Richard E. Grant plays a chaotic journalist who is his own worst enemy. What could go wrong?
Freelance journalist David Dunhill stumbles onto the biggest story of his career - but his personal eccentricities seem likely to thwart him.
Acting
Grant's physical comedy of anxiety is criminally underrated.
Writing
Sharp dialogue that makes 70 minutes feel packed.
Director
Udayan Prasad
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made for BBC's 'Screen Two' anthology, this captures late-Thatcher anxiety about institutional secrecy and the erosion of public trust.
Grant filmed this between 'Withnail & I' and 'How to Get Ahead in Advertising' — peak chaotic energy era.
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