TV series

The Old Men at the Zoo

1983 · 1 season

A dry, talky satire where petty institutional squabbles play out under the shadow of looming catastrophe, rewarding patience with quiet absurdity.

Overview: An incompetently managed zoo becomes a metaphor for the state of Britain as a nuclear crisis looms over Europe.
How it feels: Satirical, cynical, tense and absurd. Measured and demanding.
About: Politics, power, corruption, war
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: satiricalstrength 3 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
power
corruption
war
betrayal
Places: workplace
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild