A 70s British TV movie where a middle-class meltdown becomes deliciously uncomfortable.
Why does Sylvia Payne, with her successful husband and luxurious home, get in such a flap about her daughter's schoolfriend coming to visit?
Acting
Priscilla Morgan's escalating nervous breakdown in real time.
Direction
Cregeen's cramped framing traps you in Sylvia's anxiety.
Director
Peter Cregeen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Priscilla Morgan was primarily a stage actress; this rare screen lead was shot in just ten days for ITV's 'Armchair Theatre' slot.
The 1973 broadcast drew 7 million viewers and complaints—Sylvia's collapse felt uncomfortably recognizable to suburban wives the network expected to ignore.
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