Peter O'Toole stars as newspaper columnist and heroic drinker Jeffrey Bernard in this abridged version of Keith Waterhouse's play, recorded at London's Old Vic theatre.

Finding himself locked in a Soho pub, Bernard reminisces about his life and loves. Also starring Royce Mills, Timothy Ackroyd, Sarah Berger and Annabel Leventon.
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Drama: Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell 10.20pm BBC2
Keith Waterhouse's play about scurrilous Soho bon vivant Jeffrey Bernard made its West End debut ten years ago. This summer, in a revival with Peter O'Toole, it was London's hottest ticket. Cottoning on to that, the BBC snapped up the rights and have filmed a television version which runs to 90 minutes. Filmed over two nights in September at the Old Vie, the screen version aims to capture the intimacy of the original, and has been directed by Tom Kinninmont and Peter O' Toole. Theatre is notoriously hard to show on screen, and tapes were unavailable, but all involved are confidently predicting that this will be a night to remember. On ITV this evening, Peter O'Toole appears in a repeat of Coming Home, the dramatisation of Rosamund Pilcher's novel. (TO)