The Year of the Sex Olympics

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The Year of the Sex Olympics is a 1968 British television play written by Nigel Kneale that satirically depicts a future society pacified by voyeuristic reality entertainment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British television programme
satirical drama
television play
basedInPartOn contemporary concerns about mass media
broadcastFormat colour
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts voyeuristic reality entertainment
director Michael Elliott NERFINISHED
firstBroadcastOn BBC2 NERFINISHED
genre drama
satire
science fiction
hasAuthor Nigel Kneale NERFINISHED
hasSubject future dystopia
manipulation of audiences
television as social control
influenced early reality television concepts
isSatireOf consumer society
television culture
language English
medium television
network BBC2 NERFINISHED
notableFor early depiction of reality TV-style programming
originalBroadcastDate 1968-07-29
originalChannel BBC2 NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
originalReleaseYear 1968
originatedAs television script
partOfSeries BBC Theatre 625 NERFINISHED
producer Tony Garnett NERFINISHED
productionCompany BBC
releaseDecade 1960s
runtime approximately 90 minutes
screenwriter Nigel Kneale NERFINISHED
setting future society
starred Brian Cox NERFINISHED
Leonard Rossiter NERFINISHED
Suzanne Neve NERFINISHED
Tony Vogel NERFINISHED
theme mass media
pacification through entertainment
reality television
social control
voyeurism
writer Nigel Kneale NERFINISHED
writtenIn 1960s

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Vanessa Redgrave notableWork The Year of the Sex Olympics
Nigel Kneale notableWork The Year of the Sex Olympics