The Vote. Image shows from L to R: Kirsty Henderson (Catherine Tate), Steven Crosswell (Mark Gatiss), Laura Williams (Nina Sosanya)
The Vote

The Vote

  • TV comedy drama
  • More4
  • 2015
  • 1 episode

Live broadcast of a play set during the closing moments of the 2015 General Election. It focuses on a polling station in crisis. Stars Catherine Tate, Mark Gatiss, Nina Sosanya, Judi Dench, Timothy West and more.

Key details

Genre
Comedy Drama
Broadcast
2015
Channel
More4
Episodes
1
Stars
Catherine Tate, Mark Gatiss, Nina Sosanya, Judi Dench, Timothy West, Bill Paterson, MyAnna Buring, Fisayo Akinade and more
Writer
James Graham
Director
Josie Rourke

In a national television event and a first for theatre and television, James Graham's play The Vote is broadcast live on More4 from the world-famous Donmar Warehouse theatre in Covent Garden, at the exact time when the action is set.

The drama unfolds in a fictional London polling station during the final 90 minutes before the polls close in this year's General Election. Catherine Tate, Mark Gatiss and Nina Sosanya star as the staff of a polling station in a swing constituency, where an innocent mistake sends them into a crisis.

Additional details

Production
Event
Picture
Colour

Website links

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Thursday 7th May 2015 at 8:25pm on More4
Episode length
95 minutes

Recording details

  • Donmar Warehouse - Broadcast live.

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