Four critics walk into a screening room. Only the screen knows what happens next.
Four television critics gather in a Wardour Street preview theatre to see a documentary and get the surprise of their lives.
Acting
Anton Rodgers dominates with theatrical precision and barely contained malice
Direction
Jon Amiel's debut squeezes maximum unease from one locked room
Writing
Savage critic banter that bites the hand feeding it
Director
Jon Amiel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Jon Amiel's directorial debut before Hollywood came calling with Sommersby and The Man Who Knew Too Little.
Made for BBC's 'First Night' strand, it exemplifies the early '80s British TV tradition of experimental single dramas that treated the small screen as legitimate artistic canvas.
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