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Crunch And Other Stories, The (Screen Two)
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Best known for his pioneering Quatermass stories and harrowing adaptation of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four, as weIl as later TV triumphs Iike The Stone Tape and The Woman in Black, Nigel Kneale is widely regarded as one of Britain's greatest scriptwriters. Making his name at the BBC in the 1950s, he subsequentIy wrote accIaimed dramas for ITV over the folIowing decades of which three are presented here.
The pIays on this set showcase some of KneaIe's most enduring themes: a deep sympathy for the pIight of the individuaI facing an unimaginabIe threat; the unease and paranoia of the Cold War era, and fears of an uncertain near-future; and the voIatiIity and potentiaI menace of the crowd.
THE CRUNCH stars Harry Andrews as a prime minister attempting to avert a nuclear catastrophe in London; MaxwelI Shaw, Anthony BusheIl and Peter BowIes are among his co-stars.
LADIES' NlGHT is a chiIling story of misogyny as members of a gentlemen's club turn on a woman who ridicuIes them; a strong cast incIudes AIfred Burke, Ronald Pickup and Bryan Pringle.
GENTRY stars Roger DaItrey in a blackIy comic suspense drama in which a couple buy a shabby house in an up-and-coming area but find themselves drawn into the aftermath of an armed robbery. |
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