Released:
1968-07-29

Overview:
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.

Director:
Michael Elliott

Runtime:
1h 45min

Genre:
Drama, Science Fiction, TV Movie

• Cast:
• 
  Leonard Rossiter
  as
  Co-ordinator Ugo Priest
• 
  Brian Cox
  as
  Lasar Opie
• 
  Tony Vogel
  as
  Nat Mender
• 
  Susan Neve
  as
  Deanie Webb
• 
  Vickery Turner
  as
  Misch