The Year of the Sex Olympics
1968 | 105m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Michael Elliott |
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| Writer: | Nigel Kneale |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 29, 1968 |
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| Director: | Michael Elliott |
| Writer: | Nigel Kneale |
| Genres: | Drama, Science Fiction, TV Movie |
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| Production Companies | BBC |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: May 03, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Leonard Rossiter | Co-ordinator Ugo Priest |
| Brian Cox | Lasar Opie |
| Tony Vogel | Nat Mender |
| Susan Neve | Deanie Webb |
| Vickery Turner | Misch |
| George Murcell | Grels |
| Martin Potter | Kin Hodder |
| Lesley Roach | Keten Webb |
| Hira Talfrey | Betty |
| Patricia Maynard | Nurse |
| Trevor Peacock | Custard Pie Expert |
| Brian Coburn | Custard Pie Expert |
| Derek Fowlds | Custard Pie Expert |
| Wolfe Morris | Custard Pie Expert |
| Braham Murray | Custard Pie Expert |
| Job Stewart | Custard Pie Expert |
| Sheila Sands | Artsex Girl |
| Eddie Sommer | Jay Fowler |
| Michael Feast | Sportsex Contestant |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Michael Elliott | Director |
| Nigel Kneale | Writer |
| David Taylor | Editor |
| Joyce Hammond | Costume Designer |
| Roger Andrews | Production Design |
| Pam Meager | Makeup Designer |
| Jean Braid | Graphic Designer |
| Derek Miller-Timmins | Sound |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ronald Travers | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 3 |
| 2024 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 3 |
| 2024 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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