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Overview
Facing retirement, elderly journalist Clarence Hubbard reflects on the pointlessness of a life wasted writing banal tabloid human interest, animal, and crime stories. Rather than go quietly to tend roses in a garden, Hubbard begins a series of violent actions not unlike those described in tabloids, and this is heightened by inter cutting tabloid headlines between scenes. Throughout, there are occasional shots of a television critic who watches this very play as it unfolds, and he writes a negative review filled with cleverly phrased but bitter invective.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 13, 1971
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Granada Television
- Director
- Barry Davis
- Writer
- Dennis Potter
- Producer
- Kenith Trodd
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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