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The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968)

★ 4.3/10 105 min Drama, Science Fiction, TV Movie United Kingdom English
Writer: Nigel Kneale
Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top Cast

Leonard Rossiter
Leonard Rossiter Co-ordinator Ugo Priest
Brian Cox
Brian Cox Lasar Opie
Tony Vogel
Tony Vogel Nat Mender
Susan Neve Deanie Webb
Vickery Turner
Vickery Turner Misch
George Murcell Grels
Martin Potter
Martin Potter Kin Hodder
Lesley Roach Keten Webb

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