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The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968)
Directed by Michael Elliott
Drama, Science Fiction, TV Movie · 1h 45m
Influenced by concerns about overpopulation, the counterculture of the 1960s and the societal effects of television, the play depicts a world of the future where a small elite control the media, keeping the lower classes docile by serving them an endless diet of lowest common denominator programmes and pornography. The play concentrates on an idea the programme controllers have for a new programme which will follow the trials and tribulations of a group of people left to fend for themselves on a remote island. In this respect, the play is often cited as having anticipated the craze for reality television.
Cast
Leonard Rossiter
Co-ordinator Ugo Priest
Brian Cox
Lasar Opie
Tony Vogel
Nat Mender
Suzanne Neve
Deanie Webb
Vickery Turner
Misch
George Murcell
Grels
Martin Potter
Kin Hodder
L
Lesley Roach
Keten Webb
H
Hira Talfrey
Betty
Patricia Maynard
Nurse
Trevor Peacock
Custard Pie Expert
Brian Coburn
Custard Pie Expert
Crew
- Director
- Michael Elliott
- Writer
- Nigel Kneale
- Editor
- David Taylor
- Producer
- Ronald Travers
Details
- Release date
- 1968-07-29
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Drama, Science Fiction, TV Movie
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- BBC