David Lynch's moving dramatisation of the life of John Merrick, starring John Hurt

1884: an ambitious young London surgeon is intrigued by a sideshow freak billed as the "Elephant Man". He finds, behind the appallingly disfigured and brutalised exhibit, an intelligent and sensitive person whose rehabilitation he undertakes.
Evocatively shot in black and white by Freddie Francis.
(Teletext subtitles: page 888)

Barry Norman: page 36