One for the Road

Summary

BBC production of One for the Road by Harold Pinter, presented in the same week as Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter in the Summer Season strand.

Theatre play

One for the Road by Harold Pinter [more information]

Play synopsis

Chilling study of the psychology of torture.

Production history

First produced as a lunchtime production at the Lyric Hammersmith in 1984, with proceeds going to the PEN Writers in Prison Fund.

Date of transmission

Thursday 25 July 1985

Time

9.55-10.25pm

Series

Summer Season

Channel

BBC2

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Kenneth Ives

Producer

Louis Marks

Lighting

Duncan Brown

Playwright

Harold Pinter

Designer

Tim Harvey

Script Editor

David Snodin

Cast

Paul Adams	Nicky
Rosie Kerslake	Gila
Roger Lloyd Pack	Victor

Audiovisual sources

Title

One for the Road (BBC, 1985)

Archive

BBC Information and Archives [more information]

Address

White City
London
UK

Telephone

+44 (0)20 8008 2288

Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/

Access

BBC Information and Archives is not open to the public.

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 18 July 1985 (Magazine)

Linking notes

mention on p. 9, in article by Michael Billington; listing with image, p. 63

Associated programmes

The Dumb Waiter (BBC, 1985)
The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter
BBC2 (Summer Season)