Mr Jolly Lives Next Door

Frears directs this anarchic Comic Strip film, first screened in 1986 on Channel 4. The regular Strip artists (Mayall, Edmondson and Richardson) co-star with special guests, Peter Cook and Nicholas Parsons. (Video projection)

The Deal

The acclaimed political drama outlining the ‘marriage’ between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, culminating in the famous Granita restaurant meeting. Frears returned to TV to direct David Morrisey and Michael Sheen in this compelling film, which was broadcast on Channel 4 the night delegates arrived at the 2003 Labour Party conference. (Video projection)

The Programme Notes for this screening are available here