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The Year of the Sex Olympics

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.

Top Cast

  • Leonard Rossiter

    Leonard Rossiter

    Co-ordinator Ugo Priest

  • Brian Cox

    Brian Cox

    Lasar Opie

  • Tony Vogel

    Tony Vogel

    Nat Mender

  • Susan Neve

    Susan Neve

    Deanie Webb

  • Vickery Turner

    Vickery Turner

    Misch

  • George Murcell

    George Murcell

    Grels

  • Martin Potter

    Martin Potter

    Kin Hodder

  • Lesley Roach

    Lesley Roach

    Keten Webb

  • Hira Talfrey

    Hira Talfrey

    Betty

Overview

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.

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