British Comedy Guide

Absolute Hell

  • TV comedy drama
  • BBC Two
  • 1991
  • 1 episode

Black comedy broadcast as the first in BBC Two drama anthology Performance. Stars Judi Dench, Susan Porrett, Sylvia Barter, Ronald Pickup, Francesca Annis and more.

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Key details

Genre
Comedy Drama
Broadcast
1991
Channel
BBC 2
Episodes
1
Stars
Judi Dench, Susan Porrett, Sylvia Barter, Ronald Pickup, Francesca Annis, Eileen Page, Gregory Floy, Charles Gray and more
Writer
Rodney Ackland
Director
Anthony Page
Producers
Simon Curtis and Glyn Edwards
Company

Black comedy set in Soho, London, right after WW2. Half of the fun is seeing a slew of very familiar faces kick up their heels as gay men, lesbians, party-girls, drunks, and drag queens.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Picture
Colour
Soundtrack
Music by Jason Osborn.

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Saturday 5th October 1991 at 9:30pm on BBC Two
Episode length
120 minutes

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