The Year of the Sex Olympics
The Year of the Sex Olympics
Release: 1968-07-29
·Runtime: 105m
·★ 4.2
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
BBC
Cast
Patricia Maynard
as Nurse
Derek Fowlds
as Custard Pie Expert
Michael Feast
as Sportsex Contestant
Martin Potter
as Kin Hodder
Brian Cox
as Lasar Opie
Tony Vogel
as Nat Mender
Vickery Turner
as Misch
Trevor Peacock
as Custard Pie Expert
Leonard Rossiter
as Co-ordinator Ugo Priest
Brian Coburn
as Custard Pie Expert
