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Hunting Venus (1999) (TV)
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Nick Vivian (writer)
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31 March 1999 (UK)
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Former pop-star turned con artist Simon Delancey is kidnapped by two fans of his eighties band the Venus Hunters, and blackmailed to re-form the band for one final show. | add synopsis
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Martin Clunes | ... | Simon Delancey |
| Neil Morrissey | ... | Charlotte |
 | Jane Horrocks | ... | Cassandra |
| Esther Coles | ... | Jacqui |
 | Danny Webb | ... | John (as Daniel Webb) |
| Mark Williams | ... | Peter |
 | Ben Miller | ... | Gavin |
| Marlene Sidaway | ... | Marge Beake |
| Roger Watkins | ... | D.J. Hoardes |
| Jean Ainslie | ... | Lovely Old Lady |
| Ian Gain | ... | Car Dealer |
| Dermot Keaney | ... | Doctor |
| John Mackle | ... | Production Assistant |
| Stephen Churchett | ... | Antiques Dealer |
| Laura Heath | ... | Peter's Secretary |
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References "Top of the Pops" (1964)
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This was a superb piece of work. I was forced to watch this with my mother, and she wasn't able to understand what the film was actually a spoof of. I was; and it was done quite brilliantly.
The show is, of course, stolen by Neil Morrissey's performance as Charlie/Charlotte, but the rest of the Hunters (and the rest of the cast; Jane Horrocks' versatility shines through yet again, with the whole idea of her being a lesbian landlady in a seaside resort b&b verging on the ridiculous) add in some vital and amazingly funny elements.
Whether this was intended to be a comic work is not stated or known, but it succeeds. It is a quality parody of the music scene of the early 1980's. If ITV ever show it again, watch it.