Overview
A Parliamentary committee decides to commission a portrait as a memorial to an ageing Conservative, wartime ex-Prime Minister, Sir David Browning. Bizarrely, they choose anarchic, anti-establishment and equally ageing artist James Player, who appears to stand for the very opposite values and positions to his prospective sitter. During sittings the two men find many opportunities to score political and social points off each. Screened with an with an introduction by Brian Walden, a contemporary of writer Dennis Potter at Oxford and an old Oxford political sparring partner.
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4 - 1Message For Posterity October 29, 1994 -
4 - 2Measure for Measure November 05, 1994 -
4 - 3The Deep Blue Sea November 12, 1994 -
4 - 4Summer Day's Dream November 19, 1994
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4 - 5The Mother November 26, 1994