Lifelike (1980)
The producer and director are delighted with their television play about a comprehensive school. It seems truthful, authentic, really lifelike. But as rehearsals progress, a tense difference of opinion emerges between the author and the young schoolboy actor.
- Date of release
- 1980-01-26
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Director
- Peter Bartlett
Casting
- Peter Clay — Neil, TV producer
- Alun Lewis — Andrew, TV director
- Matthew Guinness — Martin, TV writer
- Anny Tobin — Jenny, production secretary
- Phil Rowlands — Ben, production assistant
- Rob Edwards — Malcolm, actor
- Jennifer Lonsdale — Julie, actress
- John Ringham — Paul Bennett, actor
- Paul Easom — Alan, a teenager
- Jason Kemp — Piers, a teenager
- Maureen Nelson — First chaperone
- Sally Lewis — Second chaperone
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