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"BBC Sunday-Night Theatre" 1984 (1954)
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"BBC Sunday-Night Theatre" (1950)Original Air Date:
12 December 1954 (Season 5, Episode 50)Plot:
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(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | Peter Cushing | ... | Winston Smith |
 | André Morell | ... | O'Brien (as Andre Morell) |
| Yvonne Mitchell | ... | Julia |
 | Donald Pleasence | ... | Syme |
| Arnold Diamond | ... | Emmanuel Goldstein |
| Campbell Gray | ... | Parsons |
| Hilda Fenemore | ... | Mrs. Parsons |
| Pamela Grant | ... | Parsons Girl |
| Keith Davis | ... | Parsons Boy |
| Janet Barrow | ... | Woman Supervisor |
| Norman Osborne | ... | First Youth |
| Tony Lyons | ... | Second Youth |
| Malcolm Knight | ... | Third Youth |
| John Baker | ... | First Man |
| Victor Platt | ... | Second Man |
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"BBC Sunday Night Theatre": Nineteen Eighty-Four (#5.50) (UK) (alternative spelling)more
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Following remarks by the Duke of Edinburgh that he and the Queen had "thoroughly enjoyed" the broadcast, the live repeat, four days later, attracted the largest television audience since the Coronation. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: In the canteen, after Winston has said goodbye to Syme, the camera settles back on him and moves forward, bumping into the dining table in the process. moreFAQ
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There is very little which can touch this programme. Made with extremely limited resources, given the extra strain of being performed mostly live with just a few filmed inserts, Nineteen Eighty-Four had a profound effect on television at the time. Questions were asked in parliament about it, and the BBC came in for considerable criticism at the time for broadcasting it. However, the production found its way into the minds of the public, giving the world such expressions as "Big Brother is watching you". Nowadays Big Brother is little more than the title of a cheap, spineless TV series. Back then it was a terrifying possibility. I've been fortunate enough to see Nineteen Eighty-Four, and I have to say that if TV was still prepared to take risks like this, it wouldn't be seen as cinema's poor cousin any more.