Once In A Lifetime
British-American TV adaptation of George S Kaufman and Moss Hart's 1930 Broadway comedy, a satire on Hollywood's golden age
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- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 1988
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Episodes
- 1
- Starring
- Zoë Wanamaker, David Suchet, Niall Buggy, Kristoffer Tabori, Sheila Gish, Edward Petherbridge, Rosemary Leach, Lynda La Plante and others
- Writers
- Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman
- Director
- Robin Midgley
- Producer
- Shaun Sutton
Talking pictures have come to Hollywood, threatening the careers of top stars and multi-million-dollar studio magnates alike. Silent pictures are over - how can the stars learn to talk? An out-of-work vaudeville team comes to the rescue...
- Production company
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Sunday 25th December 1988 on BBC Two at 8:30pm
- Episode length
- 105 minutes