The Year of the Sex Olympics Poster

The Year of the Sex Olympics

53.00% | July 29, 1968 | 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.

Featured Crew

Michael Elliott
Director
Nigel Kneale
Writer
Ronald Travers
Producer
0

Cast

Leonard Rossiter
Leonard Rossiter
Co-ordinator Ugo Priest
Brian Cox
Brian Cox
Lasar Opie
Tony Vogel
Tony Vogel
Nat Mender
Susan Neve
Susan Neve
Deanie Webb

Images