Billie Whitelaw in a 1971 TV drama so obscure it barely exists—yet her performance haunts.
In this sad world where words unspoken do more damage than words spoken too much, a woman and her lodger are destined to stay on separate paths.
Acting
Billie Whitelaw's face does what the script refuses to say aloud.
Direction
Vardy traps two people in rooms too small for their silences.
Writing
Dennis Potter's teleplay weaponizes everything left unsaid.
Director
Mike Vardy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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