A Day in the Death of Joe Egg | Part 2
Based on A Day In the Death of Joe Egg by Peter Nichols
A film of dramatist Peter Nichols's critically acclaimed sixties black comedy about a couple, Bri and Sheila, who escape into a world of fantasy and make-believe as a way of coping with bringing up their 10-year-old daughter, who has cerebral palsy. Starring Eddie Izzard, Victoria Hamilton, Prunella Scales, John Warnaby and Robin Weaver.
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Licence: ERA Licence required
- Type: Adaptation
- Channel: BBC Four
- Duration: 1'10'40''
- Broadcast date: 2003
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Literary Resource
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg | Part 1
A film of dramatist Peter Nichols's critically acclaimed sixties black comedy about a couple, Bri and Sheila, who escape into a world of fantasy and make-believe as a way of coping with bringing up their 10-year-old daughter, who has cerebral palsy. Starring Eddie Izzard, Victoria Hamilton, Prunella Scales, John Warnaby and Robin Weaver.
Peter Nichols - A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Heartbreaking and comic drama about parents of a profoundly mentally disabled child. Stars Christopher Eccleston and Kaye Wragg.