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Black Mirror: Season 1, Episode 1The National Anthem (4 Dec. 2011) 8.0
The Prime Minister is faced with a dilemma when a member of the Royal Family is kidnapped. Director:Otto BathurstWriter:Charlie Brooker |
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Michael Callow
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Alex Cairns
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Julian Hereford
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Jane Callow
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Section Chief Walker
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Rod Senseless
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Lucinda Towne
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Princess Susannah
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Lauren
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Brian
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Pike
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In the run-up to Christmas the British Prime Minister Michael Callow is woken up and shown a disturbing video. On it he sees that people's princess Susannah of Beaumont has been abducted and will allegedly be murdered unless he has sex with a pig on live television. An effort to trace the kidnapper on a deserted campus proves to be in vain and Michael dismisses his aides' suggestion that a porn star perform the bestiality with the PM's face digitally superimposed. News coverage and Internet tweeters go into overdrive as Michael ultimately does his duty,in a deserted room with one camera man and a seemingly contented pig. Despite being ordered not to look,millions of people tune in though their amusement soon turns to horror at what they see. Susannah is released,though it is kept from the prime minister that she was let go half an hour before his television performance. A year later,when Susannah is pregnant and Michael's popularity ratings have soared - though his marriage is under ... Written by don @ minifie-1
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BC UK, quite clearly you're not one for viewing between the lines. The point of this film is not it's plot but it's implications for just how plausible this event is, and just how little privacy or control of information we have these days. It's an 'open your eyes' kind of film.
Superb acting, writing and camera-work. The choice of people to show as 'joe average's were well thought out and don't seem clichéd. Also the setup is genius in it's simplicity. Genuinely thought provoking TV.
My only criticism is of the ending which I think should have ended with the 'twist' regarding the kidnap, with the reaction from the PM's wife put beforehand. Then again I don't know how that could make chronological sense.