As Christmas celebrations get under way, Britain is rocked by a deadly new food scare - "mad turkey disease".
Acting
Jack Dee's deadpan pathologist steals every scene.
Writing
Sharp satire of mad cow panic, poultry-flavored.
Director
Jimmy Mulville
Kevin Whately
Colin Worsfold
Keith Barron
Arthur Hedley
Jack Dee
Pathologist
Peter Egan
Peter Villiers
Nicholas Jones
George Cranley
Geoffrey McGivern
Geoffrey Lester
Warren Mitchell
Waterboard Chairman
Pippa Guard
Claire Worsfold
Kate Maberly
Pippa Worsfold
Jake Wood
Androcles
Caroline Trowbridge
Maureen
Morgan Jones
Spike
Selina Cadell
Treasury Boss
Jonathan Coy
Hans Gluck
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during peak mad cow disease hysteria, this Hat Trick production satirized how Britons panic about food safety—then vanished into obscurity.
Director Jimmy Mulville co-founded Hat Trick Productions, which produced Have I Got News For You—explaining the sharp political edge beneath the silliness.
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