The Year of the Sex Olympics

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.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Drama,

Science Fiction,

TV Movie

Duration:

105 minutes

Year:

1968

Director:

Michael Elliott

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Company:

BBC

Cast:

Co-ordinator Ugo Priest

Lasar Opie

Nat Mender

Deanie Webb

Misch

Crew:

Director

Producer

Writer

Editor

Costume Designer