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The Black and Blue Lamp
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The Black and Blue Lamp

1988-09-07 · 59 min · Not rated

Drama · Comedy · TV 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.

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Directors
Guy Slater
Production companies
BBC
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

Top Cast

Kenneth CranhamKenneth CranhamSupt. Cherry
Karl JohnsonKarl JohnsonPC "Taffy" Hughes
Sean ChapmanSean ChapmanTom Riley
John WoodvineJohn WoodvineSupt. Hammond
Ralph BrownRalph BrownInsp. Drury
Nick StringerSgt. Brooks
Ian BrimblePC Totley
Peter LovstromPC Sneed
Barry WoolgarInsp. Rogers
Garrick HagonGarrick HagonPolice Surgeon
Anthony SmeeMr Bromley Junior
Paddy RyanMr Bromley Senior
Jonathan ChaterFat Boy
Kathy BurkeKathy BurkeVoiceover
Christopher DriscollVoiceover

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