The Black and Blue Lamp - Guy Slater (1988)
The Black and Blue Lamp - Guy Slater (1988)
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. This black comedy questions whether the police have changed or is it the way film and television presentΒ them.
Absolute madness this. Basically Life on Mars but actually good, great even.Β
8.75/10
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