The Black and Blue Lamp

A sharp, surreal satire that jolts you between eras, mixing dark laughs with uncomfortable commentary on police and TV.

Directed by

Guy Slater

Genres

Drama, Comedy, Tv movie

Starring

Kenneth Cranham, Karl Johnson, Sean Chapman

Overview

Satirical and surreal play by Arthur Ellis, dealing with the manner in which the British police force has been represented on TV for four decades. In 1949 Tom Riley is arrested for the murder of PC George Dixon. As he awaits interrogation at the station he is mysteriously transported into an episode of The Filth - a 1988 police series where the hard men rule, where he is told by the local CID that he'll be confessing to the murder or else his genitals are getting cut off ! This black comedy questions whether the police have changed or is it the way film and television present them.

How it feels

Satirical, dark, absurd and cynical. Brisk and needs your attention.

About

Media, power, violence, corruption

Content

Strong violence and language. Mild gore and sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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