Film

The Year of the Sex Olympics

1968 · 1h 45m · Drama · Science Fiction · TV Movie

Influenced by concerns about overpopulation, the counterculture of the 1960s and the societal effects of television, the play depicts a world of the future where a small elite control the media, keeping the lower classes docile by serving them an endless diet of lowest common denominator programmes and pornography. The play concentrates on an idea the programme controllers have for a new programme which will follow the trials and tribulations of a group of people left to fend for themselves on a remote island. In this respect, the play is often cited as having anticipated the craze for reality television.

Leonard Rossiter

Co-ordinator Ugo Priest

Brian Cox

Lasar Opie

Tony Vogel

Nat Mender

Suzanne Neve

Deanie Webb

Vickery Turner

Misch

George Murcell

Grels

Martin Potter

Kin Hodder

Lesley Roach

Keten Webb

Hira Talfrey

Betty

Patricia Maynard

Nurse

Trevor Peacock

Custard Pie Expert

Brian Coburn

Custard Pie Expert

Derek Fowlds

Custard Pie Expert

Wolfe Morris

Custard Pie Expert

Braham Murray

Custard Pie Expert

Job Stewart

Custard Pie Expert

• Michael ElliottDirector
• Nigel KnealeWriter
• Ronald TraversProducer
• David TaylorEditor

Release date

July 29, 1968

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 45m

Genres

Drama, Science Fiction, TV Movie