The Naughty Room
75 minute black comedy drama about a 20 year old imprisoned in the family bathroom. Addresses adult themes including drugs and child abuse
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 2012
- Channel
- BBC Four
- Episodes
- 1
- Starring
- David Egan, Cosmo Jarvis, Tom Hannaford, Anita Scrivener and Catriona McDougall
- Writer
- Cosmo Jarvis
- Director
- Cosmo Jarvis
- Producer
- Cosmo Jarvis
The Naughty Room is a black comedy dealing with child abuse, drug abuse, adolescent masturbation, self pity, heart-ache, redemption and how to dispose of a soiled sock if you happen to be locked inside of a bathroom.
After the death of his father 21 year old Subaru spends life smoking drugs thinking that life is too short to do anything with, refusing to find work, help his single mother or leave home.
Todd, also 20, would love to leave home but the trouble is he can't as he's been imprisoned in the family bathroom since childhood by his deranged mother who blames him for killing her husband.
After alienating himself from everyone he knows on a path of mindless self destruction, including his mother, a strange incident involving a soiled sock bring Subaru and Todd together. They embark on a journey of self discovery bringing heart-ache and redemption.
- Laugh track
- None
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 20th August 2012 on BBC Four at 10pm
- Episode length
- 75 minutes
- Last repeat
- Thursday 23rd August 2012 at 12:00am