The Black and Blue Lamp
198859m
Drama, Comedy, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 59m
- Genre
- Drama
- Origin
- United Kingdom
About
Satirical and surreal play by Arthur Ellis, dealing with the manner in which the British police force has been represented on TV for four decades. In 1949 Tom Riley is arrested for the murder of PC George Dixon. As he awaits interrogation at the station he is mysteriously transported into an episode of The Filth - a 1988 police series where the hard men rule, where he is told by the local CID that he'll be confessing to the murder or else his genitals are getting cut off ! This black comedy questions whether the police have changed or is it the way film and television present them.
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet.
Details
- Director
- Guy Slater
- Writing
- Arthur Ellis
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Sep 7, 1988
- Studio
- BBC
Cast
Kenneth Cranham
Supt. Cherry
Karl Johnson
PC "Taffy" Hughes
Sean Chapman
Tom Riley
John Woodvine
Supt. Hammond
Ralph Brown
Insp. Drury
Nick Stringer
Sgt. Brooks
Ian Brimble
PC Totley
Peter Lovstrom
PC Sneed
Barry Woolgar
Insp. Rogers
Garrick Hagon
Police Surgeon
Anthony Smee
Mr Bromley Junior
Paddy Ryan
Mr Bromley Senior
Jonathan Chater
Fat Boy
Kathy Burke
Voiceover
Christopher Driscoll
Voiceover
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