Rik Mayall plays a maniacal quiz show host having the worst day of his life. Gloriously unhinged.
Mickey Love is an aging television quiz show host who after climbing his way back to the top after conquering alcoholism has hosted the highly rated "Family Values" for over ten years. But when he hears a false rumor that his show will be axed to make way for a new one to be hosted by young upstart Greg Deane. Mickey bitterly resorts to desperate measures to cling on to his career. Little does Mickey know however is that his bosses actually have something else in store for him.
Acting
Mayall's volcanic performance—simmering rage beneath manic grin.
Direction
Nick Hamm crams a feature's worth of deterioration into 50 minutes.
Writing
Peter Morgan's script drips with poisonous industry satire.
Director
Nick Hamm
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was part of ITV's 'Rik Mayall Presents' anthology, letting him stretch beyond his anarchic Young Ones persona into pitch-black drama.
Micky's 'Family Values' eerily predicts the moralistic game show boom—and collapse—of British television in the 1990s, with hosts like Chris Tarrant and Jim Bowen becoming cultural punchlines.
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