Release Date

29 Jul, 1968

Runtime

01:45: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

The Year of the Sex Olympics

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Actors

Leonard Rossiter

Brian Cox

Tony Vogel

Suzanne Neve

Vickery Turner

George Murcell

Martin Potter

Lesley Roach

Hira Talfrey

Patricia Maynard

Trevor Peacock

Brian Coburn

Derek Fowlds

Wolfe Morris

Braham Murray

Job Stewart

Sheila Sands

Eddie Sommer

Michael Feast

Crew

Michael Elliott

Nigel Kneale

Ronald Travers

David Taylor

Joyce Hammond

Roger Andrews

Pam Meager

Jean Braid

Derek Miller-Timmins