The Men's Room
British television drama mini-series / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Men's Room is a British television drama mini-series that was produced by the BBC and originally aired on BBC2 from 25 September to 23 October 1991. The series, which comprises five 50-minute episodes, was adapted by Laura Lamson[1] from Ann Oakley's 1989 novel of the same name, and stars Bill Nighy, Harriet Walter, Amanda Redman, Charlotte Cornwell and James Aubrey.[2]
The Men's Room | |
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Genre | Drama Black comedy |
Based on | The Men's Room by Ann Oakley |
Directed by | Antonia Bird |
Starring | |
Composers | Sarah Jane Morris Andy Roberts |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 5 |
Production | |
Producer | David Snodin |
Running time | 50 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | BBC2 |
Release | 25 September (1991-09-25) ā 23 October 1991 (1991-10-23) |
A black comedy and period piece set during the Thatcher years, it tells the story of an affair between two academics: a previously devoted wife and mother, Charity Walton (Walter), and a serial womanizer, Mark Carleton (Nighy).[2]
Nighy credits the series as being his breakthrough role.[1]