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Release Date:
29 November 1989 (UK) morePlot:
Dennis Potter adapted his 1987 novel and made his directorial debut with this four-part miniseries,... morePlot Keywords:
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Complex, worth it! moreCast
(Series Cast overview, first billed only) | Michael Gough | ... | Maurice James Kingsley |
| Carol Royle | ... | Jessica |
| Gina Bellman | ... | Blackeyes |
| Nigel Planer | ... | Jeff |
| John Shrapnel | ... | Detective Blake |
| Colin Jeavons | ... | Jamieson |
 | David Westhead | ... | Mark Wilsher |
| Hannah Morris | ... | Little Jessica |
| Nicky Bee | ... | Stilt Man |
| Nicholas Woodeson | ... | Stilk |
| Cyril Shaps | ... | Pathologist |
| Ann Bell | ... | Casting Director |
| Lee Simpson | ... | Constable |
| Peter Guinness | ... | Photographer |
| Dennis Lotis | ... | Singer |
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49 min (4 episodes)Language:
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1.33 : 1 moreMOVIEmeter: 
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One of Potter's last TV dramas, it was panned by the popular press for its sex scenes. This however was a front for a more basic tabloid journalistic problem - no-one understood it. Not surprising as this multilevel play is three stories not one, each containing a variation of the most desired woman - Blackeyes. Underlying each of these scenarios are the questions of men and their sexual desire and idolatry of women, each as fruitless fantasy.
The acting is superb and the inter change between the various levels of the story mesmeric, however it is over long. Most of the third part could have been cut without loss. This is a small price to see one of the greatest TV dramas ever constructed. With the BBC having lost its nerve to produce drama of this depth I doubt if we will ever see its like again.