Alan Clarke at the BBC: Vol. 2: Disruption (1978-1989)

Alternative title: Dissent and Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC (1969-1989)
Synopsis: This set brings together all of the surviving stand-alone BBC TV dramas that Alan Clarke directed between 1978-1989, including ‘Baal’ (starring David Bowie), ‘Contact’, ‘Road’ and ‘Christine’, and also includes the first ever presentation of Clarke’s original Director’s Cut of ‘The Firm’, assembled from his personal answer print, discovered in 2015.

Extensive extras include David Leland introductions, extracts from BBC discussion show Open Air, newly-produced documentaries and audio commentaries and material from Clarke’s previously-unseen documentary Bukovsky (1977).

Contents: ‘Nina’ (1978); ‘Danton’s Death’ (1978); ‘Beloved Enemy’ (1981); ‘Psy-Warriors’ (1981); ‘Baal’ (1982); ‘Stars of the Roller State Disco’ (1984); ‘Contact’ (1985);
'Christine’ (1987); ‘Road’ (1987); ‘The Firm: Director’s Cut’(1989, previously unreleased)
'The Firm: Broadcast Version’ (1989); ‘Elephant’ (1989)
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2016
Year of production: 1969-1977
Notes: Reviewed in Viewfinder 105
Subjects: Drama; Television studies
Keywords: television drama

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