Learning on ScreenFollow the Yellow Brick Road
- Synopsis
- Dennis Potter’s play in which a disturbed television actor overwhelmed with disgust at the misery of life takes refuge in the false security of psychiatry and anti-depressant drugs, knowing that they only hide the symptoms without curing the disease.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 70 min.
- Year of production
- 1972
- Availability
- Sale; 1999 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
- Notes
- Broadcast BBC on 4/7/72.
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- drama in English; Potter, Dennis (1935-1994); television drama
Credits
- Director
- Rod Graham
- Producer
- Alan Bridges
- Writer
- Dennis Potter
- Cast
Billie Whitelaw Denholm Elliott Dennis Waterman
Sections
- Title
- Sextet, The
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
Record Stats
This record has been viewed 821 times.
