Influenced by concerns about overpopulation, the counterculture of the 1960s and the societal effects of television, the play depicts a world of the future where a small elite control the media, keeping the lower classes docile by serving them an endless diet of lowest common denominator programmes and pornography. The play concentrates on an idea the programme controllers have for a new programme which will follow the trials and tribulations of a group of people left to fend for themselves on a remote island. In this respect, the play is often cited as having anticipated the craze for reality television.
Leonard Rossiter
as Co-ordinator Ugo Priest
Brian Cox
as Lasar Opie
Tony Vogel
as Nat Mender
Susan Neve
as Deanie Webb
Vickery Turner
as Misch
George Murcell
as Grels
Martin Potter
as Kin Hodder
Lesley Roach
as Keten Webb
Hira Talfrey
as Betty
Patricia Maynard
as Nurse
Trevor Peacock
as Custard Pie Expert
Brian Coburn
as Custard Pie Expert
