Performance Message for Posterity (Season 4, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 97 min | Drama

Performance

Message for Posterity (Season 4, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 97 min | Drama

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, ...See moreA 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. Written by Anonymous See less

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19 cast members

Name	Known for
Patrick Godfrey 1st Conservative MP 1st Conservative MP See fewer	The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Nicholas Selby 2nd Conservative MP 2nd Conservative MP See fewer	Macbeth (1971)
Annette Crosbie 1st Labour MP 1st Labour MP See fewer	The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976)
Tony Haygarth 2nd Labour MP 2nd Labour MP See fewer	Chicken Run (2000)
Edward Petherbridge Liberal MP Liberal MP See fewer	The Guardians (1971)
Eric Porter James Player James Player See fewer	The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Sophie Thompson Gillian Player Gillian Player See fewer	Gosford Park (2001)
Ben Walden Miles Miles See fewer	Martin Chuzzlewit (1994)
Bruce Alexander Thompson Thompson See fewer	A Touch of Frost (1992)
John Neville Sir David Browning Sir David Browning See fewer	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
Bev Willis Barnes Barnes See fewer	On the Line (1982)
Steven Crossley TV Newsreader TV Newsreader See fewer	Privateer 2: The Darkening (1996)
Stephen Moore Hawkins Hawkins See fewer	The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Ronald Pickup Richard Browning Richard Browning See fewer	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
Brian Sewell Art Critic (voice) Art Critic (voice) See fewer	Performance (1991)
Joe Jones Policeman Policeman See fewer	Spies, Lies and the Superbomb (2007)
Abigail Cruttenden Clara Browning Clara Browning See fewer	The Theory of Everything (2014)
Manuel Harlan Karl Karl See fewer	EastEnders (1985)
Sarah Louise Mayne Emily Emily See fewer	Performance (1991)