A man marries a robot to inherit millions—then she teaches him what it means to be human.
Roger Andover will inherit a fortune if he marries. But he is a solitary man with no ambition: human relationships mystify and dismay him. But to present a life-like female android as your wife: surely that will satisfy everyone? Andover finds more than he bargained for when his robot bride challenges his preconceptions about humanity.
Acting
Robertson's precise android ambiguity—never tipping her hand.
Writing
Dialogue that sounds polite until it cuts to bone.
Production
1965 BBC minimalism that ages into haunting austerity.
Director
Alan Cooke
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the BBC's 'The Wednesday Play' anthology, this aired when British TV was aggressively interrogating class and authenticity through genre frameworks.
The director originally wanted explicit robotic mechanics visible; producers overruled him, forcing ambiguity that accidentally strengthens the philosophical question—brilliant creative tension.
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