Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 57 min
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
While trying to expose corruption and greed, television reporter Edison Carter discovers that his employer, Network 23, has created a new form of subliminal advertising (termed "blip-verts") that can be fatal to certain viewers.
- virtual reality
- talk show
- tv ratings
- cyberpunk
- postmodern
- counter-culture
- reporter
- advertising
- woman director
- playful
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Matt Frewer
Edison Carter / Max Headroom
Amanda Pays
Theora Jones
William Morgan Sheppard
Blank Reg
Nickolas Grace
Grossman
- Hilary Tindall — Dominique
- Paul Spurrier — Bryce Lynch
- Hilton McRae — Breugal
- George Rossi — Mahler
- Roger Sloman — Murray
- Anthony Dutton — Gorrister
- Constantine Gregory — Ben Cheviot
- Lloyd McGuire — Edwards
- Elizabeth Richardson — Ms. Formby
- Gary Hope — Ashwell
- Joane Hall — Body Bank Receptionist
- Directed
- Rocky Morton, Annabel Jankel
- Written
- Steve Roberts, Rocky Morton, Annabel Jankel, George Stone
Production
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 · 51 ratings
- Studio
- Chrysalis Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
