CinemaOSMovie · 1988 · 0h 59m

The Black and Blue Lamp

DramaComedyTV Movie

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.

Directed byGuy Slater

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 59m
Language
EN
Released
September 7, 1988
Studios
BBC

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Sgt. Brooks

Ian Brimble

Ian Brimble

PC Totley

Peter Lovstrom

PC Sneed

Barry Woolgar

Insp. Rogers

Garrick Hagon

Garrick Hagon

Police Surgeon

Creative team
Directed by
Guy Slater
Guy Slater
Written by
Arthur Ellis
Produced by
Brenda Reid

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