1984

Six years after its publication, a BBC dream team turned Orwell’s chilling vision of life under an authoritarian regime into an epic TV production. Incredibly a copy survives, a priceless record of the moment UK TV drama came of age.

Sixty years ago George Orwell wrote 1984, a chilling vision of life under a brutal authoritarian regime. Six years later, a BBC dream team (director Cartier, adapter Nigel Kneale) turned it into an epic production. Set in the (then) future, it now works as an alternative history piece operating on a parallel timeline to our own. Incredibly a copy survives, a priceless record of the moment UK TV drama came of age.

Directed by:

Rudolph Cartier

Cast:

Peter Cushing, Yvonne Mitchell, André Morell, Donald Pleasence

Year:

1954

Running time:

108min