The Black and Blue Lamp

The Black and Blue Lamp

1988
59m
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Drama Comedy TV Movie
Overview

Satirical and surreal play by Arthur Ellis, dealing with the manner in which the British police force has been represented on TV for four decades. In 1949 Tom Riley is arrested for the murder of PC George Dixon. As he awaits interrogation at the station he is mysteriously transported into an episode of The Filth - a 1988 police series where the hard men rule, where he is told by the local CID that he'll be confessing to the murder or else his genitals are getting cut off ! This black comedy questions whether the police have changed or is it the way film and television present them.

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Production Companies
BBC
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

time travel paedophilia

Quick Facts

Release Date September 7, 1988
Status Released
Language EN

Cast

Kenneth Cranham
Kenneth Cranham

Supt. Cherry

Karl Johnson
Karl Johnson

PC "Taffy" Hughes

Sean Chapman
Sean Chapman

Tom Riley

John Woodvine
John Woodvine

Supt. Hammond

Ralph Brown
Ralph Brown

Insp. Drury

Nick Stringer
Nick Stringer

Sgt. Brooks

Ian Brimble
Ian Brimble

PC Totley

Peter Lovstrom
Peter Lovstrom

PC Sneed

Barry Woolgar
Barry Woolgar

Insp. Rogers

Garrick Hagon
Garrick Hagon

Police Surgeon

Anthony Smee
Anthony Smee

Mr Bromley Junior

Paddy Ryan
Paddy Ryan

Mr Bromley Senior

Key Crew

Brenda Reid
Producer
Guy Slater
Director
Arthur Ellis
Writer