In The Red
- TV comedy
- BBC Two
- 1998
- 3 episodes (1 series)
TV adaptation of Mark Tavener's celebrated radio satire. Also features Warren Clarke, Rebecca Front, David Ryall, Sally Phillips, Alun Armstrong and more.
Press clippings
It is described as an all-star satirical comedy thriller, which is true in decreasing order of accuracy. It is starry as a starry, starry night. Satiric, certainly. Funny, not really. Thrilling, hardly at all if you've heard it on radio or read the book.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 27th May 1998The Beeb's night of the blunt knives
Last night's comedy-drama In The Red (BBC2) was a real mystery. [...] With all this talent on board, this three-parter starter should have been great. It should have been fantastic. But it was dire rubbish from beginning to end.
Peter Bradshaw, Evening Standard, 27th May 1998