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Castaway **

BBC One
on BBC One London

Drama based on Lucy Irvine's account of her experiences. A bored young clerk responds to an ad placed by a middle-aged publisher, who is looking for a woman to live with him for a year on a desert island. Soon after their arrival sexual tension develops between them. Review page 55.
Director Nicolas Roeg (1986, 15) (S)
Followed by Weatherview (W)

Contributors

Director:
Nicolas Roeg
Gerald Kingsland:
Oliver Reed
Lucy Irvine:
Amanda Donohoe
Sister St Margaret:
Georgina Hale
Sister St Winifred:
Frances Barber
Jason:
Tony Rickards
Ronald:
Len Peihopa
Rod:
Todd Rippon
Janice:
Virginia Hey
Source: Radio Times

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