The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968)
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.
Director: Michael Elliott
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Leonard Rossiter as Co-ordinator Ugo Priest |
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Brian Cox as Lasar Opie |
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Tony Vogel as Nat Mender |
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Susan Neve as Deanie Webb |
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Vickery Turner as Misch |
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George Murcell as Grels |
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Martin Potter as Kin Hodder |
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Lesley Roach as Keten Webb |
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Hira Talfrey as Betty |
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Patricia Maynard as Nurse |
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Trevor Peacock as Custard Pie Expert |
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Brian Coburn as Custard Pie Expert |
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Derek Fowlds as Custard Pie Expert |
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Wolfe Morris as Custard Pie Expert |
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Braham Murray as Custard Pie Expert |
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Job Stewart as Custard Pie Expert |
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Sheila Sands as Artsex Girl |
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Eddie Sommer as Jay Fowler |
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Michael Feast as Sportsex Contestant |
| Directing | Michael Elliott | Director |
| Writing | Nigel Kneale | Writer |
| Production | Ronald Travers | Producer |
| Editing | David Taylor | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joyce Hammond | Costume Designer |
| Art | Roger Andrews | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pam Meager | Makeup Designer |
| Art | Jean Braid | Graphic Designer |
| Sound | Derek Miller-Timmins | Sound |
