A 25-minute nightmare where reality unravels on a studio floor.
Mr. Fisher is invited to a TV studio following the filming of his family's encounter with a bailiff. However, there are problems with the footage.
Acting
Freddie Jones' escalating panic is genuinely difficult to watch.
Direction
Dromgoole traps you in institutional cruelty with zero escape.
Writing
Dialogue so banal it becomes terrifying — bureaucratic evil perfected.
Director
Patrick Dromgoole
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made for BBC's 'Play for Today,' this epitomizes 1970s British television's willingness to experiment with form and confront viewers with uncomfortable class dynamics.
The title 'Item' reduces Mr. Fisher to an object in a broadcast — the film itself becomes the very dehumanization it depicts.
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