girl named Sandra who works in a seedy Karaoke bar and is murdered by a lowlife named ... See full summary »

Stars:

Albert Finney, Roy Hudd, Richard E. Grant

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Albert Finney	...	Daniel Feeld (4 episodes, 1996)
Roy Hudd	...	Ben Baglin (4 episodes, 1996)
Richard E. Grant	...	Nick Balmer (4 episodes, 1996)
Keeley Hawes	...	Linda Langer (4 episodes, 1996)
Hywel Bennett	...	Arthur 'Pig' Mallion (4 episodes, 1996)
Saffron Burrows	...	Sandra Sollars (4 episodes, 1996)
Simon Donald	...	Ian (4 episodes, 1996)
Neil Stuke	...	Peter (Movie) (4 episodes, 1996)
Anna Chancellor	...	Anna Griffiths (4 episodes, 1996)
Ian McDiarmid	...	Oliver Morse (3 episodes, 1996)
Liz Smith	...	Mrs. Baglin (3 episodes, 1996)
Steven Mackintosh	...	Waiter (Movie) (3 episodes, 1996)
Arturo Venegas	...	Luigi (2 episodes, 1996)
Alison Steadman	...	Mrs. Haynes (2 episodes, 1996)
Kate O'Toole	...	Staff Nurse (2 episodes, 1996)
Stephen Boxer	...	Consultant (2 episodes, 1996)
Julie Christie	...	Lady Ruth Balmer (2 episodes, 1996)
Paul Raffield	...	Driver (2 episodes, 1996)
Katy Carmichael	...	2nd Hostess (2 episodes, 1996)
Jody Saron	...	1st Hostess (2 episodes, 1996)
Fay Ripley	...	Club Barmaid (2 episodes, 1996)
Natascha McElhone	...	Angie (2 episodes, 1996)

Storyline

Daniel Feeld is a screenwriter with pains in his gut and a new screenplay called "Karaoke", about a girl named Sandra who works in a seedy Karaoke bar and is murdered by a lowlife named Arthur "Pig" Mallion. But whenever Daniel looks around, real people seem to be speaking his dialogue in real situations that mirror the script, including a beautiful young girl named Sandra who works in a Karaoke bar owned by a Mr. Mallion. Meanwhile, Balmer, the film's director, is in a spot of trouble with the leading lady of the film.

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Plot Keywords:

karaoke | tv mini series

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 June 1997 (USA)

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Whistling Gypsy Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

63 min 50 min (3 episodes) 63 min (1 Episode)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

In Episode 1, Daniel makes a call from a phone booth where someone has written "Reality Sucks" on the glass, and someone else has crossed out "Sucks" and written "or Nothing" below it. In the followup miniseries ("Cold Lazarus"), "Reality or Nothing" is the name of a group of anti-media terrorists.

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Connections

References The Singing Detective (1986)

User Reviews

where will the young reality tellers come?

Dennis Potter, who passes before these works, "Karaoke and Cold Lazarus" could be produced, asked in his last interview with Melvyn Bragg, "Where will the writers who want to tell stories about life as it truly is, beneath the hype and glitter, get their opportunity as I did in the 60's, in our current world of Rupert Murdoch sensibilities?" Karaoke is a tale of personal responsibility that reaches deeper than "E-network" can imagine in its most profoundly affected moments of easy sanctimony and sentimentality. This play should be at the peak of viewing assignments for all students of what TV can really do and be in a democracy that is real, not just a convenient platitude. Dennis Potter may have been the "Shakespeare" of our times. We will be lucky if such integrity and eloquence graces us again.